I understand paying as a club tournament, but if you are running a workingmans, I would think you should fish for free and just pay big bass/side pot.
The 100 % payback whiners can go somewhere else and play.
You lose fishing time so its not really fair for the TD to pay full rate anyhow...

That’s one of the things we talk about. We are always late to get started. There is always someone pulling into the parking lot at 6….we have to determine if they are fishing, or not, paying, etc. then we have to be back before 9 to set up the tables, get the boat trailered up, set up the scale….then wait and make sure everyone is off the water or accounted for.

When I first started fishing little derby’s…if I didn’t have a limit quick, I’d just load up and go home. No one expected (or wanted) me to stay. Haha. I’d salvage the rest of the evening and eat a decent dinner and be in bed on time.

There is a lot of inconvenience involved with running these things. It’s fun…just not always.

I imagine you have a core group of people at the events. Let them know you feel this way and how you want to do it. They will let you know how they feel. It not like they are tipping you when they win. And if there are more than 10 boats, then its less than 10 percent any how. Big bass and side pot I consider more like gambling, I can understand someone being upset about side pot money

I will try and make some of these if you get them going.

First tournament will be March 23rd.

LAKE LAVON OPENS



Our Bass club will be hosting a open on Lake Lavon - 80% payback to help grow our club and championship. We fish 12 tournaments a year from Oct-Sep with a top 10 championship at the end of the year.

3-23-24
Lavon
Lavonia Park
7-3pm (Last cast at 3pm must be in line by 330pm) registration from 6-645a
5 fish all state laws apply- 1lb dead fish penalty 1lb short fish penalty

$100 team tournament (can fish solo) with optional $20 big bass- 80% payback and 100% big bass payout
1-9 boats 2places 70%-30%
10-19 Boats pay out 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. (50%, 30%, 20%)
20-29 Boats pays out 1st - 4th. (40%, 30%, 20%, 10%)
30 + Boats pays 1st - 5th. (35%, 25%, 20%, 15%, 5%)

All winners subject to a polygraph

6 days away!

Weather looking great this Saturday!

me and a few others would be able to fish a lot more of them if they are on Sundays.

Just to be clear, it's the free ramp at the end of the dam in lavonia Park. Not the one inside the park. Thanks

Looking forward to tomorrow, 70 degrees and 5-10mph winds.

So was this canceled? Got to the ramp this morning and no one is here. Only three trailers in the parking lot.

No. I stayed until take off time.

If you were in the white ranger you were blasting off at 6:50 when I idled past you.

Did this happen today?