Originally Posted by
sweetwater
One would think that if you did not put the bass in a live well, ride it around in a boat, then take it out and put it in a bag, dump it on on a scale, then dump it back in the lake it would have a higher mortality rate then if you quickly returned it to the lake in the best possible condition after being caught.
Allowing an angler to take home a dead fish is not a good idea either. Some anglers will inevitably decide that they don't have enough weight to win the tournament but that seven lb. bass they caught today would sure look good on their wall.