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Old 01-12-2018, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Texas_Rig View Post
I've thought a little about the fact that he kept the fish. I've come to the conclusion that I'm all for it if someone wants to keep a fish like that. I know for 100% certainty that I would not kill a fish just to mount it. I don't care how big it is. I've seen comments that people say you never know until you catch one that big. That's BS. I can assure you that I would never kill a fish just to have it mounted. With that said, I still don't frown upon it. The guy did nothing illegal and fish that big are almost certainly done giving back to the bass population by spawning. The only other benefit it would be to anglers would be if someone else caught it.
At first I was upset about that then I read what the TWRA said about it, the chances of the fish surviving was pretty slim due to the age and it was pretty close to the end of its lifespan so the loss of reproductivity was minimal.
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