Upcoming Tournaments

[smbasser]

sounds like the only thing you can do then is to go spend $50,000 on a new boat or just don't fish against them

[REDSOXWSCHAMP]

I just like to laugh at the guys who spend all the money on a new glitter rocket, and still get beat by the old guy fishing out of his aluminum boat.

********** NEWS FLASH**************** YOU DONT NEED 2 POWER POLES ON YOUR BOAT FOR THE LAKES AROUND HERE

[anglerspoint]

I would love to see a NO Graph tournament, just your individual skill not your computer tech graph skills that shows your lure dangling in their face, real skill !!

[zarraspook]

I just like to laugh at the guys who spend all the money on a new glitter rocket, and still get beat by the old guy fishing out of his aluminum boat.

********** NEWS FLASH**************** YOU DONT NEED 2 POWER POLES ON YOUR BOAT FOR THE LAKES AROUND HERE

I haven't seen a "power-pole" that will reach 40 foot, yet !!!!!!!!

[Walcrabass]

O.K. you guys got me interested. The NASCAR thing was just down right hilarious ( and true). Let's go back in time a little bit. When the "Fish Finders" were first getting available to the "Local guys" there was talk in Canada of making them illegal. There was fear that with their "timber unobstructed lakes" that the schooling fish would be wiped out. Probably some merit to those thoughts but not maybe not so severe.

On our lakes here it definitely makes a difference having even one of the old "Flashers" as it pinpoints targets that hold the fish. One thing we have to realize is that we do have the ability to wipe out any species we so choose to wipe out. On land or in the water.

All this is leading to a subject that is very dear to my heart.......Length Limits..... I am a big supporter of increasing the lengths for certain species like BASS and Crappie. This is of course directly related to growing season for the area concerned, food availability, and the life span of that species of fish. With our increased knowledge of fishing, our high tech Electronics, our boats, and our equipment I believe that QUALITY FISH are a necessity for the future of angling. I might add that catch and release is just an extension of a sublegal fish where a length limit is involved. I might also add that in my later years "shoot and release" has become a larger and larger part of my hunting.

I am simply asking that we all support length limits that maximize our fish populations and not just appease the anglers. In the long run it will improve things for everyone.

As far as the fish finders are concerned.........WOW THEY SURE MAKE SOME GOOD ONES !!!!!!!

Walcrabass

[rs00765605]

Check out Missouri's BEST Bass Tournament Trail. It's a start up this year, with the first tournament April 27th at Pomme. There are monthly tournaments which alternate between Stockton and Pomme. Its a $25 membership fee and $60 Entry, which includes Big Bass. All the membership money gets paid back in the championship in September. www.mobbt.webs.com or on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MoBestTournament