It is illegal to sell a gamefish from public waters. It is okay to sell gamefish from private waters providing you have a permit to do so. Mike at Camelot has one.

I understand that a GW has rights, but I guess my problem came with someone suggesting a GW could enter your house without a warrant or your permission. But I think the piece of the puzzle I was missing is that, like you said, he can't do any of that unless you're breaking the law. Any cop has right to search of a vehicle, boat, home, etc. if he sees you breaking the law. That's not power above what a GW has.

Anyway, I'm not trying to get this post off on a tangent. Like I said, I don't believe the state has any right to call something their "property" if I can legally take it home and put it in the deep fryer. I'd sell that thing in a heartbeat for the prices they were talking about earlier. But if I was going to turn it in, I'd rather turn it into the SAL program than BPS. Nothing against BPS (prob my favorite place to shop), but I'd rather them try to breed some more monsters than just have my own personal enjoyment of seeing it swimming in the BPS tank.

Id be to proud to sell it. I think the whole process of turning it in and what not is all part of a great memory.

Heck alot of the guides got their start and filled their books buy catching one fish. Their is nothing wrong in my opinion of taking advantage of an opportunity as long as it is done legally and I can promise you if you caught a state record and contacted the right people at Bass Pro they would make sure it was well worth your time and that it was legal. My first call would be to every boat manufacturer to see which one wanted to have their boat in every photo that would be allowed to be published

Some have said they think the new state record may be worth a ton of money, I think that is true but you are going to have to go out and find ways to make that money.

Why would you sell it? Is Robby Rose back on the tournament scene or something???? LOL