All tournaments have been canceled

[fishinwrench]

Now now, don't get all bent. ?

I'm just saying that whether hauling fish to a weigh-in at the end of the day, or scoring immediately and releasing..... Bass tournaments are bass tournaments and shouldn't be cancelled no matter what.   If you're scared or are too smart to fish under certain conditions then forfeit.   Some guys have the balls and the boat driving skills to go after them, and conditions like these favor those guys.  That's just the way it's supposed to be IMO.  

If I was in it and had put up the money then I'd fish....I just wouldn't run very far.

I don't know about you but I didn't stay hid indoors all day today.  I didn't go fishing but I could have if I wanted to....and probably would have caught some.  That's all.

[Ketchup]

Our club tourney last month out of Cape was not the best. We had storms with rain.  Within 15 minutes of us starting, the lightning came. By then everyone was headed to their starting spot. I stayed within 200 yards of the ramp, just in case. Within 2 hours the storms were gone. And that was us in aluminum cans holding those lightning rods.  I have been in many, many if those situations, as many here have. Never have i left due to weather. As Wrench stated, if im signed up to fish, im fishing. I know my and my boats limitations, and stay within them if possible. 

[fishinwrench]

By the way..... I witnessed my first ever "Ball Lightning" today.   

Heard about it all my life, but today I actually watched a ball of electricity travel through the air like a comet on a rollercoaster.  Wicked cool !!!

[bferg]

This isn't about outsiders telling anyone what to do.  These things don't get done without help from law enforcement and first responders.  And law enforcement and first responders had their hands full with emergencies and plenty of non-professional idiots doing idiot things today.  That's why this should have been postponed or shortened by a day.  If literally a single first responder was tied up with this today it was too much. 

[Ketchup]

18 minutes ago, bferg said:

This isn't about outsiders telling anyone what to do.  These things don't get done without help from law enforcement and first responders.  And law enforcement and first responders had their hands full with emergencies and plenty of non-professional idiots doing idiot things today.  That's why this should have been postponed or shortened by a day.  If literally a single first responder was tied up with this today it was too much. 

So im assuming your associated with the FLW?

[Ketchup]

27 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

By the way..... I witnessed my first ever "Ball Lightning" today.   

Heard about it all my life, but today I actually watched a ball of electricity travel through the air like a comet on a rollercoaster.  Wicked cool !!!

Never seen nor heard of that. Went to a Junk-A-Palozza flea market today. Weather was good with no rain until we got in the truck. Seen some of the longest streaks of bolts i have ever seen today.  Such a cool part of nature. 

[fishinwrench]

29 minutes ago, bferg said:

This isn't about outsiders telling anyone what to do.  These things don't get done without help from law enforcement and first responders.  And law enforcement and first responders had their hands full with emergencies and plenty of non-professional idiots doing idiot things today.  That's why this should have been postponed or shortened by a day.  If literally a single first responder was tied up with this today it was too much. 

Well now see, I look at it differently.

Those guys train like crazy, and our tax dollars buy them all the best toys to deal with things like that.   So for anybody to whine because now they get a chance to use their toys and training....is just rediculous.   

Don't kid yourself, those guys get off on that crap like two fat lines of fine Bolivian cocaine ! 

[fishinwrench]

18 minutes ago, Ketchup said:

Never seen nor heard of that. Went to a Junk-A-Palozza flea market today. Weather was good with no rain until we got in the truck. Seen some of the longest streaks of bolts i have ever seen today.  Such a cool part of nature. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning

The one my wife and I saw looked to be as big as a car, but it's hard to say how far away it truly was.  Seemed really close, less than a mile away.   My grandma told the story 1000 times about one that passed right over her house once.

[176champion]

Kimberling City Bridge

 

 

[Ketchup]

12 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning

The one my wife and I saw looked to be as big as a car, but it's hard to say how far away it truly was.  Seemed really close, less than a mile away.   My grandma told the story 1000 times about one that passed right over her house once.

 Thats some cool info in that article. Going  thru wood, metals, plastics would be a sight. Fact that its not a storm only related flash is cool. And people travel the world to see different sights.