Tournament Catch and Release ???

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

That's a tough question! Without a verified study, it is left to a lot
of conjecture....how big is the lake?...what time of the year?....and
probably a dozen other questions. Catch and release on site might be the
optimum answer, but that would entail a lot of additional rules and
checks...maybe the major tourneys could deal with that, but think of all
the thousands of local tourneys, and what they would be faced with. I
don't believe there has been any study that qualifys as "valid" that
shows any real harm is beng done to the bass population by the present
release critieria. jmo
JK

Zimmy- In response to your question on tournament bass being well off when
released. I dont fish tournaments. However with the woman in the canoe.
(With frying pan). If it fits in said pan, I'm going to say he's better off
dealing with you guys Indian.

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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http://www.warrenwolk.com/



"G. M. Zimmermann" wrote in message
...
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

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"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
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
--
http://www.warrenwolk.com/



"G. M. Zimmermann" wrote in message
...
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

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


I don`t know about tournament fishing with catch and release. Do they go
home??
I know in a local lake by me that I have caught the same bass twice. It had a
scarred over eye with another scar right by the eye. A couple of friends of
mine who also fish the same lake said they also have caught that bass. They
also are catch and release fisherpeople. So for 3 or 4 people to catch and
release the same fish seems to me that the fish do fine.
Dan.