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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2013 16:32:42 GMT -5
Here is an interesting Study on Nest Abandonment. There are actually numerous studies on this topic and most all of them show the same results. It shows that tournament-angled male Bass abandon their nests at a high rate of 90 %. Most other studies show the Abandonment Rate from Tournaments to be anywhere from 65% to 90%. This obviously has a negative effect on the Bass population. www.bigindianabass.com/big_indiana_bass/2012/10/the-latest-lmb-nest-abandonment-study.html |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2013 17:24:49 GMT -5
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Post by Decatur on Apr 4, 2013 17:27:04 GMT -5
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Post by ncmountainman on Apr 7, 2013 20:53:57 GMT -5
Interesting.
I fish a few times a week after work and try to on the weekend. Caught 5 spots today between church sessions. All five went between 2.5 and 3 pounds each.
Mortality rate....100% as I fileted them. Tournaments are held on our lake every Saturday and before long evening pot tournaments every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.
I pretty much never see any dead bass floating. Tournament fisherman are penalized for a dead fish. Aerator on all the time and when the water gets hotter they carry ice on the boat to add to the water. Some have needles to deflate the air bladder if out of deep water.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2013 21:29:44 GMT -5
The Delayed Mortality is what most people including the Tournament Fisherman never see. A lot of the time these Bass are alive and well at the weigh in and when they are re-released back into the lake. Then studies have shown within a few hours or days many of the Bass die. We must have over 300 Tournaments per year on KY Lake. They can be good for the economy but they sure bring a lot of publicity and fishing pressure to these Lakes. Another problem is if a Tournament Fisherman catches a Bass off the nest, then puts it in his Boat, then hauls if off dozens of miles away to a weigh in. The chances those Bass will return back to their nest are very low. Which means the Nest, Eggs, and any young Bass at the nest now are not guarded and will likely be eaten by predators. www.bigindianabass.com/big_indiana_bass/2012/10/the-latest-lmb-nest-abandonment-study.html |
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Post by featherduster on Apr 8, 2013 5:25:57 GMT -5
I have been watching these new tournaments on TV where there is an official in the boat that weighs and records all legal fish and then the fish is returned immediately.
I know this is not as exciting as the weigh in style like they do now but it is a good idea for the mortality of the fish.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 8, 2013 8:11:27 GMT -5
I don't fish and very seldom ever see a weigh in on TV. I might just happen upon one while "scanning the band".
What I have seen is the angler pull a fish or two out of the live well by thier jaw and hoist them up for all to see. My thoughts were "that cant be good for the fish".
Then you have Jimmy Houston kissing them.. that would warp a fish's mind for sure..
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Post by joeyb on Apr 15, 2013 11:32:34 GMT -5
Cell phone pics and nonadjustable electronic scales. The scales will record the weight of the top 5 fish you catch that day. This will all be sent wireless to the tournament suits. The cell pics allow the anglers to still have the tournament banquet/show after the day is over. Surely there is some way technology can end the problem.....
Like ncmountainman most of my fish have a 100% mortality as they are filleted.
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