John, your article is total bovine derived fertilizer! You rail about the cruelty of catch and release fishing yet as a commercial fisherman you have no issue with dumping net loads of fish on a boat deck to suffocate. Your position supports those who would like to end two of your other pursuits, dog mushing and trapping, as cruel and inhumane.
You claim catch and release subjects fish to terror. The reality is that fish live in a world where they are constantly in a struggle to survive predators that want to eat them. The struggle to survive is evolutionary, not emotional. It is a mistake to think they an animal like a fish is capable of human-like emotional response.
As human populations continue to grow, catch and release is a management tool that allows continued healthy wild fish populations. The intrinsic value of wild fish populations to those who practice catch and release helps ensure protection of habit for those fish. The recovery of grayling in the Chena is proof it works.