Catch and release?
I have been doing this for more than 60 years. I haven't carried a net in at least that long either.
I read that we shouldn't do this if we don't want to eat the fish. I started doing this because I thought that the fish was too small and I put them back so that they could grow bigger.
I put the large ones back so they can be breeders.
I have used barbless hooks for a very long time, I don't touch the fish, when I get the hooked fish close to me and I slack off on the line the fish usually self relases.
I have never thought for a moment that I was hurting the fishery. Is this incorrect?
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