Lol Zimmy, isn't your whole query based on the assumption that the fish were
better off where they were caught?

Without drawing it out, my view is that most released bass go on to live
healthy, productive lives.

A tournament without a weigh-in is like a horse race without the
home-stretch.

Warren
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"G. M. Zimmermann" wrote in message
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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