I don't trophy fish. Nothing wrong with it but for fishing and hunting I've always done them for the food value. If I caught a 40# catfish of any kind, would it be worth eating? Retired and think often about going to the south east to fish for crappie just because we don't have any big one's around here. Two thing's in the way. Someone I'd trust to watch over my dog's and how in the world would I get a crappie back 2500 miles without it spoiling? How stupid! Take the dog's with me and my own boat but then how do I get the fish home? Again, how stupid. Just eat them there. Starting to sound like a rich guy! :-)