getthanet... I can't believe you would defend Skeet. Remember he is the one that called the fans of bass fishing....

"Those stupid fans" He did so on the greatest angler debate.

Just imagine what he would call you and I? LOL

As for Ike... he has done wonders for the sport, based upon what I have heard and/or read about him at fishing shows. That said, as I said, in a couple of BASS shows, they showed him blowing Larry Nixon while larry was fishing a point.

BUT.... I just to just love Gerald Swindle. When he first showed up on the scene, I saw him deflecting the attention from him to his co-angler, and elderly guy that had caught a huge fish a day or so earlier in the tournament. Now, not so sure, especially after showing his A$$ when confronting Zell Roland (I think that is who it was) about fishing those bridge piers. He not only had to be "bleeped" out on TV, but he also showed just how little he knew, saying Zell had not fished there the day before because he was there all day, yet video clips clearly showed Zell catching fish there the day before.

Talk about thinking you own a lake... he had to move the whole length of the bridge to confront Zell, or at least that is the way it looked.

I think this speaks loudly to what EXPN wants, the in your face style of fishing. Remember what they called the college tournament? Smashmouth fishing, and yet Kyle who fished that tournament said there was no smashmouth talk going on. I also think it shows what happens when your ego gets too big for your britches.

Danny