2012 CANOE&SMALL BOAT BASS TOURNAMENT.

[fiong]

Just checking to see how many bass fisherman that doesn't own nice bass boat but loves fishing out of there canoe, jon boat, and roll boat for bass and wants to put there skill to the test..

only electric power.

5 fish limit.

Here is the link to the HSOforum.

it's not updated for 2012 yet but it'll be soon.

http://bigbassing.weebly.com/

[Larson15]

How do you have weigh ins if you don't have live wells?

[fiong]

we keep our fish in homemade live well and it works great!

[bASS_BLASTER]

Homemade live wells do not support the lives of 5 Bass. 38 gallon livewells on fancy bassboats with all the high tech bells and whistles have a hard time supporting fish during the scorching hot, humid summers.

Probably not the best idea but here's my suggestion. Since its a canoe/small boat tournament, I imagine there will be a 2 man team. Draw names for your partners to fish with another boater/canoer. When one catches a fish, weigh it, take pictures and use the honor system. This way you can't lie about the size & weight of your fish b/c the person you're fishing with has already committed his fee with another angler. This way, you will eliminate cheating and most importantly, no lives of a fish is taken.

[fiong]

i just want to see if any one is interested.

we been fishing this way for 6 years and it works pretty good.

[BTL]

Where I live, the vast majority of our lakes prohibit the use of gasoline-powered motors, so these kinds of small boat tournaments are common.

Livewells are usually a large cooler with an aeration system, with bottles of ice thrown in during the summer, sometimes with water treatment additives. The fish typically do well in those set ups.

[bASS_BLASTER]

That's not what I heard. Only a few of you have home made aerators, the rest use stringers. These home made aerators don't pump new water which doesn't help the fish. Some have lost stringers with fish tied onto them. And the number of dead fish at weigh in is horrible. I love what you're doing, keep it up but our common goal is we love bass fishing. I'm just trying to protect our sport because when these fish die or decline, so will our sport.

Then again, this is what I heard from close friends who personally fished your club.

j/w, do you enforce that everyone must have a livewell? because your rule only says to have a livewell or must keep the fish alive.

[EBass]

Digi Cam. Take pics of said bass on measuing board (mouth closed and tail swiped)and let them go. Use top 5 and go by inches.

That's what we did on the Sippi where it's catch and release only. Not a single bass died, but they did have some sore mouths.

[bASS_BLASTER]

Digi Cam. Take pics of said bass on measuing board (mouth closed and tail swiped)and let them go. Use top 5 and go by inches.

That's what we did on the Sippi where it's catch and release only. Not a single bass died, but they did have some sore mouths.

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[fiong]

here is what most of us use for our homemade live well,

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12152942.

first year we started we had fish on stringer but now home made live well is a most have.

to bass blaster: twin city hmong bass club has team with cooler for live well and JIMMY doesn't care........ and you fish with this club too!!!

thanks for the input guys.

[bASS_BLASTER]

I don't care if we fish on shore, canoe or boat. I think if we're fishing tournaments, we should care about what we do. I do fish TCHB and there are a few things I would like see changed. Everyone must have a working live well but that is up to the program directors, event coordinator, etc b/c guys like me is only the voice.

Not bashing on you bro, I meant well.

[fiong]

if anyone wants to fish with this club, you are welcome to join.

[TurnUpTheFishing]

That's not what I heard. Only a few of you have home made aerators, the rest use stringers. These home made aerators don't pump new water which doesn't help the fish.

Pumping in warm surface water isnt necessarily good on hot days anyways. Its almost better to ice, use treatment and constantly recirculate the water to add new oxygen as well as help disperse any toxins that build up. Many fancy bass boats have recirculation pumps and timers for this reason.

As long as the cooler held sufficient gallons of water for the fish and a monitored water temps Id say they would be ok.

If I was running the club I would make sure everyone had a cooler big enough. Though, I agree bass_blaster, stringers and baskets wouldnt cut it, I would ban those.

I gotta say bass_blaster its nice to see someone who has the best intentions for the resource.

[Stick in Mud]

I know it might not be quite ideal, but I like the idea of comparing lengths, not weight. Yes, you might catch long and skinny fish, but the odds are the same for everyone, and it eliminates all of the problems that've been mentioned. I mean, why is weight the unit that counts? Why not just replace it with length? It's impossible to fudge if done correctly, and you don't need to worry about dead bass.

[fiong]

Thanks for the ideals guys. So far 2011 season went great there were some dead fish like any other bass tournament, but 99% of the bass survive.

To Carmike: maybe you should bring that ideal to the Denny's Super 30 Club.

[river rat316]

I fished in the same club Ebass did for a while and the measurement is the way to go imho, if anyone caught one that was over 20" they were free to give it a livewell ride to the check in spot if they wanted to but it wasn't required. If all you want is a d-measuring contest and bragging rights keep throwing your fish in buckets or whatever and then tell yourself they are all right when they swim away but then go belly up a day later. Delayed mortality is the real problem with stuff like this and I would trust a livewell in a big companies bass boat before I would trust a cooler in a canoe with a aeration hose going into it, but thats just me

[fiong]

If you have doubts about our live wells, come join us on our 2012 season weight in and see how many BASS are DEAD. This will prove that our system work. Anyone is welcome and don't be shy.

BTW: Sorry if anyone had the intention that we use cooler for live wells! "WE DON'T USE COOLER FOR LIVE WELLS, IT'S HOME MADE WITH RE-CIRCULATION OR FLOW-THROUGH"

[coombia21]

Would it be any different than fishing big boat tournaments on non motor lakes. We had a tournament on calhoun, all we did was run around with trolling motors all day, but at least we had livewells for the fish. It was actually fun.

[sunnyday]

This sounds like it could be fun and I have a canoe. How do I join?

[EBass]

Quote:

If you have doubts about our live wells, come join us on our 2012 season weight in and see how many BASS are DEAD.

OK will do - please post when/where the weigh in's are on this thread.

[smallie_hawgin]

I'm with several folks on the tourney measure concept... I mean I have fished my share of weigh in style tourneys and enjoyed them, but, if you truly are looking to keep it fun and in the best interest of the resource.... Catch, measure, pic, release... That way the livewell debate is a non-issue. Just sayin...

It's being done in a lot of places now.. A few links worth checking out...

http://www.diamondkeylodge.com/Fishmaster_Contest.Html

http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.aspx?id=458678#.TkFpOWHEaSo

http://www.twinportswalleye.com/uploads/2011_Tournament_Rules_1.pdf

http://www.bountyfishing.com

http://www.riverbassintrail.com/

[EBass]

Bout time you chimed in

[Comit 2]

Wow!

With the way some of you post you would think the guys in the canoe/small boat could give the guy in the "$60,000 bass boat" a run for there money. I would say that this would be a great way to find talent for future pros but that would just be silly. It just doesn't work that way.

I'm all for this type of fishing. Mn has no shortage of Bass. Just maybe we could get boat manufactures to make some nice small boats and force the saleman to move them. Saleman tend to be lazy and want to feed the famly for a month on one sale and don't want to deal with the small stuff.

So go for it. I think the fun part would be at the starting point to see all the ways the fisherman are setup and after a few tournament you could see what works best and come up with a nice DIY rig.

[fiong]

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THANKS,

FIONG LOR

[bASS_BLASTER]

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