The fish has a distinctive' "crooked" back. I can show you pics if you want from the first time I caught it. What are your credentials besides being an online smart-ass? I caught the fish, I weighed it because I wanted to know, and I released it. No interest in eating one that size, and if I had wanted a mount, it would be a replica so as not to needlessly take those genes out of my pond. There was no negative to releasing the fish.
