I’m all about kids in the outdoors, that’s what I did in 80s…. Point to ponder, we hear pros saying, “We have to grow the sport, need more kids involved “ Fast forward 10 years later, those same pros are saying, “ Man, look at all this pressure, 20 yrs ago it wasn’t like this”….. Careful what u wish for……
Only reason pros want to grow the sport is to sale more products and in return they think that gets them more sponsor dollars. They want to grow their pocket book, not genuinely grow the sport.
Very IRONIC isn't it? Though it will just continue to get worse because the show must go on and the heartless corporations must make profits. Earth, habitat, and conservation be damned, so long as they all get paid.
Indeed. Especially since covid started suddenly every dipshit and their brother thinks they a pro angler. I seen more line and junk in water past 2 years cuz noobs snip their line instead of going to get lure or pulling line to break it at the knot if they gotta break it. Ive seen more people taking 3-5lbers from lakes to “fry up” or “get it mounted”. YOU DONT NEED A MOUNT BRO--You gotta have that to show everyone u a better angler than them??? Wtf, Our tech is great now, take some vids, pics, and release or measure and get pics and get a replica mount-killing a fish for a mount is a waste, how much of that fish u think they actually use?? Theres lakes and areas Ive gone to my whole life and known I could pretty regularly catch 4-5lbers. This year those same lakes just have far more tiny bass…..everyone saying its gone downhill. We need more fish and game officers out there, we need more lakes managed as fisheries with grass and stuff over rec boaters and killing vegetation. In my state theres a lake where you can keep 1 bass per day and it has to be 20 inches. This lake is full of 4lbers+, and not hammered by tourneys because they only allow catch, photo, release tourneys; its near impossible for anyone to get a limit of 20 inch+ fish so theres no boat tourneys there unless they doing a tourneyx style where u photo them. Also at this lake theres no skiing or jet skis or boats over 22 ft allowed. Theres no engine restrictions or anything, but they left all timber standing when they made the lake so its dangerous for watersports they ban it. And they dont kill the grass off. We need more of these type lakes around the country. I dont like the keeping 1 fish over 20in though thats an older, solid bass; I think u should be able to keep one fish between 12-15 inches or none at all.
Tournaments have advanced the sport. Too many tournaments have degraded our fisheries. Too much fishing pressure this past weekend at Grand. I was in the US Open. Fishing was tough. Good luck to you Randy. I think 10-12 pounds a day will be good.
I understand and appreciate your frustrations, but you as well as anyone should recognize that getting government over sight of your fisherman and fishery will only lead down a dark and more expensive pathway. More government is not the answer for better fisheries. The government would then form all water ways to be essentially accessible to the rich. Our public waterways, paid for by tax payer dollars would be private lakes for the wealthiest.
Your damn skiffy more government's not the answer anytime government manages anything they turn into a cluster bang personally I think the pro anglers themselves need to develop a union just like a player's union in the NFL and NBA or the MLB and they need to say we're not doing this to these lakes anymore there's no reason they can't spread these tournaments out over several different bodies of water
Bullhockey, in fact it would be the opposite. Public lands for the public. The lack of oversight is the problem, it allows the wealthy and corporations to pillage the environment at their leisure.
@@jamescaspersamanthalintner4767 The fish and wildlife departments do a hell of a job managing our fisheries in most states! You do realize that they are part of government right? It’s private business and tournament orgs messing everything up. Yes, need more government in these situations. Not federal, need more state involvement over the municipalities approving every damn tournament.
@@BoomBoomSoon well, you’re gonna get politicians regulating the lakes. Especially if you live in a commiecrat state. Never ask for gooberment regulation. Never. Politicians can’t “manage” a popsicle stand.
That's why we don't need to grow the sport folks!! It was a better sport when it was small the more mainstream it becomes the worse off every lake will be
I live 15 minutes from grove and I’ve fished grand this year and it’s been tough every time, I have to completely agree with you fishing pressure is bad there. Even on the weekend wolf creek is packed with boat after boat
The city” government” needs to sit limits on the tournaments, plant fish friendly habitats along the shore line and start caring about the lake and not the $$$
Extreme tournament pressure is undeniable. Another approach would be to increase the legal limit to 18 inches. That way tournaments would not be causing so many 14-16 inch fish to be relocated and abused. Too many guys bring in a limit of 15 inch fish when they have no chance for a check.
That sounds good but you can't just change limits so easily. Alabama Power Company has a thing called "The Water Course" here in my hometown, home of one of the first hydroelectric dams in America. They have a computer program that lets you alter limits hypothetically. It shows you the results of your choice. The state ichthyologists and fisheries biologists pretty well have it figured out. That said, I agree with your choice. I also agree that tournaments are simply out of control in America. Every high school, fire department, and even some CHURCHES are holding tourneys these days. I say EVERY body of water in this country should be allowed only ONE derby per month. ONE. You either fish it or miss it. Your choice. Also, no tourneys during the spawn. Period. So that would reduce the number of events here on the Lower Coosa River from about 750 a year to 9. Now THAT is change I can handle.
I commented on yesterday's video the same thing. Grand lake WAS epic. You could catch 20lbs on a jig year round. 18 lbs wouldn't even get u a check between 1990-2003. It really is a sad evolution of a lake!!
From a fishing perspective you are probably correct. In the 60's and 70's there would probably be 1/4 of people living on the lake for loss of habitat. And there are no more open undeveloped area like Carrey bay or upper wolf creek, Patricia Island upper elk the upper river area. But the pollution angle is something that could be addressed honey creek and elk river face pollution from Missouri based poultry industries . They do need start an managing lake more effectively for all communities to be able to use.
I can rennet fishing cedar creek lake in Texas in the late 60’s . I was just a kid we caught so many bass and it had abundant fish habitat now it’s just over developed.
Perfect, last night I checked and found my BFL division regional is on Grand 18 hour one way trip. This morning I see this video. Another poster said it, seems to be a common situation across the country.
Reminds me of Beaver Lake. I've been fishing it since '66 or '67 and the quality has diminished here as well. Still some good fishing (at times), but not what it was.
This is a problem with one of my favorite local lakes in South Texas: Choke Canyon. Everyone I talk to tells me how great Choke Canyon was in the 80s and 90s, but you can't buy a bite at any of the obvious cover given the amount of immense pressure the lake facing every single weekend. These tournaments need to be regulated and we need more restrictions on when tournaments can be held.
I believe the same thing is happening all over the country . I used to fish Guntersville. Not no more. Too many boats and tournaments, and not near the quality fish as back in ( say , early 2000s). Ohio , where i live. is horrible. I went from catching 20-30 fish a day to where I cant hardly get a bite. Tournament reevaluation, habitat, fish care and I think more importantly ( fish stocking) are tbe biggest keys to helping fisheries. They stock every thing in Ohio But Bass. I ASKED Why? The DNR said they never really thought about stocking bass. ... even though 80 % of the people fishing are fishing for bass .
Really sad to watch these lakes decline! Makes me want to move back to Texas just for that reason. Texas has slot limits and care more for their lakes than the MDOC!
I lived in Grove OK. from "78" thru "90". You are exactly right Randy, developers have ruined the habitat. I didn't get a chance to fish Grand for about 10 years. The first thing I noticed? Where are all those beautiful willows? Places that we had caught fish flipping before are gone. GRDA has never cared about this once great fishery.
Man I'm depressed! We had a place at spinnaker point on duck creek. We were right on the water. I use to look down at the water and see large fish of all species swimming by. This was the mid 1970s and I bet you don't see that now. : (
Does it not seem hypocritical to bitch about too many tournaments on a lake, while fishing a tournament on that lake? The BASS Open is ok, but all those other tournaments are the problem.
Amen brother I love tournament fishing but I'm telling you right now it is destroying or legs I agree with you a hundred percent there needs to be some type of national organization that have all these tournament organizations has to answer to there needs to be limits put on how many major tournaments a year a lake can hold and spread that freaking pressure out I'm not saying due away with a tournament but quit having three or four high level tournaments a week on these lakes it's ridiculous and we as fans need to stop watching and need to start protesting this that's the biggest thing we can do to get the attention of the tournament organizations and you guys as professional anglers need to say no or not doing this anymore.
Wildlife and fisheries need to lower the limits on our saltwater fish like now , it should have been done a long time ago , especially on our speckle trout , now we do not have trout like we had , and now our redfish will get scarce next cause the guides are targeting them plus the bow fisherman at night shinning them to shoot them while they are sleeping
One thing that can be done is to contact your State Representatives, get together a coalition of Boaters and Fishermen and invite these Reps. To meet with you all and discuss all the problems that the lake is facing. Invite the Wildlife and Fisheries Dept., put out public announcements inviting voters and other Public Officials to the meetings and let the hammer down as to how fed up the Sportsmen and women are with the lack of Penalties being issued out to the COMPANIES polluting the water and surrounding areas with their dumping of WASTE!!!!! When it comes time for election of public officials, make this an important part of what is expected of whomever is elected and stick to your guns!!! If they don’t perform, elect someone else the next four years!!!! Just some things I was thinking of while listening to your video!!! Hope this helps!!! Thanks for what you do!!!!
It’s booming this summer! Heartland I know will go in plus NASCAR is designing stuff. It’s popping like when I was a kid! Jenks 92 whoot lol We are here now visiting the in-laws vacation home but we are boaters. I came all through the 70,s thru 92. It did die down several years. I understand where your heart is and I don’t disagree ❤
Just visited Lake of the Ozarks, sad what has happened to that lake as well. The development on it is insane. The traffic on it in mid October was insane between the go fast boats and the bass boats. The water clarity is half of what it was just 8 or ten years ago. Sad
When I was a kid it was the gillnets for the saltwater fish being over fished now that’s closed but they have way too many fisherman with captains license now down south which should be limited , saltwater fish are being overfished again
Who owns that ‘tournament center’? Is it public or privately owned? I’m assuming tournaments are paying to come and use that facility? If so you’re have a hard time limiting tournaments. It like trying to limit a state run lottery - once the politicians get their hands on a lucrative revenue stream its almost impossible to get them off it unless there is some huge public outcry ..
You did this about grand a year ago...I cant find a decent spot anywhere across all of NEOkie to bank fish from... All my ponds are dead and dry,lil backups and creeks as well...Rivers are sand and bedrock with maybe a few feet in pockets that were the deep holes long ago... I waded across the salt fork of the Arkansas,just today,and the deepest part in the main channel(at Ponca City) was nipple high on me(im 6'5).... I dont know where they,or their water went,but my entire fishing life is essentially over now,ive fished for over 30 years.. I caught 55#s of bass,on table rock,on the bank,when bassmasters 3 day was 60,and i pulled mine in 4 hours in front of Stacey King😂😅,then told him that 40k boat was a bad idea(my best fishin story)I know i dont suck,but man im giving up for lack of any actual options that arent me buying gear and immediately wasting said gear...(i cant do boats,my ears are jacked up and i cant balance on a deck) We've spent to much time,money and energy chasing next to nothing now...I remember when i use to live to fish...smh Its just hell now tho,sadly.. I dont know how much you Love fishing but i cussed God last night for taking it from me...Nephew says disc golf uncle fk fishin.. I didnt grow any hobby plants thinking i was gonna be out every day filling freezers...Im gonna go find a kid with a boat and give him all my gear this weekend... At least someone just starting with that drive and actual money could use it id reckon...Just cant do it like it is anymore...Theres no peace to find when its all bullshit and hastles,sadly
Tournaments are why I took up kayak angling, and almost exclusively fish lakes that don't allow gas motors or strictly limit their horsepower. The number of bass tournaments has gotten out of control.
I am over by Boomer lake and it's over fished a big amount. I have picked up around 1000 gallons of trash along the bank the last three years I have live by Boomer Lake. I have rescued fish people have left in coolers that were still alive, and thrown dead ones into lake that have died. Last year was the worst, I think a lot of it was the homeless people that showed up in force and where over fishing the lake. Some young nerdy guy the last three years is always littering and leaving lines with hooks and bait in the lake, and trash and sometimes a cooler with a fish in it. I have even seen smaller dead fish 🐟 on the shore line of the lake. I have been Grand lake my grandmother used to live on Shangra La Island. The last time I was there was the early 1990's. The only fish I caught and gave to my grandmother to keep was one crappie that was 3-5 lbs. The rest of the fish got away or I through back into the lake. The best lakes are the private owned lakes that it takes knowing the owner and being able with permission to fish on.
This is one advantage to the Pacific Northwest. Trout and Salmon are so huge here that us bass fisherman don’t have to deal with heavily pressured bass fishing. Sure they are harder to find here, as our states don’t stock bass, but when you find them they are amazing and on any given day you might be the only one at any given lake, fishing bass.
@@wglennhowells any well known bass fishing areas down there? I don’t really hear much about guys fishing that area, I’m sure you’d like to keep it that way haha
I live in the north east and our fishery departments mostly focus on trout. They maintain world class trout fishing in small streams that get intense fishing pressure that are barely capable of sustaining any trout population. They do it with stocking. Most Fishery Departments in the north east do not stock bass at all. Seems to me that the economic impact of tournaments on a lake like Grand would benefit from supplemental stocking. Not that I’m in favor of loading up a stream with the size and number of trout that it could not possibly support in a natural state.
Too much of an emphasis on tournament fishing for too many years. From pro circuits, college, high school, and local clubs. Tackle is the best we’ve had but at the same time I’m convinced 80% of bass fishermen spend way too much money because they’re trying to be the next KVD.
My area suck highly, esp from shore. If you have aboat and you complain, you need to take up knitting. I like the truly difficult fishing places. That's how you know you are elite. That's where the true competition is. That's how me and my crew roll.
Randy I don’t agree with you on a lot of things but I do on this. Same thing has happened to Chickamaugua my home lake. It’s not the big bass mecha like most people make it out to be. There are big fish in chick but for the most part it fishes small and I’d go as far as to say it’s kind of overrated. All the tournaments and fishing pressure from weekend warriors has killed chick. I often cringe when people say “we need to grow the sport”. What do you want to grow it to, extinction?
The lake was lowered because of the massive flooding problem North of the Dam. It was dropped 4 feet to keep the flooding in control. That was never that low until the early 90's. When federal regulations were enforced. It has remained lower since. Grove Chamber is the money hungry community. It cares less concerning the habitat. It wants more and more California people that are selling homes that a squatter would not live in, for 5-6 hundred thousand in California. That include bars on the window. Buying lake homes in Grove for half the cost. So it is developed, develop more, sale, sale, sale. The lake second. For the chamber to cut tournaments would take money away from their vague downtown area. So, one day when the tournaments see what you are seeing, move onto better lake habitat. Leave Grand. Only then will the attention turn to habitat and saving the once beautiful lake. Grove and the lake will dwindle more and more. They want it to be a recreational lake, and fish and habitat second.
this is happening all over the country I live in northeast Ohio when I started fishing bass tournaments in 1981 there was a 2 or 3 a month now its every weekend Saturdays and Sundays some weekends2 tournaments a day evening tournaments 3 nights a week when will enough be enough
Poor dam/lake management is another serious problem. GRDA only cares about what the rich homeowners with lakefront property think. The blue/green algae is a wretched problem.
You're defeating yourself before you even get to the lake. This lake sucks that lake sucks too much fishing pressure. It rubbed off on me because I fished a tournament on lake Cherokee out here in Tennessee. And there was a 250 boat high School Bass tournament there and I literally talked myself out of winning. And made all the same excuses that you're making.
Truth. Someone is going to figure it out and catch them, hell if you are a "pro angler" that's the job. Can't have 200 boat fields on small unpressured lakes.
All the clubs/organizations want to come at the best time. If you have a lottery and my group gets a poor draw, maybe we won’t come. It will be challenging to decrease the amount of tournaments unless the fishing is really poor.
To much talk about everything No one ever holds the person or persons responsible for what’s happening to the majority of the lakes I live in Marion County Florida the lakes on this area are fading quickly Not sure why someone can’t figure out that lakes have to be replenished with all types of Frye to help these lakes keep up with the added anglers Now the cooler weather is here tournaments will soon follow I saw this happen in south Florida with the deer hunting Good luck
Unfortunately, the decline applies to all fisheries. San Francisco Bay pollution since the Gold Rush, water mismanagement, years of drought, climate change, etc. Fresh seafood = farmed salmon. Money and politics.
Tournament weights are right up there for most lakes historically. Sure it might be tougher to get bites, but most of these bass are getting released and populations are fine in most areas.
Grand has more 3 to 5 lb bass than majority of Lakes in the country. There just educated and hard to catch. Just get livescope Randy, lol, you can see all kinds of fish you can't catch.
Grand isn't a young lady on that chain of lakes. That's the biggest problem. She could sure put out when she was young. Just a natural process. But yeah . . . there is too much manmade destruction. Bass anglers are there own worst enemies as well.
High school and college tournaments, seriously unbelievable. Need to eliminate them, way to many tournaments. Weekend guys can't stand and most guys who don't tournament fish which is most fisherman don't like them either and you can't blame them as tournament guys think they are entitled just go to a ramp and watch them.
Who's going to pay for the lost revenue if tournaments are limited? Because those that profit from these tournaments certainly aren't going to take less.
@@randyblaukatintuitive exactly! There is A LOT of big time money at Grand lake! They do not need tournament money at all. I’m sure they collect enough property tax money off of the thousands of million dollar homes on the lake.
@@lilbaby6689 Sure they could just get another job, but it goes way further than that. Anglers are spending money on hotel rooms, food, gas, etc. A lot of establishments make money off a tournament's. Again, if cities didn't value the income from tournaments, they would ban tournaments.
This is from overfishing in general as well. Climate change. Pollution. Eutrophication. Don’t go into fishing. It’s done! Oh, and overpopulation. That’s the biggest problem because it fuels all of the rest.
I’m all about kids in the outdoors, that’s what I did in 80s….
Point to ponder, we hear pros saying, “We have to grow the sport, need more kids involved “
Fast forward 10 years later, those same pros are saying, “ Man, look at all this pressure, 20 yrs ago it wasn’t like this”…..
Careful what u wish for……
@@Garminrules yep, I’ve seen 200+ boat High School tournaments
Only reason pros want to grow the sport is to sale more products and in return they think that gets them more sponsor dollars. They want to grow their pocket book, not genuinely grow the sport.
Very IRONIC isn't it? Though it will just continue to get worse because the show must go on and the heartless corporations must make profits. Earth, habitat, and conservation be damned, so long as they all get paid.
You description of Grand Lake is true of many lakes across the USA, Randy
Indeed. Especially since covid started suddenly every dipshit and their brother thinks they a pro angler. I seen more line and junk in water past 2 years cuz noobs snip their line instead of going to get lure or pulling line to break it at the knot if they gotta break it. Ive seen more people taking 3-5lbers from lakes to “fry up” or “get it mounted”. YOU DONT NEED A MOUNT BRO--You gotta have that to show everyone u a better angler than them??? Wtf, Our tech is great now, take some vids, pics, and release or measure and get pics and get a replica mount-killing a fish for a mount is a waste, how much of that fish u think they actually use?? Theres lakes and areas Ive gone to my whole life and known I could pretty regularly catch 4-5lbers. This year those same lakes just have far more tiny bass…..everyone saying its gone downhill. We need more fish and game officers out there, we need more lakes managed as fisheries with grass and stuff over rec boaters and killing vegetation. In my state theres a lake where you can keep 1 bass per day and it has to be 20 inches. This lake is full of 4lbers+, and not hammered by tourneys because they only allow catch, photo, release tourneys; its near impossible for anyone to get a limit of 20 inch+ fish so theres no boat tourneys there unless they doing a tourneyx style where u photo them. Also at this lake theres no skiing or jet skis or boats over 22 ft allowed. Theres no engine restrictions or anything, but they left all timber standing when they made the lake so its dangerous for watersports they ban it. And they dont kill the grass off. We need more of these type lakes around the country. I dont like the keeping 1 fish over 20in though thats an older, solid bass; I think u should be able to keep one fish between 12-15 inches or none at all.
Sounds extremely similar to a description of lake Eufaula in regards to high level tournament fishing and fish kills
Tournaments have advanced the sport. Too many tournaments have degraded our fisheries. Too much fishing pressure this past weekend at Grand. I was in the US Open. Fishing was tough. Good luck to you Randy. I think 10-12 pounds a day will be good.
I understand and appreciate your frustrations, but you as well as anyone should recognize that getting government over sight of your fisherman and fishery will only lead down a dark and more expensive pathway. More government is not the answer for better fisheries. The government would then form all water ways to be essentially accessible to the rich. Our public waterways, paid for by tax payer dollars would be private lakes for the wealthiest.
Your damn skiffy more government's not the answer anytime government manages anything they turn into a cluster bang personally I think the pro anglers themselves need to develop a union just like a player's union in the NFL and NBA or the MLB and they need to say we're not doing this to these lakes anymore there's no reason they can't spread these tournaments out over several different bodies of water
Bullhockey, in fact it would be the opposite. Public lands for the public. The lack of oversight is the problem, it allows the wealthy and corporations to pillage the environment at their leisure.
Got a better idea?
@@jamescaspersamanthalintner4767 The fish and wildlife departments do a hell of a job managing our fisheries in most states! You do realize that they are part of government right? It’s private business and tournament orgs messing everything up. Yes, need more government in these situations. Not federal, need more state involvement over the municipalities approving every damn tournament.
@@BoomBoomSoon well, you’re gonna get politicians regulating the lakes. Especially if you live in a commiecrat state. Never ask for gooberment regulation. Never. Politicians can’t “manage” a popsicle stand.
Spot on Randy. Couldn’t have been stated any better. Thanks for sharing this with us.
That's why we don't need to grow the sport folks!! It was a better sport when it was small the more mainstream it becomes the worse off every lake will be
Describes High Rock to a T. The pressure and boat after boat hitting every dock and point repeatedly has just turned the lake off.
I live 15 minutes from grove and I’ve fished grand this year and it’s been tough every time, I have to completely agree with you fishing pressure is bad there. Even on the weekend wolf creek is packed with boat after boat
The city” government” needs to sit limits on the tournaments, plant fish friendly habitats along the shore line and start caring about the lake and not the $$$
The sport has grown high school college series etc. the lakes have not grown. More fishermen now days and lakes are getting over pressured.
Extreme tournament pressure is undeniable. Another approach would be to increase the legal limit to 18 inches. That way tournaments would not be causing so many 14-16 inch fish to be relocated and abused. Too many guys bring in a limit of 15 inch fish when they have no chance for a check.
That sounds good but you can't just change limits so easily. Alabama Power Company has a thing called "The Water Course" here in my hometown, home of one of the first hydroelectric dams in America. They have a computer program that lets you alter limits hypothetically. It shows you the results of your choice. The state ichthyologists and fisheries biologists pretty well have it figured out. That said, I agree with your choice. I also agree that tournaments are simply out of control in America. Every high school, fire department, and even some CHURCHES are holding tourneys these days. I say EVERY body of water in this country should be allowed only ONE derby per month. ONE. You either fish it or miss it. Your choice. Also, no tourneys during the spawn. Period. So that would reduce the number of events here on the Lower Coosa River from about 750 a year to 9. Now THAT is change I can handle.
Thanks for sharing. I may come up there from NW Arkansas to check out the weigh in this weekend. I’ll say hi if I see you there.
Makes sense to just stop tournaments across the US.
I've said the very same thing ever since Ray Scott.
I commented on yesterday's video the same thing. Grand lake WAS epic. You could catch 20lbs on a jig year round. 18 lbs wouldn't even get u a check between 1990-2003. It really is a sad evolution of a lake!!
Where is a good lake the next best ?
The fishing has done a turn just like the hunting , people with money will only be doing it in the future , it’s all about the money
Great video!! Thanks for opening our eyes!! What should we do as bass fisherman?
Take up golf!
From a fishing perspective you are probably correct. In the 60's and 70's there would probably be 1/4 of people living on the lake for loss of habitat. And there are no more open undeveloped area like Carrey bay or upper wolf creek, Patricia Island upper elk the upper river area.
But the pollution angle is something that could be addressed honey creek and elk river face pollution from Missouri based poultry industries .
They do need start an managing lake more effectively for all communities to be able to use.
I can rennet fishing cedar creek lake in Texas in the late 60’s . I was just a kid we caught so many bass and it had abundant fish habitat now it’s just over developed.
Perfect, last night I checked and found my BFL division regional is on Grand 18 hour one way trip. This morning I see this video. Another poster said it, seems to be a common situation across the country.
My oldest son lives right where the Elk widens out into Grand. Just the other side of that bluff you pointed out.
I hate to say but our overall fishery in our world is on a downward spiral , even the freshwater bass
Reminds me of Beaver Lake. I've been fishing it since '66 or '67 and the quality has diminished here as well. Still some good fishing (at times), but not what it was.
This is a problem with one of my favorite local lakes in South Texas: Choke Canyon. Everyone I talk to tells me how great Choke Canyon was in the 80s and 90s, but you can't buy a bite at any of the obvious cover given the amount of immense pressure the lake facing every single weekend.
These tournaments need to be regulated and we need more restrictions on when tournaments can be held.
I believe the same thing is happening all over the country . I used to fish Guntersville. Not no more. Too many boats and tournaments, and not near the quality fish as back in ( say , early 2000s). Ohio , where i live. is horrible. I went from catching 20-30 fish a day to where I cant hardly get a bite. Tournament reevaluation, habitat, fish care and I think more importantly ( fish stocking) are tbe biggest keys to helping fisheries. They stock every thing in Ohio But Bass. I ASKED Why? The DNR said they never really thought about stocking bass. ... even though 80 % of the people fishing are fishing for bass .
Really sad to watch these lakes decline! Makes me want to move back to Texas just for that reason. Texas has slot limits and care more for their lakes than the MDOC!
I fish river/creeks in Missouri. They have gone to hell over the last 10 years too.
@@tbecker403 I stopped fishing the rivers years ago because of all the stinking canoes, now it's even worse. It's just one big party to those idiots!
@@russwilliams484 That pretty much sums it up.
This has happen to lakes all over the country, I started bass fishing in 1970 didn't appreciate how many 3-4-5 and 6lb fish we caught until now .
I lived in Grove OK. from "78" thru "90". You are exactly right Randy, developers have ruined the habitat. I didn't get a chance to fish Grand for about 10 years. The first thing I noticed? Where are all those beautiful willows? Places that we had caught fish flipping before are gone. GRDA has never cared about this once great fishery.
Exactly
I enjoy fishing the small low pressure lakes in Texas and Oklahoma.
How was the powerlifting competition?
1st place!
@@randyblaukatintuitive GREAT! Tell her congratulations.
Fallow the money. Who profits from the tournament? / tournaments. Then go after them
Man I'm depressed! We had a place at spinnaker point on duck creek. We were right on the water. I use to look down at the water and see large fish of all species swimming by. This was the mid 1970s and I bet you don't see that now. : (
Plenty of fish
What is a hell bender ? I have no idea ?
Like a salamander
Old crank bait, long with a metal lip, spinner on back
@@bayoustateoutdoors9650 this had to be before my time cause I’ve been fishing for around 45 years , fresh and salt
I heard of a Hawain wiggler but not a hell bender
Thanks though for the info sincerely
Does it not seem hypocritical to bitch about too many tournaments on a lake, while fishing a tournament on that lake? The BASS Open is ok, but all those other tournaments are the problem.
Amen brother I love tournament fishing but I'm telling you right now it is destroying or legs I agree with you a hundred percent there needs to be some type of national organization that have all these tournament organizations has to answer to there needs to be limits put on how many major tournaments a year a lake can hold and spread that freaking pressure out I'm not saying due away with a tournament but quit having three or four high level tournaments a week on these lakes it's ridiculous and we as fans need to stop watching and need to start protesting this that's the biggest thing we can do to get the attention of the tournament organizations and you guys as professional anglers need to say no or not doing this anymore.
Wildlife and fisheries need to lower the limits on our saltwater fish like now , it should have been done a long time ago , especially on our speckle trout , now we do not have trout like we had , and now our redfish will get scarce next cause the guides are targeting them plus the bow fisherman at night shinning them to shoot them while they are sleeping
One thing that can be done is to contact your State Representatives, get together a coalition of Boaters and Fishermen and invite these Reps. To
meet with you all and discuss all the problems that the lake is facing. Invite the Wildlife and Fisheries Dept., put out public announcements inviting
voters and other Public Officials to the meetings and let the hammer down as to how fed up the Sportsmen and women are with the lack of Penalties being
issued out to the COMPANIES polluting the water and surrounding areas with their dumping of WASTE!!!!! When it comes time for election of public
officials, make this an important part of what is expected of whomever is elected and stick to your guns!!! If they don’t perform, elect someone else the
next four years!!!! Just some things I was thinking of while listening to your video!!! Hope this helps!!! Thanks for what you do!!!!
It’s booming this summer! Heartland I know will go in plus NASCAR is designing stuff. It’s popping like when I was a kid! Jenks 92 whoot lol We are here now visiting the in-laws vacation home but we are boaters. I came all through the 70,s thru 92. It did die down several years. I understand where your heart is and I don’t disagree ❤
When I say we I mean my in-laws. We live in Colorado so there’s no “big” lakes.
Just visited Lake of the Ozarks, sad what has happened to that lake as well. The development on it is insane. The traffic on it in mid October was insane between the go fast boats and the bass boats. The water clarity is half of what it was just 8 or ten years ago. Sad
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Same problem all over. Loss of habitat. Yeah pressure affects it some but if the lake had enough habitat(mainly grass like hydrilla) it would be fine.
When I was a kid it was the gillnets for the saltwater fish being over fished now that’s closed but they have way too many fisherman with captains license now down south which should be limited , saltwater fish are being overfished again
I agree with 100% the army for of engineers do a good job here in North Carolina and the wildlife people do too.
Who owns that ‘tournament center’? Is it public or privately owned? I’m assuming tournaments are paying to come and use that facility? If so you’re have a hard time limiting tournaments. It like trying to limit a state run lottery - once the politicians get their hands on a lucrative revenue stream its almost impossible to get them off it unless there is some huge public outcry ..
You did this about grand a year ago...I cant find a decent spot anywhere across all of NEOkie to bank fish from...
All my ponds are dead and dry,lil backups and creeks as well...Rivers are sand and bedrock with maybe a few feet in pockets that were the deep holes long ago...
I waded across the salt fork of the Arkansas,just today,and the deepest part in the main channel(at Ponca City) was nipple high on me(im 6'5)....
I dont know where they,or their water went,but my entire fishing life is essentially over now,ive fished for over 30 years..
I caught 55#s of bass,on table rock,on the bank,when bassmasters 3 day was 60,and i pulled mine in 4 hours in front of Stacey King😂😅,then told him that 40k boat was a bad idea(my best fishin story)I know i dont suck,but man im giving up for lack of any actual options that arent me buying gear and immediately wasting said gear...(i cant do boats,my ears are jacked up and i cant balance on a deck)
We've spent to much time,money and energy chasing next to nothing now...I remember when i use to live to fish...smh
Its just hell now tho,sadly..
I dont know how much you Love fishing but i cussed God last night for taking it from me...Nephew says disc golf uncle fk fishin..
I didnt grow any hobby plants thinking i was gonna be out every day filling freezers...Im gonna go find a kid with a boat and give him all my gear this weekend...
At least someone just starting with that drive and actual money could use it id reckon...Just cant do it like it is anymore...Theres no peace to find when its all bullshit and hastles,sadly
Fishing has no doubt got tougher
Tournaments are why I took up kayak angling, and almost exclusively fish lakes that don't allow gas motors or strictly limit their horsepower. The number of bass tournaments has gotten out of control.
I am over by Boomer lake and it's over fished a big amount. I have picked up around 1000 gallons of trash along the bank the last three years I have live by Boomer Lake. I have rescued fish people have left in coolers that were still alive, and thrown dead ones into lake that have died. Last year was the worst, I think a lot of it was the homeless people that showed up in force and where over fishing the lake. Some young nerdy guy the last three years is always littering and leaving lines with hooks and bait in the lake, and trash and sometimes a cooler with a fish in it. I have even seen smaller dead fish 🐟 on the shore line of the lake. I have been Grand lake my grandmother used to live on Shangra La Island. The last time I was there was the early 1990's. The only fish I caught and gave to my grandmother to keep was one crappie that was 3-5 lbs. The rest of the fish got away or I through back into the lake. The best lakes are the private owned lakes that it takes knowing the owner and being able with permission to fish on.
This is one advantage to the Pacific Northwest. Trout and Salmon are so huge here that us bass fisherman don’t have to deal with heavily pressured bass fishing. Sure they are harder to find here, as our states don’t stock bass, but when you find them they are amazing and on any given day you might be the only one at any given lake, fishing bass.
Depends where you fish. Lake Washington is pretty heavily pressured year round, bites can be tough at times.
@@MJ_Bass SW Washington, Vancouver / Portland / Kalama, no pressure down here
@@wglennhowells any well known bass fishing areas down there? I don’t really hear much about guys fishing that area, I’m sure you’d like to keep it that way haha
I live in the north east and our fishery departments mostly focus on trout. They maintain world class trout fishing in small streams that get intense fishing pressure that are barely capable of sustaining any trout population. They do it with stocking. Most Fishery Departments in the north east do not stock bass at all. Seems to me that the economic impact of tournaments on a lake like Grand would benefit from supplemental stocking. Not that I’m in favor of loading up a stream with the size and number of trout that it could not possibly support in a natural state.
Too much of an emphasis on tournament fishing for too many years. From pro circuits, college, high school, and local clubs. Tackle is the best we’ve had but at the same time I’m convinced 80% of bass fishermen spend way too much money because they’re trying to be the next KVD.
Very motivating for a big tournament in may next year lol
find this caption weird , local amateur tournaments take 20+ to win year round and 15 to get a check , spring is 25+ this lake does not suck
My area suck highly, esp from shore. If you have aboat and you complain, you need to take up knitting. I like the truly difficult fishing places. That's how you know you are elite. That's where the true competition is. That's how me and my crew roll.
I remember when Lake Fork was great , but not now
Randy I don’t agree with you on a lot of things but I do on this. Same thing has happened to Chickamaugua my home lake. It’s not the big bass mecha like most people make it out to be. There are big fish in chick but for the most part it fishes small and I’d go as far as to say it’s kind of overrated. All the tournaments and fishing pressure from weekend warriors has killed chick. I often cringe when people say “we need to grow the sport”. What do you want to grow it to, extinction?
The lake was lowered because of the massive flooding problem North of the Dam. It was dropped 4 feet to keep the flooding in control. That was never that low until the early 90's. When federal regulations were enforced. It has remained lower since. Grove Chamber is the money hungry community. It cares less concerning the habitat. It wants more and more California people that are selling homes that a squatter would not live in, for 5-6 hundred thousand in California. That include bars on the window. Buying lake homes in Grove for half the cost. So it is developed, develop more, sale, sale, sale. The lake second. For the chamber to cut tournaments would take money away from their vague downtown area. So, one day when the tournaments see what you are seeing, move onto better lake habitat. Leave Grand. Only then will the attention turn to habitat and saving the once beautiful lake. Grove and the lake will dwindle more and more. They want it to be a recreational lake, and fish and habitat second.
this is happening all over the country I live in northeast Ohio when I started fishing bass tournaments in 1981 there was a 2 or 3 a month now its every weekend Saturdays and Sundays some weekends2 tournaments a day evening tournaments 3 nights a week when will enough be enough
Over population of people that have plenty of money that have kids who want to become pros , and they have the back up to do it
Agreed. Similar stories across the country. The good times are killing us
Poor dam/lake management is another serious problem. GRDA only cares about what the rich homeowners with lakefront property think. The blue/green algae is a wretched problem.
Your feelings of Grand is mine of Center Hill
Not saying its not a shadow of its former self, but it doesn't suck. Just gotta adjust. Still 20 and 30 pound bags in each cove.
You're defeating yourself before you even get to the lake. This lake sucks that lake sucks too much fishing pressure. It rubbed off on me because I fished a tournament on lake Cherokee out here in Tennessee. And there was a 250 boat high School Bass tournament there and I literally talked myself out of winning. And made all the same excuses that you're making.
Shuddap
Truth. Someone is going to figure it out and catch them, hell if you are a "pro angler" that's the job. Can't have 200 boat fields on small unpressured lakes.
All the clubs/organizations want to come at the best time. If you have a lottery and my group gets a poor draw, maybe we won’t come. It will be challenging to decrease the amount of tournaments unless the fishing is really poor.
And this goes back to the crooked politicians
It's all about the MONEY!! Difficult to change unfortunately !!
I’m content with designing lures.
To much talk about everything
No one ever holds the person or persons responsible for what’s happening to the majority of the lakes
I live in Marion County Florida the lakes on this area are fading quickly
Not sure why someone can’t figure out that lakes have to be replenished with all types of Frye to help these lakes keep up with the added anglers
Now the cooler weather is here tournaments will soon follow
I saw this happen in south Florida with the deer hunting
Good luck
I have to say good luck with that , from my experience things get worst through the years not better ever
Tar creek has taken its toll too.
Another thing that should be illegal is now hunting redfish , you should no way be allowed to bow hunt and shine for a redfish
Too much pressure , wish I had money I would make my own Lake , for me
Down south all those saltwater guides fishing inside in the marsh are getting ready to get a rude awakening too , trespassing is coming
GRDA should watch this.
Have fun practicing this week. Holler if ya need a hand
I agree!
Unfortunately, the decline applies to all fisheries. San Francisco Bay pollution since the Gold Rush, water mismanagement, years of drought, climate change, etc. Fresh seafood = farmed salmon. Money and politics.
Stop all tournaments across the us for five years and I’ll bet they would rebound
Tournament weights are right up there for most lakes historically. Sure it might be tougher to get bites, but most of these bass are getting released and populations are fine in most areas.
@@Garminrules not saying all fisheries are better now, just a generalization of most lakes.
Grand has more 3 to 5 lb bass than majority of Lakes in the country. There just educated and hard to catch. Just get livescope Randy, lol, you can see all kinds of fish you can't catch.
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That would ruin the livescope complaining video revenue stream lol
@@MJ_Bass Lol
Yeah that revenue stream on the bashing Livescope is just so big lol...🙄
Grand isn't a young lady on that chain of lakes. That's the biggest problem.
She could sure put out when she was young.
Just a natural process. But yeah . . . there is too much manmade destruction.
Bass anglers are there own worst enemies as well.
Bass fishing is going the NASCAR way; if you don't have major sponsors, you can't afford it.
Same issues with Chickamauga.
High school and college tournaments, seriously unbelievable. Need to eliminate them, way to many tournaments. Weekend guys can't stand and most guys who don't tournament fish which is most fisherman don't like them either and you can't blame them as tournament guys think they are entitled just go to a ramp and watch them.
Plus I think all those magazines about fishing did not help the fishing
They just restocked last year
Sorry Randy if I’m blowing up , I feel ur pain though
Who's going to pay for the lost revenue if tournaments are limited? Because those that profit from these tournaments certainly aren't going to take less.
The town got along just fine before the bass tournaments started coming in
@@randyblaukatintuitive exactly! There is A LOT of big time money at Grand lake! They do not need tournament money at all. I’m sure they collect enough property tax money off of the thousands of million dollar homes on the lake.
@@randyblaukatintuitive That's not my point. If the city didn't care about the money, they would just ban fishing tournaments.
No one wants the black eye from building the thing and now saying nope can't use it....
@@lilbaby6689 Sure they could just get another job, but it goes way further than that. Anglers are spending money on hotel rooms, food, gas, etc. A lot of establishments make money off a tournament's. Again, if cities didn't value the income from tournaments, they would ban tournaments.
I see gitter done and that bulf is right by the pow wow grounds
Its all about the money period more people less fish you need to talk to grda and tell them to stock it
If u want to make a living fishing u should fish a tournament , no guiding
Most of the same things are happening on Ft. Gibson
Also docks are hard to fish.
This is from overfishing in general as well. Climate change. Pollution. Eutrophication. Don’t go into fishing. It’s done!
Oh, and overpopulation. That’s the biggest problem because it fuels all of the rest.
Sorry to say it’s called progress
Well said!
Boats have gone through the roof
Just think what it will be like in 1000 years.
More cover, more structure, more bass.
Curious on a video by someone who has been fishing as long as you have on how you handle skin care now and throughout the past.
You nailed it
Too many people. People ruin a good thing.
Lakes in my area fit your description of the negative issues exactly; especially the pollution and overuse.
One word. GREED!