This my seem as a start of something but it isn't meant to be.
For all of those who are responsible for scheduling tournament we should all try to work together. There is no need for someone to schedule right on top of another. There is the Kentucky fish & wildlife tournament posting site and we should be using it. Also Conley Bottoms requires tournaments to schedule dates with them. An exsample of this would be the Pittsburg Marine tournament on March 4th and the ABA tournament on the same date. I posted the ABA tournament on Ky fish site last fall and set the date up with Conley Bottom folks last month. At that time they did not have the Pittsburg tournament listed. I have heard nothing but good things about Pittsburg Marine so this in no way is a criticism of them or the way they have done things. It is just my way of tring to get the word out about these sites.
Under normal lake levels this would not be a problem but with the lake down it will make for a very long day. That could have been avoided.
My ABA schedule is sent in the first of July for next year and there is no way for me to know if there are any other tournaments that far out. So when I post them on the Ky sites it is for all to see. This does not mean that no other tournaments can be scheduled the same time and location of the ABA, but if we all use some commonsense we can avoid this kind of situation. I have in the past checked with Fishers of Men and Midwest Sportsmans to avoid any problems.
ALL circuts have their own following and ALL of have my respect. I'm all for anything that will help grow our sport.
This is hoping that if we all start to work together we can have another great year of fishing. And good luck too all and lets be safe.
George Salov
Director ABA
District 87