Quote Originally Posted by Pac in Arkansas View Post
I don't believe that the mortality rate is as high as you would suggest provided the fish are taken care of. Mortality rates in some jelly jar tournament for small waters like Nimrod may have a small percentage of fish deaths post tournament but even then I don't think the fatality rate is all that high. I have fished many 200 boat fields over the course of about 12 years and have never seen big fish kills of released bass.
Depends alot on water temps