I just use a landing net with a telescoping handle--reaches out quite a ways. The netting is rubber-tangle free. I used to hand grab them, but once they are in the boat one occasionally gets loose if ya know what I mean--not good for the fish or me then. Most of the time I try to release them while they are still in the water.

The telescoping Feature is nice when I am with my wife--she is good at hooking/catching them, but not very good at unhooking them--I'll gladly do that, but with the canoe being 18'5"  long I need to reach out and get that fish for her. The net straps on to the canoe while in transit.

Some of the devices mentioned seem worth a second look.

Tim