You really believe the fish they pull out of guntersville, keep in a livewell all day, drive to birmingham, stay there two or three hours, drive back to guntersville in another tank, then dump back in the lake will still be alive two days after that? Most of them? No ive never been standing there when the fish were dumped out. Ive heard a couple people say they witnessed it and there were alot of dead fish, were they lying, who knows. I dont care if people fish tournaments I just think they should care for the fish better, mainly because theyre keeping alot of the trophy sized fish. I also think 500-600 boats on one lake in a weekend from tournaments is just too many, that should be addressed as well. And what I said was ignorant was the suggestion that killing a fish after a weighin even though you put it back in the water is better than killing a fish to eat it. The fish you put back in the water and died was wasted. I dont know alot about fish mortality rates after tournaments except what ive read. Maybe its all lies, who knows. Ive always estimated that probably half the fish put back will die. Why not just weigh them and put them back? Because then they dont get to hoist them big fish up in front of everybody and get that big crowd applause. Its all about the fame and money.
