Utah/FG Laker record broken

[dubob]

I thought you would have something to say about the guy that kept his new "record" fish.  Ignorant people don't realize a picture, measurements and let it go can produce a beautiful mount and not kill the fish.  A skin mount is not nearly as good as a fiberglass mount these days.  Too bad somebody didn't help him make a better choice.  Poor 50+ year old fish.

And ignorant people don't realize there is no way to establish a record catch without getting a certified weight of the catch which of course can't be done without removing the fish from its natural environment and transporting it to a certified scale.  Very hard to imagine that an ordinary fisherperson would have the means available to transport a live fish from a lake and then return it to a lake still alive.  And would that even be legal to do so?  The Utah Guidebook says:

A trout, salmon or grayling may not be released if it’s been held on a stringer or in a fish basket, livewell or any other type of device.  You may not transport live fish or crayfish away from the water where they were caught.

Don't know what the Wyoming folks say, but it's probably similar.  So, why don't we all just cut the new record holder some slack and just congratulate him on being the new record holder instead of making him out to be the devil incarnate for killing a XX year old fish?