Wish champs would allow you to pre fish the Friday before like TTT does if your entry is paid.

Would sure be nice for those of us who have to drive 200 to 600 miles just to fish.

That’s exactly why I said it.

That's a little foolish

This would be about the only thing to make me quit fishing Champs. We SUCK on Tawakoni and can't ever seem to figure anything out no matter what we do. And that is crazy because more limits are caught on that lake than any other that we fish annually. Ray Roberts has kind of been our go to lake, so let's go there twice a year!

Reality is Chad and Jeff have a really hard balancing act of doing what's best for their business while also keep everyone out there happy. They (and all other tourneys) go where they can get local money for bringing a big event to the area and where they think they will draw the teams they need to maintain their current corporate sponsorship's "required" demographics, etc. Talk to any tournament trail owner out there of any size and you will get the same answer.

Mark - will you please give me some lessons on how to catch a fish over 2# on Tawakoni?

I'm the last person that needs to be giving fishing lessons. We don't hate Roberts, we just do not enjoy fishing bigger tournaments on it and for us fishing has to be fun. I am not criticizing Chad and Jeff at all, they know what they are doing and are good at what they do. Their emphasis is on keeping the majority happy as it should be. R

We will just split events over two divisions to keep it fun for us.

"Fun" is way too hard to come by these days

I will be honest. I am kinda glad that we have a bit of a groundhog day schedule. I hate cedar creek but it's a familiar foe so to speak. I love Tawak , don't mind Fork, and I am learning to like Roberts.

I never thought you were saying anything bad about Chad or Jeff.

I will trade you info on Roberts for help on Tawakoni. I am no Barrett on Ray Bob but we manage to cash checks there from time to time.

After reading the feeding fish cubes/dog food thread, I can see why there’s a long off limits. Never in my life thought people would feed fish before tournaments and find it ethical. I’m sure that it’s very few, but still.

Guess I missed that thread.
A good lie detector can solve those issues.

It’s the “baiting holes” post down a few. I can understand crappie and catfish guys defending it, but bass anglers defending it...

Maybe Falcon is the Championship lake next year?

Why is it that people jump to the conclusion that someone is "Whining" if they have an opinion on a trail?

Anyway, as to Tawakoni... I won't get into the trope about the lake, but I will say this... It is my opinion that people think too much about it. I do best (not won anything big, but done decently in Champs and club tournaments) when I just get out there and fish. Mind you, I am more of a bank-beater/shallow water fisherman. I can see why those that do well on Roberts struggle on TWok - It really is a cover lake, rather than structure...