River boy, with all due respect of course, I would suggest looking up how to release a fish with a gaff. You'll never touch it, you wont net it, and she'll swim to see another day. I don't know how you release your fish but thats how I do it and I can guarantee the fish I let go are unharmed - mostly. Unless one swallows a chovy with a treble, but even then keep it in the water and carefully with pliers pull em out.