We fish a border water lake in canada,Minn for smallmouth bass they have some of the best smallmouth fishing anywhere.They want you to throw back the bigger fish and keep the smaller ones to eat anything over 14 in throw back that is your good breeding stock they have made it.Keep the smaller ones too eat thin the small ones out so the bigger ones have a better chance of making it through the hard winters.They have great fishing!!!!! "ZUPS" on the border waters in Canada. Not if you will catch a five pound smallmouth you will catch one if you fish at all!!!!!!