Excellent post, Brian. It's funny, I've actually been meaning to PM you to suggest you put up just such a statement. I hate to see mishandled fish, and it seems there have been a few lately. It's one thing to carefully lift a fish above the water line for 2 seconds, but quite another suspend a fish over the bank or drag it up onto a gravel bar. Catch and release is no good if you're releasing injured fish. I think we all have respect for wild fish, but once the "must get a pic" mentality becomes engrained our concern for the welfare of the fish starts to fall second to our concern for a picture. If pictures of mishandled fish aren't tolerated on bulletin boards, though, there will be no more fuel for the "must get a pic" mentality. Basically, you beat me to the punch.
Just goes to show you... hopelessly ill, steelhead-infested minds think alike.
Andrew
