Now this was a nice BIG female, looked like she'd pop if you poked her she was so full of eggs, so I was in a big hurry to get her back in the hole...luckily, had my handy disposable camera with me, and got a quick picture and put her back in the hole to start the revival process.
I was a bit dissapointed that the bystanders who had gathered during the fight/landing were suprized that I was going to release her
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!'' i heard someone yell "YOUR LETTING IT GO!?'' another guy asked
I explained to them that it was a female fish , FULL of eggs, and she was probably one of the main spawners of that area if not THE main spawner...I didn't measure, or weigh her because I was in a hurry for the release, but from my experience she was a 7-8 lber with that many eggs in her...I hope that by people seeing that, especially the little kids that were around will see that even though I didn't have the fish dead on the ice to show off to eveyone for the rest of the day, I was twice as proud knowing that she was going to have a good spawn this year, and for years to come. (not to mention it probably would of tasted like an old boot)
But they still all looked at me like I had two heads when I let it go
And the worse part is, its not even my normal spot, its theirs!!! well...its my new spot now I think after an outing like today
its like you guys don't beleive me or something 
I won't dissapoint...