Recreational guys who retains fish within the regulations will NEVER kill a fishery. In certain cases they actually help maintain a trophy status by controlling or culling the population. Don't tar and feather someone who is within their right to keep their catch in spite of your personal convictions. Their rights and choices are just as valid as yours. That being said, conservation is something we all should be mindful of and the fact that they released the larger fish suggests they are just that. Gives the guys a break, there's ways of sharing your opinion without taking someone's head off.

The many people we all see who blatantly disregard a resource and take every fish regardless of size......completely different story but that's not what happened here.