This was my first Pro-Am. I fished with an experienced team in the Am division. The experience was two-fold consisting of excitement and enjoyment as well as disappointment and discouragement. Having fished the LOC derby the last ten years or so and many bass tournaments, I was eager to fish the Pro-Am. But on Sunday as we placed our sixth fish in the box after 1/2 hour of fishing, my enthusiasm was gone. I felt as though our team did not have the opportunity to do our best due to the rules. At the weigh-in, I heard many of the other teams were not satisfied with the rules and it seemed that they were not given the chance to fish to the best of their ability either.
Of course you can not satisfy everyone all the time with the rules, but the teams should be allowed to perform their best on game day.
Other than being disappointed by having to keep our small fish, I had excellent time and enjoyed fishing with my friends.
