I have been fishing for large brown in Lakeville, E. Twin, and Highland ever since alewives were introduced in these lakes. I quickly learned that large browns are too valuable a resource to kill or to take a chance of them not surviving due to handling or fishing during warm water periods. To achieve this my personal rules are: not to use bait(live or dead),only use single hooks (I only use flys), unhook fish in the water while in the net, if the hook does right out cut the leader,use a soft net (no poly net)only measure fish if it can be done quickly while in the net, no pictures (it takes too long I usually fish alone)and lastly I don't fish for browns from the first week in July until well into October.