Point taken, but consider this - did you ever imagine the trapping initiative that passed banning traps? (and also the hunting dog issus)A classic case of a non-user group dictating the rights of a user group. Who's to say that in our most liberal state of Washington we couldn't see a similar ban on various fishing methods, be them catch/kill or catch/release?
As to the kill vs. torture issue - it's not briefly tortured but tortured for it's own sake to be tortured again another day. I'm trying to get into the opposition's head and think how they would think. Actually, that particular group would love to ban all fishing regardless of the method or catch/kill/release.