For what it's worth, I didn't "drag" it on the beach. When it was in around a foot of water, I carefull tailed it with my right hand and put my left hand under it and carefully lifted it out. I then gently laid it on the beach. It didn't struggle, it didn't flop around, it's whole body weight was supported. I didn't have to "fumble" for my camera or anything, it's easy to get to, I just had to take my vest off. I didn't even bother to take the time to wipe the sand off it. As soon as I put it back in the water, it swam off with no revival time at all. There were no scales or blood anywhere.