Bassmaster drama

[TxBowHntr]

This is what has me wondering about the success...sure, you'll have tv ratings that will be good, but the lack of drama at the weigh ins make me wonder how long chambers of commerce will be willing to dole out money for tournaments to come if they're not getting crowds coming to events. Or maybe BPS doesn't need to be swayed by money to go to lakes...it'll be interesting to see how the business side of it all works

If it is like they do on MLF, the towns get a lot of advertising by the anglers when there. It is part of what they do. They show the anglers doing the many different things to do in the specific town, seeing the sights, eating the food, etc... I would think that could potentially bring in more $ than 1 weekend and a couple thousand spectators. As for the sponsors, with the way the MLF is televised, they would get way more exposure than before. Basically Johnny Morris, Boyd Duckett, KVD, and the others found a more efficient way to professionally bass fish than BASS. Sponsors are happy, anglers are happy, fans are happy. Win, win, win.

[TxBowHntr]

I really like watching the MLF format on TV. I watch it whenever I see it on. Only issue is what others have said, pro's get on a pattern of catching smaller fish and just hammer away. I know how to catch a bunch of small fish, I want to see the pro's catch big one.
I think an easy way to solve this is to give bonus weight for bigger fish. Something like fish over 3 pounds, gives you 150% of their weight. Fish over 5 pounds gives you 175% of their wieght and fish over 7 pounds gives you 2005 of their weight.
That or just say fish under 2 pounds you only get 75% of their wieght counted.

Something to motivate the pros to really focus on catching heavier fish and not just hammer away on 1 pounders.

I agree with all that the constant 1 pounders are boring and need to change.
I don't see why they couldn't keep the 5 fish rule. An angler's 5 best fish are counted. Since they are all weighed, the culling would happen automatically. I wonder if they are going to keep the penalties that they have in MLF...

[AgHntr10]

Matt Lee just confirmed for MLF. I can't imagine a scenario where he and Jordan aren't fishing the same trail but we will see.

[bossbowman]

Ouch BASS just lost the 2018 AOY, and there 2017/2018 Classic champion, 9 of the top 10 guys in points have defected, the discontent must've been strong.

[lovetohunt]

It’ll be good I like the way major league fishing does it

I agree MLF is the way to go. You catch the fish weigh it and release in a matter of a couple of minutes.

[tdwinklr]

Yea my son follows all the tournement fishing closely, and he was saying all the big names are jumping over. The nice thing is its catch and release, no more weigh ins. I think it will be a better format. I believe he said it will be major league fishing, or similar rules.

I'm in favor of the 'no more weigh-ins'.

[Cantcatch5]

I agree with all that the constant 1 pounders are boring and need to change.
I don't see why they couldn't keep the 5 fish rule. An angler's 5 best fish are counted. Since they are all weighed, the culling would happen automatically. I wonder if they are going to keep the penalties that they have in MLF...

I agree but I would like to see it be a 8-10 fish limit without the “periods” making them come in and go back out. This way finding you get get penalized for not finding both numbers as well as some decent fish. It would be easy to do since the app or program would do it all automatically.

[silencer2011]

I have been keeping up with this via a guy i met a few years back that recently decided to leave the FLW tour to fish this MLF tour. It will consist of 80 guys, invited by the tour, to fish i think 9 tournaments. In this tour, the anglers will get to fish out of their own boats though instead of the MLF issued boats on the MLF shows. I think that the BASS and FLW tours dropped the ball on the management ends of things this year, and MLF stepped up to the plate.

[Mayhem]

doesnt look like much of anyone will be fishing bass. The B2B classic winner jumped ship, not looking good.

[AgHntr10]

Only two left to announce. Cool to see Andy Morgan join, he is a great fisherman and always wanted to see how he would stack up against the Elite field. I posted 8 names I was hoping to see yesterday and so far 6 of those have announced for BPT. I can't imagine Ike not being one of the last two, although he has talked a lot about retiring from tournaments the last couple of years I don't think he will be able to pass this up.

Bass Pro Tour (previous circuit)
1. Edwin Evers (Elite Series)
2. Timmy Horton (Elite Series)
3. Skeet Reese (Elite Series)
4. Boyd Duckett (Elite Series)
5. Marty Robinson (Elite Series)
6. Zack Birge (FLW Tour)
7. JT Kenney (FLW Tour)
8. Greg Hackney (Elite Series)
9. Jason Lambert (FLW Tour)
10. Chris Lane (Elite Series)
11. Alton Jones (Elite Series)
12. Alton Jones Jr. (Elite Series)
13. Jeff Kriet (Elite Series)
14. Randall Tharp (Elite Series)
15. Gerald Spohrer (Elite Series)
16. Fletcher Shryock (Elite Series)
17. Dave Lefebre (Elite Series)
18. Michael Neal (FLW Tour)
19. Andy Montgomery (Elite Series)
20. Kelly Jordon (Elite Series)
21. Mike McClelland (Elite Series)
22. Jared Lintner (Elite Series)
23. Roy Hawk (Elite Series)
24. John Murray (Elite Series)
25. Scott Suggs (FLW Tour)
26. Justin Atkins (FLW Tour)
27. Ott DeFoe (Elite Series)
28. Cody Meyer (FLW Tour)
29. Brent Chapman (Elite Series)
30. Jacob Wheeler (Elite Series)
31. Keith Poche (Elite Series)
32. David Walker (Elite Series)
33. Cliff Crochet (Elite Series)
34. Jacob Powroznik (Elite Series)
35. Russ Lane (Elite Series)
36. Greg Vinson (Elite Series)
37. Brandon Coulter (Elite Series)
38. Mark Davis (Elite Series)
39. Dean Rojas (Elite Series)
40. Terry Scroggins (Elite Series)
41. Gerald Swindle (Elite Series)
42. Mark Rose (FLW Tour)
43. Aaron Martens (Elite Series)
44. James Elam (Elite Series)
45. Randy Howell (Elite Series)
46. Bobby Lane (Elite Series)
47. Takahiro Omori (Elite Series)
48. Brett Hite (Elite Series)
49. Fred Roumbanis (Elite Series)
50. Luke Clausen (Elite Series)
51. Kevin VanDam (Elite Series)
52. Jonathon VanDam (Elite Series)
53. Shaw Grigsby (Elite Series)
54. Todd Faircloth (Elite Series)
55. Stephen Browning (Elite Series)
56. Tommy Biffle (Elite Series)
57. Casey Ashley (Elite Series)
58. Adrian Avena (Elite Series)
59. Cliff Pace (Elite Series)
60. Bradley Roy (Elite Series)
61. Josh Bertrand (Elite Series)
62. Wesley Strader (Elite Series)
63. Gary Clouse (no tour affiliation)
64. James Watson (FLW Tour)
65. Jason Christie (Elite Series)
66. Gary Klein (Elite Series)
67. Shinichi Fukae (Elite Series)
68. Brent Ehrler (Elite Series)
69. Paul Elias (Elite Series)
70. Britt Myers (FLW Tour)
71. Matt Lee (Elite Series)
72. Justin Lucas (Elite Series)
73. Jordan Lee (Elite Series)
74. Dustin Connell (Elite Series)
75. Jesse Wiggins (Elite Series)
76. Andy Morgan (FLW Tour)
77. Brandon Palaniuk (Elite Series)
78. Ish Monroe (Elite Series)

[Dru]

Ike will announce on his website today.

[AgHntr10]

MDJ(Mark Danilels Jr) just announced. I completely forgot about him, stud from FLW that moved to the Elites in 2017 and won an event this year on Lake Oahe.

I guess that means Ike will be number 80. His podcast should be a good listen tonight!

[bossbowman]

Did Ike retire?

[AgHntr10]

Did Ike retire?

Nope, he is in!

Bass Pro Tour (previous circuit)
1. Edwin Evers (Elite Series)
2. Timmy Horton (Elite Series)
3. Skeet Reese (Elite Series)
4. Boyd Duckett (Elite Series)
5. Marty Robinson (Elite Series)
6. Zack Birge (FLW Tour)
7. JT Kenney (FLW Tour)
8. Greg Hackney (Elite Series)
9. Jason Lambert (FLW Tour)
10. Chris Lane (Elite Series)
11. Alton Jones (Elite Series)
12. Alton Jones Jr. (Elite Series)
13. Jeff Kriet (Elite Series)
14. Randall Tharp (Elite Series)
15. Gerald Spohrer (Elite Series)
16. Fletcher Shryock (Elite Series)
17. Dave Lefebre (Elite Series)
18. Michael Neal (FLW Tour)
19. Andy Montgomery (Elite Series)
20. Kelly Jordon (Elite Series)
21. Mike McClelland (Elite Series)
22. Jared Lintner (Elite Series)
23. Roy Hawk (Elite Series)
24. John Murray (Elite Series)
25. Scott Suggs (FLW Tour)
26. Justin Atkins (FLW Tour)
27. Ott DeFoe (Elite Series)
28. Cody Meyer (FLW Tour)
29. Brent Chapman (Elite Series)
30. Jacob Wheeler (Elite Series)
31. Keith Poche (Elite Series)
32. David Walker (Elite Series)
33. Cliff Crochet (Elite Series)
34. Jacob Powroznik (Elite Series)
35. Russ Lane (Elite Series)
36. Greg Vinson (Elite Series)
37. Brandon Coulter (Elite Series)
38. Mark Davis (Elite Series)
39. Dean Rojas (Elite Series)
40. Terry Scroggins (Elite Series)
41. Gerald Swindle (Elite Series)
42. Mark Rose (FLW Tour)
43. Aaron Martens (Elite Series)
44. James Elam (Elite Series)
45. Randy Howell (Elite Series)
46. Bobby Lane (Elite Series)
47. Takahiro Omori (Elite Series)
48. Brett Hite (Elite Series)
49. Fred Roumbanis (Elite Series)
50. Luke Clausen (Elite Series)
51. Kevin VanDam (Elite Series)
52. Jonathon VanDam (Elite Series)
53. Shaw Grigsby (Elite Series)
54. Todd Faircloth (Elite Series)
55. Stephen Browning (Elite Series)
56. Tommy Biffle (Elite Series)
57. Casey Ashley (Elite Series)
58. Adrian Avena (Elite Series)
59. Cliff Pace (Elite Series)
60. Bradley Roy (Elite Series)
61. Josh Bertrand (Elite Series)
62. Wesley Strader (Elite Series)
63. Gary Clouse (no tour affiliation)
64. James Watson (FLW Tour)
65. Jason Christie (Elite Series)
66. Gary Klein (Elite Series)
67. Shinichi Fukae (Elite Series)
68. Brent Ehrler (Elite Series)
69. Paul Elias (Elite Series)
70. Britt Myers (FLW Tour)
71. Matt Lee (Elite Series)
72. Justin Lucas (Elite Series)
73. Jordan Lee (Elite Series)
74. Dustin Connell (Elite Series)
75. Jesse Wiggins (Elite Series)
76. Andy Morgan (FLW Tour)
77. Brandon Palaniuk (Elite Series)
78. Ish Monroe (Elite Series)
79. Mark Daniels Jr. (Elite Series)
80. Mike Iaconelli (Elite Series)

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[Slew]

They should tank it all and put the money towards crappie fishing! Or maybe a catch and eat ditch pickle series!