Thanks for the clarification.  Were any reasons given for the additional restrictions on tournaments?  Surely they have in-depth studies with facts and figures to back their reasoning. 

Sarge,

Thats been that way for a long time as far back as the 90's.

Russ

So, if they have always allowed only two weekends per month, does anyone have any solid guesses at why there are so many conflicts this year and why they are allowing so many tourneys on the same lake - or is that just perception?

Is it because there are more clubs/circuits wanting on the lakes?  In the past, did they allow more exceptions after the fact and open lakes for clubs on other weekends when there was an "emergency" need?

Even if the number of boats per tourney isn't that high, 3 tourneys on one body of water seems a bit much. I've only been in the club for 5 years, but over that time I don't remember seeing as many lakes with multiple tourneys.

The reason I am wanting to discuss this more is so that our TD/representative knows about any changes so he can have the best strategy for 2009.

Stu

Stu,

Since I wasn't at the tourney meeting this year, my best guess is that there were organizations that waited until after the meeting to get their permits... for what reason, I don't know. From what Smitty said above, it sounds like BASS wasn't at the main meeting.

The state will keep issuing permits until the boat limit has been reached on the body of water. So if we say our club needs 50 boats and the body of water is listed to host up to 200, then up to 150 more boats could get permitted. Other than that, I don't have any secondary guesses as to why there might be more conflicts this year. Honestly, it doesn't sound that bad... BASS qualifiers are pretty tiny this year. Someone on the board should call Bruce Baker and ask for some clarification and see if he thinks anything went differently this year...

Chris