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 Re: Tournaments and low brow boats
[Re: Bug-e]
#8790507
04/04/13 10:30 PM
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Ride-or-Fish
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not related to tournaments, but related to tin boats.. check out some of Andrew Grills (pardon the spelling) first posts.
Doesnt matter what you fish out of, if you enjoy fishing.
Ephesians 6:10-18..suit up. Jesus saved my life
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Re: Tournaments and low brow boats
[Re: Bug-e]
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04/04/13 10:35 PM
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fly_on_a_xpress
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I would like to join a bass club and fish some tournaments. I've never fished a tournament, I don't get on the water nearly as much as I want, and I'm a pretty mediocre bass fisherman, so I would definitely be contributing. I mainly want an excuse to put more fishing trips on my calendar and a chance to socialize and learn from better anglers. I have a pretty mediocre bass boat (15ft 1998 polar kraft aluminum bass boat with a 40 hp Mercury). I've looked at photos from club tournament weigh ins and the parking lots look like bass boat dealerships to me...lots of super nice rigs. Do low brow folks with low brow boats fish in club tournaments? Do you look like a schmuck if you show up in a dinky aluminum bass boat? Just wondering. Use what you have to your advantage them glass boy's can't go where you can. I fish out of a 19 foot xpress go places that I wouldn't dare take the champion I fished out of to.
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Re: Tournaments and low brow boats
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04/04/13 10:43 PM
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Fish hunter 59
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Take what you have and go enjoy! Anyone that looks down on you isn't much of a man or woman and for sure not a true sportsman! Life is short take your shot!
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Re: Tournaments and low brow boats
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#8790597
04/04/13 10:58 PM
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wt luke
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Same as you only bigger. Now thats how to put an ahole in check!
Go enjoy the tournaments Bug-e and good luck.
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Re: Tournaments and low brow boats
[Re: 2manyrangers]
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04/04/13 10:58 PM
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BassinButch
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Come fish anytime with us, fisherman makes the boat not the other way around! Well said well said!
Ephesians 6:13 KJV
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Re: Tournaments and low brow boats
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04/04/13 11:12 PM
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Choogie Chunker
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What they all said about go on and enjoy fishing out of your boat. One thing no one mentioned though, just check out the rules before you pay money to join a club or start on a trail. Most, if not all require horsepower to be at or under boat rating. You should be good on that. Also a working livewell and kill switch, and possibly other requirements. I know at least one requires factory installed gas tank(s), no portables. Just hate to see you pay money only to find out your boat doesn't meet their rules.
'91 Skeeter 200SX Yamaha 200
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I'm not old. My bobbers just float a little lower than they used to.
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Re: Tournaments and low brow boats
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#8790662
04/04/13 11:13 PM
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Jake Shannon(Skeet4Life)
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Fish out of what floats. Lol
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Re: Tournaments and low brow boats
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#8790698
04/04/13 11:22 PM
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Pitdad
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Hi Bug-e
I'm a relatively new fisherman and joined my first bass club this year (2 tournaments so far). I had many of the same concerns you mentioned prior to joining. I've met some really good guys who are willing to provide guidance to the newbees and have fished two lakes I never would have considered previously. There's a wide range in age of boats and fishermen and everyone has been really helpful and respectful.
Join and kick their butts!
Good fishing
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Re: Tournaments and low brow boats
[Re: Jake Shannon(Skeet4Life)]
#8790707
04/04/13 11:24 PM
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txhorsedoctor
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Fish out of what floats. Lol +1, and HAVE FUN!
Life is short.
Do what you like, like what you do.
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Re: Tournaments and low brow boats
[Re: Choogie Chunker]
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04/04/13 11:26 PM
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Bug-e
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What they all said about go on and enjoy fishing out of your boat. One thing no one mentioned though, just check out the rules before you pay money to join a club or start on a trail. Most, if not all require horsepower to be at or under boat rating. You should be good on that. Also a working livewell and kill switch, and possibly other requirements. I know at least one requires factory installed gas tank(s), no portables. Just hate to see you pay money only to find out your boat doesn't meet their rules. Thanks for the info. Clubs seem to vary a little bit on some of these. My boat is rated for my engine and I have a working live well, but I don't have a kill switch on my ' 98 Mercury. I am going to check into installing one...I've actually been wanting to do this just for safety sake. I even have a factory installed gas tank...maybe my boat isn't all that low brow after all!  Thanks again.
Last edited by Bug-e; 04/04/13 11:40 PM.
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Re: Tournaments and low brow boats
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#8790736
04/04/13 11:30 PM
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flick biggin
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Brazos anglers, Bryan bass club and Brazos valley bass club. Take you pick. Brazos anglers fish bass federation and club tourneys. All clubs have good guys.
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Re: Tournaments and low brow boats
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#8790766
04/04/13 11:41 PM
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TopGunPilot
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Dude, I started fishing in the 60's in a green fiberglass boat, front steering with my dad. We caught fish at Monticello, Hubbard, Lake Kaufman and who knows where else.
I started at Fork in a 2 man Bass Buster, then brand new Silver 1986 Skeeter, 1986 Gold Skeeter and an Astro. Whatever I get in nowadays doesn't matter as long as it FLOATS!
I understand your question but if I cared what people thought about what I drove or fished out of, I'd never get near a lake. Just make sure you have a good working live well, lights and so on! There are many sites on the web for Tournament Check Lists to help you make sure you have everything on board. GO FOR IT!
Anglers are 99.5% great folks top to bottom.
Ignore the rest! Hope that helps.
TopGunPilot says "Catch a BIG ONE"
TPWD A/E Instructor (1994-2010)
Former Police Officer/EMT (1993 - 2010)
Former Lake Fork Guide (1995-2008)
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Re: Tournaments and low brow boats
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#8790776
04/04/13 11:43 PM
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Fish AKA Jerry
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My first tournament in the early 80's I fished out of a 1960's super skeeter with a 9 hp evinrude. Had a ball and no one looked at me funny. Go fish !!
FREYED KNOT
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Re: Tournaments and low brow boats
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#8790791
04/04/13 11:47 PM
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RickS.
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As long as you have a live well, kill switch, all the required state and club regs go fish. Check into being a non boater also. Being in a club gives you a chance to learn quite a bit
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Re: Tournaments and low brow boats
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#8790813
04/04/13 11:54 PM
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RKT
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I used to fish the Lake Conroe Ignition Bass circuit out of an aluminum boat half the time about 4 to 5 years. It seems like every one on that lake runs a high dollar boat with twin power poles and wears a jersey (yep, I said that). I had a blast taking some of their money and winning AOY out of an aluminum boat. I think it made it more fun the days we left my partners glass boat at home and fished the tournaments out of my aluminum boat.
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