I also never pull a fish out of the livewell by the cull ring. I always slide my hand down the line to grab the clip...and then with that leverage, I lip the fish to bring it out of the well. I've seen pros and our region guys lift an entire limit out of the well by the five cull floats, to cull a catch (and/or to bag their fish for weigh in). Not saying that's wrong...just that I choose not to do that.