I think they should just ban bass fishing all together so that there is no chance at all a fish can touch the carpet, get deep hooked, be carried around in a livewell and then held up for pictures the wrong way.

We could all meet on Saturday and Sundays and play Bunko with our wives. I will bring this new dip recipe I just learned!!!!

Yeah, we could also go down to the lake, form a circle with jet skis, have a representative from PETA speak to us, sing Kum ba ya, toss out fish food pellets, and light candles!

Kind of agree with you Jason . A net is just another tool one has the option of using . I fish 95% of the time by myself and a net comes in pretty handy at times with a big fish or one with a crank in their mouth.

Be sure to bring your man card and a pair of scissors.

BASS used to limit you to 10lbs of tackle and would not allow anglers to wear shorts or blue jeans. I think the blue jean rule is still in effect too.

I think they should be allowed a rubber net. Safer for the fish and your fingers.

I don't remember the show that enacted this rule, but penalizing someone for the fish touching the deck is too far... About as stupid as ejecting a running back for lowering his helmet to truck someone. At least let them swing the fish onto a rubber net sitting on the deck or something.

Did anyone watch the FLW on Lake Eufaula where Randy Haynes was boat flipping them with a long rod from about 10 ft from the boat? He would jerk them in as fast as he could and they would hit the carpet or console hard! It was a terrible display of fish care buy a professional in my opinion.

I have better luck with a gaff