Catch and Release

Caught, then over handled and tossed back in to die? Oh no another lecture on angling ethics! Not really just trying to provoke some thoughts and actions. Is it wrong to take the occasional fish to eat? Or strict catch and release areas, tossing back injured fish just to die! Rules and regulations by definition tend to be rigid and inflexible. Just as saying native fish only! Let's get rid of all the brook and lake trout out west and no browns and rainbows back east! Inflexible! Some of the native fish had very limited habitat and ranges. PreColumbia America was a far different place than today. Eastern rivers had runs of Salmon, Shad and Striped Bass. Brown Trout is found as sea runs in most of Europe, were they once trans-Atlantic and native Americans and colonial actions squeezed them into extinction? Who's to say? What I think is to keep an open mind and not become inflexible in doctrine and actions.