I just noticed it reading the regs while fishing last week. There is a statewide slot limit for Bass. You can keep 5 but they have to be 12" and under and you can only keep one over 17" . How will this effect the trout fishing in many lakes? it seems to me that the state is protecting the breeding bass and by doing so will effect the trout pops and sizes. If you have a lake full of 13 to 16" bass would you then have to adjust the avg. size of your trout plants to stop predation? it would seem to me they would be better off adopting lake by lake or river by river regs rather than having a statewide slot. ANy thoughts?