Quote Originally Posted by MagikSmallie View Post
1 single tournament on 1 single weekend weighed in approximately 3,800 bass and maybe 100 of them died and were photographed floating in the marina at Paris. That is about 2.5% mortality rate....out of a 400 boat tournament which is rare to have a tournament of that size. I think this issue is waaaay overblown, it is not a problem. I agree the picture of a bunch of dead bass *****...but thousands of bass die all the time every year in every lake for a variety of reasons. Its a non issue in my opinion.
Just for the record the 3,800 is pounds not the number of fish that was caught. I personally don't care if only one fish died, its a waste of meat. Maybe if they are going to continue to have these big tournaments they should have a 5 gallon pot of oil boiling and the looser has to filet the dead and have a fish fry for the campground foks.