guys, I'm going to semi-stay out of this because it's a pandora's box...but do you hnestly think that because you saw a fish swim away that it didn't die.

MOST post-angling mortality occurs after the fish has swum away, not at the side of the boat.

That is ALL I will say on this issue, not only because it is controversial but because I no longer fish for trout so am not opinionated on the season and its regulations.

I am merely making this statement because of what I know of fish biology and management.