Elite Series Co-Anglers

[00SKEETER]

I dont know of anyone who pays so they can sit and just watch someone fish. Co- anglers on the other hand actually fish with the pros (or behind the pros), and compete against all the other co-anglers for money.

I think it would be awesome to fish with Kevin Van Dam or Paul Elias or any of the other pros. I wouldn't pay to sit and WATCH them fish but I would pay to enter the tourney as a co-angler and try to compete against the others and learn a few things from the pros while I'm fishing too.

I would pay to be an observer. I thought the whole point of being a co-angler on the elite series was to fish with the best and learn. In my opinion if I won a co-angler title on the elite series I wouldn't feel as if I accomplished much catching somebody else's fish that they found. Don't get me wrong it would be great to win 25 grand, but I would get more out of the eperience of watching KVD work his majic than trying to catch fish he found. He's fishing for his livelyhood, I'm not. So I think it's a good thing getting rid of the co-angler. If the price in not rediculous I would pay to watch them fish. I think getting rid of the co-anglers is great for the sport. It puts all of the pros on a level playing field.

[RC5]

You all act as if it's ridiculous to pay to watch someone fish, you all pay to gas your boats up and drive to a lake and run around and watch people fish from 100 yards away. Whats the difference in paying to ride shotgun, I wouldn't mind doing this. As far as gps coordinates I think its a lot easier to jot them down while not fishing than to do it while fishing.

[Stevens]

You all act as if it's ridiculous to pay to watch someone fish, you all pay to gas your boats up and drive to a lake and run around and watch people fish from 100 yards away. Whats the difference in paying to ride shotgun, I wouldn't mind doing this. As far as gps coordinates I think its a lot easier to jot them down while not fishing than to do it while fishing.

the problem i would have with it is that its probably some 200 dollars or so to sit there and watch them. I think right now entry fee for a co angler is 750 bucks, pretty rediculous if you ask me. but i didnt really care to follow them around when they were on ky lake anyway, id just rather be fishin.

[tracy]

I would pay to be an observer. I thought the whole point of being a co-angler on the elite series was to fish with the best and learn. In my opinion if I won a co-angler title on the elite series I wouldn't feel as if I accomplished much catching somebody else's fish that they found. Don't get me wrong it would be great to win 25 grand, but I would get more out of the eperience of watching KVD work his majic than trying to catch fish he found. He's fishing for his livelyhood, I'm not. So I think it's a good thing getting rid of the co-angler. If the price in not rediculous I would pay to watch them fish. I think getting rid of the co-anglers is great for the sport. It puts all of the pros on a level playing field.

If you can catch fish behind KVD you need to feel like you've accomplished something.

some of these guys are like vacuum cleaners. They don't leave much behind them.