Dichotomy among njfishing members

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Noticed something here that would make an interesting discussion topic..
Not arguments, not anger, not accusation please..
I am NOT trolling, just interested in a good discourse..
I have noticed that the guys that post mostly in fresh water are adamant C&R advocates,all about not keeping fish, and discourage it for the most part. They sometimes complain bitterly about guys that make a habit of keeping most of their catch to eat, and often use the term "bucket brigade".. I understand their consternation, and often [not always] agree.

however on the salt water side of this same excellent forum, we see pics of "mass slaughter", decks full of fish, and most [not all] keeper size fish are taken home to eat.
If anything is said to those that catch lets say their limit of big stripers every day for a week, there is a lot of defensive and offensive banter back and forth among the advocates of C&R, and those of Keep it to eat..

I often wonder which side I am on.. I do take some fish home to eat, but often release everything as well.. This year I caught my personal best SMB, and wasted her by taking it home.. I still feel awful, I never should have killed that big old girl.. It was stupid..
Few weeks later i caught my PB Walleye, and never even thought about keeping... I let her go instantly...

Is it strictly a fresh water/salt water thing??
The mindset that FW fish are "harder to replace",and that SW fish are there in such numbers that they are harder to deplete??
I dunno, we have all seen SW fish depleted, and FW fish that are always there yar after year despite heavy pressure...
Again, just want reasonable thoughts and opinions on the topic.. Lots of nice guys here, no need to argue..
Just wondering why it seems more acceptable to kill SW game fish than it is to kill FW game fish... bob