There are no "possesion limit" on fish unlike say ducks or geese. you are allowed 1 daily limit/day. I can have as many fish as I want in my freezer, which if you catch them like me, you fill quickly. If the state was concerned about keeping "spawnwers" wouldn't they have restrictions? The DNR always has the resources best intrest at heart. They say keeping big fish has no bearing on overall numbers. By the way, another limit today, back at the railroad bridge in Sandusky bay. The big lake was to rough this morning even for the Walleyewacker III. I will have a fish fry for all of you who cannot catch fish, and then say keeping big fish, which is my daily limit set by the DNR unsportsman like. If you caught a big limit like we have been, trust me, you would keep them. The big ones are just as good eating as the little ones you catch, just more of them to eat. Fill tose freezer now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!