I love how this works. Everyone talks as if everyone else knows all of the rules. It sort of reminds me of highschool. The new guys hanging around the "Cool Dudes" are supposed know all the unspoken rules and when they slip up even a little bit they get their butts handed to them. My original response still hasn't been answered either. Just how does this work? A bunch a guys decided they'd like to make a living at having fishing contests so they bully the rest of everyday amateurs who just go out to a lake once in a while out of a nice days fishing? I keep my distance from other fisherman regardless if it's a contest or not. If I only have one day to fish, show up to a lake filled with all these other guys fishing, am I supposed to give up my one day fishing for these guys? I don't think so! Perahaps I wouldn't think this way if one of you would have answered my post in the first place. It just seems like these guys are bullying a lot of other people out of a lot of nice fishing days if you ask me. Sure makes me want to become a bass pro.;(