I was wondering how to get started in tournments. Im going to start getting ready and maybe try to do a couple locals by end of the year or start next year.

Is there a pecking order when it comes to tournaments. I mean can I just sign up for it or is there a list or what?

Next month a tournament trail is coming to Clarks Hill here in GA. I may go and hang out and watch what goes on.

mike i would check into the bfl tournaments, great place to get started

check this out, you could probably put yourself in as a non-boater on this site, lot of useful fishing stuff

http://www.wmi.org/bassfish/reports/index.html

best of luck

Join your local bassmasters club. They have smaller club tournaments with the same format as the ones you see on tv. Do well in a few of those, and you can qualify to fish the larger state tournaments.