Quote Originally Posted by ScottP View Post
That heat coming from a bunch of people who have no clue as to how much Mr. Jacklin has committed to maintaining and improving the fisheries in/around Yellowstone. Guy catches the fish of a lifetime, realizes it's probably fought a bit too long and too hard to survive (I'd guess he's caught enough fish over the years to know), and decides to put it on the wall (he did the mount himself); good for him.

Regards,
Scott
I have no problem with him keeping the fish. When faced with a 30" plus fish, would I? Hell yeah.

But keeping fish, any fish, for whatever reason, is highly controversial today. I don't think it fair to say that anybody who criticized the decision didn't have a clue about Bob Jacklin or his history.

I brought this up because that decision may be the reason (again, wrongly in my opinion) that Jacklin may not have gotten appropriate recognition.