Mike,

I think you should talk to some of the local business in your area and see if they can tell a diffrence in a weekend with a tournament and a weekend without?

I work in the foodservice industry and call on some of the business' in your area. I know that there is an impact, but since you don't see their trafic comps, I don't think you are qualified to make those statements. Keep managing your fish, your good at that.

Furthermore, being in the foodservice industry I know of several operators that have opened early to service the tournament anglers that are coming into their area. I know that a major fast food location will be opening up at 430 after I asked him to stand outside his restaraunt and watch the traffic go buy on their way to the lake that early in Bloomington. I don't think the Jet skiers are rolling in that early.

I have never gone to a tournament at monroe and not seen guys filling up their boats at the circle K at 46 & 446, but maybe only 1% of them are fishing the tournament that happens to be going out of the ramps right down the street.

Last time I checked areas in KY were still paying for IN people to come down and hold tournaments on some of the lakes "rough river" So I guess they do that because tournaments don't generate any money for the area right? I guess those hotels around rough river would be full all the time without tournamnts there right?


One last thing the person that made the comment about the govenor using your fishing money for other stuff needs to go back to civics 101. The govenor does not control the budget the state reps and senate control the purse strings. While my man Mitch may appoint who runs the DNR he has no control over its budget or how it appropiates its monies. want to bitch about those things go directly to the source the people you elected to rep you from your town.

I would say this state does pretty well with tourism, maybe not generated by the water ways, but I would put our tourism up against Kentucky's anyday. Indy 500 Brickyard 400 F1 race, Big 10 tournaments NCAA tournaments, really don't think KY can hold a candle to the money generated from tourism from those events alone, much less other events that occure like conventions.