Did the article mention that in Ms that the big 4 lakes have a 12" rule and that you can only keep 20/day? I agree with you by only taking what you need, but I am a life long resident of Ms who is stuck down here in fl for school. I can tell you that even though we get allot of people fishing in the big 4 those lakes can handle it and the MDWFP as well as the COE do a great job of managing the habitat/fishery. Now if we didnt have the length rule and a lower bag limit in these lakes we would deff. be hurting but since all the new regulations the last several yrs it seems to be producing allot better fish.