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So your telling us if you lived on(Falcon, Amistad, Guntersville, Clear Lake, the Delta, etc) and if there was a tournament on it that day, you would go fish another lake? I doubt it. Some of the best waters in the US.

So I take it, you make sure there are absolutely no tournaments on a body of water before heading to the lake? What if you are on the lake and a tournament went out if a different ramp and you didn't know about? Once you learn about that tournament, do you head to your truck, load your boat and head home? Doubt it!

Not sure about where you're from, but lakes here in Texas and Oklahoma have a tournament or 4 on them almost every weekend.

He's a Yankee. All them bass tournaments,up there,are Unionized. That's why he thinks,like that.

Please don't schedule any tournaments on Lake Benbrook this year.I like being able to go out on a lake and fish without all the drama associated with tournament fishing.

What does it matter?

Regardless of the distance, I'm not going to drive from one lake to another, just because I find out that one of the 157 tournaments this Saturday in Texas is on my local lake....

Please, stay in Minnesota... Forever.

You sound like a [censored] idiot

I'm not going to just go and fish another lake because there is a tournament on a lake, but when their is a classic spot on the line I will not be on the lake. Why catch a fish that could change someone else's life forever? The bassmaster opens are not just any tournament.
With that being said, I will in absolutely no way fault anyone for deciding to fish during a big tournament because I can see it from both ways.
But I do think those jackasses you see on tv that go fish the pro's water during the classic are complete idiots and an embarrassment to the sport.

I think the thought or intent here was a larger scale tournament. Those do not happen every weekend. I feel the same way, if their is an open or everstart or bass champs, (that calibur) I'll just go to another lake or not go. Yes I have the right to go fish where I want, but I exercise my freedom of choice and make alternative plans. I don't worry as much if it's a 20 boat club tournament but will let some of those guys go around me or leave a given area if there is an entire lake I can leisurely and fish. I dont expect everyone to agree with me, that is just my opinion. I just cannot believe all the negativity on here, someone posts their opinion and others go ballistic on them, or better yet call them derrogatory names and tell them to "go back to where you came from"

It's a tournament....it happens. Part of being in a tournament. Better have that TM ready to roll 100% on 36 volts!

(Oh and I didn't read all 6 pages....too much back and forth! LOL)

In my personal opinion the intent of the OP was to state that if a tournament was being conducted on a lake all not participating anglers should stay off the lake and let the tournament anglers have it to themselves.

I have seen comments posted on here from quite a few people that think tournament fishermen should have priority over other people fishing on the lake. I just do not agree.

I am considerate of other people on the water. I Stay as far away from boats that are fishing when I am moving from one spot to another and try not to create a wake that will disturb their fishing. I do not move in on a area they are fishing. It does not matter if they are other fun fishermen, pros in a tournament or amateurs in a club tournament, they all deserve the same consideration from me and I deserve the same consideration in return.

If you want to fish tournaments or even turn pro, then more power to you and I hope you do well at it. Just do not expect other people to give up their choice of where to fish just to help make sure you fish where you want and when you want.

What difference does it make if the person fishing a spot you want to fish during a tournament is participating in that tournament or not? Would you go ask another tournament angler to leave the spot so you could fish it?

People out fun fishing should not be viewed as interfering with tournament anglers being able to get a check for a tournament or viewed as preventing pros from earning a living.

http://www.bassmaster.com/2012-bassmaster-opens-official-rules

Rule #2. There isn't a rule about being cut off or fishing too close....but there is rules about Angler Code of Conduct.

6. SPORTSMANSHIP:

(ii) Maximum courtesy must be practiced at all times, especially with regard to boating and angling in the vicinity of non-competitors who may be on tournament waters. Any act of a competitor, which reflects unfavorably upon efforts to promote fisheries conservation, clean waters and courtesy, may be reason for disqualification.

Yeah Rule 6 is good for the "post within the post!" LOL!

I thought about posting it too.