"Catch and Release" fishing has gained much popularity in across North America and throughout the world.  Young anglers are the enthusiastic exponents and they can be introduced to this concept at an early stage. Catch and release, fishing must be done properly if it is to succeed in having the fish survive. This fact sheet should help anglers to release fish properly to increase the likelihood that the released fish will survive. The practice of popular and ever growing catch and release angling fish should be friendly sporting methods and with sporting equipment and then releasing them alive after the catch. This will refer your humanitarianism. Any how this angling is the voluntary practice, based upon ethics, empathy and traditional concepts.

Catch and Release refers to more than just letting go fish that you have caught just now. Due to personal belief or to preserve the environment, many anglers are now strongly reacted catch and release fishing. The anglers are also started researching on injury and stress to the fish, how the fish is hooked, how they are played and handled and how they are landed. From this research many new idea and techniques can be implemented on operation of catching fish. You should not hook them as nets and gills can cause problem to fish.

The belief is that Anglers do not like to eat fish because of the fear that creates due to the toxin that exist in the fish; this leads them voluntarily to return fish to the water. Now a day’s anglers are much conscience about the fish populations grow for future generations. So that anglers release the fishes after catches them. So Anglers are able to explain their feeling of moral responsibility to allow fishes to grow and survive.

You should also consider releasing fish if:

• You are fishing purely for personal sport and fun

• Your catch is below the minimum size required by local law

• The fish is too small to clean and eat

• You have no intention of eating the fish

• It is healthy enough to survive the fight and landing

• It is not badly wounded

• If you are really concerned about conservation

When practicing this "catch and release" technique, it is important to consider no harm to a fish. So there will be a chance of survive to the fish and reproduce for other generations.

Here are some of the safe ways to handle the fish:

• Use a handle net and keep the fish in the water or wet your hands if you must briefly handle the fish to unhook it.

• If deeply hooked, cut the line as close to the hook as possible. Do not try to force remove a hook from deep within the fish. Be careful when you are cutting the line.

• Try and revive exhausted fish by swiftly moving water through its gills. Move the fish headfirst through the water while supporting its belly, holding its mouth open, and letting the gills wide open. Release it gently so that it swims away in to the current.