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I wasnt going to respond, becuase , everyone getting ruffled feathers does no one no good.... but ponder this.. if 40 and 50 lbs bass are all kept... the chance of an 80 will be nil to non exixtant, small fish havent run the gambit of life yet, there are far more of them for sure.... I carry a 100 lb scale aboard my boat as well as a tape measure. and camera. I can honestly say the fish( potential record) would be released, I need not prove anything to anyone,.... I killed a 61lb, and 58lb fish in '86, and another 58lb fish in 2004, all these fish went to market,now, I wished I had let them live, a fish that magnifigant deservs it's own fate at sea, I've released other 50's since then, I have pictures, those and the memory of the night is all I need these days, by doing so I give another angler a chance at what could be another world record... had I killed them, the chance would have faded that night, in bygone days, no one had the fine didgital cameras or portable scales we have today, lugging the fish to the dock was the only way to know it's weight....all that being said, my finest striper fishing memory is not of a bohemoth striper, but of a schoolie that just made the 16" minimum length, it was a short June night perfect in every way, almost.. that fish was the only one for me that night, I remember clearly although it was over 40 years ago, watching the gray dawn approaching and praying the night would never end.
Back to the article,as I see it the jist of it wasnt so much about people killing fish, that was mainly a sidebar, the jist as I read it was about the new breed, surfing the internet, sidesteppping the real meaning of why we fish for Morne Saxatillis.
again, good job Dave, keep up the good work..
Roc
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