Originally Posted by
twin22s
So to summarize bed fishing...
keeping a fish and eating it, fish dies, and offspring die.
Keeping a fish away from the nest or fry its guarding for the rest of the day(turny or glory shot) fish lives offspring die.
Taking too long to release a fish caught from a bed some of the offspring will die.
Releasing a fish immediately back there is a chance some of the offspring will die.
Staying home and posting random crap on the internet, a bird could eat the fish and they all still die...
The bass population in most lakes is not in jeopardy, catch and release immediately is the best practice short of not catching them at all. I don't lose any sleep at night wondering if i inadvertently caused the destruction of some eggs or fry. What’s the survival rate of bass anyway, 1%?