Swindle Day 2 Catch DQ'd

[zx150]

He got into it with Zell Roland over his spot a year or two ago. I lost a lot of respect for him when he did that. He should have come off pad and idled through. He got what he deserves. I don't think him joking with Trip got him an enhanced penalty.

Someone said that this sort of thing has happened to them before. If they would have complained they would have been a crybaby. Well if the camara boat was not there maybe, but it was and the evidence shows it was not safe.

It is frustrating when someone is in your spot. These guys are all pretty good fisherman. They all had the same amount of practise. Is it not possible that they could have just found the same water? Tommy Bifle (SP) was complaning about Skeet Reese. But Skeet was in the same area the day before but just not that far down.

If you watch the past Classics they were saying the samething 25 years ago and nothing has changed. Nothing ever will.

I just wish that ESPN would show more fishing and cut all the fluff the bling bling out. Show it like they did 6 or 8 years ago when Fish Fishburn ran it. Sorry about the rant.

[DJD]

I'm with you on the bling bling junk. I just have a heart felt problem with people who have to degrade themselves into the disrespectful company that seems to come with that way of communicating. I bet their parents are so proud of that! To each his own....

[Tim_T]

I'm with you on the bling bling junk. I just have a heart felt problem with people who have to degrade themselves into the disrespectful company that seems to come with that way of communicating. I bet their parents are so proud of that! To each his own....

So if someone says "bling" instead of "shiny jewelry" they are uneducated thugs and their parents raised them improperly? Man, you just wait until my kids get home from school...I will have them saying "ain't" instead of "am not" so quick it will make their heads spin!

I seriously doubt that because he uses slang words (which all of us do, just sometimes different kinds of slang) that is why he drove his boat improperly.

[zx150]

So if someone says "bling" instead of "shiny jewelry" they are uneducated thugs and their parents raised them improperly? Man, you just wait until my kids get home from school...I will have them saying "ain't" instead of "am not" so quick it will make their heads spin!

I seriously doubt that because he uses slang words (which all of us do, just sometimes different kinds of slang) that is why he drove his boat improperly.

It goes to his general attitude. His holier than thou attitude. Most of those guys try to get something to set them appart. If that is what he chooses than so be it I don't have to like it, or him, or his attitude. They way I look at him he is no better than MIke Ike. I am not talking about his ability to catch fish, just the way he carries himself.

I would not want my kids to act like him on or off the water. I don't think that he is a positive role model for kids. People say that he gets younger kids into fishing. I grew up watching Hank Parker, Bill Dance, Jimmy Houston and they hooked me pretty good into the sport. With out all of that "SHINY JEWELRY."

Sorry about the rant.

[artcarney_agr]

I grew up watching Hank Parker, Bill Dance, Jimmy Houston and they hooked me pretty good into the sport. With out all of that "SHINY JEWELRY."

Sorry about the rant.

I know what you mean! But you forgot about Roland Martin, Orlando Wilson, Fish Fishburne, and even Mark Sosin. That was my television line up as a kid! The more the better, freshwater or saltwater!

I sure miss the crazy antics of Fish Fishburne.........as silly as he was, he was a great bass angler! I wish Team Grandma was still going strong!

[Rangerman]

I have been reading thru all the comments about the G-Man being DQ'd and I wanted to provide some comments from my perspective. First, I think he got what he deserved for his actions. Totally uncalled for, dangerous, disrepectful and the list goes on and on. Would I have been pissed, you betcha ya. Probably would have run him down and gave him a peice of my mind. However, I was really disappointed in Gerald but we all make mistakes. What made it more difficult for me was I have spent some time with Gerald (one on one) and considered him a pretty good guy. Not saying that I know him as a friend or anything but I think a lot of what you see of him on TV is all about marketing himself and that is how he draws all those big sponsors. Is he cocky, yep. Does he run his mouth, yep. Like him or not, until now he has been a very marketable person for several major brands.

My second comment is around his boat driving during the classic. For those of you who have never been in a Bassmaster Pro Tour event, he was right on when he said they drive them like they "sold 'em". At take off you have a couple hundred Pro's with their toes up in the carboratur running just as dangerous, sometimes more dangerous as Gerald trying to get to their honey hole before someone else. The speeds at take off are a lot faster and there are a lot more boats especially before the elite series. The take off at Guntersville last year was just about as wild of a ride as I have been on in a Bass Boat, both days. Therefore, been there, done that, got the t-shirt. Wrecks do occur. Not saying it was justified but where do you draw the line? Camera boats are at those events as well but nothing ever gets said about that.

Again, not saying what he did was right at all but I think there is a little more to consider here in shooting someone down just because they made a mistake. I personally think if they are going to enfore the rules like they did on Gerald then they need to re-evaluate their entire take off procedure.

[Tim_T]

It goes to his general attitude. His holier than thou attitude. Most of those guys try to get something to set them appart. If that is what he chooses than so be it I don't have to like it, or him, or his attitude. They way I look at him he is no better than MIke Ike. I am not talking about his ability to catch fish, just the way he carries himself.

I would not want my kids to act like him on or off the water. I don't think that he is a positive role model for kids. People say that he gets younger kids into fishing. I grew up watching Hank Parker, Bill Dance, Jimmy Houston and they hooked me pretty good into the sport. With out all of that "SHINY JEWELRY."

Sorry about the rant.

None of these guys are what you think they are, they are human....just like the rest of us. You are right, you don't have to like him or his attitude.

As far as kids, it is the parents responsibility to raise them and teach them how to act, not a fisherman, basketball player etc. Most of the people that complain about guys like Swindell, Ike, Skeet etc. are old school. So am I to a point.

I just don't get why if you don't act like a Denny Brauer or someone like that, you becaome a bad person.

I also don't get why people spend so much time talking about people that they have never spent any time with, and passing judgement on them because of a 30-second clip they saw on TV!

End of my rant, I am done with the subject. Let's go fishing!

[DJD]

No, if a Professional T.V. personality says bling-bling or starts singing rap, trying to dress like a thug, trying to intimidate fellowanglers then i feel he is misled. It just surprises me that this whole portrayed lifestyle he loves is from the Ghetto/Prison system and that men who make tons of money (fishing no less!) have to grab hold of this as an image. I expect this image from the rap artist's because thats their audience not a white boy from Alalbama. I don't like it (it's a joke to the utmost degree) and if you do thats your choice.... He handled his boat the way he did because he used poor judgement (again). We just have to agree to disagree on this one.