Viper, I was one of the ones who chimed in. I never said I was anti-tournament, just the opposite. I fish them, I help organize them, heck, we even have our own circuit (ISC) Unless they are a biologist and have the facts to back up his claims and not a maybe? He is really getting nowhere. It may have been a very well written article, doesn't make it right, just makes it his opinion. Since he is not a biologist, that is all it is, an opinion. I have stated several times, we would support you 150% if you had facts, not conjecture or guess work.


We run our own Tournaments as I stated. Our rules are with the fishery in mind. We have a 4 fish limit. We have no summer Tournaments. We have alternate hours to utilize natures own cooling system. We have not had a dead fish yet. We have also set our size limit on any river @ 14" That is above what the state calls for.


I truly wish you would see this is not anything against Tournament anglers. This is about error on the side of caution. The sooner we realize we are on slippery slope if we don't all band together, the sooner we will see results that benefit us all and the fishery.



Sincerely, Ray Rigby