Did Kevin Wirth retire?

[bigrod]

Just looking through the names on BASS as to who is fishing the Elites this year and his name was not there. Anyone in the know with him?

[bigrod]

Yes, he is fishing in his last BASS Masters Classic this year and is stepping away after losing his main sponsor (Early Times).

[00SKEETER]

Just goes to show that if you don't have a nice sponsorship deal you just can't make it in the fishing industry with just winnings.

[first2fish]

yes its true,i heard from a reliable source. but what if he wins the bass master classic......will he get sponsor's then and if so would he stay on the circuit ? guess we will see if he wins it !!!!!-----good luck kevin !

[Carter1]

You can read about him on Bassfan.com. I hate to see him leave though. He is a nice guy.
What I also read on that site I find upsetting is about a cheater named Nate Wellman. His name is on the roster of Elites fishing this year. For those of you that don't know the controversy surrounding him, he attempted to buy a bass off of his co-angler in a Bassmaster Open tournament last year. Not once but three or four times that day.

[artcarney_agr]

yes its true,i heard from a reliable source. but what if he wins the bass master classic......will he get sponsor's then and if so would he stay on the circuit ? guess we will see if he wins it !!!!!-----good luck kevin !

I doubt it...he's got some other things cooking right now, and I really think he's burnt out on it more than anything....there comes a time when you gotta move on.

He's a pretty good golfer - might see him trying to get on a tour now. He seems to be successful with whatever he does.

[Carter1]

Kevin said he is getting back into the equine dentistry business and a couple of other ventures.

[Tim_T]

He never left the equine dentistry business, he has continued it all during his fishing career. The funny thing is that I talked to him for about 30 minutes a month ago and we talked about the Calssic and things and he never mentioned any of this. Makes me wonder if this is a fairly new development.

My guess is that if he were to win the Classic, he will not walk away, but who knows. He has talked a l,ot about pursuing golf on the senior PGA tournament trail, so maybe he is ready to focus on that. Like Art said, Kevin seems to be a success at whatever he does, so it will be interesting to see wherre he goes from here.