What I feel is an alarming trend

[dabassking]

Has been a very nice discussion fellas and that never hurts as it makes us ''ALL'' think. There are two to three of you on here that think I hate tourney's...you are wrong. My original post and one I stand by states or at least I hope implied accumulative yes I know all about making 300 boats disappear on Cumberland I was boating there when a few of you that are reminding me that was in grade school dreaming of getting your first bass boat.

When is to much of anything....''to much''.....it has to be thought about and it has to be anwsered at some point. Yes there are A holes in all walks of life and this is not a good ole boy versus the Saturday KVD contest it is bigger than that in my opinion. I catch all kinds of fish and I am not worrying about that or blaming anybody I am trying to look at the big picture.

Stripernut and I talk about this often and he lives there and sees the madness every week. Trust me he has no problem catching fish either, LOL......

"I am getting to the place where I hate tournaments."- mhall (from the first post on this thread)

Do you hate them, or do you not hate them? Make up your mind...

Nah, I'm just messing with ya. I think I know what you mean, and I agree that the larger tournaments should be limited. There probably shouldn't be 400 tournament boats from 4 different tournaments on the lake on the same day. I feel that way from a safety standpoint only, though. I don't think those tournament boats hurt the fish population at all. Some people on here disagree and that's fine, but there just isn't enough proof shown to me to make me think that tournament fishing in KY is hurting the fish population.

I also agree that this has been a good discussion. It stayed civil, with one or two exceptions. I think I've said all I care to say on this matter so I'm calling it quits on this thread. I'll see you guys on the next one!

[mhall]

Kind of a figure of speech I guess and maybe a bad choice of words I have that problem sometimes I'll take that one. I use to fish some tournaments and found it fun to a degree. It made me fish different though as I am overly competitive to a fault especially when I was younger.

Now I just want to relax and catch fish, watch game and have peace out there I guess I'm getting old guys....

[cghuntcms]

I've reached a time in my life where I've found the best fishing is on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. If I fish on Mondays & Fridays, I commonly experience boaters recovering from an illness too severe to work or my personal favorite, 'mental health day' on the water. There's plenty of parking in the parking lot, no dimwit launching or recovering their boat. Less annoyances on the water from the rude boaters, wave makers, jet skis, etc.

Otherwise, I'm the unseen happy fisherman you don't see except by others like me when we share a wave & a "How ya' doin" short conversation. I've also found that my I-Pilot causes spontaneous chuckling.

It only '***** to be me,' when family or friends arrive for a visit & wanna' fish on a Saturday or Sunday..............