dead bass

[Champ188]

8 hours ago, top_dollar said:

dead horse topics on the table rock forum....

Is this an old wiggle wart or a new one?  How do I tell?

How does one properly use a ned rig?

Meat fisherman are just destroying the fishery at table rock!

Why doesnt the MDC stock bass in table rock? 

and of course....dead bass at a weigh in...outrageous!!

Topics like that are evergreen ... with new people coming along all the time, it's critical that they learn the importance of taking care of the resource. Otherwise, you meat guys are gonna run out of anything to eat.   

[Old plug]

I agree Champ. It has bothered me about those two almost to tye point where I am a little shy about going into the deep the way I do throught thos hot weather.

[Old plug]

You knw champ after a tournament in this kind of weather I sometimes catch keepers that are stressed and skinny days after the tournament. Having bred and raised a lot of tropicsls in my youth when I see that is is like looking at the beginning of the end of that fishes life. 

[gurumalone]

fill live well,add ice,you want water 10 to 12 degrees cooler than surface temp,add g juice or rejuvenate,i add three small cap fulls of hydrogen peroxide,i bought a bubbler with a stone,turn livewell to recicirulate,run aerators. also they make clips for fish caught in deep water that holds the fish in upright postion at bottom of livewell,instead of laying on its side,also fill live wells away from loading ramp to avoid small amounts of gas and oil        free the green fighter(bass)

[Old plug]

I am thinking in the area of longer range results of the livwell,

[moguy1973]

I saw a great one the other day when I was putting in at the Gravois Access on LOZ.  As I was putting in a guy and his young kid (probably 10 y/o) were pulling up to the dock in a Nitro Z8 and the guy asked me if I would take a picture of their catch.  I obliged and they promptly pulled out 6 LM bass between probably 2 1/2 and 4lbs.  Nice morning of fishing.  Took their pictures and then the guy says "OK, put them back".  Which I thought he meant put them back in the live well.  Nope, into the water they went.  And at least two of them were already dead and floating.  I told him, "well, those aren't swimming away very good" and he said, "Nope, didn't think those two were going to make it when they swallowed the hook." I then watched him load up the boat and drive off.  I just don't get that.  At least take the fish with you and carve them up.  Just don't leave them floating at the dock.

Also, why not just take a picture of the fish on the boat right after you catch it.  Is it really that important to get all the fish in one picture?

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

29 minutes ago, moguy1973 said:

 

Also, why not just take a picture of the fish on the boat right after you catch it.  Is it really that important to get all the fish in one picture?

I have wondered that for years.  

[Champ188]

Hope you took them home for dinner, moguy.

[Quillback]

5 hours ago, Champ188 said:

Hope you took them home for dinner, moguy.

I have to admit I would not have taken them home if I was in Moguy's shoes.  Large bass are nasty in my opinion as table fare, especially if they have been belly up in near 90 degree water for a while.  But, the guy who caught them should have taken them home, or at least disposed of them somewhere away from the ramp, I hate it when you get to a ramp and there's a bunch of dead, stinky fish smelling up the place. 

[Johnsfolly]

38 minutes ago, Quillback said:

I have to admit I would not have taken them home if I was in Moguy's shoes.  Large bass are nasty in my opinion as table fare, especially if they have been belly up in near 90 degree water for a while.  But, the guy who caught them should have taken them home, or at least disposed of them somewhere away from the ramp, I hate it when you get to a ramp and there's a bunch of dead, stinky fish smelling up the place. 

QB

The worse bunch of fish innards, heads, and fins I've seen around a boat ramp was during paddlefish season. Had to have been 30 to 40 fish "cleaned" around the ramp we fished from last season. Pretty gross.