No info period and lets just see how good they really are.

No info, no pre-practice. Three days of practice immediately before the four day tournament. Let's see who can really fish, continue to find new fish and patterns while managing those fish for four straight days.

I think you'd see some of the old guard in contention more often, and the young guard might not be as deep as we think.

And therein lies the biggest problem for BASS. Doesn't fit with their current business model of being all in on youth and college tournament fishing.

Oh, my gosh! It would be almost impossible to enforce . . . as it is now.

I think many of us would agree, though, that it would really be great to see pro anglers show up at various lakes with no "intellegence gathering" . . . at all. Then, the competition action would include the part about figuring the lake out while in the tournament, not before. Even pre-fishing could be disallowed, I suppose.

Not that all that pre-fishing always helps anyway. Several faves for the recent Conroe big tournament came up short and light.

Wasn't this the way it was done at the very beginning . . . anglers whisked off to unannounced venues, boats provided for them?

It'd re-focus competitive fishing on the best angler I suspect.

But, other than that, this is really much-ado about nothing.

Brad

agree that it is going to make enforcing the no info rule even harder and probably impossible to enforce...for those advocating a no info/no practice tourney...you got that with MLF and what it would do is turn everybody into a "bank beater" because they wouldn't have time to find off shore fish...

Damn... Just go fishing... Dan

Regardless of how long the no info period is, what stops a competitor's sponsor from creating a website at www.nobodywillevercomehere.com, gathering the needed info, and posting it on the "public" website for the angler to read??

Short answer....nothing.

There are always ways around the rules for those that want to stretch it. I don't see how making a longer no info period helps anything.

Seems unworkable to me. The current rule is borderline unworkable and, in my opinion, could use some clarification.

I think there should be no rule regarding information prior to a tournament, so take my opinion with a grain of salt if you disagree.

61% said that 25%...
What percentage is that actually???
16.4% perceived as getting info?

Getting info from someone in a bait shop would be considered Public and open to everyone in my opinion. Rule should just be that they cannot solicit or ask for info. Then again it's the Pro's. They should allow as much as they can afford info wise. That way the money gets spread around the lake and some with say more knowledge could ask for more pay for that knowledge.


Lose Lose scenario if you ask me bringing the issue to light only diminishes the sport.


Jody

best way to solve this problem is not to announce the lake until 30 days prior to tournament date.

The rule will hurt the new guys the most. The veterans probably have had a few T's on any given lake the BASS circuit hits.

This all sounds familiar. You have the majority of the field complaining about the few guys that put their time in and work hard to be on top. If they're going to pull this they might as well not announce the schedule period, just call guys a week before and tell them where to be. That or start handing out participation trophies

Put time and work? What about going out a week with locals and guides? The locals and guides did all the work. Money gets you a long ways.

It seems to me like a rule like this favors the veteran professionals who have fished these lakes for years and already have all the information on each lake. The new guys coming in would be handicapped.

Everybody has the same opportunity. The job is to gather all the info they can both on and off the water until the off limits. I do understand what they are trying to accomplish but for the guys complaining, it's not going to make them any better or make the guys that are better any worse. Same at the local level, some guys are just better and until you quit crying and go get better and spend the time to find winning stuff it won't change. If your worried about money you shouldn't gamble it on fishing the elites. There's no way I would accept the invitation unless I knew I had enough to put it all on the line for a year. If I win enough I keep going, if I don't I get a real job or move back down.