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| Why was my last post taken down? Could it be that the mderator is a tournament blocker himself? |
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| what post...I've never seen your post. was it bad? What do you mean by tournament blocker. just curious.
shawn[:)] |
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| Do you have a Lund 1700 Angler SS? |
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| What's a "tournament blocker"? |
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| Tournament Blockers are boats that cut you off while your working a spot. I've heard it been called T.B.ed. cause I guess it happens alot in tournaments.
Yes I do have an 1700 angler. |
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| Me, too. Got one this year. Love it.
I got cut off last night. I was working the shore line east. A boat pulled in front of me about 50 yards, and anchored, right on the spot I really wanted to work. He proceeded to put out 2 suckers on bobbers, and just leaned back in his seat. I continued to work up to him, and placed several well directed casts all around his boat. He said, "HI", I said, "Hi", and continued on my way. I was a little peeved, but I figured it's not worth getting riled up over. after all, they're only fish.
I don't know if it's fair to call it tournament blocking. I've been cutoff far more often when out just fishing, than when I've fished tournaments. Maybe we should call it PB'd, as in pleasure. |
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| Have you guys seen that Great Stuff commercial where the two beavers are fishing, then a boat closely drives by and the one beavers says, “Look at this guy!” “HEY lots of lake buddy” - hilarious |
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| I fish tournaments quite a bit, and actually do not have trouble with getting 'cut off'. The tournaments on the Walleye side of things have specific rules how close the boats can actually get to each other, so other than 'tailpiping' (the practice of fishing other angler's spots without any of one's own) there isn't much of a problem there, either.
Most 'tournament anglers' are as courteous as the next guy or more so because they are aware of the fact the public is watching them more closely.
I personally give another boat about 150 yards, and try to determine what direction they are going. If they are heading east, I will get behind them, and work the water that direction. If they spin around and come at me, I will hold my ground up to the tournament legal distance.
If I am working a fish, and another boat attempts to move in to that spot by pushing me out, you can BET I will spin the transom toward them, and back up alittle until I am through working the spot. If that is what you are referring to, I am guilty of that.[:bigsmile:] [:bigsmile:] |
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| Ya I guess PB'd is a better term..
Fished the Tonka PMTT a couple years ago and it seemed every spot I hit I was either crossed by a troller or cut off by another tournament angler so I call it a tournament block. [:sun:] |
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| I've seen guys on the Missisippi River that aren't tourney fishermen anchor on wingdams and then move to let their buddies that are in tourneys move in to fish them.
Just another reason that I don't care to fish tourneys.
Whenever there is money on the line, I've seen too many Hydes turn into Jeckyls.
As far as getting cut off, it happens all the time no matter where you fish. It's either ignorance or a total lack of respect.....or both.
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| I actually came up with a pretty good idea today... I recall seeing (several years ago) these squirt gun things that in actuality are more like water cannons. About 3 feet long, and you stick them in the water, pull back to fill the tube, then push it forward to squirt. A 3/8" stream of water, 75 feet. Seems to me it'd be about perfect for letting people know they are too close. Especially on a 35 degree day. [:devil:] |
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