BFL or BASS???

[oz]

can anyone give me some advice on which one I should fish in next year as a co-angler?

[LCG]

NEITHER

[MarkW]

You don't like the Ohio River,BASS or BFL----HMMMM???? Do you fish in tourney's and which do you like?

[bullrdr6]

Being that you said you were going as a co-angler I'll offer what I have found. I was trying to decide which one to fish for next year and have decided to fish the BFL. I could fish as a boater but have decided to do one more year as a co-angler. The reason I chose the BFL is because BASS is still going to use the shared weight for co-anglers again this year. I don't feel like I or any other co-anglers are getting a fair deal if I have to rely on my boater to catch fish. I don't think it is fair if I come in with the largest bag on the co-angler side but get beat because someone comes in with one keeper and their boater has a heavier weight than me and I get beat. It should be boater against boater and co-angler against co-angler.

Charlie

[MarkW]

You know--the bad thing is BASS told us at the Old Hickory tourney, they were doing away with the "shared weight" program in 2006. They said it caused way too much controversey. So, I checked the website and sure enough---rules take effect on Jan 1, 2006----says rule 17---shared weight! That's crazy!!

[bullrdr6]

That is the primary and only reason I will not fish it. I don't want me getting a check depending on someone else.

Charlie

[oz]

Charlie,

I think you are right on. Talked to a buddy that has fished both for years and said that only thing you have to worry about is some boaters worry about themselves, and in BASS they want you to catch as much as them.

[MarkW]

Oz,
You might be a bit confused---in the BASS weekend series, the boater does not benefit from the non-boaters fish. Only the non-boater benefits from the boaters fish. The "shared weight" only applies to the non-boater.

[oz]

So if the boater has a bad day it can knock me out?

[MarkW]

Yes---that is correct. You could have 3 bass--which is the non-boaters limit and the boater blank and you get beat by someone elses shared weight who's total is 4 bass or more and there is nothing you can do about it. ***** doesn't it!

[oz]

That is the craziest thing I've ever heard. To get penalized because your boater didn't catch anything.

[MarkW]

But,
It can go the other way----say the non-boater blanks, but the boater weighs a limit that is 17 lbs. Then no one elses combined weight can beat that-----you win the non-boater side and never caught a fish(actually, you could have not even brought along anything to fish with). Yes--crazy!!!! I finished in 8th place at Center Hill---I had 4 bass and my non-boater had 2. I came in 8th and won a little over $400---my non-boater came in 3rd, got a check for $500 and a nice plaque and it was his first ever "big" tournament he ever fished. He never practiced,never been to the lake and he lived about 50 miles from it. But, I had never been there either and spent 4 days pre-fishing and finished 8th and he got a 3rd. Doesn't make much sense does it?????