not always,some ramps have special events permit required posted,some don't.it may depend on the town.if i post something i check the mass website to see if anybody pulled a permit first.if no permit is posted for that location for another club on that date then we go with it.
we had a tourney with a permit this year at webster and the town ran another tourney at the same time we had it.yes it's a very big lake but i think there was two other tourneys besides us on the lake.we take it as it comes and if we can work it out we do it.