What I feel is an alarming trend

[GeoFisher]

After the big tx 2 Saturday ago, I had to wait for an hour to get to the ramp. They had the weigh in at the top of the ramp shutting down most access with 75 people standing around and boats that wouldn't even get off the ramp. I picked up 3 side swimmming kys and put them in the cooler. That's my biggest gripe with tx, those fish might swim off but how many go belly up in an hour.

Na.............None of those tourney fish die......Not a single one. NEVER..........even in the middle of August when they catch them 50 miles away and run in 10 ft sees. NOTHING DIES, or they were close to dead anyways.

[mhall]

I would love to know the true mortality rate of red nosing a bass from daylight until 3 pm going 70 mph everywhere you go and then place it in a bag and stand in line for an hour then weigh it and bounce it around some more then show it off and take 20 pictures and then and only then walk down and chuck it back in churned up poor water where a hundred boat motors just peeded used water and then..................of course they swim off just as good as new.

[GeoFisher]

I would love to know the true mortality rate of red nosing a bass from daylight until 3 pm going 70 mph everywhere you go and then place it in a bag and stand in line for an hour then weigh it and bounce it around some more then show it off and take 20 pictures and then and only then walk down and chuck it back in churned up poor water where a hundred boat motors just peeded used water and then..................of course they swim off just as good as new.

HIGH...but no one ever talks about that.. I have personally witnessed weigh ins for local tourneys on local lakes where they don't have 50,000 dollar holding tanks, and the mortality is UNREAL.....And if you do that stuff in July, August, September.........well You all have seen what happens.

[dabassking]

Na.............None of those tourney fish die......Not a single one. NEVER..........even in the middle of August when they catch them 50 miles away and run in 10 ft sees. NOTHING DIES, or they were close to dead anyways.

Come on, now... There's not a single tournament fisherman that has that mindset that you just so sarcastically alluded to. Yes, fish die due to tournament transport. Do enough die for people to make a big stink about it? Nope. Personally, I like to see those belly up fish go home with someone instead of them just float out and die for nothing. I know at every BFL that I have fished, there is a cooler that keeps the dead ones. They are supposed to get taken away to support the less fortunate. I'm not one that puts a knife to them, so I don't know if that really happens, but that's what is supposed to happen.

[bassmaster]

Na.............None of those tourney fish die......Not a single one. NEVER..........even in the middle of August when they catch them 50 miles away and run in 10 ft sees. NOTHING DIES, or they were close to dead anyways.

Well, I thought they all did....LOL. Seriously, better chance releasing them alive from ANY situation than putting them in a livewell and knifing them (A chance of survival versus NO chance of survival). I for one tourney fish as I have stated AND (OH NO HERE IT COMES)......I keep some to eat as well.............AS does StriperNut (Good friend) and some others on here as well. Catch and release works (I do this more than anything). EVEN catch and release in tournaments......
Some fish die at the hands of us ALL not just a few....................And if anyone thinks otherwise they are kidding themselves.

[mhall]

Well, I thought they all did....LOL. Seriously, better chance releasing them alive from ANY situation than putting them in a livewell and knifing them (A chance of survival versus NO chance of survival). I for one tourney fish as I have stated AND (OH NO HERE IT COMES)......I keep some to eat as well.............AS does StriperNut (Good friend) and some others on here as well. Catch and release works (I do this more than anything). EVEN catch and release in tournaments......
Some fish die at the hands of us ALL not just a few....................And if anyone thinks otherwise they are kidding themselves.

Every Spot that comes in my boat that is worthy I eat....well almost. Some days I'm to lazy to fool with them. I never keep smallmouth and very rarely keep largemouth its a personal choice and I don't slam anybody that does if they are legal. I also eat Stripers, Whites, Crappie, Bluegill, Catfish, Sauger and Walleye.....

[Shellkat]

Any bass (large,small or spotted) over 15 inches doesn't taste good to me. My boat is a eating vessel , if its legal it goes straight on ice, no hauling dead fish around in hot water for me. Those big bass get a picture and sent back to the lake. I would personally like to see the big c get stocked will walleye. I wish they would take the trout hatchery and make it a walleye one.