Dead fish during day tournaments

[shakinatdark]

i had 2 FROZEN GALLON JUGS AND BASS MEDICS PRODUCT IN MY LIVE WELL. HAD 1 FISH DIE AND DID REFILL AND ADD ICE AND MORE PRODUCT TO WATER. LIVE WELL TEMP WAS 71 AND THE FISH STILL DIED EVEN AFTER HAVING FISH IN LAKE WATER FOR 15 MIN TRING TO HELP HIM OUT. SOMETIMES THINGS JUST HAPPEN EVEN WITH THE BEST EFFORT GAVE...... THIS WAS THE FIRST FISH THAT I HAVE LOST IN TWO YEARS AND THE FACT THAT A 5/0 WIDE GAP HOOK IN HIS THROAT THAT I CUT THE SHANK OFF PROBABLY DIDNT HELP THINGS EITHER....

[Bobby Headrick]

Some fish will die no matter what you do. Also when a person is fun fishing and fishing deep, Do you take time to bleed the fish before returninh it to to water, how many of these caught and released back fast, fish die ? It is always blamed on the tourny guys. At the KBFN tourney this past weekend, the tourney officials supplied , rejuvenaide, and also peroxcide, this works wonders in helpin keep fish alive, also there was plenty of ice on hand and we had 4 release tanks set up to hold your fish in while in line to weigh in. My boat had one dead fish, we did all we could to keep it alive but it was hooked fairly deep and did not make it, but it went into a cooler and was taken tobe eaten, there is always someone around who will take a few home to clean and eat, this is fine. You are gonna have fish mortalaty in the summer whether is is from tourneys or catch and release. Also to point out there are a few tourney circuts out there that do not have the means to protect the fish while waitng to weigh in, these tourneys need holding tanks to hold yopur fish in while in line. like DJD mentioned earlier.

[walkeraviator]

Following a link on youtube provided in teh forum about fizzing deep bass I came across a video by the same guy about puttin Hydrogen Peroxide in your livewell to increase oxygen saturation... here is the video... dont comment unless you watch it first...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8K0A...eature=related

[Bandit1]

walkeraviator,

That is very interesting. I know what I will be keeping in my boat from now on. I have never lost a fish, I hope that this will keep me from losing my first one. Thank you for the link.

Jason