you can tell this isnt a fishing forum.
These things may have been said, but i got sick of reading the ignorant stuff half way through so stopped.
First off, in this country, for the most part, we fish freshwater for sport. We fish for specimen fish which we catch, admire, and then release so the fish can grow bigger and someone else have a chance of catching it. We take care of our large fish (and small fish), which is why we use things like soft mesh nets and unhooking mats instead of gaffs and hooks. So any large fish that is killed by a careless angler is a sad moment for any PR