I’m definitely not a trophy hunter. I’ve killed a lot of deer but I’ve never eaten any antlers. I love venison though. I have no desire to eat a catfish that weighs more than a pound. If we had other stripe, I’d chase them instead of large catfish. I wouldn’t eat them either. Since I don’t eat them I have no desire to catch small ones, so we upsized the bait and the tackle to target larger fish. My son had a blast, so mission accomplished. Regarding transporting fish from the SE to Oregon, if you froze them first and put dry ice with them in a cooler it wouldn’t be hard to get them home.