Quote Originally Posted by elnutsmalljaws View Post
Yes Way,

50 fishermen on Day 1. Pick 10 to have camera boats following them to start Day 1. Who cares how you pick the 10, random draw, peoples choice by vote, hell have a panel of respected people in the industry pick the 10 who they think will do well in the tourney, it does no matter. You now have 10 pros followed by 10 camera boats. We already have 50 spotters in each boat. Give each one of them a Cell Phone. I you luck out and happen to get the 10 guys that are killing the fish, so be it. If some of the 10 are not on fish the have the spotters of the other 40 boats call in with who is on fish. Move the cameras off the original 10 that are not catching them to whomever is if it is feasible geographically. Day 2, move the camera boats to the top 10 to start and adjust if necessary, Day 3 same thing. Seems to me, it would take 10 boats, 10 camera men, 10 cameras to cover 20% of the field to start and 40% of the field covered on the final day. 10 boats, 10 cameramen, 10 cameras seems all you need for LIVE coverage of a few fellas catching fish.
I think that is the way it was done. to get the show we got to watch this weekend BUT you FAIL to think about it just because you have a camera doesn't mean squat!!! You have to have a satcom unit to broadcast it from the location. AND THAT WON"T happen on the scale it would take for a tournament.... ALL you guys who want this just don't realize what it takes to broadcast LIVE . Can you imagine the guys running to venice , by the time the camera satcom (if it survived the ride) was dailed in ) the fishermen would be leaving. Some of them only fished 45 minutes !!!!! And as for the cell phone some of them where 120 miles apart yea call and come on over , they would meet each other on the return trip.

You would make a good politician just say it and it happens . No thought involved That is why it hasn't happened before and besides what network would tie up 8 hrs of air time for three straight days