BF, shouldn't this thread be named, "Ever throw back a big fish?"
my biggest was low to mid 50". picked her up to my shoulder, tail was on the sand, and i let her go. it wasn't until the adrenaline of the blitz i was in the middle of ended that i realized just how big that fish was. released a few 5 others that bottomed out the old 30# boga that tide. a few 30# - mid 40# have gone back into the water on other nights. i have always had a hard time killing the big girls.