As has been pointed out, there are two sides to every story. Here's what I was told. Apparently Barrett got upset with Donnie last year for canceling or rescheduling a tournament ... I think it was on Lewisville and rescheduled due to high water. Barrett took it to Facebook and called Donnie's integrity in to question. The two texted each other and Donnie said he wanted to meet face-to-face to discuss it. No resolution was reached and Donnie told him last year he was banned from his tournaments. From what I have been told, this is not new news to Barrett.

I know Donnie and he is a reasonable person. If someone is going to bash your business and question your integrity, why would they want to use your business ... and why would you let them in your door? If someone calls a business owner's integrity in to question, it is not unreasonable for the business owner to fire the customer.

So I hope you let this post go to posting screen shots of text messages. Looks like it’s come to that because your post is not correct. I’ll get working on this.

I've fished Donnie's trails, night tournaments and charity tournaments for 20 years and have never seen him be less than fair. Barrett I've know you for some time as well but I think this is between you and Donnie and should be handled that way. It's his trail and he has a right to decide who fishes and his decision was made based on what happened a year ago and having his integrity questioned based on moving a tournament from a lake that was closed because of high water. His decision to move it had nothing to do with giving somebody an unfair advantage if that was the case he never would have had the original lake on the schedule to begin with. Donnie has done more to help people on this forum than anybody I know it's a shame so many are taking sides not knowing both sides of the story and this is not the place to air it out.

From what I’m gathering you were told last year you were not fishing his events, so why does he need to tell you again. Then come on here and state from another competitor you just found out. It surely wasn’t any new news.

So you were pissed off with the way TTO changed lakes due to water level, which all trails/events do it all the way up to the Elites. It wasn’t a change that was convenient to you and you had to take it to social media. Now the same trail is having a event on your home waters, now it’s convenient to you had your happy as a kid in a candy store with the same trail you were not happy with. Now your back on social media with it.

Not sure why you would ever escalate it to where threatening to ban someone would ever come up

You don’t agree with the lake move then move on.

Differing opinions is part of business.