Just saw the notification about a 3 fish limit on Tawakoni this weekend. Great job Basschamps, this is why you guys run the best trail in Texas. Great decision IMO!

After our dismal practice 10 days ago I just hope to catch 3 keepers. Can't understand why we can catch so many fish out there but never find good fish.

Why is a 3 fish limit the right call? Did I miss something?

uhhh conservation

Water Temperatures in the 90s and Air Temps near 100...

Fewer fish in the live wells all day long.

90 + degree surface water temps is super hard on the fish in the live well plus potential for 110 degree ambient temp on Saturday doesn’t help any either.

it's a good call for the heat.

Tawakoni doesn't have enough keepers to go around so this is one way everyone has a chance to limit out.

I like it a lot given the fact we lost our biggest fish at Ray Roberts just 3 weeks ago. Granted it was because our recirc pumps quit working without us realizing it.

Not everyone has a Oxygen tank on their boat and while ice and additives work well, it's still WAY easier to keep 3 fish alive than 5 when you're talking about 85+ water temps with what is currently forecast to be 100+ degree air temps.

Got ya. Haven’t fished enough of these bigger trails to come across the 3 fish limit. Didn’t think about the heat. Thanks. Was just curious.

BC is well educated and pretty solid at making fish care decisions.

Ice, pure oxygen and sure life will take care of you fish.

Tawakoni is loaded with keepers.

For sure! With the occasional 5-6 pounder thrown in.

They must not be fishing deep enough.

Or shallow enough! Amazing how shallow those fish get even with 80+ degree water temps!

they all are wearing sunglasses

I think this is a good call, but another question I have..

In the summer when it is this hot and we have first cast at 5:45, why not weigh in at 1p. Less time in the livewell for the fish and a little easier on the anglers as well. That 1p-3p time period is brutal on everything in late June - August.

Curious if I'm the only one that thinks that a good idea.

I've thought this exact same thing in the past. Ray Roberts was definitely brutal the last 2 hours of the day. That being said, we culled up with about 45 minutes to go. I could at least see going to a 2:00 last cast vs 3:00.

The last year they gave away boats during the north tournaments, we almost won a boat on Tawakoni. We had the fish on that would have won it but it came off. The last two fish that we kept were caught in the afternoon, a four pounder on the last pitch of the day.
I don't fish tournaments anymore so I have no say but there is good fishing in the afternoon sometimes.

It’s a 2:00 last cast. That sounds good to me.

Oops! I missed that. See, told you it was a good idea!

Most can’t catch 5 but then most can’t keep 5 alive much less 3 this time of year

Smarter call would be to not stick any fish in the livewell in that kind of heat.

[quote=i-Fish]Why is a 3 fish limit the right call? Did I miss something?[/quote

Way too hot...would kill a bunch of fish
THSBA did the same thing few weeks ago and it was a great call

If I had a choice between Twok and Fork, I would pick Twok 8 out of 10 trips....it’s fishing good right now
And the fish are slobs!!!
We had a great 3-4 trips last month

In a non tournament perfect world

Where are you guys seeing the info about the Tawakoni tournament? The only thing I have seen is on the forum about the upcoming Tawakoni tournament is "guess the weight" contest? Not seeing any info (time you can leave ramp, start time, stop time) about tourney on their web site?

It was sent in an email to everyone on the Champs email list I guess. I got it twice.

3 fish limit
Leave ramp no earlier than 5:00
First cast at 6:00
Last cast at 2:00

Chris,

Thanx for the info, I guess I might have a problem with my email. ....... Sam

I think it's a good call.

Sounds like them Louisiana boys need to come thin the herd!

Why not just do like the kayak guys do and measure the fish with a picture. It's just too hot to be putting fish in the livewell. If Bass Champs was really concerned about the fish they would do something like this. Otherwise the 5 fish to 3 fish is just for publicity.

Who knows but I can tell you that other than the year it flooded after being way low about 4-5 years ago, we average catching 30-50 fish in a day and generally have about 11-14# of fish to weigh in. One of these days we will get lucky. Heck maybe it's this weekend. We are due.

Great idea!

Who is to say that all of the handling, measuring and picture taking isn't in its own way taxing on the fish just allowing for the mortality to happen away from a tournament host location? Also, I believe I remember a kayak angler that was caught cheating in a major tournament so no system is perfect. (re: Texas angler Brent Taylor)
To insinuate that BassChamps is not really concerned about the fish seems like an unfair statement.

I'm quite sure Bass Champs number one goal is to make money. I'm sure they have some concern for the fish and I would hope they've learned from some of their past mistakes regarding outcome of fish. But there is no way measuring a fish and taking a quick pic is as harmful as sitting in a livewell all day when it's 100 degree outside. No way!

Basschamps doesn't do stuff for publicity, they dont have to, no other trails can touch their average turnout or longevity. Its simply making the best out of the situation at hand for both the anglers and the resource. Whether you like the decision or not, IMO its just nice to see an organization considering the resource versus purely focusing on $$.

Doc, its 20k for first and 180+ boats... paper tournaments are great for clubs or buddy tournaments but this is the real deal!

Absurd, I can personally tell you BassChamps cares more about not only live well practices, but also delayed mortality rates then any other trail I've been associated with going all the way to the top professional tiers rather than money.

What is your experience keeping fish alive for future generations?

And for the record, I have never been paid one cent for any volunteer services from BassChamps.

Longest bass tail in history

Possibly the worst fail ever in the history of fishing.

See y’all there.

They sent it in a email to everyone

The only bass I've had in my livewell in the past 15+ years is a Share a Lunker donated to the state for our future generations.

You probably had more in the live well than most 3 fish limits will be at Tawak. Congrats. Now
you can tell everyone how you helped the "future generations " KVD.

It WAS onlY iN thE livEWll for 2 HoUrs whILE TheY dRoVe 2mE!!!

Personally I think one fish per live well would be more better.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/newsmedia/releases/?req=20110615b

Yea TPWD just makes this stuff up. If I’m not mistaken there were some big fish lost in a BassChamps tournament about a year before that was written. Just curious your take on that article senko9S?

Guess you haven't seen a 14 in a livewell. I forgive you .