Don't think that I'm maliciously picking at you OK? You are giving some really good advice. Do you really think that 50% of people that fish tournaments don't give a darn? That seems pretty high.

I think 100% of people who eat big bass do not care if their fish die when they hit the ice in the ice chest.

And oh yeah, I fish a whole lot of tournaments and I would say 98% of tournament fisherman take every possible precaution to keep their fish alive.

As the title says...I READ IT And Wantred to Share It.....Not Wrote IT...Jusus People I Just thought It Had Some Good Points and Really.....You Just Read A 10,000 word paper and only found one thing wrong with it ? 'Hey Man I THink It's More Like 10%' This Web Site Is Starting To Be A Joke.....Just Thought It Had Some Good Ideas Ya'll Might Wanna Try.....Continue To Enjoy Your SE LA 2 lb Average, I am goin fishin

TGITWB

This is what I fish for. I throw em all back. Taste like crud.

Did you see my first sentence? I did notice that it was something that you did not write. I was only asking how much of the content that you thought was true. I am not a fresh water or a tournament fisherman, so I really don't know how much about those issues. You seem to know about the subject, so I was only asking for you to clarify for me how much of that was true and how much of it was just unfounded rant using guessed at statistics. Please don't think that everyone on this site is looking to bash people. Most of us here are staight up sportsman. If you look at any of my posts or comments (and there are many) you will see that 'That Guy in the White Boots' only offers advice and encouragement to all members of this forum. You may not be able to see the many emails that I send to members that contact me via email to get even more detailed advise. I send members satallite photos of places to fish with marks, GPS coordinance and all kinds of other info and I don't even know who they are. So welcome to our forum, I see you are a member since February. Please don't let a couple of nit-wits, that you will find anywhere, be a gauge of the true participants in the LA Sportsman forum. Unfortunately I am not going fishing today. Chefs fish during the week. We work on the weekends. Enjoy your fishing trip. Relax.

Well I agree if we don't intend to eat the fish we catch we should try our best to keep them alive. And I have to say that if 50% of fishermen don't then HATS OFF to my fellow club members cause I can't think of one member who could care less about the fish or the areas they catch them in. And your right they are not your fish. I am very big on catch and release but I can't stand it when people hound others because they kept their limits that the law allows. You are going about it the wrong way you need to talk to the people who make the laws.And I have to say after reading your post you only make people who are against tourney fishing be less inclined to favor it. The only problem I see in my experience in fishing tourneys is the lack of respect to other boaters. Tournament fishermen tend to think that boating courtesy does not apply to them, they can't slow down for other fishermen or boats tied up against docks etc.because 'I'm in a tourney I can't waist time'.

I have been tournament fishing along time, and I almost didn't respond to this. There are very few fish that do not make it back to the water alive in these tournaments, todays bass boats have unbelieveable systems in them to help to keep your fish alive. I'm not going to go and dig up numbers but I will tell you most tournaments results report number of fish caught and released. I understand that if you are fun fishing then get he fish back into the water as soon as possible. If you (the writer)really give a darn about the fish then do what we normally do when we are pre-fishing for a tournament. We fish with no hooks on our lures! Try that. Don't come on here trying to put bassfisherman down on what and how we do things. If most bass fisherman caught and ate as many bass as we catch, there would be none for you to catch. No one cares more about bass fishing then tournament anglers. Your post has some substance behind it even if you didn't write it but 50% of it can go in the round file.

Guy In The white Boots, I appreciate your post, I didnt mean any disrespect by what I was saying, I just get so frustrated with comeing to a very cool site only to find that most read post to try and find something wrong with them so they can Flex and attempt to show that they are smarter then the next.....With that being said...To Pro Hound...Easy Dude, The last thing I would do would Put My Kind Down....I to am a tournament fishermen and proudly have 2 big girls on the wall.....But I figured based on what I have witnessed here in SE La a few of us might get something out of it...Ya'll Missed My Point, It Made Me Think about my livewells and temps and oxygen and hoped that it would do the same for others....Thats It, I didnt want to edit the mans writeing to iliminate what I didnt agree with....

No worries. Catch any fish? I got my butt handed to me for lunch. Gonna get stomped on tomorrow too. Gonna go fill my feeders on Tuesday.