Summer bass tournament fish kills and the “BUBBA MENTALITY”

[Triton Tom]

I had the bass "BUBBA MENTALITY" too a long time ago.

Ray Scott’s brilliant PR strategy, and it’s still working like a champ over 4 decades later.

OK, stripernut1, you got to make a little effort too… so show me.[/COLOR][/FONT]

I’ll help you find ferret out the real truth about bass tournament kills so I’ll provide you with the Kentucky Fish Hatcheries resources and what to ask the Hatchery Managers. All you or anyone else needs to do is cut and past the 3 questions to an email addressed to these 3 Fish Hatchery managers and click the send button with your mouse and that’s all the effort you need to make.

I’ve looked up and posted the Hatcheries and the managers email address and 3 questions below for you. You or anyone else can email these managers. Ask these Kentucky State fish Hatchery Managers these 3 very simple questions, the answers are simply yes or no.

I was interested, I’ve already taken my time and effort to email them and ask these 3 questions, they responded and I already know how they will answer these questions.

I don’t think you’re going to like what these 3 hatchery managers are going to tell you. I believe they are going to bust your bubble about all this bass tournament bass kills. Rest assured, you can bet your house keys and first born child that your State bass fishery is and always has been on top of this fish kill matter; our bass fishery is very well managed and the Fishery Managers will certainly not allow the bass tournament industry (all the bass tournaments in the state) to negatively impact the bass fishery by killing a few tournament fish every year. If there should ever be an issue with tournament bass kills, there would be new rules and strict regulation that would effectively reduce the kills.

The BassMaster Classic was recently changed to mid-February (the coldest time and coldest water of the year). This B.A.S.S. tournament was historically held for decades the 1^st week of August (the hottest time of the year, the hottest water in the year, the highest bass kills of the year). Tournament kills are markedly higher when held in the heat of summer and tournament kills are very, very bad PR although the fish are usually well cared for the final 20 minutes of captivity or so at the weigh-in in ER hospital tanks and on release boats that also have ER tanks in a few tournament circuits.

Can you guess why the Bassmaster Classic tournament in held in February, the dead coldest time of every winter north of the equator in the USA? Anyone with Ray Scott's bass “BUBBA MENTALITY” should be able to figure this out if I can figured it out… I personally think this tournament was changed to the winter to reduce the tournament kills, another outstanding PR hallmark implemented by B.A.S.S. after years of research and publishing the bass care booklet “KEEPING BASS ALIVE.” B.A.S.S. Directors under the guidance and recommendations of Gene Gilliland, B.A.S.S. Conservation Director and expert Fishery Biologist and other experts chose to have this “Super-Bowl” bass fishing tournament in the winter. This drastic change was not forced on B.A.S.S. by any DNR regulations.

No disrespect to your current ideas and opinions, but if you contact these managers and learn the truth like I did, this may really shock you… “in your face - reality” so to speak.

Please post the correspondence you receive from the managers on the forum.

Do tournament bass kills negatively impact Kentucky’s bass fishery?

Would Kentucky’s bass fishery be negatively impacted if ALL the tournament bass were killed in every bass tournament in Kentucky?

Do Kentucky State Fish Hatcheries use a portion of State and/or Federal tax money and yearly fishing license fees to support bass restocking in Kentucky?

Minor Clark Fish Hatchery
Rod Middleton, Manger
[email protected]

Peter W. Pfeiffer Fish Hatchery
Steve Marple, Manager
Steve [email protected]

Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery
James Gray, Manager
[email protected]

When you receive the Hatchery Managers response to these simple 3 questions, please post their answers on the forum.

I bet if you ask these hatcheries manager to post their response to these 3 questions on this forum under this thread, they would kindly do that for all interested bass fisherman to see.

The url is: http://www.fishin.com/forums2/showth...089#post548089

Hope you guys have a Great 4^th of July weekend.