Growing up in Ohio, the month of anticipation came in like a lion, and went out with a bass
Take, for instance, the statement of Agatharchides of Knidos: that the largest eels from Lake Copas were sacrificed by the Botians, who crowned them like human victims, and after sprinkling them with meal offered prayers over them.[505] Or the story in Posidonius the Stoic of Sarpedon celebrating his victory by sacrificing to Neptune, who puts armies to flight, enormous quantities of fish.[506] Theocritus in his fragmentary Berenice , lian,[507] and Antigonus on the offering of the Tunny all confirm the custom.[508] [Pg 216] Plutarch ( Symp
The rod is simply a tool that makes doing so easier
There are minimum size limits, usually 14 inches statewide for largemouth and smallmouth bass on lakes, but these can vary by waterbody (e.g., Ohio River regulations differ)