I like turtles?

I was fishing in Alabama from the bank. I noticed a male and female on the bed. I stood back and threw a twin tailed lizard and slowly reeled it into the nest. The male must have picked it up and spit it out 30 times. I finally caught him and was surprised he weighed around four pounds and seeing him in the water I thought he was more like two pounds. I then knew the female was a pig. I kept throwing and when she took it I let her swallow it and she swam away from the bed about 15 yards before I dropped the hammer on her. She was 8 pounds 10 ounces and is on my wall at home. I never thought that it was wrong but rethinking it all now and probably should have left her alone. She is my biggest from the lake I was fishing but there have been 12 pounders caught out of the lake so there are definitely larger bass still.