Tournaments should be outlawed in Texas from June 15-September 30. Too dammed hot, too little dissolved oxygen and too much stress on fish being carried around in a livewell all day. Seems like common sense to me. It was 104.2 in Mineola, yesterday with surface temps in the mid to high 80's. How many fish can survive that type of stress?

Let's say you monitor your livewells closer than most. You pump in 88 degree surface water and put fish in it. Then you cool that water to 75 degrees with ice and add Catch-n-Release. Then you attempt to maintain that cool temp throughout the day while attempting to manage ammonia and dissolved oxygen levels. Then you take those 75 degree fish, haul them up to weigh in, stress them some more and release back into 88 degree water. I wouldn't be surprised by 100% post-release mortality within two days, given these conditions. Tournaments (if at all) during this period should be required to use the MLF format or have a paper tourney, imo.