Quote Originally Posted by mhall View Post
Don you and guys like you are the minority I'm afraid. I personally think their should be limits on tourneys held especially in the summer and yes many hate me saying that but thats how I feel. I mean are we trying to help the fisheries or are we trying to help Bubba be like Ike.

Come on MAN..............
Man I agree...to be honest I really didn't care to fish tournys in the heat of the summer...I became pretty good at caring for my fish with ice in bottles, additional aeration and chemicals that help with stress. I never lost a fish from negligence on my part. A tongue hooked or gut hooked bass may die but that can happen to anyone.

Back to the original thought....I have witnessed what can happen with loose lips and bass fishing hotspots or small creeks in general. I remember finding some great fish pre-fishing for a big open tourny back in West Lake Toho in Cental Florida. My PARTNER wanted so bad to tell his buddies (guides no less) about how we were going to clean up. He also told a few competitors about our (MY!!) section of the lake and the pattern and THEN went to check them twice before the tourny day. Man to say I was pissed was an understatement...we never fished another tourny together again. Still good friends but we fish for fun when I am down there. Ohh and we took 5th out of 150+ boats and my spot was dead but i had backup patterns that he never knew about. Live and learn.