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1977 and Guiding. The pictures from this era always involve dead fish which may create the illusion that everything we caught got slaughtered. This is because the only fishing pictures I have from that period were taken on the dock. My boat at that time didn't have any dry storage area. I couldn't afford to ruin my camera. It wasn't until I bought a Pelican Case that I started getting on-the-water shots. We released almost everything we caught. This fish was a Metropolitan Miami Fishing Tournament, or Met., record for this angler, who qualified for the "Pee-Wee" division. Therefore I had to kill it to weigh it for the tournament. Other fish were killed for mounts but that changed later. Releasing the fish even for a mount became more popular. Later the State of Florida required anglers and guides to purchase a "kill tag" to legally kill a tarpon. Except for records, that ended the killing of tarpon. |