I'll qualify the same way...to the best of my knowledge...you do have to punch the back side for C&R fish, but I have never seen it enforced (which come to think of it makes it voluntary). WDFW wants release info so they can apply a hooking mortality percentage and include this in the total catch. But if you release more than 30, you don't have any more room on the back of your card and I can't see a Gamey being that hardassed.