It’s not at all necessary to close ramps to stop tournaments and hopefully Andy knows this, sounds like he does. I talked to a park ranger yesterday he said they are patrolling the campground and making sure people are using social distancing and it hasn’t been a problem. Same thing can be done at ramps almost every ramp has some sort of park nearby and Park ranger that can patrol ramps and make sure there aren’t big gatherings. The only changes I could see is the DBNF closing ramps because after working with the feds for years I have found out they are the kings of overreacting and don’t hesitate to stop public access. Also I could see an Andy do something more that allows law enforcement to give fines for social gatherings or gives them more power to stop it. Absolute worst possible case will be our fishing is limited and some places get closed but there will be places we have access I can about guarantee that.
In the worst examples South Carolina closed boat ramps I’m told but you can still fish this was just to stop tournaments. You still would have kayak/small boat options. And Washington stopped all fishing but I’m going out on a limb and saying it might have something to do with west coast liberals running it and possibly because it’s different fishing people grouping together fishing more salmon runs ect.
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