I have to respectfully disagree with the idea that as long as we're following the law we're not hurting anything. Some states have more progressive, up-to-date fishing regulations than others; even the state we live in, has more progressive regulations for some species than others. For instance, the regulations in place on Laurel Hill Lake for largemouth, are completely in line with the latest fisheries science for increasing the average size of the bass in the lake.

The regulations for bluegill and redear, however, anywhere in the state, are woefully out of date, and completely disregard all of the research that has been done by multiple DNRs over the past ten years; said regulations directly contributed to the demise of an outstanding bluegill fishery in middle Tennessee just in the past four years.