James,

Waveland doesn't really have much of a pleasure boating crowd. I have only seen one or two tubers on the lake at any one time, and I have never seen a jet ski. I think those people go on down to Raccoon most of the time, its not that far and a lot more room.

The problem with Waveland is that it is so small to be having these tournaments on it. 25 boats looking for spots to fish and have to your own is almost impossible. People will be crowding you and moving in on you if they see you catching fish.

I had a spot two years ago during an Anglers Dream tournament, and I was on good fish. This team moved in on me and worked their way around me, and in the rules of the tournament, we had a set area around our boats that we were not to crowd in on another guy.

This team ended up in second place, and my team in third. The only reason I didn't file a rules protest against him was because the lake is so small, I didn't want to go that route. If it was Patoka or Monroe, I would have filed a protest.

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