Is THIS a SLOB?

[MarshCappa]

I got to get a place on one of the islands. That's awesome!

[numbskull]

Beautiful fish, but I'd feel better knowing it was still swimming out there. Sounded like the guy who caught it would have as well, but the guy with the boat got caught up in the glory of it all.

[Mr. Sandman]

David knows where the big ones swim.

Heard about it the next morning but didn't want to say anything. There are a few more left out there.

Got bait?

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Beautiful fish, but I'd feel better knowing it was still swimming out there. Sounded like the guy who caught it would have as well, but the guy with the boat got caught up in the glory of it all.

i feel the same way. i woulda loved to kno it was still swimmin out there too. but i guess theres two ways to look at it. 1. wat would u do if that was u that caught it (think veryyyyy hard on that one and you goes for everyone) and 2. a fish of that size has got to be in the 20 yr. old range and is probably on final few seasons. but ure right, big bass spawn more eggs than there 30 pound girlfriends so its def a tough call.

[Mr. Sandman]

You guys crack me up. I doubt any of you would release a 60.

Second, I think these big old fish don't have has many ripe eggs as you think. I would rather have a spawning mass of lots of 20-30#ers then rely on a few old fish with stale eggs.

Just like a 20 year old women is better to bear children then a 60 year old grandma. Fish are the same. Older fish have more eggs but many are dead. If you have ever looked at the eggs of a 50+ # fish you will see that most of them are not the vibrant pink/orange color of the 20#ers...they are more brown. Most of them are dead. Nothing wrong with taking a big fish IMO. She did her duty.

Personally, While I release a lot of fish, a personal best stays with me.

Besides...the comm guys would have kept it after first weighing it in for the striper cup.

If you caught a 80#er would you release it? Hell no! Don't be a hypocrite.

[Slingah]

I'd keep it, mount it...and brag about it for the rest of my life

now that is a slob...

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

You guys crack me up. I doubt any of you would release a 60.

dont worry i didnt even release my 47.75 pounder. in fact, i had her skin mounted and she sleeps above me every night much to my girl friends disliking. apparently, the fish gets more kisses goodnight than my gf but whose counting????

[LeCounts1099]

I understand they wanted to release the fish, but feared it wouldn't make it...

I did release my boat 49.5 lber... but will keep & mount my first surf- caught "50" for sure!

[striperman36]

Huge fish around.
Maybe by Sept there may be a 70 among us.

It doesn't look bigger than the 51 on my boat last week