she would have been kept on my boat!
trophy fishing is trophy fishing! bragging rights & public acknowlegement, not to mention good publicity for the charter business.
i release plenty of stripers, small & large. ( agreed that the 30 inchers are best table fare) if it were a charter client, could you imagine advising him to release a potential record?
now that fish dieing in a seine net would truely be tragic!
imho cap'n mick |