I too was naive in thinking most of us who bass fish were catch and release. Been an eye opener for me. C&r really came on strong in the 70s and through education and perseverance it finally took hold. We started seeing fisheries getting better and better, and knew it was from this practice. Maybe our generation has dropped the ball in teaching the younger generation? You don't hear it preached on fishing Comercial anymore or on fishing shows,although it's is shown by the anglers that on the shows. I guess they to are of the mindset that c and r is the norm now. I too remember in my youth being all full of testostarone bringing home a stringer of fish (all species ) and banging my fists against my chest while proudly proclaiming, me man, feed my family! When in fact I did them a diservice spending money for fishing instead of paying a bill or put that money to better use by buying a weeks worth of groceries. Some people talk about how great table rock was in the 60 and 70s. Ha. It's a million times better now than then due to C and R.