One other point here, which is mainly an ethical one, and as such
dependent on one´s personal point of view. Fishing for such fish on a
catch and release basis is the ultimate mockery of the creature. It
reduces the creature to a complete plaything, which is artificially
produced under awful unnatural conditions, and then lives and dies
purely to provide a few moments of struggling for its life, resulting
in the personal gratification of an "angler". I find this abhorrent in
the extreme.

Many fisheries now are offering this, and many many anglers are
canvassing for it as well. Such people have no soul, and no conception
of what angling is.

If anybody cares to disagree with any of this, please feel free. If
anybody has any positive arguments in favour of such, please feel free
to voice them.

Just do me one favour, and don´t keep telling me you "have no choice",
or it is "convenient".

TL
MC