Wateree is stocked for the taking of stripers. DNR knows they won't reproduce. If you want to put them back that's fine. Most of us do. Now it's a different story below the Lugoff Dam, they have fish limit and size matters! Wateree has a limit on numbers not size. Kids have a field day on light line and tackle. Nothing wrong with a few small ones to eat once in awhile. Less pollutants maybe!