Quote Originally Posted by stickbait View Post
Nice fish and I would guess hard earned. The fish is legal to keep so I would do whatever I wanted with it. I think the fish and wildlife people from both states may have it set up so you don't devastate the lake by keeping a legal smallmouth. Heck, according to them you can keep one of these a day every day of the year. You keep one and catch flak over it, give me a break.
This comment echoes my thoughts on this also. By the way, I do have a couple on the wall myself. The one in my avitar is a 8lb 2oz.