Rob,
I see what your saying about the ethics, but I dont think that one's ethics have anything to do with the oppurtunity to keep an extra fish or two. Most "un-ethical" anglers could give two craps whether the state endorses the keeping of more fish for harvest or not. I consider my ethics to be in good standing and I can think of a time or two when an extra fish for the card would've been nice, but that is the exception rather than the norm. Just because I or anyone else CAN keep an extra fish doesn't mean they WILL. Im just saying its nice to have the option of making the decision myself, rather than the state.

RL