Hi everyone. I wanted to get some of your opinions on an artical I just read
in In-Fisherman magazine. It was a short column called "Do Tournament-Released
Bass Go Home?" Basicly, It cited a study which showed that very few of bass
caught and released in tournaments actually return to the areas of the lake or
river where thay were caught. It mentioned that bass should be dispersed when
released so they would not be concentrated, but the author hypothesizes that
many of these fish would wander around homless, catch less prey, and grow
slowly. The most interesting part to me was the idea of a
catch-and-immeadiate-release tournament. Interesting because the variety of
ways such a tournament could be conducted. What are your thoughts on the
subject? How bad off do you think tournament caught bass really are when they
are released?

-Zimmy