Geo

No dead fish allowed at weigh in period. Screw the 8 oz penalty or whatever it is. DQ the whole fish. Most sights have trash cans. If you don't want a dead fish floating then discard it.

As for the larger tournaments not having problems - many also have release boats that take them to who knows where for release.

And if you want to fillet a batch of bass go for it. 11 1/2" spots are pretty darn good alongwith a 3 lb largemouth that swallows a crappie jig that's bleeding to death.

I rather doubt you'd put much of a dent in the 250K fingerling largemouth that I helped stock in the Markland Pool in 2007 & 2008. Smashing success btw.

The bass tournament angler is probably more savvy about the bass fishery overall than any other angler. I rather doubt that they want to see the demise of their sport fish.