Every fish in the pictures I upload to this site are immediately cleaned after the picture is taken, and every one of them has been eaten. I often fry or blacken fish for my immediate family, sometimes for a group of friends, and sometimes, I bring some to my older aunt and uncle who live across the street. Some of you may have seen a "thumpnet" before. It's a plastic coated floating net with a heavy duty zipper where you can put your fish in it and drop it in the water, tied to the boat. I always put the first four or five fish I catch in it to make sure that if I don't catch enough to clean, I can release them alive. Once I think I have enough to clean, then I start putting them in my ice chest. The fish that are in the pictures I share are pictures of the ones I kept in the ice chest. I immediately release any of them too small or any I don't intend on keeping. As far as the smaller 9" fish are concerned, my wife actually prefers small, thin fillets....almost like a potato chip, so sometimes, I keep those 9" fish just for her...lol.