I-Bay bass

[cdelong]

Found a ride on I-Bay and the largemouth were hitting today. Found a few nice spots in about 6 FOW and that seemed to be where they were parked. Boated six largemouth... all in the 2# range. A few real nice perch mixed in as well.

[Fishing for Fun]

Is the catch and release open already for Bass?

[Yankee Troller]

Bass are catch and release all year long now. Yo9u canonly keep them during the season. When you catch one now it has to be an imidiate release.

[cdelong]

they were all released as are all my bass

Usually sometime in June when the spawning is about done you could keep your catch. I don't really pay attention because I release 'em all

[Yankee Troller]

Yeah, Bass are illegal to keep in my boat too unless its for a tourney. But they get released after the weigh in to fight another day so its not technically keeping them.

[cdelong]

Same here YT.... in my boat every bass gets released. Maybe next time out when I hook 'em he'll be a pound larger.

I got in a bit of a scuffle with one of my dad's friends when I told him he could not keep any of his catches in my boat while I was down in FL. He was none to happy releasing a few 4 pounders he caught, and downright disgusted when I released a fistfull of 5 pounders and a 6.5 pounder.

I take a quick picture if the bass is worth a darn then release it.