good reading
good reading
Look at the super slab series, 1 fish, several weigh-ins a day. Doesn't matter much how many, it's just about getting the big slabs.
Good topic though.
Health of the fish has to be the number one priority. A 7 fish limit seems to be the right number for keeping fish alive and keeping the weights close for a competitive tournament. I wouldnt mind seeing 10 fish limits but keeping them alive becomes a problem. Not everyone has a top of the line live well or a live well large enough for 10 big fish. Fewer than 7 fish almost makes the tournament come down to who caught the single biggest fish that day versus several big fish. I can even get lucky once in awhile by catching one big one.
I got an Idea, no more than 7 fish in the boat period. no culling, just 7 fish in the boat, you get 7 go to ramp check in , wait it out.
I like that, call it a dam if you do or dam if you don't. One choice can make you or brake you, no cull term.
Some of the walleye tournaments are like that and have slot limits also to add to the frustration.
x2
Forgot to add this. I hear from tournament anglers and have read it that they always pick a arm of the lake and head up it. One of the Truman big sticks says to head up a arm to where the feeder creeks meet a flat. Start here and the work your way down. I also think most large lakes have areas that do consistently produce better fish. When you look at tournament results and how/where they caught them it will be fairly consistent from tourny to tourny and even year to year.
The upper arms of each arm on Truman produce bigger fish. The further up the Grand arm you go the less fish you will catch in a day but the bigger they will be. I have told people that if you want to catch big fish turn right out of Bucksaw and head up river. If they want to catch limits turn left and head towards the dam. There are a few arms that just do not consistently produce big fish. The Tebo arm is one of them. Can catch a good one now and then but would be hard pressed to ever catch 7 good ones in a day and I dont think they could ever compete with 7 from the Grand or Osage.