Dead fish during day tournaments

[Rudypoo4444]

Do the tourney guys eat the dead bass they bring to the weigh-in?

[Get da Net]

Do the tourney guys eat the dead bass they bring to the weigh-in?

I think all tournaments, whether its small club or pros try to get all dead bass/ fish to someone , that will eat them if the fish happen to die during the tournament.

[brlfishing]

this is just a thought. but are some of the livewells in some of these boats outdated. i have a 08 triton boat and have never had to put ice in the livewell. just turning the livewell to timed after it has filled and then also putting on the recerc. button have never lost a fish. it seems like it just constantly exchanges lake water. just a thought, because have never lost a fish due to heat.

[F16ENGMGR]

Never lost a fish in 30 years fishing tournaments. Never use ANY special agents or ice. But the livewell timer is set to the quickest setting and if my co-angler has a limit I leave the switch on CONSTANT. Ban tournaments GEO? Sure ban em all this time of year. The Gulf could use your help plucking tar balls.

[GeoFisher]

Never lost a fish in 30 years fishing tournaments. Never use ANY special agents or ice. But the livewell timer is set to the quickest setting and if my co-angler has a limit I leave the switch on CONSTANT. Ban tournaments GEO? Sure ban em all this time of year. The Gulf could use your help plucking tar balls.

Lets see........it's a HUNDRED degrees out here. The water is 85-90 degrees if you don't condition it.

I've seen my share of summer weigh ins where HALF the fish weighed are either dead or dying. Granted most of these are local tourneys, but still DEAD fish are DEAD fish.

Stick around a weigh in and watch how many are dead or dying.

It happens, and there is not too much you can do about it.

Later,

Geo

[Rudypoo4444]

Lets see........it's a HUNDRED degrees out here. The water is 85-90 degrees if you don't condition it.

I've seen my share of summer weigh ins where HALF the fish weighed are either dead or dying. Granted most of these are local tourneys, but still DEAD fish are DEAD fish.

Stick around a weigh in and watch how many are dead or dying.

It happens, and there is not too much you can do about it.

Later,

Geo

I hear exactly what you are saying, and understand your points. They seem very valid to me.

If this kind of thing goes on as much as you say it does, I can't help but laugh even more when someone gets on to me for eating largemouths.

It is a catch-22 though. You ban dead fish being weighed in at the tournaments, some of these jokers will just throw the dead ones out before they get to the ramp. Put too small of a penality on dead fish, and it still won't matter to some of the guys if they bring in dead fish or not.

Sometimes I am GLAD I didn't get bit by the tournament bug.

[vetsvet]

You may want to try this. Aquarium Salt, it has electrolytes that improves gill function and is a natural stress reducer. About 1 rounded tablespoon for every 5 US gallons. I had a friend put me on to this many years ago and you can buy it as small as a pint size (16oz) carton that looks like and opens like a pint of milk. Any pet or feeder's supply store should have it. Hope this helps!

[Barry2780]

all five of my fish was alive in the bfl!

[Joel_FOM]

Do the tourney guys eat the dead bass they bring to the weigh-in?

Yes, at least Fishers of Men tourneys do. We will always have a cooler for dead loss.

The frozen bottles and rejuvenade work great. But if you put bagged ice in your livewell it will melt and release chlorine. I have actually had anglers kill fish doing this. They wondered what went wrong, but fish and chlorine do not mix. If you cannot get bottles, make sure that your bag doesn't break when you put it in the livewell.

I am a "tournament guy" and I want the fishery to flourish. I honestly cannot see that it hurts the fishery to have some dead fish brought in. I can see that it hurts bass fishermen's reputation when those fish are wasted. I want to see all of them swim away, but there are lots of folks who would love to make a meal from those that don't make it.

I guess what I am trying to say is that we all need to get along a little better. Geo is probably ticked off because he saw some floaters at the ramp after a weigh-in. I don't blame him. But the answer is not to ban tourneys, nor is it to ban dead fish (that would just scatter the dead loss all over the lake when the angler realizes he has one that doesn't make it). It is also foolish to suggest a ticket for a dead fish - would you ticket the guy with 5 spots on ice in his cooler? The answer is to show some good stewardship with the resource. If God didn't want us to eat a fish, He wouldn't have made them out of meat.

Try your best to keep them alive, and if you lose one, somebody take the thing home and eat it!

[SecretWeapon]

A lot of good ideas listed here! Something I use and have been very impressed with is the V-T2 Livewell & Baitwell Ventilators. They are very inexpensive, currently $31 on sale. www.v-t2.com and they are made here in KY. I know a few dealers have them installed in their new boats on the lot.

The V-T2 is an all natural, environmentally safe, and affordable method for cooling livewell/baitwell water, increasing aeration and dissolved oxygen, and reducing harmful metabolic waste (CO2 gas).

The V-T2 creates a fresh air flow throughout the livewell or baitwell. This air flow cools livewell/baitwell water and interiors, provides more aeration and oxygen, and expels harmful gases created by metabolic waste.

Justin Hires
National Divisions Coordinator
www.USABassin.com

[rudeZ20]

A lot of good ideas listed here! Something I use and have been very impressed with is the V-T2 Livewell & Baitwell Ventilators. They are very inexpensive, currently $31 on sale. www.v-t2.com and they are made here in KY. I know a few dealers have them installed in their new boats on the lot.

The V-T2 is an all natural, environmentally safe, and affordable method for cooling livewell/baitwell water, increasing aeration and dissolved oxygen, and reducing harmful metabolic waste (CO2 gas).

The V-T2 creates a fresh air flow throughout the livewell or baitwell. This air flow cools livewell/baitwell water and interiors, provides more aeration and oxygen, and expels harmful gases created by metabolic waste.

Justin Hires
National Divisions Coordinator
www.USABassin.com

Justin,
Spoke with Judy and installed these today. We will see if they are as good as proclaimed. I aprreciate the heads up about them. Not only MADE IN THE USA but also locally owned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Support the locals!