I have seen both and was wondering if anyone had any particular opinions about either. Currently, we pre-register for a tournament, and can start fishing anywhere on the entire lake at the given time, a lot of honor system here. Then at weigh in, we would pay our entry fees. I like the idea of registering before the tournament starts, and then everyone starting at the same place and ending at the same place....but yet, I also like the idea of being able to drive to the other side of the lake (or any other part of the lake) and launching from there. I think the "starting from same place" idea is a bit more fair to everyone but yet limits fishing to possibly just one area of the lake, not the whole lake. I don't know, what do you think?