You just gotta tell them ... no if's, and's, or but's. There's literature out there that you might suggest he read ... STS has had articles. I'll be putting up a page in the expansion of the "Fishing Resource Center" now knowns as "tips and techniques", IF it ever rains again and I get a couple days at home.

There's a chance the fish may have made it, albeit a slim one. It all depends exactly where the blood was coming from.

On a similar note, I watched a boat today land a fish with a regular net, then let it thrash around against the side of the boat, then pulled the net and fish into the boat, take the fish out, drop it while taking a picture, and then finally throw it back in ... sad, sad, sad!