Bass TOURNAMENT Mortality (This Might Shock You) HD

Bass Tournament Mortality is something that a lot of us know happens but we tend to shy away from it. In this video I talk about many different studies I have found relating to bass tournament mortality. BASS HAT: https://bassfishinghq.tv/shop/ IG: ty_berger Other YT Videos: Where do Tournament Caught Bass Go? - https://rebrand.ly/x1es7le Studies: Champlain - https://rebrand.ly/8wlb9j7 Water Temp - https://rebrand.ly/2bpuomj Texas Study - https://rebrand.ly/yrckwtv Texas Tech Study - https://rebrand.ly/mk0rvi4 Lake Eufaula - https://rebrand.ly/nl9j9te Catch & Release - https://rebrand.ly/20w544c Natural Mortality - https://rebrand.ly/5jbe2hq Catch & Release2 - https://rebrand.ly/n3pckfh Video Used From Channels: Scott Martin - https://rebrand.ly/h5qdubv Brian Latimer - https://rebrand.ly/hdf2q3k Bassmaster - https://rebrand.ly/1dejy0s Anders Fishing - https://rebrand.ly/6ruiwaj The Nature Of Fishing - https://rebrand.ly/pb1rtdd When it comes to tournament fishing, we know that some bass die as a result of being caught, during tournaments, but what do the numbers tell us and what do these numbers actually mean? In a tournament you have two types of mortality. Bass brought dead to weigh in are considered to be “initial mortality”. These fish may have died as a result from being hooked in sensitive areas or handled incorrectly. You also have “delayed mortality”. This occurs to bass that appear to be healthy when released after weigh in, but die within a few hours or days, which most tournament anglers don’t see. In one of the studies I spoke about in my “Where tournament bass go” video. Researchers looked at 9 high level tournaments that were held on lake Champlain over the course of 2 years, in which 2,300 bass were tagged. During this study the initial mortality rate of largemouth bass was 2.41% and smallmouth bass was 3.89%. Delayed mortality was 3.13% and 4.26% respectively. With Lake Champlain being a northern clear water lake, lake temperatures typically stay pretty cool, even in the summer, which can greatly increase survival rates of bass. However, looking at other studies these numbers are not always the norm and mortality rates can be significantly higher. One of the most popular studies ever done on this subject was done by a group of Texas Tech University Professors led by a man named Gene R Wilde. Their research compiled information from 130 tournaments that were held between 1972 and 1996. Tournaments held during the 1970s, initial mortality was substantial, with a reported 19.5% of bass brought to the scales dead. However, during the 1980s and 1990s initial mortality decreased significantly to 6.6 and 6.5% respectively. Again, initial mortality is only part of the equation, delayed mortality was 10.4% in the 1970s, 20.9% in the 1980s and 23.3% in the 1990s and overall mortality was 26.2% and 28.3% At the time, this information was groundbreaking and it has served as the foundation for the B.A.S.S. booklet “Keeping Bass