...Trout guys...you will never release a fish properly enough for a trout fisherman :razz:
If theres one guy that cares about releasing fish healthy it's me. I don't over fight the fish on thin line. and depending there they get hooked. if it's just in the lip and Im over fairly deep water pike and bass will just get chuck back in a safe height. usually by the gunnel of my boat.
If on the other end the fish is hook deep or fought to long or had couple treble hook. most the time I put them in the livewell in season with some product that help them recover.
You can't please anyone and when I see those guys in the river fighting a fish for 10-15 minutes when it's trying to spawn....I shake my head at them....so them telling me I didn't handle them well...I laugh it off.