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:fish There was a Crappie Tourney on the bone and there has not been a word.. I almost came home because I could not find where I could not launch and park till 11:30 at the Dam. There was not any fish caught in Boats that were close to me and Dynamite would not have put one in my Cooler. I always take the Helix -7 in the house till I am ready to put the Boat in the water. It took me till 3 to find out why the bird would not work ... I had the Transducer plugged in but not the power Cord. I thought there was a Bass and Crappie tourney but the Bass Chasers were Crappie fishing too. As I was leaving a Man taking their Boat out said the morning bite was ok ,, he was tracking the weigh in and there were good fish caught, His were small. The Weigh In was at the Crawfish Shed by D'Arbonne Point.. That place was a Mad House and you could smell Crawfish cooking across the Lake. I am going to check Lake Darbone Life Dot Com ,, if something happens on the Bone Kinney Haddox is there.

The real story coming out is the fish that were turned loose after the Crappie Masters tourney, and died....

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Originally Posted by Fish on Line

:fish There was a Crappie Tourney on the bone and there has not been a word.. I almost came home because I could not find where I could not launch and park till 11:30 at the Dam. There was not any fish caught in Boats that were close to me and Dynamite would not have put one in my Cooler. I always take the Helix -7 in the house till I am ready to put the Boat in the water. It took me till 3 to find out why the bird would not work ... I had the Transducer plugged in but not the power Cord. I thought there was a Bass and Crappie tourney but the Bass Chasers were Crappie fishing too. As I was leaving a Man taking their Boat out said the morning bite was ok ,, he was tracking the weigh in and there were good fish caught, His were small. The Weigh In was at the Crawfish Shed by D'Arbonne Point.. That place was a Mad House and you could smell Crawfish cooking across the Lake. I am going to check Lake Darbone Life Dot Com ,, if something happens on the Bone Kinney Haddox is there.

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You need you a live scope so you can see the fish biting your shiners like the pros:dono

a few over 3 lbs were caught

and yes many fish died after release

I might weight until time weigh In to launch -- then follow the release Barge with a Dipnet .... I have always thought that Stressed Fish Waived in the air was not a good Idea if they were to be released

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I might weight until time weigh In to launch -- then follow the release Barge with a Dipnet .... I have always thought that Stressed Fish Waived in the air was not a good Idea if they were to be released

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Problem with this particular tourney that is stirring a lot of controversy is, someone posted a video of guys just walking down to the bank and dumping their release bags in the edge of the water. Fish floating all around boats and appeared to be dead. People with nets running around scooping them up. From what little you could see it didn’t appear they had a very good set up to keep them alive or to transport back out into lake like the big tourneys do. I know small bass clubs do the same thing and no one says a thing. I’m thinking since this one had crappiemasters attached to it is what got this started.

IMO There's no excuse for not having the proper process in place for the release fish.
To compare A tournament with over 40 teams entered and a 10k payout like a small club tournament?

About 35 out of about 850 died

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Originally Posted by CliffordN

The real story coming out is the fish that were turned loose after the Crappie Masters tourney, and died....

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Originally Posted by Southern Chuter

About 35 out of about 850 died

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Thanks for the update. Good to know.

35 out of 850, seems pretty good to me. I’m a realist, 4% is great just based on the 850.


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Thanks James for putting the facts out.
"gene"

Yall watch the video with the interview of the state biologist from oklahoma. They did a study about how many tournament fish die. Its informative and interesting.

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About 35 out of about 850 died

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And how many fish that the average "Joe" takes out of the lake actually survive? I would say 0! People really do need to get all the FACTS before making post and videos!

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Originally Posted by Brad982

Yall watch the video with the interview of the state biologist from oklahoma. They did a study about how many tournament fish die. Its informative and interesting.

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Yes, I saw that video on Crappie Connection on YouTube. Very interesting. A lot of bass die from these tournaments that are released due to STRESS. Even in the livewell, fish are stressed. No different than humans. Stress is a silent killer.

I should stop working then.


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Yall watch the video with the interview of the state biologist from oklahoma. They did a study about how many tournament fish die. Its informative and interesting.

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I saw that. He said they have a high mortality rate and even if they do swim off they continue to die off weeks later

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Should have a fish fry after the tournament.

It doesn't matter how it's managed you can't please everyone. Mike Woods who was the head biologist for Louisiana at the time suggested donating them to a worthy cause. He said a thousand fish would have practically no effect on the lake. So, the first couple of years fish from the Darbonne tournament was donated to Louisiana Hunters for Heros. Some people didn't like that. ......

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Originally Posted by rockmike

Should have a fish fry after the tournament.

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Originally Posted by Southern Chuter

It doesn't matter how it's managed you can't please everyone. Mike Woods who was the head biologist for Louisiana at the time suggested donating them to a worthy cause. He said a thousand fish would have practically no effect on the lake. So, the first couple of years fish from the Darbonne tournament was donated to Louisiana Hunters for Heros. Some people didn't like that. ......

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I can't understand why anybody would have a problem with the fish being donated that is so crazy to me

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Originally Posted by Southern Chuter

It doesn't matter how it's managed you can't please everyone. Mike Woods who was the head biologist for Louisiana at the time suggested donating them to a worthy cause. He said a thousand fish would have practically no effect on the lake. So, the first couple of years fish from the Darbonne tournament was donated to Louisiana Hunters for Heros. Some people didn't like that. ......

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Sounds like a good ideal to me!