That’s a great story for your first fishing time, I don’t quite remember mine but I do remember the times fishing as a kid. We would go all over the place, be it in our local city which had 3 ponds and a reservoir in it or driving an hour or two for different spots it was something I fondly look back on with my dad. 

I like your philosophy of letting the big fish go and think more people should think of it that way! We should be trying to preserve the populations of those big ones, because we all know how fun it is to catch a giant fish! I think my personal record is an 8 pound bass but that was many years ago. My son caught a 5.5 pound one which was amazing lol. 

Some of our best catches last year

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