What happens to all the bass fish caught during competitive bass fishing tournaments?

I’ve watched several bass tournament shows and those guys catch a LOT of fish for competition. What happens to the fish afterwards? It’s not like I see a lot of fish specials in restaurants and supermarkets after the event.

I fish alot of BASS and FLW tournaments every year. Fish care is our main priority. We don’t want the fish getting injured any more than they have to. They are kept in airated live wells through the day and then released back into the lake after they are weighed in and are only out of the water for seconds at a time. Very few fish die and we are penalized by a lowered overall weight for each fish that dies, which insures that we make every possible effort to keep them alive and well.

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