I don't have much problem with people fishing an area where they saw me catch fish. Mainly because I fish for relaxation and personal gratification. It's not an ego thing for me and I feel that I don't own the spot.

As far as tournaments, I do tire of them. I don't have anything against the guys that fish them, but they need to understand from a local fisherman's perspective, it is one tournamnet after another. During peak fishing time on a given lake, there is basically one every single week. Locals get no relief from it.

Someone mentioned the money they bring into the local economy. I think the money they bring in pales to the money that people bring in that spend several $100 thousand on a house, buy groceries every couple of weeks, pay for utilities, and pay taxes in that local economy. I talking about people like me that wanted to live near a lake and enjoy some fishing and relaxation. We just hit town with very little fan fare and spend a lot of money so you really don't notice us much.

Someone else now owns my house at Dale Hollow for just these reasons.
I'm going back to fishing the rivers where I live. Very few tourneys held on those.