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Shared weight??? Pathetic
How could accept any kind of money or prize for winning a tournament
where you didn't even catch a fish????? I think it is the most pathetic
thing I have ever seen. I am watching bass center right now, and I am
trying to find a reason why this would be a good thing. Yeah, ok, the
pro is going to get the first shot at choice spots.....BUT... who cares,
that is why he is a pro, and you are an amateur. You should rise up to
that challenge, change up your baits , maybe follow up with a different
color, size, type, weight. I just don't see how this is making the
anger any better. So , the angler, could sit in the back of the boat,
and watch Denny Brauer kick the living hell out of a bunch of fish and
not even wet a line and walk up and accept a brand new boat, and a
plaque. Maybe I am unique in that respect, but there is no way in hell
I would accept a reward for something I did not do.Yes , the Amatuer can weigh in 3 fish a day , but it is combined with
the Pro's weight, and again I cannot see how this is benefiting the
Amat. Then Byron Velvick mentioning how Amateurs are missing fish, and
then requesting the pro to follow it up to catch that fish!!!!!!!!!!!!
What the hell is that?????? I fish to catch fish, if I was in the back
of the boat, I want to outfish the guy in the front, I want to have more
weight than the guy who wins the tournament on the pro side. That is
my motivation, the competition, ultimately , me against the fish! Please, somebody make sense of this for me .. Warren, RichZ, Steve,
Joe, Jerry....somebody! Chris |
Chris
Mar 12
2005
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| On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:32:40 -0600, Chris Rennert |
Thundercat
Mar 12
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| I can't help you there bud. It doesn't make any sense to me either. That's
the reason why when I wrote the rules for the Northwoods Classic, I decided
that it was each individual's total weight for the two days to determine the
winner. To my way of thinking, this is the way to prove who is the better
angler. It might give something of an advantage to the guy running the boat, but
then again, it might not. Kevin aka "Heavy" won the NWC from the back of
the boat his first year attending and he fished the back of my boat one day
at the Southern Classic. He had a limit and was culling when I put my first
keeper in the boat. |
Steve
Mar 12
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| Think of the entry fee as a very expensive lottery ticket. Perhaps more accurately think of it as a ticket to a 2 to 4 day bass
fishing clinic, with some really, really good door prizes given to lucky
attendees. |
RichZ
Mar 12
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| I'm in total agreement with you. I think this has to be one of the dumbest
things they've come up with in a long time. |
Jerry
Mar 12
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| Makes no sense to me, either. This scheme ranks right up there with BASS
having the pros race bass boats and combining that with their catch.
It would make more sense to me to have the pros count the no boater's
weight in their catch - they way they would be more interested in
helping them out. Don't know why they started this scheme - hope it goes away as fast as
the racing thing did. |
Ronnie
Mar 12
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| Then you need to step up to the plate and pay your big entry and tear you a
piece off. |
Pat
Mar 12
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| The "sharing" angler knows the situation going in so what's the big
deal? |
uscgret
Mar 12
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Marty
Mar 13
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| I think part of the shared weight idea is to cut down on the number of bass
weighed in. Cut the mortality and also stay within the law in some states.
The team tourny shared weight at Clear Lake, CA had the winning team with
40+ for 5 fish, and they both caught fish. 2&3 were about 22-23#. Lots
bass fishermen actually break the law during a tourny. If the limit is 5
fish, legally you can not still fish if you have 5 in the livewell for that
angler. In California we actually have boat limits, so you can fish until
all have filled limits. So if 10 fish in the well, you can not fish for
bigger fish. You would have to start culling at 4/9 fish. And the rules
state a shared weight. Does not say both have to catch fish. What if one
angler caught 5 big fish and the other angler caught 20 little fish. Would
this change you opinion? One person caught all the weigh in fish. |
Calif
Mar 13
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| If you are talking about the EverStart Series Western Division on Clear
Lake that Sieg Taylor won, they had a four fish limit. I knew
Wisconsin had a no cull law, that once you put a fish in the livewell
you can not replace it, and Iowa is considering one, but I did no know
California had such a law. Based on tournament reports I read from
there, they don't have one or don't follow it. That Clear Lake Everstart would have set all kinds of one day catch
records but Taylor did not break it because he was limited to four fish,
not five. |
Ronnie
Mar 13
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| I just tossed the Western Outdoor News yesterday. Wife said clean the
office! I think it was a WON tourny and the team weighed in 5 fish. Most
tournys and I think the states ignore it on tournaments, but the law says
there is a limit. When you reach a limit, you can not fish for more fish.
When you brought the fish in to weigh it and maybe cull one, you are over
limit. This was a team tourny / shared weight. |
Calif
Mar 13
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