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blueoceaneyez · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:45 am Post subject: Flounder

We at the Fishermans Post are having a flounder & trout tournament in May. Gary would like for the fish to be LIVE at weigh-in (maybe not trout, but for flounder). Could you guys please share some advice on how we can get our participants to keep the fish alive... some of them may not have live wells... We are either going to release them afterwards or donate them to the hatchery..

thanks!
amanda

Liquid_Addiction · MOD Joined: Jan 23, 2004 Posts: 724 Location: Wilson

Amanda,
I use to compete in BASS tournaments. It was mandated that all fish come to the scales alive. If they didn't then weight was deducted from the total wieght after weigh in. If the people don't have live wells they can invest in a cheap aereator that will fit into a cooler. They average about 15 bucks. Anyone that is interested in fishing a tournament will not mind investing this money. Flounder is a hardy fish and will live very good so I would say to figure a 2 lb deduction for a dead fish. Just my thoughts.
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Skiffmaster · 1st Mate Joined: Mar 07, 2006 Posts: 80

I fished the F.P. tournament last year with a buddy of mine, and I plan to fish this year as well in my own boat. I just bought a brand new boat and I don't have a livewell on it yet, and if it's required to keep them alive, I'm not going to take a chance on a cheap aerator when a tournament winning fish is on the line. If a dead fish means disqualification or some sort of a punishment, I'm going to struggle with the thought of fishing this tourny.
Personally, I think it's a great idea to try to preserve our flounder population, but it would be somewhat pointless to just release them. Our preservation problem is not that Flounder are over "tournament fished," it's that they're over-harvested by netters. (I've seen netters kill more flounder in an hour than I catch in a month.) However, if there's a hatchery that you can get a hold of and multiply these fish, then by ALL means, lets do our part to make a difference.

I will respect anyone else's opinion and I hope everyone will accept my honesty on the matter.

Thanks,
Chris


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