This kind of thinking is what leads you to be a better angler.Maybe thinking to much into this if i am let me know.
You realize there is a problem that you think can be solved and you are trying to find the answers for it. You are on the right track. You can never look at the details too much when it comes to landing the fish. You can always improve something to your advantage. Eventually, losing a fish you know you got a solid hookset into becomes rare when you learn to tune everything else.
You can learn to release very well without hardly ever harming the fish.