Talked to the taxidermist yesterday...

The story I got is that Brad insisted that the fish be released, but reluctantly allowed the client to kill that monster with the understanding that he would obtain a skin mount... WHACK!

After the fish was in the box a while, the client had a change of heart, and decided to opt for a fiberglass replica instead. So in the end a spectacuar fish was sacrificed needlessly... WHAT A SHAME!

The client got the meat and Brad got the skin. The fish was never officially weighed, but the taxidermist did get some good measurements... 56 x 35... estimated at 92 pounds. A truly spectacular fish that was denied its reproductive destiny. Just makes me wonder how much longer the Kenai's giant strain of kings can withstand this type of "genetic cleansing". Hope attitudes begin to change across the entire lot of hawg-bonkers before it's too late.
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"Let every angler who loves to fish think what it would mean to him to find the fish were gone." (Zane Grey)

"If you don't kill them, they will spawn." (Carcassman)


The Keen Eye MD
Long Live the Kings!