Why fishermen suck

Anybody see the world record Bass that was caught a few days ago? It's been on ESPN and yahoo news and such (click here for the story and pictures).

The thing is enormous. However, they may not get the world record even though they have pictures and video footage of them weighing the fish (it's almost 3 pounds heavier than the previous record). Why? Because they decided to let the thing live and let it go.

Shouldn't they be rewarded for this? Shouldn't this kind of behavior be encouraged for all fishermen? I mean, we already put a large sharp hook through the fish and yanked it out of it's home. The least we can do is put it back. According to angry (and jealous) fishermen everywhere, apparently not. They were supposed to kill the thing so it could be officially weighed. Nobody's happy until the thing is dead and mounted on somebody's wall.

Come on. We should have a little more faith in these guys. Do you really think a couple of fishermen are smart enough to doctor photos and video footage? I live on a lake where hundreds of fishermen live and I don't believe any of them know what a computer is.

Give these guys the record already. They deserve it.

The sad thing is that they've already publicized the lake they caught it in. Now every greedy bastard will be fishing that lake hoping to kill the record breaking fish. Whoever that is, I hope you rot in hell.