So the take home from this is that Don is ok with killing a minimum of 12% (a number taken from his provided study) of the fish that he catches every year. Fish played to release (which is actually more handling than was required for the 12% mortality in the study) mortality is ok for Don. But you are a horrible person for killing a fish (up to 38% of them) if a quick pic is taken.
IMO, Don is a hypocrite for telling you not to take a pic because you will kill fish but at the same time believing in his own righteousness to kill a minimum of 12% of his released fish. If he wants us to believe his study then we need to believe all of it, not just the parts he picks and chooses to belittle people for wanting a photo of their catch.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander, right?
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