I know tournaments butter yours and a lot of guys bread but i think all the tournaments gotta be rough on the fish. Especially around this time of year. The rules should go to the MLF rules to minimize the impact on the fish. Dragging all the big fish all over the lake to bring em to the weigh in is kind of bogus IMHO

@ricks5606

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree with you more. The days of putting bass in a live well to take to a weigh-in needs to end. At the pro level, implement the MLF approach, club tournaments should use the kayaker method. take a picture on the ruler and upload it to the app.

@law1831

Жыл бұрын

@@ricks5606 absolutely! With the numbers of people out there fishing, I strongly believe more needs to be done by us lovers of the sport to preserve the resource. I want my son's sons to be able to get the same level of excitement I get out of chasing these green and brown fish around

@whoimia5208

Жыл бұрын

Definitely we have to make it mandatory. No reason to put bass in a live well unless you want to revive a big one for pics.

Agreed, this is occurring all over the country!

Bass fishing has grown massively in the past thirty years, and conservation /management needs to come up to speed to address RB's points.

The question you need to ask is.... Why does it have that specific lake every week? Why aren't these tournament directors going to different lakes? Down here BFL is rayburn, tbend, rayburn ,tbend thats it over and over. There is 200 plus lakes in this state why can't these tournaments be on other lakes?. Why don't they use the catch, photo, release like the kayak tournaments. The fatality rate is extremely small compared to boat tournaments.

Randy your video is addressing a major issue that is being totally ignored by the state government agencies in many of the states. This years class of fish will be greatly impacted which will create an avalanch effect. The fewer off spring produced this year will drastically effect the survival rate of bass fry this year and for years to come. This is a tragedy in the making. Thanks for speaking up about this.

That's why I'm happy up here in Ontario Canada tournaments don't start until the spawn is done. Keeps a healthy population and lets them spawn in peace

I am anti-tournament! Too many fish die as a result of tournament fishing and anglers pull them off of their beds during the spawn. They don't care! We are an idiotic society that only thinks about the dollars that come in from fishing. No one will care about the fish until there are no fish to be caught then anglers will go on to screw something else up. Angling should be done for the fun of it.

I used to fish the Cape Fair area 30 years ago. Finally had a chance to take my son and grandson there for grandsons first camping trip. It was discussing. We spent the last 6 hours picking up trash because I have always taught them to leave a place cleaner than when you arrive. It was my 7 year old grandson that started the trash pickup and we left 2 hours late because he would not stop until it was clean. The lake was so rough from all the boats it was not fun at all. ramp was full. Fishing sucked. And this was on a Monday Tuesday trip.

Sorry randy when you mention too many tournaments I can’t agree with you complaining about it when you’re part of it! Here lately you’ve had great videos w great info but this always makes me wonder how u think it’s ok . And no I haven’t watched the whole video and saying don’t shoot the messenger won’t help

@randyblaukatintuitive

Жыл бұрын

You might watch the whole video I addressed your point

@clay7514

Жыл бұрын

@@randyblaukatintuitive randy I love your channel but this one topic never makes sense, no matter what you say to sugarcoat your part. Your fishing and fish you weigh In will contribute to the pressure just like everyone else

@randyblaukatintuitive

Жыл бұрын

@@clay7514 I’m not sugarcoating anything. The agencies that issue permits are doing so irresponsible. That doesn’t have anything to do with somebody fishing one specific tournament or not.

@clay7514

Жыл бұрын

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Randy I think it is high time that fishery management determine the amount of tournaments a body of water can withstand before there is a negative impact on fisheries and population of fish . I have long thought we should consider some off limit times during spawning cycles as much as we all love to fish during this time . I live in North Carolina but what Tennessee has done with the introduction of the Florida strain of largemouth into Lake Chickamauga and Texas with the Sharelunker program should be examples for us in other states who should unite with political pressure on our politicians to budget money to improve our fisheries . We better wake up to the effects of pressure on fish populations before its too late .

Saturday was an absolute ridiculous nightmare on the water. Top 10 most dangerous situations I’ve ever been a part of on the water. I disagreed with you about growth being a bad thing; growth is a good thing. But what I saw and experienced out there today was absolutely ridiculous and I 100% agree with you. DEFINITE safety issue and fish management issue. Them beds got cleaned off today buddy. Six or seven boats in every pocket cycling all day

We just had a tournament there..I have never in my life seen so many bass boats...I know there were tournaments leaving almost every ramp ...everywhere you look there was construction going on..the Beauty of the lake has disappeared ...they have got to do something about the amount of tournaments on alot of these lakes..

I have a lakefront home on Table Rock. I went out last week on Tuesday and Thurs and caught and released 99 bass. 30 were keepers. You whine too much. You should concentrate on breakin the 12lb barrier in a tournament.

@randyblaukatintuitive

Жыл бұрын

Pony up your money in a tournament and we’ll see how you do

EVERY LAKE IS GETTING ABUSED BY TOURNAMENT FISHING! Been fishing non-tournament for over 40 years. For the life of me I can't understand why every swinging pecker thinks he needs to use a fish as a competitive "sport" against another fisherman. I sure like your video's Randy but you need to look in the mirror!! Pro tournament circuits- and the money that follows them- broadcast wall to wall on TV for 30 years has caused this situation. Fishing and hunting used to be considered "relaxing hobbies". Why do unsecure men need to use fish as a source of pride against a fellow fisherman. My "pride" comes from sitting down to eat a meal of fish with my wife that were caught with the jigs I poured, painted, and hand-tied. You want to be competitive against someone else then go pick up a golf club, tennis racquet, or a baseball bat.

@charlesaston9892

Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY need to go back to recreational fishing, why use everyone's natural recscoures as a Tool for some sort of competion?? It's Nuts.

@Charlieboy1970

Жыл бұрын

I remember the good old days when fishing was a poor mans sport.

You are correct. Building on the lakes across the country has to be at an all-time high. Lakes here in SC have construction everywhere. Even lots that years ago were considered no good to build on are being built on .

@adamsnelson4689

Жыл бұрын

I live around Lake Keowee & the amount of 3 -5 million dollar homes is insane

@lroyson

Жыл бұрын

@@adamsnelson4689 yep!

Randy your spot on we have the same problem here in Texas too many people from California coming here with all their big money ruining the landscape around my lake. I wish they would just get back on the highway and go back where they came from.

Same thing with Toledo Bend. 27000 boats every weekend. It sucks.

I made up my mind early in life (20s) that I would work my butt off, retire and move and live on a lake. I accomplished that dream. I have bought a fishing license every year for the last 57 years except when I was overseas. I own a bass boat. I contribute to the sport of fishing all the time. Don't try to make me feel bad. I don't. Sorry, but that struck a nerve.

@bike4him589

Жыл бұрын

You should have bought a lifetime license.😂

@carlstreet7095

Жыл бұрын

@@bike4him589 Missouri, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas. Lifetime wouldn't have been a good thing for me.

I agree I bought my home here in Shell Knob 10 years ago moved here full time 8 years now. Just fish from dock a bit but I can't believe how much it's changed in my time here. As I look out my windows boats fishing all the time ,homes being built year round and the traffic is crazy.

Lets get some positive videos, Randy! I love your content and i have learned so much from you. Maybe I'm just an oblivious troll who doesn't understand conservation, but I would love to hear some more seminars, live scope debates, and bass biology. You are the man!

I’m sorry Randy, but some aspects of your rant are blatantly hypocritical.

@randyblaukatintuitive

Жыл бұрын

You missed the point of the video again

@bhmsupra

Жыл бұрын

Ok Mr Teflon. Good luck Saturday!

Do it like we do in ontario Canada. Close the bass season during the spawn for 6 weeks. Our fishing is amazing as a result.

@clay7514

Жыл бұрын

That’s a great idea

@randyblaukatintuitive

Жыл бұрын

I wish they would

I understand and appreciate your view. I have seen the same thing where I fish. In fact, a lake in Pennsylvania has been kicking around the idea of regulating how many boats can be on the water. In Maryland, property owners on the lake tried to make a public lake purchased by tax dollars private to avoid overcrowding. Unbelievable crowds everywhere you go. When I retired, I thought that during the week, there would be no crowds.😂

We caught em good this past weekend. Kayak tournaments catch, photo, release. We are putting the fish right back where we catch them.

I agree. My small home lake is exact same way!!! In order to fish there this year I had to down size to a 9.9 motor. Lake Lure. Sad

Randy I feel you I had several creek coves on my home lake that I could catch a good kicker large mouth about any time. Now there’s docks in there and I don’t hold those fish anymore

I suspect that it kind of self regulates, if the lake is over pressured too long and the fishing quality goes way down then the tournaments will relocate to other lakes until the lake heals.

@charlesaston9892

Жыл бұрын

Exactly tournaments will kill any body of water, they will moan about others that is destroying the lake all while the begin a tournament on another lake.

You are spot on man...I wish my dad was still here to hear what you have to say...I know he would have agreed 20+ years ago up at the lake I grew up on in Northern Indiana...

@andybales7318

Жыл бұрын

No one cares boy

Agree with Randy too many tourneys. Fishing on Table Rock is pretty poor. Catching anything bigger than 4lbs is a giant anymore. I have fished this lake since the 1980's as a kid and my parents still live there and my Dad says that on any given day of the week at any ramp there is 20+ boats.

Yeah, that's pretty depressing to see our Ozarks getting abused. They're gonna turn it into another Lake of the Ozarks. Curious if you read Edward Abbey. We agree on alot of these things. I'm fishing the kayak event Saturday. I'll be up the river starting early. I'll enjoy the peace until the bass boats show up. It would be cool to see you out on the water though.

Good points. Here are some questions that have to be answered. Suppose you are the man or organization in charge of deciding which group gets to have a tournament on lake on a given date. How are you going to decide who gets in? How will you handle all the protests from the 10 other tournament you denied? How could you implement boat limits on lakes with multiple launch points? Until real answers can be provided the tournament problem will not end. Overdevelopment is happening everywhere and its a function of population growth and the desire for profit. The only solution that I have seen work is to designate certain areas as National or State Parks; otherwise the laws of economics will always win.

It's a big problem with the "last one in" concept. Everybody buys property in a desirable spot that's relatively pristine, except for their home. Problem is, once they get their place, they don't want other people coming in and doing exactly what they did. When you find a place you want to live or buy a vacation home, chances are a thousand other people have the same idea at the same time. The only way way to stop this is to designate swaths of land state or national parks. Gub'ment doesn't want to do that, though. Development drives money to the coffers. Parks are a drain.

@Charlieboy1970

Жыл бұрын

Your last sentence nailed it.

You speak the truth. How do we change it?

You’re correct on everything you said here’s your problem, a 3 million dollar home pays $20,000 or 30,000 in property taxes per year times how many ? The county and local government will NEVER say no to that revenue.

@charlesaston9892

Жыл бұрын

Agree and they have the right to build thier million dollar house on the lake as the BASS angler has to fly down the lake at 70 mph+ washing bank Fishers bobbers up to the bank

Agree 100% More boats on the water than I have ever seen!

You can thank Johnny Morris He bought and developed the heck out of Table Rock and others have followed suit Driving past Kimberling City and you will see the whole mountain has been carved into vacation condos Like all inclusive resorts is the thing down here now. We live over by Branson West Missouri

Tournaments started the problem now it's up to the Tournaments to do what needs to be done to fix it

If I remember correctly there were 13 tourneys (780 boats) scheduled for last weekend at TR. my buddy and I did our yearly trip there and actually did pretty good.

To many people "working" from home!!

I agree have you been to the smoky mountain area lately? I used to love going there have'nt been back there in over 10 yrs makes me sick to see it destroyed for the all mighty dollar.

Good luck this weekend. I will be there in a kayak and hope to see you on the water.

Sir Randall speaks the truth, need more like you.

Man! Do you live in a Catch-22 reality!! Re: The Evils of Bed Fishing...Do you leave bed fish alone while you're fishing tournaments?? Props for not being a hypocrite when it comes to using FFS!

Randy the mentality of a lot of people today is , all they care about is today, all they care about is themselves, they could careless about tomorrow.

Same with Eufaula in Oklahoma. MLF, BFL, 2 Skeeter tourneys on consecutive weekends. All 150+ boats. And smaller tournaments at the same time. It never gets a break from Feb-Oct. I wish the corps would limit the permits to 2 per lake per month. Give the lakes a break.

Agreed. No more tournaments. No more development.

Imma have to agree with you this time. I disagree with you on most things tho lol. There needs to be areas that stay mostly untouched. And too many tournaments, especially during the spawn, are a bad thing.

You think Table Rock has it bad? Come out here to the Tennessee River. Thousands of boats every single day of the week. Big tournaments 3 times a week out of multiple ramps. Insane.

Randy you are 100 per cent correct. It's happening everywhere.

They should limit the amount of tournaments and have an off limit period during the spawn. Seems like a good compromise. Fishing should be fun. Man does destroy whatever they touch. Weigh and release should be mandatory

It’s not hard to say no. Shouldn’t be that hard to spread tournaments out over 9-10 months

Development is going to happen. Time moves on. Unless you make Table Rock a National Park then people will buy land and build homes in nice locations.

@randyblaukatintuitive

Жыл бұрын

Yep man destroys everything they touch

@randyblaukatintuitive

Жыл бұрын

@Ryan W good point

Shit , Pickwick is the same damn problem every weekend, we got 500-600 boats coming out this weekend, Thanks buddy

Never been so grateful that I live in AZ. Not a fan of tournaments at all, but I'm a huge Randy Blaukat fan. We don't have many waters here with people living on them. Most of my fishing holes are on national forest. However some of these jackasses will hold a tournament anywhere. One of my favorite spots is only 19 acres. There are tournaments on that lake. Good thing I get to fish during the week.

Agreed..regulating tourneys isn't happening. Possible way to regulate is a certain percentage of entry money has to be paid to a lake management fund.

I wish Missouri Conversation would implement on each lake a catch and release for Bass for a year, do this every 2 or 3 years. A simple way to keep the Bass healthy, to keep tournaments away and the Missouri public can enjoy fishing.

Corp of Engineers issues the permits. If your tournament has less than 25 boats you don’t have to get a permit. Tuesday the 2nd the yearly Cops for Kids tournament with around 200 boats went out of State Park.

I feel ya Randy! Unless the state legislature decides to act there is only going to be one poor solution. As soon as all available space is developed the people who own the $3 million homes will organize and put a stop to most tournaments. Not because it is best for ecosystem but because it is annoying the rich people! Keep up the good fight!

You should seriously consider running for office or working for the wildlife dept. It's people like you randy that will protect the wild places for future generations.

Can you explain to me why tournaments have to have a permit.

@tablerockkid8237

Жыл бұрын

$$$

@bretmiller21

Жыл бұрын

So, the government gets their cut. They act like it helps the fish if everyone has a permit

“Let’s grow the sport” ~ bass pros

You must have a regatta permit to be able to hold a tournament on Missouri waters and the Missouri Highway Patrol, Water Patrol Division, is the responsible party for issuing those permits. They could easily manage the conservation aspect of Missouri's waters by capping off the total amount of projected competitors on the entire lake all at once for each day. They need to stop allowing regatta permits after that capacity is met. Missouri Department of Conservation could perform a study for each body of water in Missouri to propose that capacity limit and Missouri Highway patrol could enforce it. It's really not rocket science.

You are correct, across the country the number of tournaments needs to be reduced

Welcome to the club it is everywhere that is money money money !!!!!

It's lost on those who don't understand the real game of fishing sadly clear lake is another perfect example of over fishing,electronics destroying the crappie population its a shame, well done

Randy, I live in Florida. Talk about smashing a body of water, Ray Scott and BASS fished the Winter Haven Florida chain of lake and ruined it over the years. From 1969 through 1970 it took a beating. I moved there in 1985 and saw for myself the damage to all these lakes around Winter Haven. Now in 2022 they have come back. It took a long time. I live on Crooked lake in Babson Park Florida. We have a lot of bass and so dose Frostproof just 7 miles down the road. Sure there are some small club tournaments but that is it. Nothing like your area. Lake Kissimmi is 30 minutes away. It has a lot of tournaments but there is still a lot of fish there. The State of Florida does't care about our bass fishing . Not like the state of Texas. They take it seriously. Oh well, who am I. I agree with your video. Keep it up and good luck in your upcoming tournament.

I saw Triton owners tournament happen at KY lake. The major and chamber of commerce showed up to the pre diner meeting saying the more the better. They said they had a 3 year contract with Triton boats to come back. Its all about the money. The pressure on ky lake is crazy bad with so many tournaments. The high school and college tournaments are really on the lake a lot from up and down the lake ramps.

No tournament's during the spring!!! This pulls the spawning fish off the beds!! Bream demolish the spawn. There was a time when tr held 10lb bass.

One idea might be to transition boat tournaments to Catch, Photo and Release. This is how us Kayak Tourney folks do it and it minimizes damage to the fish ( especially during spawn) Obviously it means an overall paradigm shift to length vs weight but would that be so bad?

@davidgerdes1815

Жыл бұрын

Catch, weigh, release is the way to do it

Good talk RB....agree with ya

I agree with the lake being overfished, especially by tournaments. But you are still fishing tournaments; maybe everyone should stop. BUT, we fisherman are our own worst enemy. We complain but don't change our behavior!

The permits need to be issued by the fish and wildlife department, they are the one's who did the licenses and get information on how many they issued in the state and different areas. They are also in most cases who is stocking the waters so they have to have a better idea of what is in the resources of fish and game. They are the only ones who should be issuing permits for tournaments. It doesn't make sense to have any other agencies involved with that.

“You call someplace paradise. Kiss it goodbye”. - The Eagled

AGREED RANDY .. spot on

It’s who has the money, tournaments must have money under the table with all these folks who control the tournaments !!!

Was planning on moving to the area but after watching this im not sure i want to live in another place destroyed the the rich and greedy

Same way at Pickwick!

I get it, so what are we going to do about it? Every decision-maker, whether they are in the Planning Department, Town Commissioner, or Council member, is voted in. I deal with them every month and nothing is going to change until those boards change. If you want a change in that local area you're going to have to make a big push for getting people on those boards that see things the way you do.

I hope my Bull Shoals doesn;t have the same situation in the future. i think it will be hard to prevent it but we shall see. yes, there are tournaments but it doesn't seem to be overboard...yet. i have not facts or data to support that , just my general observation.

The solution is what they do in Canada. Close the season on bass for those critics 6 weeks or so and let the fish do their thing. Have your tournaments before or after that.

Randy is the nicer version of "Fight Club" 👍God Bless America☝

have the mfl. tournaments rules for all tournaments. no dragging fish around. the building on the lake out of control. it's a shame. but we also have more people fishing. stay safe. ps. 65yr. old fished table rock 60yrs.

Couldn't agree with you more!

Reckon I'll have to come up with some other lake for my retirement home /retirement fishing dream.

We can talk about it till we're blue in the face, the only answer is money. Less tournaments and less development equals less money. Who's going to make up for the money lost?

I always read the viewer comments. And I've seen this in other aspects of of life...slip five hundred dollars to the right person and their vision changes towards what the other desires. Three tournaments the week you were competing, several more the following week. A fair amount of change if that's the case.

Table Rock is starting to sound like the mountain towns in Colorado. 3 million dollar vacation homes, ridiculous...1 million dollar 1000square foot condos....

Do you have gratisfaction bass fishing for relaxation as you do when fishing a tournament for money.

“We don’t own anything” well they believed they owned the river enough to damn it up and disturb water flow that had occurred for hundreds of years that goes for 97% of lakes in America. I’m not saying the tournament’s ain’t hurt the fishing bad but I truly believe it’s just you fished a lake and a fish that is completely different to todays lake and fish..

I don't think we should keep any bass during the spawn hauling them all over the lake is not good.

2 part process... Permit from army corp of engineers One from water patrol. If over 25 participants corps will charge a fee. .

Pulling fish off beds should not be allowed. No more than a tournament a week either

I ve never been to that part of the world. Did pass through the panhandle of Florida and Bama one time. I hear a lot of talk about 3 lakes ? In hundreds of miles radius. Maybe y'all need more lakes to spread the fisherman out. Just a thought.

Welcome to Clark’s Hill Lake. Tournaments everyday.

My bet it is the army engineers doing tournaments they don't care!!

I get you. Start with the state DNR, and legislation. This is America though, God bless it.

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

As ive said before the states and local government want that money!!!! Money's the number one issue we just got done fishing Pickwick in Tennessee. It was our tournament of champions its a national tournament. All of the district champions from across the United States and the points leaders from all the districts in the states and big fish champs in usa bassin qualified for the tournament if champions. Before we got there after the same boat launch u.s.a. bassin Had there silver cup which is a two day tournament. Our tournament had 197 112 weighed in. My partner and I finished 100 out of 197 with two fish for 3.88 pounds.... 85 boats zeroed. There were alot of 1 bass and 2 bass bags very few 5 bass stringers. But talking to the tournament folks all they xan do is go on about how good Pickwick is ....... My wife and i and my partner fished that lake for four days averaged about 15 bites a day. I consider us as a bit better than the average guy who fishes less than 25 times a year. Talking to the average and below average fun fishing guys at the ramp alot of them never caught a bass or had a bite in 8 hours on the water. They're going to start putting his legs on a rotation only allowing so many boats to go out a year on a body of water based on the current populations in it. And quite having tournaments during the spawn.

Agree 100%

Sounds like Buggs island.