Dead fish during day tournaments

[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 but are some of the livewells in some of these boats outdated.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.