Grda Cancels All Tournaments For Month Of March

[Bird Watcher]

I guess the GRDA pulled all the permits for bass tournaments for the month of March due to safety concerns over damage and debris in the lake. Should be a really good month for fishing weekends without the glitter boat jockeys flying around all day.

[ollie]

Interesting, I wonder what the business people of Grove and Monkey Island think about that! Grand can sure get messy with higher water.

[rangerz21]

If they canceled all tournaments then they should cancel all boating on the lake. Im sure that a bass boat at 70 mph puts out a lot less wake than a 41 foot sea ray at 15 mph or a pontoon at 15 mph. I would rather have bass boats in a tournament than a helicopter flying around dropping stuff out and having people chase after them. jmo

[Bird Watcher]

If they canceled all tournaments then they should cancel all boating on the lake. Im sure that a bass boat at 70 mph puts out a lot less wake than a 41 foot sea ray at 15 mph or a pontoon at 15 mph. I would rather have bass boats in a tournament than a helicopter flying around dropping stuff out and having people chase after them. jmo

Couldn't agree more. One bass boat does put out less wake than a cruiser. 100 bass boats though? that's a different story. But rudimentally, is there any difference between chasing around the bobber drops or chasing around 5 green fish? In both cases a large group of boats are running around the lake trying to beat other competitors to the treasure? The big cruisers? Every lake deals with them between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Not much you can do except fish at night, Fish at dawn, fish a part of the lake they can't get to safely, or go fish a water supply lake if you want to get away from them. Doesn't make a rip to me either way. I change where and how I fish to avoid both the bass tourneys and the pleasure boaters, but I disagree there is much difference between pleasure boaters and a 100 boat bass tournament as far as commotion and rough water are concerned. Add in two or three tourneys on the same weekend=Madhouse, NASCAR race.

If it's any consolation to you, the story on the news last week said that part of the above mentioned "damage" is in the form of sunken boats at Melody Point Marina. The roof collapsed and sank multiple Million dollar yachts on the bottom of the lake, so at least this "41 ft Sea Ray" won't be laying down any wicked rollers anytime soon.