Gang,
One things for sure, opinions VARY! Being a points tournament, I like to hear how many of you are volunteering to "no show"! Odds get better for those of us that see a lake, know there's bass in it and show up! As far as the size limit, 5 fish is 5 fish is 5 fish! I support the size limit reduction only because, the rules are the same for everyone and after seeing how excited STU was after getting his first tournament limit, isn't that a good 'nough reason alone?
History, several years ago, Phil and I fished the Oct. team tourney on Riffe. Phil shut down the big motor in over 100' of water, dropped the trolling motor in the water and grabbed A FLOATING RAPALA!!!!!! First thought was, what the @^(#? I said, "Phil what are you doing"? He said "trust me"! Gang, honest to God, he caught a 3 lb. smallie on his second cast! We won the tournament not with 10 lbs. but by 10 lbs!
Moral of the story, try different things, if a spinnerbait doesn't work the first hour, put it away and try something completely different! Faz, this is your chance, 10 rods, changing baits every 10 minutes until you find "that bait" will help here. Lastly, location, location, location! The whole lake looks fishy, but it's not! What in a deep reservior holds fish? Pull out those BASSMASTERS! What you've read, is TRUE! Hint #2, Riffe is the only lake I carry an anchor on, and I use it! May blank in the tournament, but I'm still going to do my best! Good luck to all!