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Have everything laid out ahead of time and have confidence that you can handle those few tasks as quickly and safely (for both you and the fish) as possible...it seems more hectic than it should when you've actually landed a fish and you want to weigh.measure and get a pic, then hope for  safe release...but in reality, it's only a few simple things you're asking yourself to do...I've been on both sides of being prepared/not being prepared and it makes a world of difference

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Considering that I release most of the fish I catch, I agree with albacized, have everything laid out, even run through it. Basic rule, handle fish gently and get them back in the water as fast as possible. Luckily on a boat, you can have a bathroom scale and weigh yourself in gear and then it's dehook, step on scale, wait 5 seconds, get weight, pics for another 10 seconds, then back in the water gently, no tossing. Hold lower lip, move through water until they take off.

 

So maybe 30-40 seconds out of water at most. Think how you would feel with no oxygen for 40 seconds.

 

My two cents :) Like Chunkah, when I catch one, I will post the pics. I have yet to catch a 40. My best is about 28 pounds. It was caught on  June 5th, 2011 or June 3, 2010. Both days one of the fish was 28lbs.

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Matt,

 

Perhaps it is a generational thing to take pictures and post them online. I just had to get on my kids about getting the table set when they would not get off of their Ino-Tabs :mad: . Sure pictures are great but they are not my top priority. The internal memories last a lifetime - just like that fire red sunset I watched this moring at Nauset.

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If you are releasing the fish after an exhausting battle, don't weigh it, and don't take a picture. Revive it and let it go, or keep it and you have all the time in the world. Just because it swam off doesn't mean all is well. By the time you fight it, weigh it, keep it out of the water to take a selfie, the fish has been through a lot. 

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I only take photos if I'm fishing with a friend.  Much easier to have them snap a pic while you're in the water with the fish.  

 

They get the camera ready while you're reeling in/unhooking the fish.  Hold up for a quick pick then revive and release.  I hardly think that extra ~5 seconds affects the fish.  

 

If it's a true cow, I'd get a length and girth measurement while the fish is in the water.  I can live with that approximate weight.  Not a fan of using the Boga style scales on fish that will be released..

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This is why I've never understood why people sometimes give others a hard time about referring to fish in inches rather than pounds.  I've even seen a therad about it right here on SoL...

 

Well the reason I don't refer to my fish by weight is because I never took the damn thing out of the water to weigh it.

 

If the situation permits, it's much easier to zip out the handy pocket tape measure while the fish is still half-submerged in the water on a bed of seaweed than it is to pull her up the rocks and manhandle her for several minutes trying to get the weight.

 

Most of the time I don't even bother with that.  No one believes me when I catch anything bigger than 30" anyways...

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If you are releasing the fish after an exhausting battle, don't weigh it, and don't take a picture. Revive it and let it go, or keep it and you have all the time in the world. Just because it swam off doesn't mean all is well. By the time you fight it, weigh it, keep it out of the water to take a selfie, the fish has been through a lot. 

ding ding ding.  Nothing pisses me off more than a person who carries a fish up the rocks to take a pic and measure it.  Than wonder why it went belly up

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