My son fishing THSBA and his partners dad and myself are the captains depending on which lake. It amazes me how many "outdoorsman" bad mouth the HS fishing effort. From the time I was a kid true outdoorsman have always talked about passing their love onto the next generation. Reading the negative comments on here is quite disappointing. My son loves the competitive side of fishing and he and his partner as well as both me and his partners Dad are making memories doing something we all love to do.....fish....and fish competitively. As far as inexperienced boat captains go, there are inexperienced people on the water every day....fisherman and pleasure boaters. Atleast these men/women are dedicating time to get these kids out on the water to enjoy something that I believe all of us on here love. I have fished tournaments for over 20 years now and can tell you that I have seen just as many asshats running a boat in non HS tournaments as I have in HS tournaments. Reading this thread makes me feel like there are a bunch of liberal whiny [censored] men on here complaining about something that they are not involved in but feel the need to bash. I think if there was one thing I would change about THSBA for safety reasons, it would be changing the start time that you can leave the ramp to take place at first light vs. 4 AM.....but then you also risk the "shotgun" start from a big ramp that can create hazards.

Maybe instead of complaining about THSBA, find a HS team that needs a good experienced captain and go spend some time with these kids on the water and help them learn the sport, boat safety, competitive fishing and help them have an enjoyable day. I know that takes more effort than whining on here....but it will be a lot more rewarding.

My son fishing THSBA and his partners dad and myself are the captains depending on which lake. It amazes me how many "outdoorsman" bad mouth the HS fishing effort. From the time I was a kid true outdoorsman have always talked about passing their love onto the next generation. Reading the negative comments on here is quite disappointing. My son loves the competitive side of fishing and he and his partner as well as both me and his partners Dad are making memories doing something we all love to do.....fish....and fish competitively. As far as inexperienced boat captains go, there are inexperienced people on the water every day....fisherman and pleasure boaters. Atleast these men/women are dedicating time to get these kids out on the water to enjoy something that I believe all of us on here love. I have fished tournaments for over 20 years now and can tell you that I have seen just as many asshats running a boat in non HS tournaments as I have in HS tournaments. Reading this thread makes me feel like there are a bunch of liberal whiny [censored] men on here complaining about something that they are not involved in but feel the need to bash. I think if there was one thing I would change about THSBA for safety reasons, it would be changing the start time that you can leave the ramp to take place at first light vs. 4 AM.....but then you also risk the "shotgun" start from a big ramp that can create hazards.

Maybe instead of complaining about THSBA, find a HS team that needs a good experienced captain and go spend some time with these kids on the water and help them learn the sport, boat safety, competitive fishing and help them have an enjoyable day. I know that takes more effort than whining on here....but it will be a lot more rewarding.

The pro trails probably should consider avoiding texas because of the mess these high school tournies are causing. It's funny how quiet guys are on social media about them but every time I talk to a guy that has captained, and generally knows what they are doing, such as this week they immediately talk about the arse whipping the high school deal is. They enjoyed the kids but everything else about it made it a no go in the future. But is sells a few boats and combos from academy.....

you are not allowed to tell the truth about anything tournament related concerning really any tournament, but especially kids....growing the sport and all that pure stuff remember? you will get woke cancelled in a heart beat for being pissed at the rape of public natural resources by these bastions of sportsmanship.

you are not allowed to tell the truth about anything tournament related concerning really any tournament, but especially kids....growing the sport and all that pure stuff remember? you will get woke cancelled in a heart beat for being pissed at the rape of public natural resources by these bastions of sportsmanship.

I was out there in the wind today and caught them good. only reason I went is because i saw that they cancelled the MLF tourney and I'm glad I did.

MLF books on top of them…😆

Why do people post stuff like this..

Ignorance

The pro trails probably should consider avoiding texas because of the mess these high school tournies are causing. It's funny how quiet guys are on social media about them but every time I talk to a guy that has captained, and generally knows what they are doing, such as this week they immediately talk about the arse whipping the high school deal is. They enjoyed the kids but everything else about it made it a no go in the future. But is sells a few boats and combos from academy.....

That's not the case at all, when you schedule the number of events that the MLF group schedules across the Toyota's, BFL's, College and High School there's simply no way to avoid everyone and everything. At least twice a year they schedule over us and we have 400-600 boats on the lake depending on the event. It is what it is. There's only so many open weekends and dates for TD's and we can only control our Trails.