Fresh run fish.

The question is the fresh run trout and steelhead that run the Erie tributary's.
The fresh run fish if not the table fair should be return safely to the creek or mouth but full grow
fish with a little wear should and can be harvested only if you will consume this very short resource with out question if you can not use the fish than by all means release is very desired.
With that in mind if you will be catch and release then it is necessary that the fish be brought to net and not fought as to weekend the fish.
A stout tackle to bring the fish to net is called for and a hands free approach will be needed to keep the chemistry of the scales and gills from any damage.
If the fish is not responsive then a few runs of water though the gills will bring oxygen and revive the fish enough to let it swim off to fight another day,