[JimRed]

A friend of mine cut loose a fish that had been hooked and then just tied (with the hook in its mouth) to a piling. After she took the hook out of its mouth and let it go, it swam around in our area, jumping out of the water a couple of times, before swimming away. Not sure if it was grateful for being let go or if it was just testing to make sure it wasn't tied up any longer.

And when the poor subsistence fisherman who left it there alive so it would be fresh for dinner came back to collect it...

[Fast Moving Angel]

And when the poor subsistence fisherman who left it there alive so it would be fresh for dinner came back to collect it...

No subsistence fishermen in this area -- they would have been over on the bridge. This was a private fishing dock in front of this little 8-room inn. I suspect it was some tourist kids who had hooked the fish and just left it there.