Why is it Oklahoma's small mouth bass record is 23.5in but at Lake Lawtonka you can't keep one under 23in?

Question

Ok I pay 25.00 for state permit, 12.00 for a post permit and, 10.00 for a lake lawtonka permit that's 47.00 a year why should I throw back anything under state regulations and the record was not even set on lake lawtonka?

Answer 1

Chances are they don't want you to catch small mouth bass (hence the 1 limit per day), but if you do catch one and it's a record fish, then you can keep it. Maybe that's what they are trying to do, produce a record small mouth bass.