Your discussion has got me to silently thinking
I used to be asked by my neighbors why I paid so much money to catch big fish and race them All over the lake beating my Possessions into broken equipment
My answer was it is adrenaline I suppose I wanted to win more money . I wanted to fit in and compete ,measure myself , and feel the excitements
i realized we didn’t care about the fish at all I even poured chemicals in my water to calm them . I even suped my motor up to go faster ..... I suppose it didn’t use enough fuel to suit me already .
some of the positives where if I always brung fish home Any smaller fish than the 5 I weighed stayed in the livewell
any dead fish I collected them as well
I have personally collected a possession limit and half of floaters from people just like me .
With this said just about every species in the lake are better than bass I promise
but this is what I got acquired to