As long as they are not during the spawn I don't care but the lake is not big enough to put an extra 20 boats out pulling big females that the lake needs to keep up the population. I am not a believer in having tourneys on small lakes at all! Even Sangchris is pushing it, and it is 5 to 6 times bigger than evergreen. there is a possibility of having 40+ boats at the scc tourney pulling big fish out that won't get the chance to spawn. Crappie Masters does it right with a release boat and trying there best to keep fish alive! Not all tourneys have those resources but most of us have an oxygen system so if you can keep the fish alive and dump them back in the lake that is best.