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To join, or not to join...
Just got my FLW packet in the mail this morning, and the thought has been
floating around in my head anyway to sign up as a non-boater in the Music
City region as a non-boater.The lakes that are fished this year are: Percy Priest Lake, Fate Sanders Marina
Center Hill Lake, Floating Mill Recreation Area
Kentucky Lake, Paris Landing
Old Hickory Lake, Bull Creek Ramp
Old Hickory Lake, Bull Creek Ramp Entry fees are $100.00 for co-angler and the locations are excellent for me
since I'd only have to stay overnight somewhere for the second and third
tournament. The others are within easy driving distance from my house. I'm not even thinking about going into this with the attitude that I can
compete... but rather as a learning experience. My hopes are that I can hook
up with some decent anglers that I can learn from and help me in the future. |
Charles
Nov 27
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| Sounds like a blast. I'ld go for it. Fish every tourney and pay attention.
You may do better than you think.
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Bob
Nov 27
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| No-brainer Charles, get that cheque in the mail! Maybe you could do the
Christian thing and help out a pro too! Could be the start of something
great too? You get 10 fold what you put out! Even if you only went in a
couple of tournaments, what's a C-note more or less?
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Steve |
Steve
Nov 27
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| Is that the actual FLW tour or the Everstart/bfl's Charles? Warren |
go-bassn
Nov 27
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| Oops... sorry, it's the BFL. |
Charles
Nov 27
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| Several folks I have talked with will not be fishing any of the FLW tournaments
next year - from FLW to Everstart to BFL - because of all the problems. Even
one Ranger owner said he would not take a chance with all the controversy in
them.
Ronnie
fishing.guide@about.com
http://fishing.about.com |
rgarri7470
Nov 28
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| I figure that the BFL is so low on the totem pole (compared to the
Everstart/FLW) that the politics wouldn't make it down that far... but what
should a person be wary of? Do you think it would be a good learning experience in fishing? Or a bad
experience in a mis-managed tournament league? Or maybe both? |
Charles
Nov 27
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| Never underestimate the power of some people to politicize (i.e. to really
screw it up for everyone) almost any level of any organized event! With that being said, it would probably be a good experience in learning to
deal with different kinds of fishing folks...with a broad range of
specialties and attitudes. My 2 cents... |
Andrew
Nov 28
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| You've got a boat my boy - go as a boater! The competition in the BFL's
will be far from the pro level, in fact you might find yourself saying (to
yourself of course) "Gee, what is THIS guy doing up front?" I'm not saying
that the competition will stink, but I am saying that the odds of getting a
"good ride" in the BFL's is very low. The BFL is on par with the BASS
Federation Charles, and you have the skills & knowledge to compete as a
boater in either of them. Now if you get a chance to ride on the FLW or BASS tours, by all means don't
pass it up. That would guarantee you an increase in knowledge... Call me if you want to chat about this. Warren |
go-bassn
Nov 27
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| I'm going to see if I can dig up the results from previous tournaments to
see how well the others have done. In a nutshell, this is my problem. I've fished Priest Lake for about 6 years
and have basically relied on finding fish where I've been successful in the
past. Old Hickory Lake, while I haven't fished it as much, I usually rely on
fishing reports and others that feed me information. I can always find fish
on Old Hickory, but they're all small (which the lake if full of). Center
Hill is a hit or miss thing... |
Charles
Nov 28
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| The answer is simple, Catfish. Living in Nashville as you do, it is obvious
that these lakes would require far too much driving for you. My suggestion
would be that you just stay home & work on Secret Weapon stuff. As always, looking out for my friends,
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Bob
Nov 28
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| Sounds like you've got the right attitude & without a lot of other
outside costs( hotels, long distances, gas ) I think you'll have a
blast. |
bassintheweeds
Nov 28
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| If you think the BFL doesn't have problems I am afraid you will be
disappointed. You will hear all kinds of stories - some might even be true. Fishing the BFL either as a boater or no boater is a learning experience. You
will have both good and terrible experiences, some based on partner draw, some
based on other factores. I fished the Redman Trail in 1984 and 1985 - it became the BFL a few years
ago. I learned a lot - mainly that I could not compete at that level. Maybe it
was a attitude thing. I am glad I tried it, but would not do it again. You will definitely have some tales to tell after fishing those tournaments. I
met some great folks - some that became fairly well known. Mainly what I
learned was that somebody will get on fish every tournament, no matter how I
did. Give it a try - you might love it.
Ronnie
fishing.guide@about.com
http://fishing.about.com |
rgarri7470
Nov 28
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| Very good advice from Mr Garrison. There's no sense going into such things
without thinking that you can compete & even win them. Just be realistic &
don't expect overnight success - while it can happen, it's VERY unlikely.
Speaking from experience, the butterflies fight harder than the bass at
first! Just go by all means, and go to have a good time Charles. Warren |
go-bassn
Nov 29
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| I gotta do it! Thanks Guys. |
Charles
Nov 29
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| >will be far from the pro level, in fact you might find yourself saying (to |
Dwayne
Nov 29
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| There's no competition in Al's club.... The rest is good advice! Thanks for sharing your insights, and please don't
lurk as much. You seem to have a LOT of experience to share! <Nothing else snipped... cause it's well worth re-reading> |
Charles
Nov 29
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| All work and no play make Charles one grouchy young man! LOL |
Charles
Nov 29
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| ....maybe you could stay home and watch roller Derby?
Get yer hairy hiney out there and take no prisoners Charlie!!
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Steve |
Steve
Nov 29
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| Get your butt out there and find the spots for my trip through this winter. |
Jerry
Nov 29
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| Atta boy!
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go-bassn
Nov 29
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| Warren,
I beg to differ with you on this point. I've fished BASS
Federation and BFL for the last 10 years and believe me, the Fed boys
ain't the BFL boys (at least in my state). In the Buckeye division of
the BFL, I regularly fish against two Everstart Championship WINNERS
(Joe Balog, Dick Shaffer), two Everstart POINT CHAMPIONS (Butch
Dombrosky, Charlie Hartly), the 2002 BASS Rookie of the Year and
winner of a BASS Event (Frank Scalish), and a guy who finished 8th in
the BASS CLASSIC (Greg Hawk, the year Kershall won). I have also
fished against David Wright, David Fritz, David Dudley, JT Kinney,
Gerald Beck, etc.
In the FED, it is a bunch of club fishermen who really don't care
(for the most part). Shoot, in my club, the guys who we send to the
bigger FED tournaments are usually the bottom of the list, not the top
guys.
While the BFL ain't perfect, you do stand a chance (as a
no-boater) to really learn alot, but there is a chance that you'll get
a bad draw too. As for the "favortism" allegations, I haven't seen
anything like this. Does FLW keep the problems out of the media, Yes
they do, but it's a good thing. The last thing I want to see on the
news/newpaper/internet is that we are nothing but a bunch of cheaters.
That would enhance the public opinion that we are nothing but a bunch
of beer drinking, tabbacy chewin', cheating rednecks (BTW, I AM a
redneck, I just don't cheat, chew tabbacy or drink, but, vroom, vroom,
vroom, I love Nascar, my country, music (both types, country and
western), bass fishin', jacked up 4x4's and shootin' anything that I
can).
If you really want to see what it's about, look at the past
results in your area and see if there are any nationally known guys.
If so, you'll have about a 1 in 150 odds of being paired with them.
Jack
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Jack Dalzell
www.jdbass.com |
jack
Nov 30
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