Bassmaster Classic Results

[elnutsmalljaws]

If you guys watched the weigh-in on bassmaster.com you would know that Martens did not whine about fishing the same areas as those other guys, or them taking fish away from him. That was to my surprise, because he usually whines like a little baby.....maybe the difference was that the others fishing around him were pro's and not locals??? Heck, him and Vandam were fishing within spitting distance much of the tx. That has to hurt!

I guess Byron Velvick was a local at Lake Falcon a couple of years ago when Elias set the record? I don't see the difference whether a "local" is sitting on a spot or a "pro" when Aaron gets there. The one tourney I remember when he was griping about the locals, they were sitting there when he showed up. He sat there whining and crying that they were sitting on top of his fish, that it was his best spot, finally asked them when they were planning on leaving and they replied they were prefishing for their own tourney. Whether a local guy is fishing a local tourney or a pro is fishing an elite series tourney or KVD is fishing the Classic or father and son are fun fishing, if they are there when Aaron shows up then go to another spot and shut your mouth. Good to hear he did not cry and whine at the Classic, maybe he is changing maybe not, only time will tell. My bet is, if any other pro was fishing within spitting distance of him they would have taken some lip service. What has Aaron won, 2 or 3 tournaments in the past 6-7 years? Hard to give some lip service to Van Dam with this kind of record not to mention flat out pissing off the fishing fans and community with trying to bad mouth KING KONG.

[Tim_T]

KVD and Martens are actually pretty good friends. They have evenb roomed together a few times in the past.

[lroberts]

I guess Byron Velvick was a local at Lake Falcon a couple of years ago when Elias set the record? I don't see the difference whether a "local" is sitting on a spot or a "pro" when Aaron gets there. The one tourney I remember when he was griping about the locals, they were sitting there when he showed up. He sat there whining and crying that they were sitting on top of his fish, that it was his best spot, finally asked them when they were planning on leaving and they replied they were prefishing for their own tourney. Whether a local guy is fishing a local tourney or a pro is fishing an elite series tourney or KVD is fishing the Classic or father and son are fun fishing, if they are there when Aaron shows up then go to another spot and shut your mouth. Good to hear he did not cry and whine at the Classic, maybe he is changing maybe not, only time will tell. My bet is, if any other pro was fishing within spitting distance of him they would have taken some lip service. What has Aaron won, 2 or 3 tournaments in the past 6-7 years? Hard to give some lip service to Van Dam with this kind of record not to mention flat out pissing off the fishing fans and community with trying to bad mouth KING KONG.

I was not saying that there is/was a difference between a local or a pro being around him. What I said was that there was an obvious difference in the way he treated them. Rook and Remitz were in the same area also and he didn't seem to be bothered by them either. I was just surprised at how "grown-up" he acted all throughout the tourney given his track record. I guess you just have to disagree with me because I am an IU fan!!!!