Quote Originally Posted by DJD View Post
Unfortunately, being a tournament angler means your fishing for money that can bring out the worst in people. There are few qualifications on local tournaments other than having money and meeting safety and boating requirements.

Now some guys do a great job of caring for their fish but sadly many don't. I have seen anglers with large bags of fish waiting in line to weigh in and setting their plastic weigh-in bag full of bass on the hot asphalt. I have also seen folks do what you described. I have always taken good care of my fish and have even stayed around the release site to help fish recover that were beat up during the process.

What you see on the water is just a slice of the population that you see driving or working everyday. Good and bad in all things and like I said toss money on the table and egos get busted or inflated. Prolly still more good than bad out there fishing tournaments.

I agree with you about this being done by the minority. I wasn't meaning to label tournament anglers as all bad guys. You're correct in that a lot of guys do it the right way. I'd just never seen anyone be so blatant about dumping their fish before and it shocked me I guess.