Should waders be allowed in tournaments?

[ShadMan]

Originally Posted by "W"

Any body who competes in fishing will tell you.... Wading is not allowed and due to the fact they get the advantage by not having to use anchor,trolling motor, net,not spooking fish with boat.

This is complete BS. Wade fishing is much more difficult because you don't have access to everything you would have in a boat (like boxes of lures, or in Jeremy's case his live well), you are able to cover much less territory, etc. Purists wade, and those who don't have the skills stay in the boat and cover 100x more territory. It's similar to hunting from a blind using a feeder or getting out of the blind and walking through the woods to find your prey. One is sporting, one is lazy. To each his own.

Jeremy, just because your wading territory is limited to 2' of water or less, which tremendously limits good wading areas, doesn't mean you have to bash real fishermen who don't believe numbers are something to brag about.