Tournaments Next Year

[mikemert]

Hey guys,had a little extra time on my hands this weekend so i did a little research that will help the new bass comity set next years tournament schedule on were to fish & how many times to fish at each place since the surveys we used in the past were lacking participation.I took a 4 year average of number of boats & number of tournaments, so here ya go(wapello not included)

Location (# of tournaments) Average # OF Boats

Sugema (13) 10.76
Geode (3) 10.00
Show Me (3) 9.66
Pool 19 (5) 9.44
Pool 10 (3) 9.33
Hazell Creek (4) 8.25
3-12 Mile (3) 8.00
Belva Deer (1) 7.00
Pool 18 (1) 6.00
Mark Twain (2) 3.50

Hope that will help!Would be nice to have some suggestions on how many times you would like to fish each location,how many tournaments you would like to see,more,same Or less. I personally think 8 and then a 2 day classic is enough.How about 3 or 4 double headers next year instead of just two most everybody is fishing on saturday anyway.Those are just my opinions tho.We need to do what gets the most club participation.LET YOUR VOICES BE HERD HERE!!!! WE NEED & VALUE EVERY BODIES OPINION.Do you know of any other places to fish that might have a good turnout? I herd Belva Deer was real good this year.Has anybody checked it out?

[jiggy]

I like the idea of Sat/Sun tournament weekends. I can fish Saturdays but few Sundays. Also with Sugema and Pool 19 so close and fishing good for both it's a shame not to take advantage of those locations as much as we can. Geode gets pretty small with ten tournament boats and the usual lake traffic.

[mikemert]

I agree with Jiggy we should have more tournaments on pool 19 and sugema!Maybe a couple of saturday & sunday tournaments on each one and a single threw in there somewere.How about a two dayer on hazell creek or Show Me? 3 mile 12 mile is a given for a two dayer,maybe one at belva deer.That would be alot of tournaments but less weekends than weve fished in the past.WHAT DOES EVERYBODY THINK??? Speek now or dont complain next year after the fact.Come to the meetings,this will be a topic for the next few meetings until the comity has to set the schedual.

[flip]

THE IDEA'S SOUNDS ALRIGHT BUT I WOULD HAVE TROUBLE BEING ABLE TO FISH ON SATURDAY'S GEODE DOES FISH SMALL BUT IT WOULD BE A GOOD LAKE TO FISH EARLY LIKE APRIL THAT WOULD TAKE OUT THE USUAL LAKE TRAFFIC FOR THE MOST PART. DO LIKE A GEODE/POOL 18 OR SOMETHING. I WOULD BE WILLING TO TRY BUT MIGHT NOT GET TO FISH AS MUCH COULD WE SPIT SAT/SUN OR WOULD IT BE COMBINE.

[jiggy]

PROBABLY SHOULD KEEP SAT/SUNDAY TOURNEYS SEPERATE AS PEOPLE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FISH BOTH DAYS.

[mikemert]

Yes.Saturday/Sunday tournaments would be 2 tournaments,the only two dayer that would count as one would be the classic.Also if we only count 6 tournaments next year for year end points you would only would have to fish 3 weekends to get your 6 in,that also would give you alot more chances to improve your points threw out the year.BUT,I think if we have more tournaments we should count more to the year end,like 8 or so