I didn't even finish reading the rest of the posts in this thread.... I've seen enough..... And all I have to say on the topic is "My God, you guys are a bunch of PR!CKS." Here a guy takes a fish out of the water a little too long, and you're all acting like he just admitted to being a Child Molestor or something.... JacobF, Dont sweat the fish, it probably wont die and if it does...... Oh well. You didn't quite do everything by the book, but ya live and ya learn, so it's not that big a deal. Hell, a lot of guys would've bonked that fish, and you did the right thing by letting it go. To Hell with the Naysayers.