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Location: Lincolnshire, IL | Jayman, I hope I am not starting a rumor regarding the bag increase...I can't remember where or from whom I heard it...so I will try to get in contact with the DNR to confirm or deny. |
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| Thanks, Wade. |
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| Thanks. Yeah, I actually counted the tally myself. They hand out a sheet to press observers that shows the total number of fish, then you have to go through and count how many dead and how many alive because they post that info with each anglers catch because of point reduction for dead fish.
The last tally I had was that the FLW spent more than $1000 on ice for the 4 days.
Add in how much ice was purchased by anglers along with oxygenating chemicals, and it adds up to a big effort to keep those fish alive.
As far as the edibility, the WDNR was there handing out consumption advisory brochures to everybody who wanted one.
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Location: Freedom, WI | I fished a tournament last weekend during the heat as well, keeping the fish alive was a matter of water temperature. At the beginning of the day we put a 20lb. bag of ice in the livewell and filled her up. This made the water in the well around 70 degrees or maybe even cooler. Throughout the tournament we also ran the areator on and off along with some Walleye Saver Powder. I think that there would've been a much better release rate if everyone cared for their fish in this manner. It doesn't take long to throw ice in the well and fill her up. We also threw additional ice from the cooler into the well during the day to keep the temp low. What do you guys think about this? By the way it was a Winnebago tournament and the surface temp at weight in was around 80 degrees! |
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| bagowalleyeguy - 7/19/2006 5:46 PM
I fished a tournament last weekend during the heat as well, keeping the fish alive was a matter of water temperature. At the beginning of the day we put a 20lb. bag of ice in the livewell and filled her up. This made the water in the well around 70 degrees or maybe even cooler. Throughout the tournament we also ran the areator on and off along with some Walleye Saver Powder. I think that there would've been a much better release rate if everyone cared for their fish in this manner. It doesn't take long to throw ice in the well and fill her up. We also threw additional ice from the cooler into the well during the day to keep the temp low. What do you guys think about this? By the way it was a Winnebago tournament and the surface temp at weight in was around 80 degrees!
You nailed it...saving fish can be done in the heat of summer if everyone was as vigilant as you are. I did the same (minus the added chemicals...forgot them in the truck...my bad) and my fish were kick'n on the scales.
BUT, then again, I only had one large girl and some smaller fish in the well each day....I think it would be harder with 5 or 6 8+ pound fish in the livewell like some competitors had.
Maybe the answer is to have the warmer water temp events on bodies of water that will not have the anglers limiting out with trophy sized fish, but rather smaller fish instead....there's plenty of lakes/rivers like that. Keep the trophy sized waters for the earlier spring events when the waters are cooler.
Does that make sense?
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| Juls,
You hit the nail on the head, water that hold big fish need to be fished early or late in the year. Green Bay has a great spring bite as well and I think it would help preserve the fishery. |
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