| I wanted to display my distaste for many things I | | | | better job than this! I hope there will be a letter |
| see happening to the Florida Bass Fishery as I am | | | | of apology from the organization as well as what |
| an avid bass fisherman. For example, within the | | | | will be done in the future to prevent this kind of |
| last week or so, a large well known bass | | | | thing! |
| organization sponsored a tournament that was | | | | There needs to be a higher set of standards in |
| held on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes near | | | | keeping fish alive expecially for large tournaments |
| Orlando. After the bass were released, a fish kill | | | | like this! Perhaps the State of Florida will need to |
| was seen with over a hundred dead fish! | | | | set harder guidelines for tournament weigh-ins! |
| I love fishing bass tournaments, but what | | | | Some guidelines that could be set are: 1- Require |
| happened here? Were there no aerated tanks at | | | | that no more than 5 boats at a time bring there |
| the weigh in? Were the fish released in a low | | | | fish to the weigh in area, 2- Require aerated |
| oxygenated area like a canal? Were all the | | | | tanks at the weigh in site for tournaments that |
| contestants allowed to bring their fish to the | | | | have more than 50 boat entries, 3- Require open |
| weigh scales at the same time? Something was | | | | water lake release no closer than 100 yards from |
| definitely done wrong here as most catch and | | | | the weigh in site. I'm not a PETA type, but I want |
| release tournaments have a less than 10% | | | | our fishery to continue for both me and future |
| mortality. I think Florida bass clubs do a much | | | | generations! |