Tim, I had a bad experience when I fished my second tournament on the Slabmasters Tournament Trail at Lake Talquin. My partner and I were accused of cheating on the first day of the tournament by a very jealous and embarrased fisherman. He fished lake Talquin a bunch and assumed he could not be beat. My partner and I were leading on the first day of a two day tournament on a lake we had never fished before which did not sit well with this really nice guy. He has not spoken to me since even though I am nice to him. I almost decided to never fish another tournament until I came to my senses and decided no one controls what I do except the GOOD LORD and me. If you want to fish tournaments do not let anyone else manipulate what you do! SORRY for the rant!