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Yuma Bassmasters provides a livewell additive to all of its members for free
that is supposed to give the fish additional vitamins and improve its slime
coat.

Wouldn't by chance be "Rejuvenade" ?






"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"Joe Haubenreich" wrote in message
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Is it just my poor memory, or are bass scarcer now than thirty years
ago?

I think it depends on the fisheries. Personally I htink a good fishery
needs drastic upsetting change every few years to stimulate it. For
instance on a river and lakes system, it seems to me that the bass
population increases after a flood year where dams are opened up and water
comes over spillways. Those years when people who built to close to the
waterline get flooded out.

Also some fisheries just go through cycles.

As to your estimate on gross numbers of fish caught Ic an't say. I
haven't
really fished for bass in pressured fisheries much over the years. In
fact
in the last couple years I have caught more fish if anything, but only
because I have takent he time to learn how.

I agree that some fish are certainly killed by catch and release
tournament.
This last weekend I fish two tournaments back to back, and I saw two
decent
fish floating in the marina on the second day.

I also thinkt hat handling could be improved. I would your permission to
use most of your post as an incentive article for our next Yuma
Bassmasters
news letter. I have a coupel things I want to add that are region / club
specific.

Yuma Bassmasters provides a livewell additive to all of its members for
free
that is supposed to give the fish additional vitamins and improve its
slime
coat. I have fished for a year and a half with Yuma Bassmasters and I
have
yet to actually see another member actually adding the additive to their
livewell. I use it myself all the time. We also provide a tank next to
the
weigh in to float your weigh bag. In the tank are multiple sprayers that
can be dropped into a weigh bag while waiting for weigh in. I still see
as
many as ten or twelve anglers at a time standing in line waiting to weigh
fish and just holding their bags.