I am not disagreeing with this post. Most lakes need the fish put back.. To say all lakes with an abundance of small fish don't benefit from purging the small fish is disingenuous. As Doug Stange said in the last In-Fisherman Magazine, Bass , Muskie. Carp and Walleye are not sacred. They are a renewable resource, nutritious and abundant in a lot of fisheries.
I do not condone the wanton waste of small fish, unless it benefits the fishery as a whole. Some times it does. Simple as that.
Paul