10) The Cost... Cant see forking over 95.00 to gamble against anglers from atleast 5 states.

9) Too many variables.... Weather, current, debris, drought. Yes, you do encounter these variables in reserviors and impoundments, but they are not influenced by events in 5 states.

8) Locks.... Never locked through a dam.... never want to... hopefully never will.

7) Comercial Trafic... Cant stand dealing with the wake from one of those cabin crusers, cant imagine the breakers thrown off by a barge pushing 20,000 tons of coal. To dangerous for me and my 17'er.

6) Never fished a tournament... dabbled with the idea of fishing some others, but I personally dont like to gamble away my hard earned cash. Others may do as they wish, and I wish them all the best of luck, but Im not sure that I'm ready to turn something I love so much into something other than a trivial persuit.

5) Went to Rough instead ... Yes its farther away... and yes I had to deal with some fairly heavy trafic early in the afternoon, I know how to fish it and was fairly confident I could boat a fish or two. Better money spent to pleasure gained ratio if you ask me.

4) Dirty.... yes I said it. Dirty. I know we have made great strides in cleaning the Ohio River System but the idea of fishing downstream of Cincy and Pitsburg isnt my idea of a good time. I'll take the cow poop, party litter, and campsite trash you find at state parks, thank you.

3) Poor fishery... I know it some a long way baby, but its still got quite a ways to go. I am thankful for the program to stock 200,000 by the KDFWR and local tournament sponsors and once their project begins to show results I might give it a shot. As things stand today I'd rather fish other places.

2) 1 4lber does not a tournament make.... To random of an outcome. One guy could stumble across an errant 4.8 pound fish and walk away with $20,000. The whole tournament is based less on skill than luck. With so many anglers spread across such a large geographic region, on a netoriously poor fishery the skills one possesses are more likely to fall prey to the luck possessed by another.

1) Had chores to cross off the honey-doo list... Whiped... you can say it, I accept it and embrace it. But I would rather bask in the good graces of the little lady than deal with the cumulative negative effects of the previous nine reasons.