Pretty sure that the highest mortality rate was at Amistad was it not? Besides that...what is your point?

Actually it depends on the career or profession. Someone who just acquired a science or technology degree can be lightyears ahead in knowledge because the nature of how fast what there is to learn changes and universities are teaching the cutting edge stuff. With daily changes in dna studies and genetics, I'd say a recent biology degree would be included in this.

Now if you're talking sales, well hell, you don't need any kind of degree at all.

So really, it depends on the field as to if I'd rather have someone with experience or a degree.

Also don't discount that young pups are cheaper than old dogs.

Stock some rainbow trout in some of these deeper clear water lakes in the cooler months for a couple years and lets see what kinda results we get!!!!

food supply!!!

that you may be awesome but not everybody is. And that there are documented cases where death rate has been WAY high. Now IDK which death loss was higher falcon or stad, but either way they arn't at falcon and that's why.
all that is beside the point,
think of it this way assume your tourneys are the safest tourneys in the state... assume the elites money hungry world is the least safe, their are your two ends of the sliding scale, so if you are the top 1%. 99% kill more fish than you. How big are your tourneys? How big are the other 99%, how many fish?, mutiply, take away some number for the fish who would have died or not spawned any way, then multiply by the eggs your arn't getting into the system. Tourney fishing has its effects. Also you said fish that died BEFORE weigh in, who cares if its before weigh in if they die? After before that only matters for the tourney. I have seen bad tourney loss twice, one I saw all those floaters. another was fish weighed in that were in BAD SHAPE, I didn't see the floaters but I'd bet the farm on those fish dieing.

It has an effect...

Tournament mortality occurs for up to 3 weeks after the tournament fish are released. Mortality rates increase as the water temperature increases.

Umm...I am not a tournament director and I didnt say any of those things. I am just a spectator that is trying to find out what dog you have in this fight. It is hard for me to understand why you are so butt hurt over this.

It reminds me of the YouTube video of the girl that is crying over cats....
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mTTwcCVajAc

Oh...and thanks for telling me I am awesome. Appreciate ya!

Lots of numbers pulled out of thin air. I would say he is not a fan.

IBTL

Wow...

Can everybody just get their panties out of a wad and go fishing?

Sounds like this James character knows about as much about big fish as the keyboard biologists on here.

I'm going to stick my two cents in one last time.

Yes, SAL is predominantly funded with private donations. Those funds come from Mr. Dan Friedken and Gulf States Toyota here in Houston. So do the funds awarded to TPWD from the TTBC each year. Those latter funds are directed toward inner-city fishing outreach programs like the rainbow trout stockings.

My personal opinion is that teenage fish would be better off left in their natural environment. Of those 40,000 fry from that one Falcon fish, only 20,000 will make it to fingerlings. Of those 20,000 released into ANY water body with an established predator base, at best 2% will make it past their first year.

SAL has provided a ton of research and genetic material. And the dollars into Texas versus the cash outlay to support SAL has been an outstanding investment.
But TPWD have all they need in that regard.

I'll speak only in regards to Fork, as that is my "home" lake, with the following suggestions.

1. All tournaments are required to kill all unders for a period of one year.

2. Rather than wholesale eradication, TPWD should direct some of those invasives spraying $ toward establishing and maintaining areas of hydrilla, eurasian milfoil or coontail. 20% coverage would be perfect, and it can be done away from boat docks.

3. Quit stocking florida fingerlings in Fork. Instead grow out and release adults that were hand selected "jumpers" from the SAL fry. Yes, it's expensive and would produce far fewer fish. But those fish would already be in the slot where they could do the most good in replenishing Florida alleles.

All of that is my personal opinion, and while based upon a lot of research and experience fooling with LMB and their habitat for the past 27 years, is still just that, my opinion.

That sir, was about as idiotic a statement as I have seen made on the TFF.

I sell plastic lures, spinnerbait skirts, candy bars....hence I am the king of the forum and the best internet fisherman between Fork and Falcon...I say the sharelunker program rocks...just need a $132 guide license and use the phrase "licensed professional guide" and maybe I will be Lake Falcon material.

Well said Mahfouz.....I think that would be a step in the right direction. I think the only obstacle there would be to maintain and grow those fingerling into Adults. That cannot be cheap.

not your best effort ............

I'm pretty sure the 3000 boats on Sam Rayburn last weekend does not help the fish population.