Originally Posted by
R19
I don't really see it as a stunt but I do respect your opinion. The reason a person might look at what I said as being downplayed is because I see it as a disagreement between two friends who happen to be fishing at a high level event. It was not two blind strangers who had a loud verbal argument that ended in physical contact...and for the record I never did imply nor did I say that I thought either angler was right or wrong. I merely think it's not a big blow out deal. Newsworthy yes but not major newsworthy. It was a disagreement between two friends that unfortunately happened to be filmed live and 125K on the line.
To me the time Ish Monroe had a verbal confrontation with Keith Poche and Ish jumped from his boat into Poche's boat shoving Poche out of his boat onto another boat was a bigger deal. The end result was battery charges on Ish. To me that is a big blow up. Two friends disagreeing about fishing the same spot and one getting mad and going home is not that big of a deal. Throwing away a chance at 125K is a big deal for a lot of people but it was obvious Haynes had issue more important to him than money. Again not saying either was right or wrong just saying this was not a major blow out event.