Just a Beautiful Fish !! I would have had to release him ! I am a Bass fisherman so that is all we do is release fish. I have caught 3 crappies over 14 inches (14-14.5) and all 3 were released. Whatever you did is fine with me. I just saw the picture and the first thing I thought was a quick snap with the little compact camera(phone pics stink) and away he swims.