I RELEASE MY FISH, SOMEDAY WHEN I GET A BIG 50LB STRIPEDBASS ,I WILL MOUNT IT AS A REPRESENATIVE OF THE BIG GAMEFISH THAT I HAVE CAUGHT, THE FISH DESERVE TO GO BACK AND LIVE. AS ONE GENTLEMAN SAID- AS WE LOOK INTO THE EYE OF THE STRIPED BASS, ONE CAN ONLY WONDER THE HARDSHIPS THE FISH ENDURED TO GROW HUGE . THEY DESERVE TO LIVE , THANKS FRIENDS GREAT WRITING FROM ,MIKE