Yeah DonJovi, you are right. I'm sure there are a lot of good clubs that help things a lot. I was just venting, sorry. I gotta agree its a great thing if we can get kids fishing instead of many other things they could be doing. I sure don't have the answers but like I said, this has been a hot topic around here lately and guys are getting tired of no room at boat launches, and some of the tourney fisherman that have no courtesy, and the studies we're seeing that fish mortality is high. I suppose it's like most things, there are a few that spoil it for the rest. The complaints seem to be with the really big events not necessarily the smaller fun events. I still gotta ask though why anyone can make money off the natural resource and why we have to put up with the wastefulness of high mortality. Now that I think about it I have fishing contests in my pond. I invite kids over and we fish with a prize going to the biggest fish. Prizes however are usually something like a fishing lure or candy bar. You gotta admit though that the Pro tourney stuff is driven by money and I'm afraid that once money gets big enough then it all goes down hill fast.
