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well I know when I was fly fishing you could hook a wee brown trout, take a tiny nick from its fin(identification purposes) and a week later still catch the same little bugger. Besides I was watching river monsters the other night and the guy explained how there are loads of fish still living with hooks in there bellies, to prove this they scanned fish with a device that showed the hook. Although I was told that if you handle mackie your natural greese on your hands removes a film of slime and the fish dies sometimes. Whities sometimes look a bit sick when returned!!!! catch and release is good in my opinion, fish should not be wasted!!!