It just goes to show how important selective harvesting is to any ecosystem. To watch this unfold has been terribly amazing. I used to have bass guys fish with me every Fall for 20+ years and we killed a total of ZERO bass out the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds we caught. There were many days that 2 or 3 of us would catch and release 100-137 bass in 8 hours (137 was the boat record). As of last Spring, my boat stopped fishing for bass at all. This Fall was the first Fall since 1995 that my boat did not do ANY smallmouth trips. All I do now is shake my head each time I drive by those 6 (unpowered) boats laying along the riverbank.