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Couple of things I’ve read so far:
You have a very, very short memory. It wasn’t very long ago at all that the WDNR made an exception specifically for bass tournaments on the Mississippi, allowing them to cull fish during tournaments while the general public had to obey this law.
That doesn’t sound anti-tournament to me. That sounds like an exception specifically for bass tournaments.
Not quite the whole truth….There were 4 tournaments? that were permitted a culling allowance over a 1-2 year period so that the WI-DNR could attempt to conduct a “culling” study along side those tournaments…There was no real culling study done, but a post mortality experiment that was botched big time at multiple locations (different story, but when the DNR kills 80% of their control fish – the scientific method of experimentation would conclude that you can’t base any real facts from the study – amongst other factors)
To simplify, yes, the dnr did allow these bass tournaments to cull when the general public could not.
And the Bass guys already gave themselves a black eye in previous years when they broke the law by culling bass.
Wonder what would have happened to Joe Bass fishermen had he went on T.V. and told everyone how he culled bass to get his limit of big ones?
Not saying the dnr didn’t screw up there study. Just saying these bass tournaments were allowed to cull when others were not.
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I’m not sure there ever was a live well built that can keep fish alive for a 60 mile ride through 6′ waves.
Sounds like common sense to me!
To use the above example….a bass boat would probably only be going 10-15 miles an hour as they rode the troughs back to wherever they were going….If you think you’re gonna see them flying across the lake at top end speed, it just doesn’t happen w/those waves….ie…slower speeds and not taking a pounding….These guys think safety believe it or not….
60 miles at 15 mi/hr = 4hr ride.
60 miles at 10 mi/hr = 6hr ride.
Just playing the devils advocate here, but I find that a bit hard to believe.
No doubt the Green Bay area could use the tourism $$$ brought in by these events. And the dnr has certainly made there share of blunders.
Just the same, hearing the old…. We’re all gonna take our boats and go elsewhere gets pretty old!
I’m glad your meds kicked in and your back to normal 
