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check out this old ad i found #11639945 06/01/16 04:03 PM
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Re: check out this old ad i found [Re: J.P. Greeson] #11639988 06/01/16 04:23 PM
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Why no more TFF opens??!??


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Who won it?

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We won that one. I think we had 75-80 boats in it. Jack and I never left the marina and culled all day...good times. cheers

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Originally Posted By: Chris G
Why no more TFF opens??!??


Running tournaments can be a pretty thankless job and there's lots of BS to deal with. One day we had a tournament on Lake Grapevine with a really small turnout. I think there were 9 boats. After getting everyone launched, I went fishing (just fishing - not participating in the tournament - I never thought a TD should fish his own tournaments). One of our anglers was fishing the dam and I swung 100 or more yards out from him to cross where he was fishing. I made over a 200 yard semi-circle to get to the other side of the dam from him. After weigh-in, he started bitching me out for it, telling me I had no business fishing that close to him while I was running a tournament (when I say bitching me out, I mean full on cussing me). I was sitting there thinking, "I spent my Saturday running this [censored] thing, maybe making enough money to pay for my lunch, and now I'm getting a tongue lashing over something I didn't deserve."

After that I was done.


The solution to any problem - work, love, money, whatever - is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be. --John Gierach

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Originally Posted By: J.P. Greeson
Originally Posted By: Chris G
Why no more TFF opens??!??


Running tournaments can be a pretty thankless job and there's lots of BS to deal with. One day we had a tournament on Lake Grapevine with a really small turnout. I think there were 9 boats. After getting everyone launched, I went fishing (just fishing - not participating in the tournament - I never thought a TD should fish his own tournaments). One of our anglers was fishing the dam and I swung 100 or more yards out from him to cross where he was fishing. I made over a 200 yard semi-circle to get to the other side of the dam from him. After weigh-in, he started bitching me out for it, telling me I had no business fishing that close to him while I was running a tournament (when I say bitching me out, I mean full on cussing me). I was sitting there thinking, "I spent my Saturday running this [censored] thing, maybe making enough money to pay for my lunch, and now I'm getting a tongue lashing over something I didn't deserve."

After that I was done.


The most surprising thing in this post is that he didn't wait until he got home to blast you on your own forum.

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Bring it back! Let Mark run it

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Originally Posted By: adam_p
Originally Posted By: J.P. Greeson
Originally Posted By: Chris G
Why no more TFF opens??!??


Running tournaments can be a pretty thankless job and there's lots of BS to deal with. One day we had a tournament on Lake Grapevine with a really small turnout. I think there were 9 boats. After getting everyone launched, I went fishing (just fishing - not participating in the tournament - I never thought a TD should fish his own tournaments). One of our anglers was fishing the dam and I swung 100 or more yards out from him to cross where he was fishing. I made over a 200 yard semi-circle to get to the other side of the dam from him. After weigh-in, he started bitching me out for it, telling me I had no business fishing that close to him while I was running a tournament (when I say bitching me out, I mean full on cussing me). I was sitting there thinking, "I spent my Saturday running this [censored] thing, maybe making enough money to pay for my lunch, and now I'm getting a tongue lashing over something I didn't deserve."

After that I was done.


The most surprising thing in this post is that he didn't wait until he got home to blast you on your own forum.


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Originally Posted By: Mike_Soriano™
Bring it back! Let Mark run it


Not this guy. I have enough going on as it is..... cheers

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No way in heck do I understand for the life of me why anyone would direct a tournament. Waaaaaaaay to many grown men want to bitch moan and groan about such small things in life. I remember days back in the Anglers Choice era where it seemed every tournament there was always someone pissed off about something silly, hasn't changed today.

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Originally Posted By: J.P. Greeson
Originally Posted By: Chris G
Why no more TFF opens??!??


Running tournaments can be a pretty thankless job and there's lots of BS to deal with. One day we had a tournament on Lake Grapevine with a really small turnout. I think there were 9 boats. After getting everyone launched, I went fishing (just fishing - not participating in the tournament - I never thought a TD should fish his own tournaments). One of our anglers was fishing the dam and I swung 100 or more yards out from him to cross where he was fishing. I made over a 200 yard semi-circle to get to the other side of the dam from him. After weigh-in, he started bitching me out for it, telling me I had no business fishing that close to him while I was running a tournament (when I say bitching me out, I mean full on cussing me). I was sitting there thinking, "I spent my Saturday running this [censored] thing, maybe making enough money to pay for my lunch, and now I'm getting a tongue lashing over something I didn't deserve."

After that I was done.


I figured as much JP. Had no idea of that story but not surprising at all. I do think it would be fun to try to have a once a year big TFF tourney and have Potts and crew run it. Then everyone could complain about the following:


*Choice of lake
*Not paying enough places
*Paying too many places
*Pay back percentage is not high enough
*Not enough contingencies
*Trailering
*Not Trailering
*Too cold
*Too hot
*Too windy (this is a given)

I'm sure given some time I can think of some more.


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Originally Posted By: J.P. Greeson
Originally Posted By: Chris G
Why no more TFF opens??!??


Running tournaments can be a pretty thankless job and there's lots of BS to deal with. One day we had a tournament on Lake Grapevine with a really small turnout. I think there were 9 boats. After getting everyone launched, I went fishing (just fishing - not participating in the tournament - I never thought a TD should fish his own tournaments). One of our anglers was fishing the dam and I swung 100 or more yards out from him to cross where he was fishing. I made over a 200 yard semi-circle to get to the other side of the dam from him. After weigh-in, he started bitching me out for it, telling me I had no business fishing that close to him while I was running a tournament (when I say bitching me out, I mean full on cussing me). I was sitting there thinking, "I spent my Saturday running this [censored] thing, maybe making enough money to pay for my lunch, and now I'm getting a tongue lashing over something I didn't deserve."

After that I was done.


Was that you idling around my marker buoy on Fork that day JP?? clap



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Or get Scott Gordon and Mark Jones involved.to.run the tournament. Would bemvreat.fun.

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I vote for Mark as well .


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Basschamps hosted one for them on Fork one year. Only over I've ever weighed in

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