Yes it is ... but I know we work hard at handling fish carefully and NEVER in the boat or on the bank. You'll always see that fish are held over water ... if someone loses a grip, it plops back in the water, not on the floor of the boat. You'll also notice on 99% of our pix that you'll see drips from the fish ... only a couple of seconds to take a pic as the fish is in the water until that time. In fact, that looks like drip from the right ventral fin of the one above.

It'll change things a little for us, but we can adjust