Tndeer.com MEMBERS Open Bass Tournament. SE TN

[Kirk]

Tournament Update Page


[font:Arial Black]WATTS BAR DAM (Lake Side)[/font]
[font:Arial Black]March 28, 2009[/font]
[color:#000099][font:Arial Black]7:30AM to 3:30PM[/font][/color]
Be there by 7:AM to get signed up and pay entry fee.

[color:#FF6600][font:Arial Black]100% Payback (See Below for places paid.)
$25.00 per boat.
$5.00 per angler big fish pot [/font]
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RULES:

5 fish limit

15 inch Green (Large Mouth and Spotted Bass).
18 inch Brown (Small Mouth bass).

NO Dead Fish will be weighed (keep them alive)

No Live bait allowed.

No Gill Stringers.

All boats must have a working live well.

Two Anglers per boat Maximum.

[font:Arial Black][color:#006600]One place will be paid for each 7 boats that are entered.
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Disclaimer: This a Tndeer.com MEMBERS Tournament. The owners of TNdeer.com assume no liability for this event. Liability waivers will be signed prior to event entry.

Watts Bar Map

 

[Model70Man]

Need directions to the launch site.

 

[Kirk]

I will post a mapquest link map in a few days for driving directions.

 

[paradis1142]

Do both anglers have to be members on tndeer?

 

[Kirk]

No, neither one do.

 

[paradis1142]

Good deal

 

[Winchester]

Aight then! Thats not the Juvenile Turkey opener is it?

 

[Kirk]

No it is the 21 and 22nd. The statewide Turkey season opens the 28th.

 

[DieseL10-4]

Hmmm. Looks like I might have to shovel the 3ft of snow and ice off my boat and show yall what a yahkee can do!

 

[cbcs1987]

by lake side does that mean at the loudon telico canal?

 

[Kirk]

It will be at the public boat ramp off of highway 68 right at Watts Bar Dam.

 

[InfoMan]

The Tellico Canal is the other end of the lake (Fort Loudoun Dam). Watts Bar Dam.

 

[cbcs1987]

Dang oh well then. I wish I could make it but thats a long drive for me! Good luck to yall

 

[Kirk]

It's a drive for me too. I have the backwaters of the Chickamauga about 4 miles from my house. I am holding the TX at Watts Bar to get more toward the middle of SE TN. I guess as the crow flies Watts Bar is about 45 miles from my house.

 

[Kirk]

Re: Tndeer.com MEMBERS Open Bass Tournament. SE T

Man I wish dad wouldn't have sold the boat.

We will probably have some boaters that are not partnered that will be glad to have a back seater. If you want to back seat just let me know and I will put you on the non-boater list.

 

[TheLBLman]

Nice idea about the TNdeer.com bass tourney, maybe you can have the next one after turkey season?

Sounds like a lot of fun!

The statewide Turkey season opens the 28th.

Guess you know where I'll be then.

Now regarding that 9-lb bass that I would have caught, I want you to catch him. I mean it; I want you to catch him.

 

[Kirk]

My priorities are only slightly different than yours.

 

[TheLBLman]

My priorities are only slightly different than yours.

Yea, but I'm going to have turkey for dinner, and you're throwing back your fish! :grin:

 

[Kirk]

My priorities are only slightly different than yours.

Yea, but I'm going to have turkey for dinner, and you're throwing back your fish! :grin:

Lasso your next Turkey then you can throw it back too. That would make for a real good story around the dinner table next deer season. Almost as good as you getting lassoed.

 

[ratman]

:grin:Oh no you didn't mention the lasso trip did you :whistle:

 

[turkeyhunter64]

No, neither one do.

If neither has to be a member then why the name? Not sure I want to fish against every local.

 

[Kirk]

The open tournament format is designed to introduce others to Tndeer.com. We are all ambassadors for hunting and our example either attracts or repels others from joining us.

I thought about limiting it to Tndeer.com forum members only but that would be counter to what we need to be doing right now. We need to build our hunting ranks not build walls around us. Past "Tndeer.com members only" tournaments have been less than successful with very few boats entered.

I would much rather have 25 boats of fisherman that share our love for the outdoors. These are the type of people we can influence and invite into our hunting world. They already have license, they already appreciate the outdoors, they are willing to travel and they are use to extreme weather conditions.

 

[Kirk]

Oh and by the way, we have some top shelf bass fisherman that are also Tndeer.com forum members. Any of these guys could offer a level of competition that most locals would avoid if they recognized them. The locals are not the ones I worry about they just make the pay out a little bigger.

 

[Kirk]

:grin:Oh no you didn't mention the lasso trip did you :whistle:

Yep I did.

 

[turkeyhunter64]

good luck with your tournament.

 

[cbcs1987]

Theres just no way I can afford to pull a boat out there to fish, but I wouldn't use near as much gas if I drove up there without a boat. If someone has a empty spot in your boat I would be happy to fill it up. Or if somebody from the Maryville area drives and needs a co-fisher I'd split gas with you. PM me if anybody needs a hand landin fish

 

[Kirk]

I am sure we can hook you up with a local boater if you can't find a Tndeer.com boater.

 

[Diehard Hunter]

Any chances of having a series of tourneys like this? how about one or two around Knoxvegas?

 

[Kirk]

I think it would be great if every region would have a tournament or two. Tophat has discussed having a Tournament on Barkley or Kentucky lake in the fall.

Try to get with some local Tndeer members or just fisherman around the Knoxville area and set one up. I will be glad to set you up a web page on website to promote it.

I think it would be fun to have Tndeer.com Bass Fishing Tour.

 

[Kirk]