Should I hate tournaments?

[bassmaster]

The problem is twofold. I'm a tourney fisherman and I also fish for fun. I occassionally keep fish to eat and yes sometimes they are bass. I expect a barrage of "holier than thou" attitudes about keeping some to eat on occassion but I'm gonna continue to do that because we like to eat fish. Now, I fish 20 or more tourneys each year and have been fairly successful. I enjoy the competition and attribute my success to the competition. It has forced me to be a better fisherman because I wanted to be more consistent. So, as a tourney fisherman, I don't hate tourneys but I do hate some of the "fishermans" attitude. And while this can be either a recreational or a tourney fisherman it is more times associated with the tourney fisherman. Remember, one shouldn't judge everyone and put a label on all beacuse of the actions of a few.

Good fishing and God Bless,
See ya'll on the water,

Tim
bassmaster

[Astrobass]

The problem is twofold. I'm a tourney fisherman and I also fish for fun. I occassionally keep fish to eat and yes sometimes they are bass. I expect a barrage of "holier than thou" attitudes about keeping some to eat on occassion but I'm gonna continue to do that because we like to eat fish. Now, I fish 20 or more tourneys each year and have been fairly successful. I enjoy the competition and attribute my success to the competition. It has forced me to be a better fisherman because I wanted to be more consistent. So, as a tourney fisherman, I don't hate tourneys but I do hate some of the "fishermans" attitude. And while this can be either a recreational or a tourney fisherman it is more times associated with the tourney fisherman. Remember, one shouldn't judge everyone and put a label on all beacuse of the actions of a few.

Good fishing and God Bless,
See ya'll on the water,

Tim
bassmaster

Very well said.

My dad is one of those "holier than thou" attitudes towards eating bass.... I pissed him off good when I caught a good largemouth and a good smallmouth out of the river and me and my brother filleted them up. LOL It's just a fish, are you gonna pass up a 180" monster whitetail buck, just because he's "too pretty to kill"?? Nope. LOL We are at the top of the food chain for a reason.

I catch and release 95% of the time, and I am definitely not looking down at someone catching to eat them.

[Fishin is life]

How can you complain about somebody being in "your" spot....I've been on most of the lakes in KY and am yet to see a sign designating that particular spot as somebodys.....If you're a pleasure fisherman and a tournament fisherman is in your spot go somewhere else....if you're a tournament fisherman and a pleasure fisherman is in your spot go somewhere else....it works both ways....I've seen tournament fisherman pull right in on top of pleasure fisherman and it pissed me off....i've seen pleasure fisherman pull right in on top of a tournament fisherman and it pissed me off....

[HammonsCamp]

Why I've even seen a guy cast out and try and snag my buddies line from the dock while cursing us out in front of small children!!! However, I thought we handled that with complete class!!! Don't you? Try not and take all of my money this year!!! If maybe I could just make one or two checks, you can have the rest!!! This should have been after fishinislife. Not real sure how to use this board. Sorry.