>>800478Essentially to give all bass a chance to spawn and protect their egg beds through the spring (thaw is earlier in southern ON and later north obviously) if we didn't have seasons for bass here the Vietnamese would literally wipe out the entire population.
>>800474Your brothers pretty stupid but oh well he made the choice. Honestly if you're going to do it you have to be smart about it like not fishing a texas rigged worm and say throw an inline spinner or spoon or crank... at least then you can say you're looking for trout or something.
CO's have been known to video tape people fishing from far away hidden in the bush and if you're catching bass out of season repeatedly in one spot(obviously on purpose) then you're getting a fine for each fish they see you reel in.