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I dunno. I personally wouldn't fish with a group that I wasn't good friends with and I'd still be selective with those friends. Fishing for me is about peace and quiet. Of course I'd never do competitive fishing, so I wouldn't be in your shoes.

I enjoy fishing, but not on a tournament level, and I don't really know the details of bass clubs or such as and such as.

Do you love to compete at fishing or do you just love to fish?

That may be too simplistic, my advice is if you love to compete, then compete; if you just love to fish, then just fish.

Then I guess I'd just look at the expenses as part of enjoying your hobby. Any money you win is a bonus!

That's pretty solid reasoning there Barry.

You're a smart.

I've participated in one or two tournaments over the years. I am an avid fisherman but never found much joy that style of fishing. I found the tournaments I entered to provide one more of those microcosms of the human condition. Peopled with fun guys, dick heads, morons, drunks, joy killers, riotous goofballs, serious beyond belief cut their mothers throat for a one oz advantage, and so on. Are there any other clubs in your area? You may want to check around. If the dip shit is making life sucky on the fishing circuit, perhaps a come to jesus meeting with the organizers or sponsers might be in order. Get some powerful backing and then go tell the guys to straighten up his act or he will be fishing alone at the sewer outlet just across from the Iowa State Pen in Ft Madison.