Would you keep an apparent state-record fish caught in the river if it had no other value than that of being record size?

Fished the upper Snohomish and lower Sky yesterday afternoon. Was a banner day with 7 fish landed in about 3 hours of fishing. 1 big chum, 5 nice, bright silvers from about 8 to 13 lbs, and one serious slab of a buck that I'd estimate was 24-25 lbs. (I've caught 3 silvers over 20# this season so I'm not over-exagerating) Problem was this bad boy was red and ugly (although beautiful in it's own way with it's huge hooks) The only reason to keep it would be to hold the state record coho but I wouldn't have even wanted to be seen in the picture with it. I admired and released it wishing I had caught him 4 weeks earlier. Until I saw him close I thought I'd hooked either a really big chum or an old summer-run king. Anyway... would the record be worth it even if it would have ended up fertilizing the roses?