Bassmaster Classic TV Schedule

[Chubminnow]

I'm not a tournament guy but I like watching the weigh-in's, etc...I don't even keep up with Pro's at all. But I did DVR the classic when it aired this weekend. Man I gotta hand it to those guys, all of them really, Pro's and the media coverage alike, what a show! I know there's a bunch of talking and goofiness associated with it (the show aspect of it), but it's a good show, especially for kids to watch. I could easily see kids getting hyped up about it if they watched it, which is a good thing in my opinion.

I haven't made it all the way through the recordings yet but as far as the Pro's are concerned....I was sort of surprised to see several boats all fishing in what looked to be one small area, just sitting there, casting to the middle, casting to open water. It was a stump bed on a flat...sure there were fish caught there but to me it sort of reminded me of how it gets sometimes down at the falls in Louisville. I guess too though that about half of those boats were being used as camera boats.

The other thing that made me think too was some of those guys running two to three hours just to be able to fish for one hour and turn right around and hopefully make it back in time. Can you imagine being in the same tournament with KVD, running two to three hours and fishing for one hour? Meanwhile, KVD stays close to the launch site and keeps slinging that spinnerbait the entire day? KVD's lure is in the water for 7+ hours while you have your's in the water for 1 hour! I know why those guys ran as far as they did, but still.

[Bandit1]

If you recorded the final day on Sunday night, be prepared to miss the final weigh in. There was Drag racing that took about 15- 20 minutes into the beginning of it. That made me madder than waiting a week to see it. They put it on at 10pm then have Drag Racing in the first 15 minutes or so, so it runs over. Luckily it is on again this weekend, so I am going to try to record it again. This time I extended the end recording time by an hour, I'm not missing it this time.

Jason

[elnutsmalljaws]

The way the tourney was fished, you could have covered them with a hand held camrecorder. Looks to me you needed 2 cameras, Venice and the Pond that KVD and the rest were fishing. Can anyone name one sport where their Super Bowl is broadcast a week late? Hell, put them on a lake with no limits for Day 1 and 2 then move them to an UNDISCLOSED location small enough for 12 anglers to fish Day 3 and add a Day 4. make the lake small enough that you don't have 200 miles of water to fish and can cover it by a few cameras to get live coverage. I can run my life from my cell phone from paying bills, to ordering food, to the internet, to whatever and somebody somewhere can't figure out how to take the biggest event in Bass Fishing and make it TV friendly.

[offdtop]

Elnut I agree it should be more TV Friendly but...... as I've read all these posts the one thing that popped into my head was - No other sport ie football, baseball, hockey nascar etc lasts for 10 hours and is scattered around so much. So, I'm afraid if we got coverage like we wanted "live" it would resemble grass growing or paint drying, could you imagine the Pittsburg classic? YUCK, EWE....... But a week late? NO!!! late that night like they used too or next day cool, yet I'm afraid that there would still be griping cause people would know who won already. I was a huge fan of the camera in the boat "BassCam" but whew at times BORING, and I am a FANATIC!!!! I'm just afraid we would get less in order to get more quicker, yet I agree again a week is just sad... IMHO