Thread: Legasea fish handling practices. Thoughts?

Average standard of fish handling for catch and release is very poor in my opinion. Barotrauma for snapper is a big issue. When I catch big snapper in deep water, they hit the surface blown. Guts coming out of mouth and anus and fizzing like a bottle of bubbly. That is a dead fish whatever you do, may as well keep it. The guys that release these dead "big breeders" and then go on to kill a whole load of pannies are doing the fishery no favours at all. Catch what you need, then stop fishing.