Couldn't agree more.

Winds this week are starting to make me feel like I live in Kansas again.

It's really pretty simple. If you are not comfortable, do not risk it. No entry fee is worth risking injury over. At the end of the day, its just a fishing tournament.

There is usually always a place to fish on most lakes safely under most conditions. I personally fished Bass Champs last weekend on Ray Roberts and with my boater partner we didn't have any problem at all. This weekend I have a tournament on Tawakoni and me and my boater partner have already discussed how there is no way we are going to venture out on the main lake but we do have a place we are going to launch and be protected and I personally am really looking forward to fishing. I have had area's through the years on lakes like Tawakoni, Cedar Creek, Ray Hubbard etc. that I have fished plenty of times with really windy bad weather but kept it in an area that I didn't have to venture into rough conditions and had a great time. You really get limited especially when fishing a tournament but I still always look forward to being able to get out fishing but have also had plenty of times through the years fishing where you didn't let weather dictate anywhere you went. Those days are pretty much behind me now but not enough to keep me from finding a calm place to launch and fish.

Yep there are good places to hide from the wind on Belton this weekend, But there will also be 7-13 boats in each one of those spots Saturday

It's official, you should have died

This is exactly why we are a trailering Club. We have the tournament at Tawakoni on Saturday. That lake is a first class biotch in the wind. Many of us found that out last year about this time. In my communication here on TFF, and my communication to our members and at our meeting tonight I will stress to everyone the importance of picking a ramp close to your fishing location that keeps you off the main lake. Safety HAS to come first. And as Mark said, if you don't feel safe, don't go. A day of fishing is NOT worth dying for.

I love all of the TFF tough guys that brag about how they proudly fish in 3-4 or even 5' waves or 30 mph winds, etc while making fun of those who think it's not safe. The Ray Roberts thread last week was a perfect example. And yes, we fished it but were smart about it and didn't cash a check. $10K isn't going to change me or my partner's life so we were not willing to risk anything crazy for it.

To the OP, as many others have stated, there are a lot of factors but to me the biggest is the number of available boats ramps on the lake. This is the issue with Ray Roberts....there's really only 5-6 of them and none are really in the areas where lots of us had practiced and wanted to fish. So for your club, it's really about that plus available options of moving it to the next day, etc. I would imagine a local bass club has much easier options of moving a tourney than Champs does.

Shoulda, woulda, coulda, but I dint, so there!

I thought I was the only one with a 10" Ranger! At least that's what the ladies tell me!

I fished on TWok last weekend, Media let us trailer so we were able to get close to where we wanted to fish. It suxed anyway at least for me. But as to when a TD should cancel, we are all grown ups if you don't feel it is safe you don't have to launch and fish. No one is twisting your arm making you go out. Know your limitations and don't let your ego override your abilities. I fished a Top 6 on Amistad in the late 80's on day one we had 20+ MPH winds out of the west, it was quite a ride back from Cow Creek in a 16.5 ft bass boat.
But be safe out there we have already lost to many of our brothers this season across the country.

You goober

Really?

Just know your and your equipment's limitations and don't exceed them.

BASS event on Lake Ontario and the St Lawrence Seaway. We fished through Hurricane Gloria and nobody died. I doubt it ever crossed Harold Sharp's mind to cancel the event.

Yes, really.

Since I started tournament fishing I cant think of a year the compares to the amount of bickering, crying, and threatening not to fish trails if they dont cancel or reschedule due to wind. If you cant drive a boat in big water then dont enter, no sense in the rest of the field that knows how to handle their equipment to be punished for the folks that cant. If trailering is allowed and a fella cant get to his water then you darn sure better have a plan B or locate something you can get to, not blow up the TD's phone and email about canceling. I can respect the tournament trails decision to cancel in the event their insurance wont cover them over a certain wind speed, some wont cover anything if there is a lake wind advisory issued.. I get that. I just dont get the anglers that call themselves tournament fishermen acting like tournament day and fun fishing day are the same thing.