Stren Series Fish Kill
In a recent tournament held out of La Crosse, WI on the Mississippi River, there was an unusually large delayed mortality from the tournament fish. It is unclear from the stories that I have read on excatly how the fish were handled and if there were any other factors that could have magnified the problem.
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The main thing, is not to jump to conlcusions until we get all the facts. A similar study was conducted last year and the way the fish were held for the study was thought to have created eronious results. My early thoughts is that these largemouth bass, many of them probably carrying the LMBV, were over stressed in combination of the tournament proccess and the holding of them in areas with improper current flow.
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See Full Article.
The main thing, is not to jump to conlcusions until we get all the facts. A similar study was conducted last year and the way the fish were held for the study was thought to have created eronious results. My early thoughts is that these largemouth bass, many of them probably carrying the LMBV, were over stressed in combination of the tournament proccess and the holding of them in areas with improper current flow.
Rich
www.richlindgren.com
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Interesting. I fished the LaCrosse tournamanent last year (when it was the Everstart Series) and hadn't heard about the fish kills from that tournament.
I can tell you from first-hand observations and conversations with them that the FLW release boat crews care as much about the health of the fish they release as anyone. Their release boat process is sound, and they use a ton of ice and boat-loads of Re-Juvenade.
The presence of LMBV does seem to suggest that this additional stress factor is most likely the tipping-point in what is causing the die-off.
Truthfully, while the die off may be more visible because of the tournament, if most of the fish that died tested positive for LMBV, I'm not sure they would have survived the low oxygen levels and high water temps of August.
While not popular with many tournament anglers, maybe our fisheries biologies need to make some tough calls when it comes to tournaments on LMBV infected waters -not as much for the health of the fish as for the public perception that accompanies reports of a large die-off after a tournament. Just my 2 cents...
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Thanks for the input. I do not doubt the care of the tournament crew. From what I understand this fish that were taken for study were not neccesarily handled and released by the tournament crew. That is why we need more details
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