need help for taylorsville lake bass tourneyment for tommorow night

[double-r]

thanks guys i see on here where you help everyone yet the first time i ask for a little help i get 2 replies wanting to know what tourney so they can take my money
no help offered
thanks again

[procraft 192 super pro]

thanks guys i see on here where you help everyone yet the first time i ask for a little help i get 2 replies wanting to know what tourney so they can take my money
no help offered
thanks again

Worms,bobbers,hooks,sinkers, and a 202 zebco and you got their money. Give them hell

[Olgrey]

Double-R,

Traditionally you do not get much information from the local tournament fisherman just before the tourney. Probably you would not want to have someone beat you with the information you spent days or weeks finding and developing and gave away to some stranger that asked. Most of the time folks on this board will give information out pretty freely, but don't expect them to cut their own throat the day before the tourney. Just saying don't be so hard on these guys. Good luck.

[double-r]

when they wanted tourney info i told them it was just a small club tourney then they had no interest if fishing or helping me

[fishincreek]

Water temps low 80's. Plastics on chunk rock and wood.

[hairball]

Your expectations are not in line with reality. Asking for info the day before a tournament is pretty much universally frowned upon. I fish small local tourneys on a regular basis and I try to "stay in touch" with the fish so that I'll know what to expect on the day of the tourney. The only person who is privy to the info I glean from pre-fishing is my partner. I work hard to stay on top of the game and I'd be a fool to give up the info I've worked so hard to get to just anyone who asks for it. I might as well flush my entry fees down the toilet. When someone starts really pressing me for info, I'll usually start talking. How much of that info is legitimate, however, is anyone's guess.
The bottom line is this - if you want information you can rely on, you need to get it yourself. Not trying to ruffle any feathers here - just trying to enlighten you. That's just the way this cookie crumbles.

[procraft 192 super pro]

Yea what he said

[peter]

Double-R,

Traditionally you do not get much information from the local tournament fisherman just before the tourney. Probably you would not want to have someone beat you with the information you spent days or weeks finding and developing and gave away to some stranger that asked. Most of the time folks on this board will give information out pretty freely, but don't expect them to cut their own throat the day before the tourney. Just saying don't be so hard on these guys. Good luck.

Thanks for your post Ogrey. Very diplomatic.

[publican57]

Any advice I get on the board is mostly generic. I don't fish tournament and guys are generally helpful but I still have to figure out what I am doing. Networking does help and if I was going to focus on a lake a lot; I probably would make friends that fish that lake and monitor the board and posts about that lake for a few weeks before I go to fish that lake.

I might also consider hiring a guide the first or second time on a lake. The guides I have hired had often given me great insight when I asked for their advice when coming back to a lake.

Someone mentioned you have to be realistic. I agree. If I was going to be fishing a tournament another guy was fishing, I might even mislead them with advice.