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Originally Posted by Rusty Heap
No offense, really
but no winners here, I see a lose lose situation.
So your wife hooked and landed a magnificent fish, an old age marlin, killed it, left it after a posing for a typical tourist photo, and then gave it away to a local school, even if it was for school lunches, such a waste.
Might as well as cut down an old growth tree and make yourself feel better by planting a new sapling.
What a loss.
Really, sorry and no offense, but even in 3rd world countries like Guam you need to take care of the resources. Otherwise they're just going to go away buh bye.
I'm a scuba diver and love to see things again and again, shoot the picture and then let the critter go.
Kinda like the guys who shoot a trophy elk, mount the head on their wall, and in 10 years later it's in a garage sale for $100. Hard to practice "shoot and release", guess you have to use a barbless bullet.
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Tend to agree. Take the picture boatside, and measure length/girth. Have someone make you a fiberglass replica.
The fish lives, and you have a great conversation piece and something to remember that great day.