Elite series answer to no co-anglers

[DJD]

I felt the removal of co-anglers was a slap in the face to the B.A.S.S. members that built this organization. The Pro's have started believing the hype of how great they are. I didn't care about how co-anglers take their spots or whatever because they are fortunate enough to be fishing for a living while many up and comers would fish this series without any gripes or complaints. It's their choice to fish as a Pro deal with it!

The new deal seems like a good deal to me if your fortunate enough to get with a good guy. If not that would be a long event. Can you leave? I do see a potential problem of rule interpretation by a Marshal. Are they going to screen you as to how intelligent you are? I mean what's the standard?

[cra97]

This will last until the first pro, who acts like a jerk and enteres the "gray area", gets tossed by a guy he treats like crap during the event reporting him. I would think they should be able to remember "where they came from" and at least be able to be "professional" enough to what to help others make it as a "Co-angler", especially someone who has been around the game as long as Roland. I guess this all goes back to what has been said on this, and many other forum posts, about how bad "society has gotten and I can't believe how some people act.....". Just goes to show that pro's may not be as good, following the spawns, as they are portrayed or they would welcome competition (and subsequent growth of the sport) instead of stiffleing it to keep out others. I know it makes me think differently of them when I read about certain ones actions and the way they treat people in the boat with them.

Rob Appleby
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[Tim_T]

if you look at the dates of the tourneys and when they are held, there are very few spawning tournaments . usualy pre and post spawn tournaments.