OK, lets all get a grip.
We all KNOW summer and warmer to HOT temps will stress the fish more.
Is the article accurate, probably not as accurate as the writer would like for us to believe.
However I have never felt that extended summer tournaments of 8 hours were in the best interest of the sport or the resource. IF we are going to have these tournaments in summer then lets do the right thing. This article does get one thing right.. summer is tougher on fish and hot water in a live well is not good for them.
Bottles of Ice, and chemicals that treat the fish are definitely needed and should be a part of summer tournaments. We need to do our own research and find out what the optimal temps and chemical additives are if we are going to continue to fish tournaments in summer. Maybe its time to get all the tournament groups together and pay a University Like Murray State which has a fisheries studies department to do some kind of field study into how best to treat water and fish in summer. It is the Responsible thing to do.
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