They had 25 bags for weigh in. Kids have to use THSBA bags for weigh in. I understand the concept. Only 25 bags means only 25 kids standing in line w/ a black bag full of fish. Instead of a 324 with their own bags.

But something has to be done. Imagine a kid grinding all day in the heat, catching their last fish w/ 10 minutes left. Getting everything packed and ready quickly, caring for their fish like it's their baby, then waiting in line for almost an hour to get a bag, walking to get fish, only to see one wobbling on its side. Then get to weigh in and it ain't good. It sucks. Part of it I guess. But standing in the heat for almost an hour while those fish baked makes it worse. Was proud of them they decided not to do that the next day knowing they weren't in the running to win.

I volunteered to drive kids that weren't mine all over the state, to fish outa my boat, my time, my gas, for no compensation or reimbursement, practice, hotels etc., for 3 years. I did this while missing my own kids baseball, football etc. So you can stick that up your rear. I did more than my fair share and the cherry on top was when I had question for Ken Starling on them making a decision on whether they were gonna trailer or numbered start a regional event in a timely manner so captains could adjust their travel plans at last minute. His opinion of the captains that make this possible was plainly obvious.

If the competitors follow directions there is no way they should be standing in a line while fish bake. While they are standing in line the fish should be in a livewell just like they are all day in a lake. The anglers and captains should be taking the proper precautions to keep the water temp low. The fish should be taken straight from the livewell to the aerated tanks at the weigh in. There will not be a line that keeps them from getting to the tanks. Look at the THSBA tournaments for the year and you will see that the number of dead fish are really low. A lot of the times the problems are a result of the anglers and captain not following directions.

Someone posted the 2017 or '18 financials on a thread. But I am sure someone somewhere is making a little money off the whole deal and that is okay. I am mad I did not think of it. I would guess the people who get paid get paid more than min wage but less than Elon Musk money. I get grilled anytime I have brought it up and referred to as a "hater".

Funny thing is there are more and more people who are involved or were involved that pop up that the system has issues. It's like 10 years old, the "growing pains" excuses should be in the past now. We all like things the same and we all mostly like to complain.

I am glad they had a successful event and hopefully the mortality is being embellished a slight bit.


Congrats to the winners and hopefully they did not use a ladder.

And it's non profit! But just buy a $10 parking pass if you don't mind.

Dang it T-Bird, wasn't this supposed be a fun guess the weight thread?

Everyone gets participate now a days!

Aw Doug you know we all love you.. I did apologize for the hater comment… come on.

I will state this again for everyone. The THSBA board members are all 100% volunteers. We do pay the tournament directors and our office lady. Beyond that we do not collect any monetary reimbursement from the association.

Growing pains, you would think it would be over with the growth. When we go into our summer meeting all we know is what the numbers were last season. We have no idea how many new schools are joining before the first event so all we can do at that point is try to adjust and over the years I feel like we have. When we hit 300 boats a few years back at Lewisville we were taking off by boat numbers and we immediately started trailering events the next event. Then come the following season we split that division. So it is very hard to determine what we are going to have once season starts. Believe it or not we still get 10-25 new schools ever year.

Do I get upset at times , yes and the simple answer is this. There are 3 of us still here that started the THSBA 10 years ago with a small group of kids and schools. For many years we did the tournaments ( me, Tim and Steve Holland) off a flat bed trailer and gave gift cards to everyone. Every expense was on us not the THSBA. So we have been doing this from the get go. My son graduated after the first season, Tim’s son graduated after the 2nd season and Steve has never had his own kids in the association he had started a HS and JR program at Kaufman and that’s how this all started. So I do take offense when people come on here and say we are getting rich, etc..etc.. I do get upset when people that do not know what all we talk about on a weekly basis come on and say we need to do this , we need to do that. Are we perfect. Nope and I apologize for that. We do care and we will try the best we can to make the changes needed to continue on.

This weekend alone we awarded over $60,000 in scholarships and prizes with this season being over $600,000

To see the smiles and high fives from parents and kids all weekend and seeing Seniors that have been with us for the past 4 years makes it all worth it.

I’m not the English major so forgive my grammar and punctuation..

That’s all I have to say. You all continue and carry on and have a great day.

All that money was given to the park sir.

I fully expect to see some of the bigger trails to start "high school divisions" in Texas.

There is a market to make some money.

Yeah, you aren't understanding.

324 boats. All get to weigh in site within about an hour of each other.

You can only bring in fish to weigh in line in a THSBA bag. There is only 25 THSBA bags in circulation. This is actually a good plan by THSBA to limit fish in bags in line.

The line was to actually get the bag! It literally took an hour. Which meant those fish sat in livewells in the hot sun for over an hour not counting any travel from the fishing location to the weigh in. Water temps were 80-84 degrees when we got off the lake.

If setting in livewells in that heat is ok...then why the 100 qt Yeti of dead fish half way through the tournament?

You understand my point. I fully understand the weigh in system. The captains and anglers need to learn more about how to manage the livewell. Maybe sending out "LIvewell Management" video's on the social media pages would help with that. There are ways to keep the livewells cool during that extra hour to hour and a half. If the water is cooled with ice blocks, treatment is used, and they place life jackets over the livewells while waiting in line the death rate of the fish should not increase any. Of course, we all know at any tournament some fish will die. I am also sure THSBA will be doing what it can in the future to help shorten the wait for the bags. It is a growing organization that will have hiccups and will learn from them. When you are only talking about less than 10 lbs of fish in each livewell the extra time should not cause more dead fish if livewells are treated properly.

Aw Doug you know we all love you.. I did apologize for the hater comment… come on.

I will state this again for everyone. The THSBA board members are all 100% volunteers. We do pay the tournament directors and our office lady. Beyond that we do not collect any monetary reimbursement from the association.

Growing pains, you would think it would be over with the growth. When we go into our summer meeting all we know is what the numbers were last season. We have no idea how many new schools are joining before the first event so all we can do at that point is try to adjust and over the years I feel like we have. When we hit 300 boats a few years back at Lewisville we were taking off by boat numbers and we immediately started trailering events the next event. Then come the following season we split that division. So it is very hard to determine what we are going to have once season starts. Believe it or not we still get 10-25 new schools ever year.

Do I get upset at times , yes and the simple answer is this. There are 3 of us still here that started the THSBA 10 years ago with a small group of kids and schools. For many years we did the tournaments ( me, Tim and Steve Holland) off a flat bed trailer and gave gift cards to everyone. Every expense was on us not the THSBA. So we have been doing this from the get go. My son graduated after the first season, Tim’s son graduated after the 2nd season and Steve has never had his own kids in the association he had started a HS and JR program at Kaufman and that’s how this all started. So I do take offense when people come on here and say we are getting rich, etc..etc.. I do get upset when people that do not know what all we talk about on a weekly basis come on and say we need to do this , we need to do that. Are we perfect. Nope and I apologize for that. We do care and we will try the best we can to make the changes needed to continue on.

This weekend alone we awarded over $60,000 in scholarships and prizes with this season being over $600,000

To see the smiles and high fives from parents and kids all weekend and seeing Seniors that have been with us for the past 4 years makes it all worth it.

I’m not the English major so forgive my grammar and punctuation..

That’s all I have to say. You all continue and carry on and have a great day.

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