Enough already!

[Champ188]

Disclaimer: Yes, I used to tournament fish. A lot. And loved it. A lot. Just got ruined on it when entries/payouts got so low that you had to WIN a Central Pro-Am event to cover the 4-day trip. Not kidding. Winning checks got down to around $1,000. 

Here we go again ... another major national tournament on the White River chain. Table Rock has already been hit with Redcrest and no telling what other banner derbies this year.
This week, it's Beaver. Water levels are so low that shallow fish are there for the taking, and with a full moon coming May 1 (Friday, the second day of competition) it's going to be ridiculous how many fish are yanked off beds and tossed into livewells. Just another grand favor done to our fisheries by good ol' Johnny,  who is trumpeted as a world champion of conservation/preservation. Yeah, as long as he profits from it.
Bull Shoals-area residents need to be glad they don't have the hotel/restaurant/convention center setup to handle these events. 
That concludes this get-off-my-yard lake rant. We now return you to our regularly scheduled programming. 

[Quillback]

Hey buddy, I agree with you that there are too many of us out there, tourneys and just regular fishers.  Once the weather gets warm, I don't fish on Saturdays, it is just too darned crowded for me.

It's a BPT tourney on Beaver this weekend, catch, weigh, and release so no fish riding in livewells as far as I know.