If that's the case then we as anglers are not blameless in this. Never should a dead or dying fish be left floating after a tourney, there's no excuse. Pick it up out of the water and harvest it. Place it in your weigh in bag and cook it up or give it to someone who wants it. If it doesn't swim away, never ever, just leave it to waste and risk fueling the fire of these wackos.

Another thing, often other anglers frown on the guys who harvest from their tournament catch (even the dead ones) it would be a good idea for TD's to announce that everyone is encouraged (or even required) to harvest from the fish they weigh in especially the fish that have expired or look like they may not make it. If nothing else good comes from this maybe we can learn this lesson.

There were only 3 bass struggling after weigh in. 2 Guys caught them and revived them and turned them loose under the bridge where the water was cooler. So, that is not true about 8 or 9 bass. However, there were a bunch of catfish that had been cleaned and carcusses thrown back in lake.

Well the guys that stayed and went out and revived the fish were the last ones there. You may have seen the fishing struggling but did you see the guys out there after weigh in reviving the fish? They were the last ones there and they said after they revived the 3 fish that there were no more strugling on top of the water.