That's one of the main reasons Fishers of Men does not allow directors to fish - that way there can be no "questions" about the director and the integrity of FOM is not at stake. Plus, it is near impossible to be competative in a fishing tournament and be the director if it is a major tournament trail situation. There is no way I could be competative and direct the same division of Fishers of Men - one area would suffer. I blast the guys off, am available for anglers with boat trouble, fill out weigh in slips for 40+ teams, write checks, unload the trailer, set up the banners, set up the scales, and a variety of other things and have weigh in ready to go an hour before official weigh in time for the guys that want to go home early. So even if I wanted to fish, I don't see how I could.

But with that being said, some trails have to allow directors to fish as an incentive for being a tournament director. Even if directors do get a "salary" its usually not enough to make that big of a difference so a lot of trails let directors fish for free. I only direct Fishers of Men because it is more about the ministry than anything else and a way that I can combine my love for the Lord and for fishing. But if I were going to run another trail there would probably need to be some sort of an incentive to do so.

The only thing that bothers me about directors who fish the same trail is when fishing takes priority over their responsibilities as director.