A live-release boat was completed by the AG&FC for Lake Ouachita
to assist Black Bass tournaments in live-release re-distribution.
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Continued efforts by the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission at Black Bass
conservation,
the AG&FC Black Bass Program recently completed construction of a
live-release boat
that can be used by Black Bass tournament directors to re-locate their
catch on Lake Ouachita.
The primary
purpose of the boat is to help recover
and re-distribute tournament caught bass
to different locations around the lake
after a weigh-in.
The boat is a 29ft. triple
pontoon equipped with a 200hp Mercury
motor.
Mounted in the boat is a three compartment
bottom-dump tank that
holds approximately 650 gallons of
water, which means that it can safely
hold up to 650 pounds of fish.
The tanks
are individually plumbed for filling and also contain individual diffusers,
which
provide oxygen from a compressed
oxygen cylinder.
Money to purchase and equip the
boat were provided
by a $10K grant
from the FishAmerica Foundation.
The AG&FC
Black Bass Program matched the
grant money.
Bill Barnes,
operator of Mountain Harbor Resort and
Marina on Lake Ouachita,
donated a covered slip at the marina to
house the live-release boat.
Tournament
directors will be able to access the boat
beginning this Spring
after a review of operational
guidelines.
The
AG&FC Black Bass Program used the live-release boat at two
tournaments on Lake Ouachita this Fall to test the systems and
determine how the boat handles under a full load.
The boat operated flawlessly during the two-day USA Outdoors Big Bass
and FLW Outdoors BFL Regional tournament events in October.
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