Sure is. One that size we like to smoke for great eating with a beer!

Except musky it seems. Thought I was gonna get lynched one time by a group of guys at work that were talking musky fishing. I asked them if they had any good recipes I could use if I ever caught one.

Great fish ladies!

Great photos and nice fish.

Many years ago I knew of a tributary creek to a reservoir in CA that was closed for trout until April 15, but was open for smallmouth and catfish all year.

I told a game warden one time, "... ya, I'm fishing for smallies but I can't keep these 20" rainbows off my flies,,,".

Good luck,

Pete

Beautiful fish.
And yeah, I'd be in for that kind of fishing

Really? LOL

I probably release 90% of the fish I catch. I just enjoy catching them. I’ll keep the better eating fish, crappie bass, perch, walleye. But anything out of season or anything that doesn’t make good table fare gets thrown back. Warm water bass is not a good eating fish.

My granddaughter and I catch a lot of fall fish in one of the rivers we frequent. We have a blast doing it and they run large in that river averaging about 12 inches. But they are not good eating. Why would we keep them?

Nice catch!

Does Largemouth Bass taste the same as Smallmouth?

That’s a heck of a nice bass you caught there Smash.

Got to love those big northern, nice pick Tatiana.

I don’t think so. I think smallmouth are better, but that bar isn’t very high.

All bass and fall fish are way down on the good eating list for me.

Nice fish.
Those little rainbow trout in that lake make excellent Big Bass bait
A 10" trout isn't too large for a bass that size

Great pics!

Sure. Missouri Ozark streams are closed from late February till Memorial Day for black bass. Gives the fish time to breed and get off the nest. Ozark lakes are open all year around though. Always been that way.

I wish there was a season on em here.maybe it would slow down some of these dang bass tournaments we have seems like every day of the week

Most states have an immediate release for foul hooked fish.

Very nice fish Smash and Tatiana!

Nice catch and picture.Congrats

Wowsers! Nice fishes ladies!

I think that would be cool!
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