Dead fish during day tournaments

[DJD]

really not rocket science to keep the days catch alive...freeze 20oz. bottles with water in them and add them to the live well as needed to keep the water cooler than the actual lake water.. Add some type of calming and anti bacterial crystals to the live well and the fish will remain alive..... I have not weighed in a dead fish in over 20 years using this system.

I'm a tourny guy for 20+ years now and have not weighed in more than a few dead fish and they were all from a hook in the wrong spot.
I have seen alot of ignorance from anglers when it comes to taking care of fish in the heat. Your right about your suggestions Clyde and even tho' they are simple some folks don't care.

It's a fact of tourny fishing to lose a few because mistakes happen but negligence isn't a mistake it's sad.

Another mistake I have seen on more than one occasion is that after fish are weighed the fella holds a weigh in bag open with water in it and the already weighed fish are poured out of the basket into the bag. The fish hit the pavement or concrete with a thud since they have such momentum and only a few inches of water....it's ridiculous.

Takes all kinds of folks to fish and some were stupid before they started fishing tourny's and "you can't fix stupid".

BTW...don't get excited thinking everyone does these stupid things because for the most part from what I have seen things go well especially if a little care and information is shared by the tourny director on taking care of your catch.

Be careful using ice with chlorine or other stuff in it because I heard at times it could harm the fish....at least thats what I heard.