Conducting a bass tournament in the state of Vermont requires obtaining a permit. You get that from the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. I checked the agency’s website and over this weekend found 8 permitted events in Vermont. Most of them are happening tomorrow. All appear to be club level events.
What prompted me to research that topic was the conversation I just had with photographer Garrick Dixon. He arrived at Drew Benton’s fishing spot to observe a local bass angler fishing there. The guy caught a keeper smallmouth and placed it into his livewell. Why is a mystery.
Benton told Garrick that he was packing it up and going fishing for largemouth.
This is a big lake, so the added weekend pressure is unlikely to affect the Elite pros fishing this week. The exception, of course, are the community holes. If the wind blows tomorrow that could eliminate some water, polarizing anglers to those community holes.