Thats great to hear. Last year I took my daughter and father out striper fishing just off Va. Beach. We hooked into a big fish and as my daughter faught that fish we had another two poles go off. It was busy on the water so my dad had to drive the boat as I helped my daughter fight her fish. When she finally got it up it was a big blue fish which was a disapointment because we want a big rock fish. I netted the fish and handed her another pole to fight as a delt with the blue. I once again commented on how big it was and then slung it back in the water. She got in her other fish which was a nice striper and my father reeled in the other nice striper. We got the lines back in and started trolling. A guy came over the radio asking what was citation for a blue and someone answered with both catch and release and keep numbers. Thats when I realised that my daughts blue was an easy catch and release citation but it was too late. It just never dawned on me to check as we had other fish on the lines.
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