"Tournament anglers generally assume released fish return to locations
where they were caught"

Gotta wonder where he got that bit of research - not from Georgia
tournament fishermen, I guarentee you. And to base his whole study on
a total of 9 bass, and those not caught in a tournament but shocked up
- why didn't he track tournament caught fish? And such a small sample
is not very informative. Also the study might be informative about a
natural Indiana lake but not sure it would apply to a big reservoir.

I have no doubt we stock some areas of the lakes we fish and somewhat
deplete others, but here in Georgia we might have a dozen club
tournaments on any given lake any weekend day and they are scattered
all over the lake at different ramps. Some lakes, like Eufaula, have
a concentration of fish released in one area, Lake Point, and it has
caused some problems but bigger tournaments have been using release
boats to scatter them some.

I like to fish areas where a lot of bass are released. Sometimes it
pays off.

Ronnie

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