Hi Steve,
Yes that's it in a nutshell, people like yourself, C.A., Graham and many others here on F.M. are consistent catchers of big fish. I'll bet that more big fish are caught and released without publicity than are publicised. I don't think there's anything wrong with publicising a P.B. or larger than average catch, however I do feel that the press put more emphasis on the size of a fish rather than the venue that fish came from, the stock of the species in that venue, the average size of the species from that venue the conditions under which it was caught and give merit on each capture as is deserved, as Ron said an angler who catches consistently from a variety of venues (even when the specimens in that venue are not anywhere near the size of fish in Kickles or Adam's Mill) is (IMO as well Ron) a better angler than the privileged few who get invited to the in form venues for a stab at instant fame.