John, Sandlin isnt fall much now. I went out there for the first time in a month today after work. There is still lots of water to fish. I really wouldnt worry about it much.

Feb: Toledo Bend, Mar: Rayburn, Apr: Livingston, Jun: Red River, Sep: 2 Days TB or Rayburn. Forget Conroe unless it rains being drawn down so Houston can have water.

Lake Belton can be considered. Fishing for Freedom (15 Oct) has over 225 boats signed up already and growing daily.

I think Top 40 boaters and coanglers at end of year points in a division get priority... hope this helps...

Belton,whitney and waco can handle enough boats also

Did they happen to disclose the date and location for the regional at the end of the year? I had heard Red River was at the top of the running.

I agree also. Belton, Waco and several Central Texas lake's would be more than big enough for a BFL tournament and I guarantee the turn out would be better. Why call it the Cowboy Division and the tournaments are not even held in Texas? What a concept!!!!

Intend to fish (boater) this as my first BFL circuit so I'll weigh in on this. What about a Northeast-Southwest stretch: Lake O' The Pines, Rayburn/Toledo Bend, somewhere between Houston & Conroe where Everstart has been, Amistad/Choke?

Out of San Antonio so its already 5-7 hours travel to the East/Northeast for us but i'm Trying to avoid my bias (South Texas) but for me fishing BFL is preparation for Everstart...

2/25/11-Sam Rayburn out of Cassells Boykin (not sure of spelling)
3/17/11-Toledo Bend out of Sam Miguel
4/28/11-Atch. Basin out of Belle River Landing
6/9/11-Bayou Black out of Bob's Bayou Black Marina
9/29/11-Lake O Pines

October 17,18,19-Regional on Red River out of Grand Ecore
All American is on the Potomac River up in DC area

this was given to me by anthony wright on the phone. he said it was final as of now.

I live in north LA and me and a few guys plan on fishing boater next year. I agree and would not prefer to travel that far down south as well. From Monroe,LA it's around a 5+hour trip. I would be ok with one trip down there and have one of the other east TX lakes thrown in the mix,or red river, but it's the regional, so that's alright. Two trips down south for alot of the TX guys is not going to be a fun trip time and cost wise in my opinion. I bet some of it has to do with how many they can draw. Alot of the Media Bass trails down there are drawing 70-80 per tourny down there, so FLW is probably thinking they can get a 125+ field by going down there. My 2 cents. Bryan Adams.

Guys trust me they are not monitoring TTF, if you want your voice heard send them an email.

I like the schedule and plan on fishing the circuit. I don't think it would be good business to change the plan once the plan has been distributed to the public

Also, I saw on Rayburn it said Casa blanca??? Cassells Boykin maybe? I wonder why San Miguel instead of Cypress Bend launch on toledo? I don't think it would be wise to change stuff once it's put out, just would rather alot of folks not have to go that far south....but, with what I've seen on alot of the local tournies down there, I bet the turnouts are going to surprise some folks..fishing too.

I dont know why this always comes up...
Its a business and they are out to make the most money. And someday have the best tournament trail around. There is no such thing as a Cowboy division any more, its the Louisiana division that happens to be named "Cowboy". They go where they can get the numbers. They had a cowboy division back a few years ago... I fished it... and take it from me, the numbers sucked, therefore no need to have a Cowboy division when it costs them more money to drag the stage around the state than they are bringing in. Right now they are drawing terrific number (compared to) and from talking with the guys that are fishing it this year, they like the trail and the changes they have made. I live in Fort Worth so every tourney for the past 2 years has been a 5 hour drive time AVERAGE. next year will be a little worse, no big deal, i like the trail, money isnt great. until you get to the Super Tourney or the regional champs, and the chance to qualify for bigger and better things is right there.
My Grandpa told me a long time ago. You do not fish for the money, if you do you are wasting your time and a whole lot of money... Just Fish, if you make money along the way.. GREAT. the BFL is not designed to "get rich" off of. its all about qualifying for regionals and the next level, which is what helps FLW grow.

Grassroots tourneys with cheap entries, is going to = grassroots tourneys with cheap payouts... its simple math...

They will draw good numbers at the basin and the bayou.. trust me.

I'll be fishing the full trail this year. See yall out there!

I do remember seeing a few years back there was a TX and a LA division and poor turnout. It has been better number wise since they combined. I think in the long run it will be a plus for the division...2 tournys down south EVERY year, maybe not, but I'm sure some of the south LA guys don't want to go to Toledo or Rayburn every time either. Plus there are plenty tournies on those two lakes that folks can fish. In the end FLW is trying to do what is best for FLW and the fishermen. What we have to do is support it best we can. Plus, the more folks that show up, the better the payouts. I don't know about most folks, but if I'm fishing the BFL or any trail to make alot of money, I'm way behind