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Bill. i take personal offense to one of your statements. who are you to say that any fisherman that gets a fifty WILL keep it?!?!?
when i get a striper, i don't keep it based on its size. if it is of legal size, and not going to live, then i will keep it. when i get a fifty, i keep it, but ONLY after i do everything in my power to revive her. if she can't swim off on her own, then she will go to the cooler.
i have nothing against someone keeping their "trophy". i do have something against someone doing this for the wrong reason. nobody likes a "self proclaimed" hero! let's say a person gets a fish that they feel is a fifty. they bring it to the shop to weigh it, and it weighs over fifty pounds. good for them. but, if they feel the need to take pictures of it to show EVERYONE, take it around and show people, weigh it in at every place with a scale, then i feel they have done something wrong. that is when they atrt gloating! every one here would be happy with that fish, but if that person feels the need to show off their accomplishment, then maybe they have some wrong that runs a little deeper than we really know! perhaps they have some self esteem issues. fishing should not be for anyone but yourself. the respect of an accomplished fisherman should not be called for by that person. but, instead, given readily by one's peers!
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