tournament

[rodgerso.illinois]

say in a crappie tourn. do you have to release the fish you catch?? is that part of the rules as in bass tourn????

[crappiechappy]

In most tourneys, you are suppose to release the ones that you weigh in. You can keep the other ones that you catch as long as you obey the lake and state laws.

[Billr]

The Springfield Crappie Club Buddy tournaments do not require the fish to be alive at weigh in and you can keep the fish you catch.

Regular club tournament participants are allowed to keep their catch at all one day tournaments.

When the club holds tournaments at Mark Twain Lake, they are usually 2 day tournaments. Members are asked to donate the first days catch to the fish fry that is held for members at the end of that day. Any fish that is not used for the fish fry is frozen and used at the two club meeting during the year. Participants are allowed to keep their catch on the second day.

[reelcrappie]

When we have a tournament we clean and fry the fish after the weigh in. That way there are no losers in our tournaments.

[bttmline]

At my tournaments for the Eastern Buckeye Crappie Club the fish may be kept but they must be alive at weigh-in.
Bttmline