WOW you CANNOT be serious. Since when do tournament fisherman (BTW I am one) have any more rights than a non tournament fisherman. Everyone on the lake has the same rights to fish for any reason they want whether it be for money, food or fun. If I stayed off Rayburn everytime a tourny came to town the only day I could fish would be Christmas. Your way of thinking is what is wrong in the world of fishing and why there are so many jackwagons out there. FYI I am in a tourny on Rayburn in the morning, anyone not fishing it go to Toledo. thanks

I could drop a name, but we had a pro troll around us after i snagged a non-keeper....he trolled right passed us, cut off our casting angles and put down the power poles....elites

What kind of boat was he in

naw...lets leave it at...they pay more money, and pay their bills with it....sometimes they can do that.....plus he only weighed less than 2pounds....so karma came thru!

What has respect got to do with any of it except if someone is fishing a particular spot everyone else should give him/her room to fish it. People fishing a tournament do not deserve any more (or any less) respect than anyone else on the lake. Where do some people get the idea that if someone is fishing a tournament then everyone else on the lake should give them priority on where and when to fish. Sorry it just doesn't work that way for me. I will not intrude on anyone fishing a particular spot and it has nothing to do with whether they are fishing a tournament or not. I expect the same level of respect in return.

In my opinion I don't think any angler should act that way. Doesn't matter if they are a FLW tour pro or an Elite Pro.

I only see one Elite angler that weighed under 2lbs and 3 that blanked.

Yea......What he said! It amazes me how there are fishermen from all across the spectrum who show so much disrespect on the water. I do not interfere with any of you guys, and wont think kindly of it if its done to me. The way I see it is if your on a spot you should have the oppertunity to fish it, period. And when you tear em up, I'll high 5 you at the ramp and slap a cold beer in you hand.

No Doug,there are no BASS rules about yelling out to another angler "Hey,what the hell do you think you are doing? I have never seen aything like that in a tournie." And Doug since you were not there you have no idea of what went down.You are the only one "acting like a child" by following my posts round and sniping at every opportunity.If you have an issue with me come out in the open with it like an adult.Replying to another post I made by asking "Are you drunk,again,old man" only illustrates your immaturity.

Mr. Fresh is getting very PC,here,lately. Lol.

So what you guys are saying is that you only have 1 lake within 100-200 miles of each other?

Not only is that question silly and irrelevant, but you sir lost all credit in this thread by suggesting non tourny fishermen be locked off the lakes.

Yelling at someone on the water is a good solution? Or better yet posting your story on TFF after the fact. Since you chose to make your "story" everyone's business, why act surprised people have opinions. Maybe the proper solution was taking it up with the TD in private. Who knows I am not a "pro".

But it does remind me of fun fishing in your boat at Fork and you wanted to fish a bank in Ray Branch that another guy had been working back and forth for an hour or so and you decided to go to the other end and work towards his boat, when he was clearly doing the same thing he had been doing for an hour. I made it clear it was embarrassing to be "that guy" , or with "that guy" that cuts someone off. Sounds like this was the same type scenario, I guess perhaps it was destiny that you got "cut off".

anyways good luck

Never said non tourny guys should be locked off the lakes. I said i would go to a different lake if there was a tourny on that lake i wanted to fish.

oh man this is getting good. there are like 2 or 3 different story lines working here. keep up the good work fellas...

No doubt! Who needs Reality T.V.?