What Do You Do With Them?

I'm an ole' Saltwater fisherman myself. I see a lot of folks on this site are mainly freshwater anglers. The only thing I know about freshwater is..I drink it and take a bath in it !!
I went to see a weigh-in at West Lake Tawakoni about 4 years ago in Feb. or March, I forget. It was that Cabela's King Kat event. I saw some hefty cats brought in. I'm sure these were released later. But, you guys and gals that catch the BIG Cats, what do you do with yours? I know with these big Bull Reds etc., most folks don't keep them bc the smaller slot Reds are better for the table. Tell me about your catches?
Semper Fi 66'-
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Catch, photograph, release... last bigun I kept was 20 years ago

I release them.I keep 2lb to 8lb fish for eating.

release

Released to fight another day!

Release so that someone else may get the chance to have an opportunity of a life time...

Rub their fat belly and turn em loose.

CPR for us

CPR here also

Catch, photo, release all over 10 lbs. They will make hundreds more next spawn.

I Catch Photo and Release all fish > 12# for conservation purposes.

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Release the big ones.

Same here 14 inches to 20 is what I keep

We release the big ones and keep the 2-10 lbs for eating

I'm a dink chaser 12" to 5 Lb for channel and not over 10 LB for blue cat

I kiss'em and put'em back

I kiss'em and put'em back. One old man to another

Max is 20lb for Blues, and I say Max, 15lb or less comes home, unless im just playing around... Big Blues not only are they the Producers, but they are not great table fare... Lots of Fat and Red meat. But Flatheads.... well that is another subject.

Let'em go.

Blues under 2 pounds/ and/ over 12. Back in the water. With Care.
Between 2 and 12. In the Ice Chest.
Any Channel over 4-5lbs. Back in the Water. With Care.
Channels 1 pound to 3lbs. Into the Icechest.
Yellow-Cat under 20lbs. Back into the Water. With care.
Any Yeller- over 20. Up to an including 100lbs.. Into the
Horse-Trough with fresh well water going on him. 2 days.
Then Fish-Fry!!!!!!!!!!!!

When we keep kitties, we prefer the 2 to 4 pounders. Easier to clean. Anything 10 pounds or larger is always released and usually anything over 5 pounds is released.:)

CPR always