This ease of release is an important consideration around hook choice in many fisheries when targeting species with strict regulations around catch and release, and limits or slot limits, such as with striped bass, sharks, redfish, snook, and seabass species
Depending on the day, they may or may not be willing to come up for a dry fly
"With the rank of major-general he [Anthony] commanded the dragoons, under Lord Mountcashell, at the siege of Enniskillen, and in the battle of Newtown Butler on 31 July 1689 was wounded in the leg at the beginning of the action, and his raw levies were routed with great slaughter." Simms 1969, p
I still have a strong back so weight isn't really the issue
[32] Otolith and vertebrae studies have proved useful in determining the age and thus growth patterns of the species, with other methods including scale and fin ray sectioning having lesser value