Bass tournaments before June 15th ??

Originally Posted by trout taco

I used to belong to a bass club and these closed season tournaments are "paper weigh-in's". Basically you catch a fish weigh and measure it and the five biggest are your "bag" for the day. Very lame. Not sure about fish going in live wells.

Agree with you and in my opinion that practice puts a lot more pressure on already stressed enforcement agencies to patrol the waters. If the season is closed to protect the spawn, which I assume is the case, no fishing should be allowed. The concern in addition to the practice is what impact does it have on the spawn itself either in stressing the fish out and effecting reproduction or taking females away from the beds and exposing eggs to predator fish.