Quote Originally Posted by dog doc View Post
Nice fish! This time of year why not take your pictures and let her go? Fought wind at Piney this morning, caught two females 2 pounds plus, took their picture and let them go. Didn't need them to eat, so why not let them go to spawn(big gets big). Just a thought!
Why this time of year....

If you harvest a female you harvest a female.... Today, tomorrow, next year ..... What's the differance?

If that's the case you should release all females at all times...

If you would have caught a female back in the fall it would have been different?