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Nothing wrong with muscling a fish in unhooking it and turning it around fast. Gentle and quick (often difficult for an uncoordinate like myself :P ). I'd say probably the biggest issue with recreational anglers is the bulk of anglers who don't know or don't care about the way a fish is released. A fish is caught and someone spends 15 minutes trying to save the hook or the drop it on the rocks or beach and kick that fish into the water. Even the real mortality rate, which certainly is lower than that study would be improved with decent and quick releasing of a fish to the water... The biggest problem has got to be getting people to properly release a fish....
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