If you catch it, it's your fish. You can do with it what you want. No need to explain your reasoning on this forum Dester. Congrats on the hawg.
I also release a ton of fish. Or I keep keepers and give them to guys next to or around me that arent doing so hot that day.
I think its fair for me to want to keep this fish. Even when I caught my 19" and talked to the ranger. I was about to release it back but he told me fish that get to that size wont live much longer. He actually encouraged me to take it home.
If you catch it, it's your fish. You can do with it what you want. No need to explain your reasoning on this forum Dester. Congrats on the hawg.
Nice one for sure! I would have kept him to. No shame in that at all.
congrats on this and the mounted one. you got a great start to a stringer mount.
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