Never belonged to a fishing club or participated in a fishing tournament, but have had half a dozen or so similar situations resulting from being at a ramp at put-in or take-out time. Couple of my issues at the ramp were total BS, and in one occasion almost resulted in an accident involving my wife (without so much as a "sorry" or "didn't mean to get that close"). I know there are many folks that participate and do all of their efforts in a courteous, respectful manner to non-participants but this (disrespect for non-participants) is not a rare occurance. I would just expect that the organizers of the tournament enforce common respect for everyone in the area and the proper handling of the fish. If they don't take the lead on it then their entire tournament/ club will be judged by the improper, rude actions of a few. A fisherman disrespecting another fisherman is pitiful. Again, I know this doesn't speak for all but only a few.

Mark McDermott