Agreed. That's why I never said what he did was right or wrong. To me it's just plain and simple selfishness. It's that simple. I don't hate the guy or anything, nor do I say he's a "bad person." For all I know he's the nicest guy on the planet.
The point is, that huge bass was a noble creature and in my OPINION shouldn't be eaten unless you're pretty much dying of starvation or the pond NEEDS to have some big bass taken out for it's health.
What he did was obviously legal and the guy had a right to eat the fish, or take it home and feed it to his cats, or just kill it for fun in his backyard. To me, all are a complete wasteof an absolutely awesome animal, by what I consider to be a very selfish, ignorant angler.
Right or wrong, it's just lame. Take home a big bag of 4 pounders if you want and do with them what you will, but an 18+ pounder? Weak!
is shooting and eating a deer a waste of an absolutely awesome animal?