Yes - it does look small but sometimes Internet photos, especially copies of Polaroids do that. So, while the smallest LEGAL keeper I've seen in recent years was a 28.5 inch 3.5 pound bass (caught by my dear friend, the birthday boy), it was a legal fish. It also looked really small. But it was legal, even though it looked like a striper trapped in a herring's body
- so it can happen.
I'm not saying either way if it is or not (I thinks it's small) - but all I'm saying is that it could be.
(course, it's legal in Jersey
)