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Successful catch and release means doing all that the angler can do to reduce his/her impact on the fish. That may mean foregoing pictures or even intentionally shaking or breaking the fish off instead of bring it completely to hand.
Yeah, well, I still don't like it. Take one more step down that stupid slippery slope you're standing on, and realize that doing all you can to reduce your impact means hanging up your rod.

I'd feel better about a law that prohibits "abusing" a fish to be released and then let the warden decide what's abuse and what isn't. They determine intent when it comes to snagging all the time, they could tell the difference between abusing a fish and not.
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