We should look after and respect all the fish we catch. Remember that it could be someone else’s prize catch. Now there are some items of Tackle which are a MUST every time you go fishing to help you care for the fish and then "release the fish back into the water unharmed .
Landing Net, A must when catching fish, its cruel to the fish if you drag the fish by its lips out of the water and up the bank, so a landing net is a MUST, then the material of what the net is made from is also important, if the strings of the net are tied together thus creating a knot, once the fish is held in the net , the knots will scratch, damage and de-scale the fish, so a soft mesh net is a preferred net when carp fishing. once you have safely netted a fish you should always whenever possible let the fish rest in the net to gain it strength. Lifting up on the net fins can easily be damaged or in the worse case snapped as most of the weight will be exerted on these areas.
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