Video: Super-Young Fisherman Can Catch – But Can He Release?

Catch and release fishing. It’s good for the fish because it lets them grow up and ensures there are plenty of them in the water. And it’s good for folks who fish because fishing is such an enjoyable activity.

When a fisherman is first starting out, though, releasing one’s fish can be difficult.

In this video, a young angler casts like a champ and hooks a fish. When it comes time to release his catch though, he just can’t bear to take it off the hook. Even after his father unhooks it, he has a tough time grabbing the fish, but in the end he “mans up” and gets the job done. Bravo!

I can’t help but grin when I watch this.

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.