Why does MLF not go to lakes that have a lot of big fish? If they went to fork or falcon the number of viewers would go up substantially. I just don’t understand why they choose these dink holes.

Same here. I lost interest completely when I looked at scoretracker and saw the huge lead Evers had and watched BASS Live. It was an awesome final day. I know that there are a ton of people who like the MLF format and that they are going after a different demographic and all but the thing I've learned this year with having the choice to watch both is I'm definitely not that demographic that they are seeking. I don't know if I'm just old fashioned, set in my ways, or what. They call MLF the "purest form of competitive fishing" but I just couldn't disagree more, at least what I think of when I think of a multi day tournament. The MLF style has taken so many factors out of tournament fishing that are to me a very integral part of the game. Zeroing weights at any time during a multi day tournament just doesn't seem right. I would much rather see the guy who put it together all 4 days win a tournament or be able to look back like Zaldain and I'm sure some others and see where one fish throughout the 4 days was the difference in a win or 3rd place. MLF style someone can squeek by the earlier rounds and start at zero and stumble into a mega school of 1-2lbers and run away with it regardless if they were near the cut line in earlier rounds. You also don't have near the ability to run away from the other competitors when they are weighing the best 5 in BASS, which made for a much more intense final day to me. If MLF would go to a best 5 I think they would be much more appealing to me. Some other things that MLF kind of takes away from the game that I've always enjoyed is the risk/reward factor. Guys aren't having to make big decisions like whether or not to make a 2 hour run and hope it pays off, fishing until the last minute giving themselves 5 minutes to make it the 5 miles to check in on time, whether or not to lock through on river systems, etc. All of those things are to me a huge part of big tournaments and much more exciting than giving them an area to stay in and a stopwatch. I'm sure I will be criticized by some that are huge fans of MLF and I'm not saying it's bad, I'm just saying the format isn't enjoyable for me as a spectator. I'm sure it's intense fishing in that format, but I'm wired differently and still think tournaments are for putting together the biggest bag of 5 you can. Do I think something had to change with entry fees, payouts etc to put BASS back in check and give the anglers some leverage? Most definitely. I'm just not sure they brought as many fans over from BASS as they thought they were going to.

Why does MLF not go to lakes that have a lot of big fish? If they went to fork or falcon the number of viewers would go up substantially. I just don’t understand why they choose these dink holes.

They went to Chic also correct?

At least the Redcrest is a Championship of the best bass fisherman in the world. Next years Classic will have an asterisk, as 95% of the field will be guys who would never be in the Elites if not for BPT. It’s the B team...

The Forest Wood Cup a couple of weeks ago was hard to watch. Barely getting 5 dink limits.

A lot of it has to do with the lake and time of year.

Maybe BPT goes to a 2#er for a scoreable bass? That might change up some strategy?

Did you see the MLF world championship? Wheeler was hammering 5#ers. Then others moved on top of him in his area once he was up about 40#s. He was by far the best angler. It would have sucked had it been a five fish limit. It works both ways. Second place would have been a lot closer than the competition really was.

I just wish they wouldn’t schedule on the same weekends so we can watch all of them.