hear's the kicker, the guys running the 50hp motor. will be complaining about those big 150 motor. espeacially when they get modified.

THAT WOULD KEEP ME FROM FISHING THEM .

Seems silly to me. I GUESS i kind of ALMOST see the point.. but not really. 18' skeeter with a 150 will still run faster than my lil 16.5' with a 75 hp.. BUT..

My lack of horsepower doesnt limit my ability to find or catch fish.

If I had my dream boat with a Merc250 on it, i would probably STILL not catch em!

Boats dont catch the fish, the anglers do.

save a republican bush supporter and make it to where nobody can afford gas again.

I bet this is a push from the manufacturers. Boats with 150's don't cost over 60K.

I seriously doubt that is the case, manufactures and dealers make a lot more profits on the high end boats.
They offer the small rigs as entry level boats for anglers on a budget, I have never owned a bass boat over 18' personally but would like to someday as at age 52 I like the comfort and roominess of the bigger rigs along with there level of safety in rough water.
As a tournament director I am very proud that most of my anglers are running the larger, safer rigs.

BASS DID IT for years worked for them????

The question is less profit with more units sold or more profit with hardly any sold.

The first day the winds were blowing 20 mph and my partner & I went about 20 miles to get to the area we were fishing.


The second day the winds were blowing 35 mph and we trailered to a closer ramp but still had to travel approx. 12 miles to get to the area. I was only able to run 30 - 35mph, but we got there and back without any big issues. It wasn't fun, but my boat handled it just fine.

There is one person on this forum that is in the same bass club I am in and was there for our 2 day tournament (crankin'_dave). He can back up my story, not that he should have to.

Maybe you just don't know how to drive a "smaller" boat?

Jack is used to handling "small" things

Seems silly to me. I have a 171 Champion with a 125 Merc and fish alot of tourneys. I do OK sometimes and sometimes not, its about fishing not who's boat is the biggest and brightest.

If you read the post on the ABA web site it appears that they have identified a market for these events and have the sponsor backing. It will be interesting to see how it grows.

Exactly. These type of tourneys eliminate all the hot shot wrapped up double powerpole guys. It gets rid of all the flash. It gets back to just catching fish.

It's all about the money. they have found another way to make money. It's like all the select Baseball, soccer, basketball..etc.. Market it so, that it appears that they are in the best interest of the angler or athlete and people will spend the money. JMHO