Well perhaps my ego is a little sensitive so anything under two lbs is not really picture worthy as my fishing partner and I have evolved to. I got one last week that was about two but we pretty much get them back in the water as fast as we can without pics. Prior to that, it was last summer when I got my PB shown on my profile pic. So two pics in about 10 months is a bit of a gap. So I get that we like the pics but I stopped taking them unless that internal sensor says, "Hey that's a little better fish." Hope all are well and staying safe.

P.S. The guy I fish with regularly out fishes me. He's boated some pretty good ones during that same period. So taking a pic of a one pound bass when he just boated a 5 feels a little anticlimactic.

Well I'm not very techie. I put my hometown in my profile and assumed it would show up but didn't. I live in Oakhurst, CA. and typically fish twice a week for bass rotating through 8 lakes, rain, shine, heat, or cold. I'll see if I can figure out why my location doesn't show.

Thanks to all y'all. Seems like if this collective group hasn't seen much in the way of clear direction, at least for my area anyway, I'm going for it Tuesday at minimum. I have heard that McClure reservoir and Don Pedro Lake are closed. Apparently Army Corps reservoirs are still open. Will try to report back if I get turned away.

I've been looking to find something definitive on whether or not you can fish Calif lakes/reservoirs under the "stay at home" order. I found some stuff that implies or infers that you can but no real yes or no. Can anybody out there point me to something that says, yes you can fish alone or with someone in your household?

I'm in Madera County and have several Army Corp reservoirs that I think have not been formally closed.

I have a Mitchell 300 and some Berkley Cherrywoods amongst others. Neither expensive. Both have cork veneer. Unlike the rest of the posters, I'm like Roberto Duran, I have hands of stone and don't ever notice anything from one handle to the other. I still catch fish.

First post (reply) on this forum. From Central Cal. I heard of a biological study that was done I think in Iowa on a pond where biologists removed all fish, killed the lake and then restocked it with various sizes of tagged bass (I seem to recall 400) and typical pond critters. At some point in the future, they had pro bass fisherman fish it over summer and they caught every bass except two and some more than once. It was done before the internet so I have been unable to find it on-line but if it is true, it is a stunning indicator of what over fishing does to a body of water. Catch and release helps fish get caught more than once. If you look at old pictures of fisherman and their catches, that is also an indicator of what has happened to fisheries. Two fisherman holding a stringer of 10 bass unwittingly changed the future of that water by whatever exponential that equated to. Not saying never keep a fish, just do it with knowledge and aforethought.