on the topic of keeping garfish alive (and any other fish for that matter), have a look at the following website which includes a page dealing specifically with the catch and release of garfish -
[url="http://www.info-fish.net/releasefish/files/getfile.asp?documentid=395&Format=PDF&Instance=ReleaseFish&filename=Releasing%20Garfish.pdf"]http://www.info-fish.net/releasefish/files...g%20Garfish.pdf[/url] (pdf file - 200kb)
[url="http://www.info-fish.net"]Info-fish homepage[/url]
[url="http://www.info-fish.net/releasefish/files/getfile.asp?documentid=395&Format=PDF&Instance=ReleaseFish&filename=Releasing%20Garfish.pdf"]http://www.info-fish.net/releasefish/files...g%20Garfish.pdf[/url] (pdf file - 200kb)
[url="http://www.info-fish.net"]Info-fish homepage[/url]