So what about the teams that stayed out and fished in a lightening storm verses the ones that decided to put it on the trailer and be safe when it comes to this tournament being a make or break for state? The weather weathered the entire tournament. It's not like one little storm came through unexpected. It was sporty the entire time.

Of course there are more accidents in regular tournaments. The number of total tournaments fished by adults cant even be compared to the number of HS tournaments. More tournaments equals more accidents, obviously. That is a stupid argument. Like comparing the total number of motorcycle wrecks to the number of car wrecks. dumb...

Assume that lightning safe position (crouched on the ground weight on the balls of the feet, feet together, head lowered, and ears covered) for individuals who feel their hair stand on end, skin tingle, or hear "crackling" noises. Do not lie flat on the ground.

Sounds like someone took notice.
Heard a rumor that a tournament for this weekend has been canceled on PK due to the weather forecast.

What HS tournament on PK was scheduled april 27-28?

The UIL needs to take over these fishing leagues. I know some guys on here have a financial stake or run a region and I'm sure I'll hear from them. But having an adult get injured or killed in a tournament is one thing, having someone's child injured or killed during a high school extra-curricular activity is another. Texas lakes are inherently dangerous even without storms.

That's a fantastic way to make it go away...
UIL is only interested in things that make money for the "school"...

THSBA is a good organization overall. Like any organization they are not perfect. One area they need to improve on is their weather decisions and ability to communicate with captains. Their app was supposed to have the capability to do mass communication to boat captains. They tried to use this once at the State Tournament at Texoma and I think maybe half the captains got the message. The reality is there are many many good apps out there that make mass text communication very very simple. They need to get one of those and make captains use it for situations like this.

With all that said I do not envy tournament directors of any organization when it comes to making weather calls. It's a thankless task that is guaranteed to piss of at least half the people involved. If you postpone the event you get all the gripes about people losing money on their VRBO they cant reschedule or cancel. If you don't cancel it you get yelled out for making little Suzy fish in the rain. Add to that the fact that weather forecasting has actually gotten worse with all the technology instead of better and you have the makings of a really difficult situation. However, when it comes to lightning there needs to be a better policy. Hopefully they address that this offseason.

One last thing many of you probably don't know is the fact that all of the THSBA tournament directors with the exception of one are volunteers. They use their own vehicles and donate their time. So I doubt firing one would end their life as they know it. I have no idea who the TD at this particular tournament was, but just throwing that out there for those ready to hang him.

This is very entertaining- 8 pages of grown men complaining about fishing in bad weather….

The UIL needs to take over these fishing leagues. I know some guys on here have a financial stake or run a region and I'm sure I'll hear from them. But having an adult get injured or killed in a tournament is one thing, having someone's child injured or killed during a high school extra-curricular activity is another. Texas lakes are inherently dangerous even without storms.

I'm not gonna comment on whether uil oversight is right or wrong in this case. I would suggest you rethink the part about things that make money for school. Have you looked at how many non revenue generating activities that fall under UIL? I'm fairly certain impromptu speaking isn't putting much money in the bank for schools......I'm fairly certain you don't know what you are speaking of. Maybe that theatrical design competition really brings in the bucks? What you think?