>I just don't understand why you guys would go out of your way
>to make something legal that in my mind is bad for the
>fish. As tournament fishermen I believe that the well being
>of the fish should be a very important concern in any
>tournament and this rule signals to me that you guys care more
>about the competition than you do about the fish.
>
>If you want to debate about whether running is bad for the
>fish or not we can talk about the tournaments that I have been
>to personally over the past 7 years where I saw fish brought
>by truck to the weigh ins and saw very clearly that these fish
>were more stressed, more injured, and in many cases just
>outright dead. If you want to turn a blind eye to the red
>tails and red fins, the scratched and whitened eyeballs, and
>the fish that "swim" away afterward with certainty of death,
>so be it.
>
>I just can't justify tournament fishing when it starts to come
>at the expense of the fish. I just don't care that much about
>the money.

So now it goes from the novice fish handler to we`re to competitive,lol.JEEZ dude your reaching for the negative aspect of things as usual and quite frankly your not doing a very good job.Like I said before there`s regulations on running now where there wasnt before this alone will make a big difference.I fish tournaments as well btw,and these fish will be taken care of as good if not better.I dont know how many times I`ve come to a boat weigh-in and seen all 5 fish dead because they forgot to put there running switch on or had there livewell drains open.Some of these anglers that I`ve seen this happen to are very reputable as well.I know they care about the fish not only for the health of the fish but they also get penalized for the dead fish as well,just like if it were to happen to ANY of us.And also keep in mind these fish were transporting are kept in bigger livewells in most cases,and there not dealing with the pounding of the water against the hull of a boat at 60mph so the stress factor your implying is no different than in a boat tourney.What else ya got dude?Not quite sure why your always busting our balls but I guess there`s always going to be people like that no matter what you do in life.Have a nice day
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