The bright-eyed and exited young boy watched as his dad battled a small bass then lifted it into the boat. Since the fish certainly wasn't a "lunker", the father decided to teach his young son about "catch and release". As soon as the bass quit flopping around at the end of the line, the older angler grasped the fish around its mid-section, carefully removed the hooks, and pitched the bass back into the water. The youngster seemed disappointed and somewhat puzzled by this action, so the father explained, "Son, that bass was pretty small, and it's a lot better to release him now so that he can grow up. We might even catch him again when he's a lot bigger." Having appeared to satisfy the boy, the father was sure that he had done the proper thing by teaching his son about "catch-and-release", but was he correct? The answer is [...]
