That's right. No bass over 14-inches with a 5-fish limit.

That's the tournament I fished last night on the Upper James River between Watkins and Bosher, for you Virginia guys.

It was a smallmouth club that put on the tournament which was run very well and everyone had a great time.

I caught one 14.25 inch largemouth and a 10-inch dink during the four hour tournament.

Today I realized why there was a 14-inch limit. The guys are in a smallmouth club so if they let us largemouth guys fish we would clobber them with the larger largemouths.

So what was the winning weight? Five bass for 4.5 pounds.

I will go back next year when the tournaments begin once again. 

If you were talking largemouth, that would be for me. It seems like all I ever catch are bass less than 12". 

Heck Sam i could be a world beater on that circuit. I need to consider changing my screen name to Ton-O-Dinks.

Personally, I enjoy changing up things.

Now there's a tourny I could keep up in.. cool concept

That does sound fun. I think my initial perception is that with a 14 inch limit, that somehow makes it easier. Which is wrong. A bass is a bass and catching then, whatever the size, is challenging. But it would be just my mistake luck, that would be the one and only night I hang a 5 fish stringer that goes 25 pounds ! Wrong place wrong time - that's me . . . .

A-Jay

Ray Scott has one of these tournaments every year. (or he used to) He puts an add in the local paper about it and invites every bank fisherman to come and have a small bass tournament for a small fee of like $50. This is not a catch and release tournament.

When the day comes the lake is lined with fishermen. The winner gets to keep his catch and gets a trophy and bragging rights for a year.

In return Ray rids his lake of the small bass that compete for food with the large ones and he makes money doing it. That's typical Ray Scott right there.