Here's my 2 cents worth.....release wild fish immediately! Too simple to work, I'm sure, but seems to make sense to me......no pics, no unnecessary handling of any sort....release immediately.

As far as whether to remove a "wild" fish from the water or not......depends on the river, doesn't it? Some rivers have long level bars to play and land fish...some fish are hooked from the short side of the hole while fishing from steep rocky banks in fast water.....now, I can hold the fish in the water still hooked on such a hole and drag his/her ass all over the place, trying to find a place where I can bend over and release it while still in the water, or I can pull it up short, unhook it and get back to fishing....which is worse?.....fish dies from lactic acid poisoning by being hooked too long (happens more with "sportsmen" using light lines and limber rods), or suffers a few bumps and bruises, but is released fresh?

I'm sure there are no perfect answers....why? Because the rivers are all different, techniques are different, fish are different.

But do tell me......what part of "being a sportsmen" is taking a picture??????