Geez, now I'm in trouble :(. I let most of them go but we did eat 2 or 3 of them. When you wait all year to have fish fry's with your buddies and that's all your catching..........

Your point is well taken though. It takes a long time for a fish to get big in the North country. I caught one eye at 6.5 which I let go but did manage a picture. I also caught 2 twin 8lb lakers "back to back" which I released immediately (as I know they are fragile) without taking time to get a picture. I landed them with the boga grip (no net to knock their slime off) took a quick look at the weight and then made sure they took off under their own power.

I hadn't really given it as much thought as I should. Thanks.