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I keep what I catch when it's legal size. Plain and simple. I take my limit and go home. I don't spend more time fishing and potentially injuring or mortally wounding fish after I catch my "keepahs". This is how I feed my family, and I'm proud to be able to do it. I'm a stickler for size, 27 3/4" is not 28". I don't hold fish out of the water for photos if their not going in my freezer, except for one tiny fish at the beginning of the season. I hate seeing pictures of "release guys" holding these massive fish by the cheeks and gills, boasting that they released the fish....like many of those things actually live after getting a fist in their gills. I also don't believe in fighting a fish on light tackle, getting the fish to fight to exhaustion. This is just me. I had a buddy tell me that I should start releasing more fish, as he was holding his by the gills. If you're gonna release, do it with the utmost responsibility and care. If you're gonna keep, stay in the legal size limits and catch daily limits. Dispatch the fish quickly and humanely. That's just my opinion.
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