Jealously is brutal

[Guest]

Great fish young man don't blame you for keeping it. 365 x 5 =1825 so he has 1824 more this year he can keep.So 1 out of 1825 is not to bad. There 365 days in a year your allowed 5 bass per day equals 1825 you can keep by law.

 

[jsb]

I agree with most the gentleman had ever right to keep it. Each of us have our own reasons for making the decision we do Personally I had rather had the enjoyment of seeing the fish swimming off since it aloud me the pleasure of catching it. Also I have always heard the artificial ones look as good and last a lot longer. Even if I was to ever catch the record (not) it would never be official. I would not kill it to have dna testing done. I would donate it to the aquarium or turn it loose. This is in no way shape or form condemning this gentleman for keeping the fish but what I would do.

 

[Dropshot]

To each his own. I am like Lance, I only regret the additional boats on an already crowded lake.

 

[silvertalon]

Fish that big are old fish towards the end of their life cycle. Some bass will live to 20 yrs tho. The eggs, fry, are stronger from the mid-size fish too- not from the big one's-from what I understand. All I can say is if and when I catch one over 10, its going on the wall. Congrats to that 14.5. Fish of a lifetime!