03-09-2014, 02:40 AM
So a different look at this is to ask the question; why should we care if he let it go or not? There are tremendous arguments to be made for the conservation and continued legacy of released fish, but the fact of the matter is that once this gentlemen hooked and retrieved that fish, it became his property. If he truly performed all that the law requires him to do to legally harvest that fish, the minute he boated or landed the big'un, what we think is no longer part of the equation.
Is it our place to judge what the farmer does with his prize bull, if what he chooses to do is legal? Is it our place to judge the hunter who takes the three year old buck who would have bred and grown trophy offspring? The answer is obviously No!
This is a great fish. I am happy for him and hope someday to be in his place. As for what he did with it, well, that really is his decision and none of my business.
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