We would like to point out that we have a policy on board of returning every fish that we catch (that we arent going to eat) back to the sea alive and with as little stress as possible.
We rarely take more than one or two fish home with us.
Good catch and release starts with the bite, leave a seafish bite too long and the fish will swallow the bait, making recovery of the hook very difficult. Lip hooking fish by striking quickly makes unhooking easy.
We also use a wet cloth, wet gloves or wet hands to handle fish to preserve their skin. And dont go to sea without a proper disgorger!
