Awesome fish. absolutely incredible catch.
that was caught in 2008 I might add.
This guy does the unselfish thing and let it go. Spawner or not it is there for someone else to catch. The replica that he had made looks 100 times better and will last far longer than that fish ever would mounted.
Whether it was 60 inches or 59.5 inches, or whether it had a girth of 33 or 32.5 inches. Who the hell cares.
Anyone who has actually caught a large fish like that (which 99% of the people posting here HAVE NOT) knows that when you catch a hog like that, you are more concerned about getting the big girl back in the water quickly and healthy. You are also so PUMPED and the fish is usually struggling, it is VERY hard to get measurements at all.
Yet some people on this board can not just congratulate the guy for catching an amazing fish. They are not happy unless they rip the guy for not taking 20 different pics and getting 10 different measurements (to satisfy everyone else's curiosity), and end up killing this beast.
UNBELIEVABLE!
It is absolutely no wonder why many people don't post their catches here anymore. It's just not worth the aggravation.
Very sad.