Glad to hear you'd "bet your life on it" because I have released many fish well into the 40 range. Love to see you take yourself up on your own offer.
I'll bet you also use barbed hooks, treble hooks, and the heaviest mono line you can find. Gotta love the folks that believe fishing is a contact sport.
Give it a rest pal. Only those who rarely catch fish because they don't know what they are doing are adament about keeping fish....it's because they are never quite sure if they'll ever land one again.
