Let me add one more. LUNKERSTV has 1.21 MILLION followers. He has more than all of the tournament organizations combined, TV is DEAD!

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the problem now is COVID and people being paid to sit on the lake while collecting unemployment. I pray that when Texas finally gets smart and cuts off unemployment to people who should be working, that the lakes become less crowded again.


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In 10 years if it keeps going the way it is, I won't even own a fishing pole. I can't hardly stand being on a lake on a weekend as it is now. All this grow the sport [censored] has taken alot of the fun out of it for me. Constantly being cut off and cussed at by idiots that don't know jack about courtesy. Had a guy cut me off 2 weeks ago by anchoring 20 feet in front of me as I'm fishing down a bank just so he could try and catch his 10" crappie. Then proceeded to MF me for getting to close to him and thinking I own the water. Took everything I had to not end up in jail.

Yep, same for me, I’m sick of the inconsiderate idiots.



But I don’t blame “grow the sport”, that’s BS. The “sport” was way larger back in the 70’-80’s, the problem now is COVID and people being paid to sit on the lake while collecting unemployment. I pray that when Texas finally gets smart and cuts off unemployment to people who should be working, that the lakes become less crowded again. Truth be told, if 4 million people moved here in the last 10 years, it’s just natural that our lakes will be more crowded unfortunately.


The OP’s point is beyond stupid, Duckett & Klein have grown nothing. If he wants to prove that they have grown anything, tell me how many tournaments use the MLF format??? Like maybe 1 in 50?
And the only people that watch fishing on TV is old geezers, anybody that matters in 10 years is using a phone, laptop or tablet.


Jacob Wheeler, the greatest angler on the BPT/MLF has around 115k Youtube followers.

Ben Milliken who fishes NOTHING has 429k followers.

There’s your answer to what’s gonna happen in 10 years, professional tournaments are on their death beds.

We need more lakes. They are getting very crowded.

go back and read the original post again.....the important point is that Boyd duckett,gary klein and others have grown their tournament format to being the most popular outdoor show on TV,expanded the TV exposure from 30-40 hours to over 800 hours and the TV,venue and sponsor income is going into the pockets of the fishermen instead of a few owners...

Probably best point in this thread, our public lakes are becoming more and more pressured, its insane how much has happened this last year, its not good for the resource. If population keeps growing here you will see fishing season and boat limits per day on smaller lakes like you do out west, you can say this it Texas and that will never happen but Texas is changing and changing rapidly. Folks who don't have access to private water don't realize how much pressure affects fish and how much easier they are to catch without it. I'm honestly surprised private water fishing leasing haven't taken off yet, you never heard of a duck lease 15 years ago now they're everywhere like deer leases. I'm sure at one point you can go back far enough that a deer lease wasn't a thing.