Hotfoot17

That wasn't the question, and what do you base your "no doubt" answer on, fact or feelings?(maybe you just like to argue, or maybe you are being sarcastic) If a couple guys go out catch their limit and eat them, Thats 10 fish. (happens on Mille Lacs every day) But we have 25 boats weigh 5 fish =125 fish x 5% mortality = 6 fish. That is 2 guys having more affect on the population that 50 guys who all paid the same price for their license? See the point of the question was what has more affect on a population and as a renewable resource, don't we all have equal rights to the use? I understand we have less affect up north, some of the water is still frozen... including Mille Lacs.

Afraid of what? (maybe you were joking) I am concerned that intended or unintended consequences of BPT could wreck what a lot of us like to do on the weekends. If you believe science were the only deal that really mattered, then you must not have looked too deeply into some issues. (2 examples) Mille Lacs was so loaded with walleyes that the first year the Elite Pros went on stage and said they walleye fishery was amazing, the second year they were told to zip it and not talk about it even though some did. I fished walleye tournaments there for 20 years, been through good and bad times. We have not been allowed to keep any walleyes for the last 3 years even though the lake is LOADED and at one of the highest points in my experience. Not regulated scientifically because of other possibly political issues. Another example of how things work and progress. I have run a tournament series for several years. 2 years ago we decided we wanted to do the best for the fish (because we love bass and bass fishing tournaments) so we bought bags that had liners and made a rule that fish could only be brought to the scales in our bags. We only passed out 6 bags that had to be shared so there was never a long wait. The new bags allowed for the fish to be out of the water for just moments while it was placed on the scale. This year the DNR adopted our way now and all tournaments are supposed to abide by their new rule. So if you take that real life example of the DNR ruling on weigh bags, and now say that CWR is better for the fish and lake, a person could argue that all tournaments should be CWR. Even though the following question would need to be answered about this renewable resource and who has the right to use it while paying for their license. So.... What takes more fish from a lake, a non tournament person catching a limit and killing them or a 25 team tournament releasing all the fish they weigh in? I know what I watched....go watch that BTL show and then come back and say he was not slippery, dodging and deflecting questions. Apparently many people who comment on the youtube comments saw the same as I did.

Very interesting interview on the last BTL. Boducket seems like a very slippery person, deflecting and dodging questions. I really don't care what they do... but will it affect us, Team tournament Anglers. Even though the fish we chase and weigh in are a renewable resource… from BASS to FLW and all the way down the line, I believe we love the fish we catch and do everything possible to make sure they are released in good condition. But is the “new tour” intentionally or unintentionally going to use some kind of political correctness as a weapon to attack BASS/ FLW and to eliminate their weigh in’s? They do use their "superior fish care" in some of their advertising. And they say they have no competition?? They may be hoping to influence states to outlaw the weigh in’s and flat out eliminate their competition. I think they are fundamentally trying to change the sport… if you know what I mean. That could trickle all the way down to our weekend team tournaments…. No weigh in’s? In the end will this new wave of kinder and gentler bass tournaments really grow the sport, or destroy it? If BPT is not intentionally using the fish care to eliminate their competition, will there be un-intended consequences on the tournament scene from the good intension of these type of tournaments? Do we mange our lakes and rivers with science or not? And where will the first weigh in’s of a renewable resource be outlawed? What takes more fish from a lake, a non tournament person catching a limit and killing them or a 25 team tournament releasing all the fish they weigh in? We all pay for a license to use the resource.... so just asking the questions.