Took the whole family with me a few years back to fish the Crappie Classic on Pickwick Lake. 12 hour drive each way. A dang hurricane past over the lake 4 hours before the start of the tournament. Fished tournament by myself. Day 1 of tournament was windy and rainy, tossing my 16' aluminum boat around pretty good. Could not fish where I had planed to. Day 2 they dropped the water in the lake 6 feet. Lots of current. I caught lots of fish both days but only managed 2 keeper crappie in 2 days fishing and ended up placing 30 something out of over 100 boats in the amateur division. Really could not believe that they did not cancel or postpone the tournament. Gave up fishing tournaments after this.