Your Thoughts?

[ClarkIR]

my comment was more in reference to hurricanebob and less to LJP.

I feel like this is one of those global warming debates... 50 fish died in a lake that has over 20,000 probably... Money isnt the root of all evil like someone else said.

Because really, money, is the best resolution to whatever is itching your back here. Pay for the top of the line scale to be on the boat... pay for a person to sit in your boat for 8 hours to weigh fish as you catch them... pay for the most advanced techniques to care for the fish..

Bass Elite fisherman go to these same lakes year after year and haul in large quantities of fish with no problem. The fish are going to repopulate, and years and years of tournament results is proof of this.

[ClarkIR]

Here are some tournaments held on Guntersville Lake over the last 6 years

2010: 1206 Fish, Approx 4800 lbs
2009: 1283 Fish, Approx 5300 lbs
2008: 1179 Fish, Approx 3700 lbs
2007: 977 Fish, Approx 2900 lbs
2006: 1158 Fish, Approx 3400 lbs
2005: 1067 Fish, Approx 3500 lbs

I feel like year after year, with all of this kill offs from big tourneys, youd see a steady decline in the fish caught, But the evidence here is pretty conclusive to me.

Not trying to be a **** here, but I mean you accept the fact that you are going to kill a fish or two when you hunt them with sharp objects to begin with. Conservation should be a big deal especially at the amatuer level and im not opposing that, also everyone can make a tourney any way they want and its up to the individual to decide if they want to enter or not.

Instead of running away from the problem (Lowering limits, no live well holding, ect) People should be looking for ways to improve the situation to maintain the traditional 5 fish limits.