Ridiculous Evening- Tourneys take over on Maple

[purplesoul]

I tried to get some recreational bass fishing in last evening on Maple and it was a joke. When I got there, I stopped counting at 30 trailers in the parking lot. Apparently, there were 3 separate bass tournaments happening at the same time. It was so crowded that guys were close to casting over the top of my line. Is there any way that we could get a list going of the tournaments in the area so someone looking to do some recreational bass fishing could avoid lakes that are holding tournaments? Does such a list already exist? If not, I would think it would be beneficial for those trying to pick lakes for their tourneys as well. Let's spread out a little bit and give each other some better odds at catching some fish. Any thoughts?

[TNFL]

I wouldn't want to post where my league is going because I think some people would purposely show up to try and compete. Also, if I posted that my league was going to lake X and asked others to not show up so we could have the lake to ourselves, I think I would get a resounding my-mom-sees-this. Me personally, if I show up and a lake is extremely crowded I'g just drive up to a 1/2 hour or so to a different lake.

[bassman186]

You can check out www.classicbass.com they give a listing of the "legal" tournaments going on.

~Matt Jung

[Mark Christianson]

Legal tournaments are not the problem.

The problem lies in the fact that there are literally dozens of "clubs" that do not require permits to have an event.

I was in one of those leagues last night on Maple. We have no way of knowing what other leagues are showing up there either in most cases. Perfect example. We showed up last night, and there were 2 other leagues. Nothing we could do about it.

Last year my league partner and I contacted over a dozen other leagues that we knew about in the area, set up a meeting for a representative to come and go over these types of issues.

Guess how many league reps showed up?

Frickin 1.

That tells you how many people even care about the next guy and trying to come up with a partial solution.

I am not about to ask for our leage to disband because of the problems at launches. We tried to be a voice to make a difference, and everyone else we rallied to help out just didnt give a hoot.

We tried. Sorry others didnt see the need to try and resolve future issues.

[purplesoul]

TNFL: Do you really think people would think, "Hmmm I see there is a tourney on Lake X. I am going to go out there and see if I can out-fish them?" Also, I am not suggesting that anyone try and "reserve" a lake for a tournament. A list would just give people the info necessary to choose the environment for which they want to fish. If I would have known that Maple had 3 tourneys going on last night, I would have chosen a different lake from the start.

[purplesoul]

Do you need to register somewhere for this site? It is asking me for a user name and password.

[TNFL]

Yes, I do.

I'm not saying people would want to fish against a full out 50 boat tourney. but if its just "1" not "3" clubs out there they may try to gauge themselves or see what its all about. Most leagues have 8-12 boats and it usually only happens once per year out of 15 nights that we double team a lake. I've never seen 3 at the same time.

I don't really think its that big of a deal to hop lakes if they are too crowded, I do it all the time.

[purplesoul]

That's good to hear that the doubling up doesn't happen that often. I was just lucky I guess.