Fished Toledo Bend: I fished Toledo Bend the last couple of days. We did fairly well on June Bug worms in 2-7 feet of water. And on red rattle traps over grass in larger flats.

Cuondlake Loc: Texas

I fished Toledo Bend the last couple of days. We did fairly well on June Bug worms in 2-7 feet of water. And on red rattle traps over grass in larger flats. Yesterday caught better fish around docks in a deep cove. Sorry for the bad pic, it was an afterthought.

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Cuondlake wrote:

I fished Toledo Bend the last couple of days. We did fairly well on June Bug worms in 2-7 feet of water. And on red rattle traps over grass in larger flats. Yesterday caught better fish around docks in a deep cove. Sorry for the bad pic, it was an afterthought.

Nice mess of fish C. Thanks for sharing the pics.

JDFishes Loc: Atlantic County

No offense and to each his own, but as someone who has had a love affair w this beautiful species for the past 40+ years it makes me sad to see so many harvested at an outing. I prefer to conserve for future generations. Stocks would be quickly depleted if we all subscribed to such practices.😞

Cuondlake Loc: Texas

JDFishes wrote:

No offense and to each his own, but as someone who has had a love affair w this beautiful species for the past 40+ years it makes me sad to see so many harvested at an outing. I prefer to conserve for future generations. Stocks would be quickly depleted if we all subscribed to such practices.😞

I agree JD, I typically always catch and release the bass I catch. We care for my elderly father-in-law with advanced stage Parkinson’s Disease. He requested that I bring home fish for a fish fry, and I knew it would make his day. I’m hoping that Toledo Bend will survive

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

Nice 👍

Lowe Spectrum Loc: salado tx

Not trying to offend anyone. But God does provide the food….if everyone is responsible in harvesting only what you need I’ll bet we all have plenty. To often today people get caught up in “preserving nature “ forgetting the major purpose of it…to provide

Katman Loc: Kentucky

Cuondlake wrote:

I agree JD, I typically always catch and release the bass I catch. We care for my elderly father-in-law with advanced stage Parkinson’s Disease. He requested that I bring home fish for a fish fry, and I knew it would make his day. I’m hoping that Toledo Bend will survive

Great job Cu. I hope your loved ones enjoyed that great meal. Caught and I’m sure prepared with love. Toledo Bay will survive. 🇺🇸🐠on

Retrieverman390

There is nothing wrong with selective harvest. Those bass will not hurt Toledo Bend in the least. It’s a wonderful thing to harvest for your loved one suffering from Alzheimer’s

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Retrieverman390 wrote:

There is nothing wrong with selective harvest. Those bass will not hurt Toledo Bend in the least. It’s a wonderful thing to harvest for your loved one suffering from Alzheimer’s

Dale Carney Loc: Louisiana

That's not a bad pic. That's a great pic of a bunch of nice looking bass.

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

JDFishes wrote:

No offense and to each his own, but as someone who has had a love affair w this beautiful species for the past 40+ years it makes me sad to see so many harvested at an outing. I prefer to conserve for future generations. Stocks would be quickly depleted if we all subscribed to such practices.😞

Well I can tell you right now that just about every lake that has bass in it could use MORE harvested that are bout that size. Pound and a half to 2 pounds is the perfect size for keepin. There are usually way to many in that range.
Over population hurts more lakes than over harvesting. It's very easy for lakes to get over populated too.
Once a bass gets to the 3+ pound range it's nice to release them so you might catch 5 and 6+ pounders in the future.
Something to think about when you keep releasing all those smaller aggressive bass. That's why you catch WAY more bass in that range than bass over 4 pounds. Just Sayin.

JDFishes Loc: Atlantic County

I couldn’t disagree more. Headwaters is run by marine biologists and is strict catch and release only. It’s arguably the best bass factory in America. They currently stock Toledo Bend w/ 400,000+ fingerlings yearly, so what you say makes no sense. Today there are over 30 million bass fisherman in America. If we all took 6 bass on one outing that would be 180 million bass gone! It’s not 1950 where grandpa came home w a stringer of bass. I’ll continue to advocate for catch and release to assure quality fishing for future generations.

Cuondlake Loc: Texas

JDFishes wrote:

I couldn’t disagree more. Headwaters is run by mar... (show quote)

Don’t get me wrong, catch and release is a good thing. I haven’t kept bass to eat in years; mostly because they aren’t the best fish to eat and I usually don’t care to clean fish after being out on the water all day.

But, you are forgetting the millions of bass that are spawning naturally. Also, the biologists with Texas Parks and Wildlife, in cooperation with their Louisiana counterparts set bag limits based upon the population and size of fish in the lake compared with the amount of forage and cover available to support them. If fish populations decline, then bag limits will be adjusted accordingly.

Fisherman fish for crappie and catfish almost entirely to keep and eat. Again, bag limits are set to assure that their population stays at an acceptable level.

Also, I kept 7 fish, not six. And we released twice as many that day.

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

JDFishes wrote:

I couldn’t disagree more. Headwaters is run by mar... (show quote)

I've also seen reports and surveys done at many lakes that also support what I said just like you have for your point of view.
Therefore, we agree to disagree.

JDFishes Loc: Atlantic County

No studies support taking 6 fish at a time. If we all did that these lakes would be baron. Fortunately you are the minority and slowly but surely fading away. I watched the same selfish attitude nearly cause the Atlantic striper to be decimated to almost extinction. So yes we will disagree. Not to mention LMB taste like crap and full of mercury…. But hey, itS free😂