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Originally Posted by MattK
It would be nice if there was a way when a state record was caught that the measurements could be taken at the lake so there's a chance that the fish could be released (maybe tagged so if someone else catches it a week later it wouldn't count) From what I read on the process it pretty much guarantees you have to kill a record to get credit for it.
Then again as far as I know the salmon don't reproduce in any of the new jersey lakes so it's not like that was a massive breeder being taken out of the population.
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all good points... and yes every state record fish is dead, the state checks the stomach and other stuff. true they don't reproduce and i'd never go against anyone's right to keep a legal fish for whatever reason, but i do wish more people would release big fish obviously
whether you like to just catch big fish or eat fish (i love both) the really big fish are always worth more in the water (especially the species that can successfully spawn) and the smaller keepers taste so much better anyway. Ask my friend john about the giant keeper fluke i caught and released while he was opening the cooler hahahahaha
