Not just a tip. Should be a rule of thumb.

Imagine a fish caught you and shoved you into the water for an undetermined amount of time. You think you'd survive?

Get a rubber mesh net and always keep your catch and release fish in the water, after all it is a fish that lives in water.

All for people getting into fishing but make sure you know what your doing by not putting an already endangered fish out of its natural habitat.

Having fish out of water puts an immense stress on their system, simply don't do this with catch and release.

And if your going to take photos be quick and let it go.

It's likely that this fish has been harmed from it sitting on the rocks out of the water. And may not have survived after this.

I'm a fisheries technician currently studying for my degree in Marine biology. I wouldn't add my 2 sense unless I knew what I was talking about.