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I don’t fish tourneys but I have no problem with them i quiet enjoy seeing somebody who can consistently catch big bass on a lake that I can’t!
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Looking at a lot of the comments on here, seems to me like a lot of people just don’t like tournaments, fast boats, don’t like other people catching big fish that others have trouble catching, having to wait at crowded ramps, crowded parking lots and the like. Trust me when I say that being a jackass on the water is not in any way limited to just tournament fishermen. Nothing pisses me off more than someone that takes 10 min to back their trailer down, can’t back their trailer without the boat on it, can’t get their boat on the trailer once they finally get the trailer in the water, or sits in the launch trying to get their motor cranked because the boat only gets put in the water 3-4 times a year. It’s just part of it. Everyone should just take a deep breath and be courteous of the others trying to enjoy the resource too. Now correct me where you think I’m wrong or you go ahead, drop back 15 yds behind center and punt.
This is major truth. Non tournament fishermen, and pleasure boat folks, subconsciously equate the speed of the boat with the temperament of the fisherman. Oh you drove past me on the river going really fast, you are such a rude jerk, you think you own the water. I make no excuses for the behavior of some tournament fishermen, plenty of them are rude jerks, but the vast majority of tournament fishermen understand water etiquette far more than pleasure boaters. It's just like driving on the road, the majority of folks who look like pleasure boaters act like they're the only car on the highway, no situational awareness.
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Looking at a lot of the comments on here, seems to me like a lot of people just don’t like tournaments, fast boats, don’t like other people catching big fish that others have trouble catching, having to wait at crowded ramps, crowded parking lots and the like. Trust me when I say that being a jackass on the water is not in any way limited to just tournament fishermen. Nothing pisses me off more than someone that takes 10 min to back their trailer down, can’t back their trailer without the boat on it, can’t get their boat on the trailer once they finally get the trailer in the water, or sits in the launch trying to get their motor cranked because the boat only gets put in the water 3-4 times a year. It’s just part of it. Everyone should just take a deep breath and be courteous of the others trying to enjoy the resource too. Now correct me where you think I’m wrong or you go ahead, drop back 15 yds behind center and punt.
This is major truth. Non tournament fishermen, and pleasure boat folks, subconsciously equate the speed of the boat with the temperament of the fisherman. Oh you drove past me on the river going really fast, you are such a rude jerk, you think you own the water. I make no excuses for the behavior of some tournament fishermen, plenty of them are rude jerks, but the vast majority of tournament fishermen understand water etiquette far more than pleasure boaters. It's just like driving on the road, the majority of folks who look like pleasure boaters act like they're the only car on the highway, no situational awareness. Yep...well said... 
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Who all is going to be there maybe we can meet up and chat some!
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We were talking about the transport/mortality issue here at work and one guy brought up an interesting point. Is it possible that the transport, in a controlled environment regarding temperature, oxygen levels, and whatever additives that might be used, actually helps the fish recuperate a little compared to being dumped right back in the lake after being beat up in a live well all day?
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I hate tournaments. Tournament organizations should have to buy property, get necessary permits and build their own ramps that only they use. Public ramps should be off limits.
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I hate tournaments. Tournament organizations should have to buy property, get necessary permits and build their own ramps that only they use. Public ramps should be off limits. They do have to get permits to hold a tournament and I don't think TVA would allow them to build a private ramp. They have rule stating that if there's a public ramp within so many miles of your address, you can't build a ramp. Most of the private ones were grandfathered in.
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Cd, they are transported back to the same kind of truck states use to transport fish. Chems added, aeration and temps monitored.
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Tournament fishing is just plain fun. I think most folks just like competition and when you team that with something you love doing, it's just a fun deal. The problem is, they think their time on the lake is more important than yours. Fishing in "their" spot with your family, be prepared to be crowded out. That's after they do 90mph and then set their boat down right beside you, washing you all over the damn place. It's not all of them, not even the majority for that matter, but it's enough to get folks to hate tournaments and tournament fisherman.
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Tournament fishing is just plain fun. I think most folks just like competition and when you team that with something you love doing, it's just a fun deal. The problem is, they think their time on the lake is more important than yours. Fishing in "their" spot with your family, be prepared to be crowded out. That's after they do 90mph and then set their boat down right beside you, washing you all over the damn place. It's not all of them, not even the majority for that matter, but it's enough to get folks to hate tournaments and tournament fisherman. Very accurate.
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Says just about everyone who can’t catch fish.
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I don't really have a problem with the tournaments I don't guess. It's mainly hate the rude behavior that most of them have. I have met several of the pro's and 95% of them seemed like good guys and when I've seen them on the water the good ones seemed very respectful. The ones in the other smaller tournaments are the real pricks. The ones that I guess are trying to make a name for themselves and your in their way. I had one about run me over last saturday. I was scanning a small creek mouth and he blew out of there on plane and I had to floor it to get out of his way. He had about 80 yards before he got to me to set his boat down but when he come around that last S curve, he gunned it. This is a creek channel thats only big enough for one boat. If he would have met me in the creek channel, it would have been a disaster.
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I don't really have a problem with the tournaments I don't guess. It's mainly hate the rude behavior that most of them have. I have met several of the pro's and 95% of them seemed like good guys and when I've seen them on the water the good ones seemed very respectful. The ones in the other smaller tournaments are the real pricks. The ones that I guess are trying to make a name for themselves and your in their way. I had one about run me over last saturday. I was scanning a small creek mouth and he blew out of there on plane and I had to floor it to get out of his way. He had about 80 yards before he got to me to set his boat down but when he come around that last S curve, he gunned it. This is a creek channel thats only big enough for one boat. If he would have met me in the creek channel, it would have been a disaster. Unfortunately we have fools in every sport. An idiot behind the wheel of a bass boat is an accident waiting to happen. A few years backI was fishing a tournament on Guntersville, out of Goose Pond. I left in the first flight andI was in the front, headed to Mud Creek. Just before the B.B. Comer bridge I ran into a solid wall of fog, I immediately let off the throttle and idled as fast as possible to get through it, hoping the guys behind me had enough sense to do the same. After about 10 seconds of idling a bass bait blew by me to my left about 25 yards! He was headed south and had blasted off in a tournament out of Mud Creek. Too many idiots run through hazardous conditions while relying on their GPS!!!
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I have found the rudeness to be from the weekend warrior all the way to the man trying to make a living by fishing even down to the crappie fisherman!
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Livin , how dare you say anything about those goobers that may only fish a few days a year ? They are fishing for something to consume. Poor little weekend warriors that all too often can't even back in unless they have a ground guide. I'll never forget how weekend warriors from Ky always converged of Ga lakes and kept everything they caught. Once I saw a boat full of them in a boat tied under a bridge. When I came back down all their tackle was in shambles. A school of hybrids had come thru, ate their minners and destroyed their tackle ! 
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Hey perch, you know how it is they got to eat to!
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I hate fishing G'ville because of all the big tournaments there. Seems everyone thinks they are KVD when they get on the lake.
I really enjoy club fishing. We have small tournaments all over the state. I fish with and against my friends and we have a good time. We do our best with fish mortality, but a couple of guys will take any dead ones home to eat. I'm not one for the big 100+ boat tournaments.
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