so my question is: if you were a catch and release angler, would you release? I am mainly a catch and release angler when i comes to wild trout and cutthroats. I do keep rainbows only to be eatten that day. I will not keep fish to freeze because i will not eat them later (unless its salmon or steelhead), so if its past dinner or i'm not cooking fish, I release. Now this fish is not for eatting so by my "rule", it would be a releaser. I think my pride and ego would get in the way...I'd keep it!!