DEAD bass was up after Tourney on KY Lake.

[sweetwater]

Maybe bass guys should take some tips from the catfish tourney guys, most of them have large tanks with good size water pumps to keep the water moving and rarely have dead fish. I know they take up a lot of room and will slow the boat down a little but it works pretty well. But I think the keeping a fish in a live well for hours and running fast over choppy water has got to beat the fish up pretty bad. I have also seen alot of fish that die after being let go and look fine. Kinda like releasing a striper when it is warm. they look good but die an hour later. I wish I had the answer for the problem but I do think that bass tourneys have gotten way to big and need to have some regulations on how many can be help at a lake over a year. I can't hardly even put my boat in on the lakes around here on a weekend because of having to wait for the tourney people to put in or take out.

I don't mind waiting on tourney fisherman at the ramp. A tourney of 50 bass boats can be loaded and off the ramp in less time than one city boy with a pontoon boat can. Also, the vast majority of bass fisherman are respectful of a persons place in line.

[kyriverblues]

I don't mind waiting on tourney fisherman at the ramp. A tourney of 50 bass boats can be loaded and off the ramp in less time than one city boy with a pontoon boat can. Also, the vast majority of bass fisherman are respectful of a persons place in line.

We must fish deferent lakes. Hell at Taylorsville I saw some tourney guys parked and waiting for the weigh in setting in the tie down places right off the ramp. I call that disrespectful. I guess I ain't part of the right click.