IKE gets a DQ

[buckdroppings]

Just saw that. I couldn't believe how he acted. There was no reason for that.

[fisheater]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Feb-24-06 AT 09:15PM (EST)[/font][p]what a rediculous d.q.espn and b.a.s.s sell his behavior anyday of the week and now its a problem?i think there may be something else behind it but then again what do i know.i like ike and i hate to see it go down like that,i dont khnow anybody ive fished with that if that would have happened to them..fish dead or dying because of a silly mistake..that wouldnt be fighting mad.oh well lets keep rooting for the kentucky boys anyway.good fishing all....john

[buckdroppings]

Those kentucky boys are doing pretty well.

I didn't say it was wrong I just wanted to get your alls feeling on it. To me BASS may not have a rule on it but if you do something illeagal then that is unsportsman like, and that is in BASS rules.

[HoosierDon]

I believe if you will check you will find that BASS rules state that all state and federal laws must be obeyed. If you break a state law you have automatically broken a tournament rule.....

[holeshot]

i'm not an Ike fan and i agree that he has helped bring young and new fans to our sport but, dead fish or not, he broke off his safty equipment in anger, some role model, he needs to be DQed. maybe the cameras will be rolling when he break dances one day and hangs himself on half dozen treble hooks that will be a hoot.

[eatsleepfish]

The trebble hook thing WILL happen in time. Good prediction!

[buckdroppings]

He won't loose any sponsers. It will put him out there more than ever now. I don't think his sponsers will mind a bit.

I was going to save the Gulp commercial for another thread. WOW! It could have at least been funny or something. I don't know to many other fisherman out there who care to see a naked fisherman selling fishing bait.

[zx150]

Sorry I put the gulp out there and ruined a good thread. Just my luck.

[buckdroppings]

I'm sure this thread will be nice and lively tomorrow as well.

[fisheater]

all in all coverage wasnt all that good,and yea not showing the weigh ins of the top weights,thats just plain dumb.its a fishing contest not a popularity contest.

[buckdroppings]

He even said he didn't think he did anything wrong. How could he not know that was unsportsman like.

What do you guys think about culling dead fish? I figured he would have been penalized for that.

[buckdroppings]

I haven't said much about the ESPN handling of fishing but I could not have been more disappointed in tonights coverage. All they focused on were "their boys". They didn't even show the weigh-ins of Clausen, Clark, and Evers. Three of the largest one day totals ever. I thought this was supposed to be about fishing and the fisherman catching the fish. Not the boys they want us to see.