Well, that sure sounds good, too bad it's not true. It's not 1 ramp 6hrs/day 2x/yr. It's every weekend on Sak and DL, often-times multiple tourneys/weekend, all summer long. So, every weekend you've got at least one ramp that the general public avoids because fishing for them is supposed to be fun and relaxing, not a wake-ridden boat race. Then toss in the fact that a goodly share of the tournament participants are pre-fishing for a week or more before the tournament and a ramp isn't tied up for 6hrs 2x/yr, it's tied up for weeks on end.
You are right its not one ramp. I might not be exact but its usually one ramp per body of water on a given weekend. If a non tourney angler wants to use that ramp during a tourney 99.999% of the time the tournament will let them go in front of any tourney angler. Most tournament starts last less than 30 minutes. So boat wakes for 30 minutes at 730 a.m. is making people not enjoy their day? So their shouldnt be any boaters on days with more than a 10 mph wind on the water because the waves make them upset? To your next point guys prefishing for 6 days prior is holding up the ramps and crowding the water? What is the difference betweeen them prefishing or the guy taking vacation to fish in the middle of the week or the retiree that fishes the middle of the week and crowds the water? Also, the working class guy who decides he wants to use his vacation to prefish 6 days in the middle of the week is not allowed to use his hard earned vacation how he wants to because another group of guys doesnt like it? (Just trying to make a point not saying one guy is better than the next). So what do you say to the towns that host these tournaments and now are going to lose business? What do you say to hotel owners, gas station owners, grocery store owners, restaurant owners, and tackle store owners in Garrison, New Town, Williston, Bismarck, Devils Lake, Beulah, Hazen, Elgin, Glen Ullin, Mandan, Parshall, Pick City, Riverdale just to name a few that are going to lose business?