bassmasters

[dc chopper]

I remember someone starting a post awhile back talking about the classic and different tourney sites. I was just on bassmaster.com and now may be a little ticked. I was all for the big tourneys on the main bigtime lakes but now I think I was wrong. Maybe 13 lbs on the ohio river was a good thing. 107lbs on G-ville? I know this sounds crazy but that don't impress me like it would have years ago. With all the "practice" time same lakes every year, same sites every year... it's time for a change. Jeez, it's like nascar, just pull your notes from last year and go. Have the classic like they used to, don't tell anyone where it is, and make it a lake most have never heard/ been to, something on the level of Nolin, 4 or 5 thousand acres. Strip the gps, give em a hot spot map and tell them to go get em.. you know, a classic like the series " a day on the lake " used to be in the magazine, take a pro to a lake they have never seen and see how they do. Separate the pro's from the pretenders. No practice, no notes, no notice, go fish!

[bigfish65]

I agree from a fishing standpoint. From a TV standpoint would not be so good and that is what pays the big payouts. As a fisherman I agree with you on this idea.

[DJD]

I like the big weights myself. I don't watch every show like I did before but thats life I guess.
It can't be as easy as it seems to catch those weights because not everyone does well....only one winner! When you consider weather patterns, luck, fishing pressure, personal performance and all the other variables it's still not a quaranteed win. JMO.

[Shimano4Life]

These big weights make me over-anticipate and set extremely high expectations when fishing tournaments.......

[5lmbass]

I remember someone starting a post awhile back talking about the classic and different tourney sites. I was just on bassmaster.com and now may be a little ticked. I was all for the big tourneys on the main bigtime lakes but now I think I was wrong. Maybe 13 lbs on the ohio river was a good thing. 107lbs on G-ville? I know this sounds crazy but that don't impress me like it would have years ago. With all the "practice" time same lakes every year, same sites every year... it's time for a change. Jeez, it's like nascar, just pull your notes from last year and go. Have the classic like they used to, don't tell anyone where it is, and make it a lake most have never heard/ been to, something on the level of Nolin, 4 or 5 thousand acres. Strip the gps, give em a hot spot map and tell them to go get em.. you know, a classic like the series " a day on the lake " used to be in the magazine, take a pro to a lake they have never seen and see how they do. Separate the pro's from the pretenders. No practice, no notes, no notice, go fish!

Pull notes from last year! Please, if you do that then you are not going to be very consistant on your fishing. In fishing, to catch the big weights like that you cant just rely on where you caught fish the previous year, if you do rely on those spots at that level of fishing you will get smoked most of the time! You have to be very versitle and move with the fish and get in tune with what the fish are doing from day to day year to year, because they are not always stacked up and at the same places. So quit whining and if you don't like the bassmasters then dont watch it and quit hatin on the pros! Remember dont be jealous

[jcb]

Seems to me the "hatin" just started with that post - where the heck did "don't be jealous" come from?

Yeah, "pull notes from last year" was an overstatement, but all DC's doing is advocating a different format that includes less practice time and more variety in event sites. His main point is undeniable:coming back to the same lakes year after year, with increased preparation time, makes for big bags but doesn't necessarily tell us who the best fisherman is.

[dc chopper]

Pull notes from last year! Please, if you do that then you are not going to be very consistant on your fishing. In fishing, to catch the big weights like that you cant just rely on where you caught fish the previous year, if you do rely on those spots at that level of fishing you will get smoked most of the time! You have to be very versitle and move with the fish and get in tune with what the fish are doing from day to day year to year, because they are not always stacked up and at the same places. So quit whining and if you don't like the bassmasters then dont watch it and quit hatin on the pros! Remember dont be jealous

whoa, slow down there junior! I will agree you move with the fish BUT whining?? Where did you get that?? All I said was go to Nolin and impress me with 107 lbs!! Soooo, you don't think that IF the water is warm there will not be ledge fishing at Ky Lake??? EVERYONE fishes the ledges there in summer, will the pro's?? Do YOU go to the same honey holes at your favorite lakes, I know I do, regardless of the weather. If you caught fish at a certain spot you go there again as long as it ain't snowing. Do you think that pro's could find a "spot on a spot" without a map, gps/depth finder?? Dave Stewart can at Ky/ Barkley but could he at T-ville? Give him GPS and a map he can but Dave is as good if not better than most on here. "Hatin" on the pro's? You must be reading something else cause that wasn't in the pal. I have no problem with the pro's. I respect what they do cause I wouldn't and couldn't do it. This is an opinion board, if you don't agree with a comment you say so and move on, but do it like an adult not a 10 yr old kid. I have disagreed with people on here on different things and never called them whiners or jealous, thats what opinions are for. Elnuts calls LM "green carp" I disagree with him but I love the guy. By the way, I cancelled my bassmaster mag 2 yrs ago and rarely watch the show but my dad still gets his and loves the show, his opinion, his decision.

[slowjamcdub]

WOW! what a heated post!! It would be cool if they would make the classic at some unknown lake!! and your right on the money about ky lake lol no one will be fishin in the middle of it! haha

[swimjigboy]

I totally agree! I thought I was minority. It does create expectations to unrealistic. I wish I was able to always been on the best waters at the perfect time. And when normal folks go for fun, the amount of pressure on all bodies of water caused big $ tournies with big wieghts making everyone flock out there who wouldn't have been there. Now make it beyond tough for fun fishing. Can't go to favorite lake because there's 3 tournies on it tonite, 4 in morning, and so on. Before ESPn week days on just about any lake ya never hardly saw anyone else!!!! But that ok, once another lake is burnt up they just move on to the next. OH! I FORGOT IT NOT ABOUT THE LOVE OF FISHING ANYMORE. ITS ABOUT $!