With water temperatures cooling with the fall season, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is resuming its trophy bass propagation program. The program only accepts trophy-sized largemouth bass from anglers, who receive a free replica mount of the fish in return. Bass accepted for the program are used as broodstock to grow a new generation of large fish. Jeff Ross, assistant director of fisheries at Kentucky Fish and Wildlife, said pairing male and female largemouth bass that have shown the ability to grow larger than average should produce offspring that do the same. The program was started in spring of 2016, then shut down in the summer as the high temperatures made transportation difficult for the fish. The department will accept largemouth bass exceeding 7 pounds. For more information, visit fw.ky.gov.