Sacred Fish?

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Do you release your large and small mouth bass? I've watched my son release a 7 lb bass without hesitation. To some fisherman, the bass has become sacred and should be released at all cost. To others, it's an opportunity for a tasty meal. Unless its the trophy I'm looking for, I tend to want to release, probably because my son would never let me hear the end of it. How did this fish become so sacred anyway?