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.