1. hey ----even if you already have a bigger fish in the boat and a legal fish
floats away after release you are just ABOUT forced to drive over there and go get it.
2. in most tournaments that i fish the guys that win the release division end up releasing all the small fish---- everything else up to 3 they'll keep which im sure is what most boats do. i think the release division is just another bet on how many not the biggest.
thanx