Randy: You're not wrong. Tournament merit aside, the big riff seems to be between the concept of conservation and fishing opportunity in general. The "tournament" is nothing more than the catalist that has forced discussion between those who would otherwise have their heads in the sand on the issue, including me. I think being able to communicate ideas in an open public forum such as this is the only way we can articulate between what is emotion and what is fact.

Moderating out the BS and forcing people to focus on intelegence is important. Shutting things down because it gets heated is the easy way out. Just my two cents.

Thank you Salmo, for another well written reply.