[85eurocarrera]

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.

I would tend to agree, but I wonder what the chance of a fish like that living after a 2 hr fight. I have no idea, just curious.