TOURNAMENT RELEASED BASS MAY BE A VIOLATION OF ALABAMA'S PUBLIC WATER STOCKING REGULATION

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TOURNAMENT RELEASED BASS MAY BE A VIOLATION OF ALABAMA'S PUBLIC WATER STOCKING REGULATION

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division (WFF) has recently become aware of a type of fishing tournament where rules permit anglers to fish in various water bodies and then bring their catch to a particular lake for a weigh-in ceremony where fish are then released alive into that body of water. For example, fish caught from Martin, Guntersville, Smith and Neely Henry could all be arriving at an official weigh-in site on Lay Lake where they are released following the weigh-in. Moving live fish from one lake to another is a direct violation of Alabama's public water stocking regulation.</p>

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