tournaments killing fish

[reakaaa]

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Just wondering if anyone knows the mortality rate of largemouth bass after being in a livewell all day in the hot summer months? Just came back from my home lake Kinkaid lake in southern illinois this weekend sick!!! Watched numerous tornament guys dumping their fish after weigh in without ANY effort to revive them, about 10 minuites later noticed fish anywhere from 1 to 8 lbs struggling in the hydrilla. about a half hour later noticed close to 50 dead bass nice healthy bass before the tournament dead! checked jugs later that night to see even more!!! the local fish biologist whom i talked to for over 30 min says this is a common thing during the summer. no law against wasting fish is in effect in illinois. let someone try to throw out a deer kill or a duck etc. same thing but there are laws against wasting other game!!! Help me preserve this resource and stop fishing tournaments in the summer you are damaging your own hobby more than you think. im sure everyone on these forum loves to fish so these guys are ruining it for all of us!!! plkease dont livewell your fish in the summer unless you actually plan on eating them. seems like a waste for 24 boats each one killing over 2 fish per boat for the sake of bragging rights or a small check. An 8 lb fish in this lake is like 10 years old!!!
Please help me spread the word about this dilema before it is too late. how many bass do you really kill when if you kill one mature female? Do the math folks. I want to watch my daughters have a chance at a real trophy one day too. lets not ruin the legacy! ONLY FISH TOURNAMENTS DURING THE COOL MONTHS !!!
Help pass legislation to outlaw tornament bass fishing during the hot summer months! For years i've heard the tournament guys blame the tough fishing on the muskie here, looks to me like they have way more affect on the bass population than anything mother nature can throw out there!!!
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[Donald.Hudson]

Instead of outlawing tournament fishing during the summer you could ask them to do their fishing tournaments like we do here in TN. The lakes around here are only fished for tournaments from 6 P.M. to 9 P.M. and I see a VERY low mortality rate. Everyone wins that way. You should always be considerate of the other fishermen, too. Remember that they are just like you and love the hobby. I do agree that they should be more conservative with the fish. Hope I help some.
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[20inchbass]

Well I know here that our bass season doesn't start until June, so we have very few bass tournaments until then. I don't like to see fish die for no reason either, but I like fishing and I like tournaments so I wouldn't push for either to be banned. They die because of extended time in the hot live well. But I know that our live well has a water circulating system, and we've kept fish all day and released them fine. I know you are upset over the fish kill, but I can't see any other way of smartly controlling a tournament. Maybe a good thing would be to raise the entry fee a little and provide all boats with a bottle of that stuff called Please Release Me ([url "http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_1268____SearchResults"][/url]http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_1268____SearchResults[/url]). It might help.
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[theazfisher]

I am with you bro people out here catch catfish and have them out of the water for 5 min then release them and they die, they are nice size cat's to but they kill them [bob]

I am only 16 but I want my kids that I am going to have to be able to be to fish
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