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 Re: Poche DQ'd....
[Re: H2O Seeker]
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07/30/20 10:18 PM
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J.H.S.
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All the more reason to go back to BASS and leave the dumpster fire that is FLW and MLF.
Live Daringly, Boldy, and Fearlessly....Embrace the Challenge So That You May Feel the Exhiliration of Victory.
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Re: Poche DQ'd....
[Re: SC-001]
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07/30/20 10:40 PM
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leethefishking
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From his facebook post it appears he is done with FLW, I wonder if he is done with MLFLW? Done with them because he violated a rule that has been in place for several years. What a crybaby.
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Re: Poche DQ'd....
[Re: Jeff From Iowa]
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07/30/20 10:47 PM
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dillydilly24
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It’s no different than equipment on a boat. If he wants to sacrifice the ride and stability of a big boat with his aluminum rig to get into skinny water, good for him. If I’m not mistaken he was fishing the same or a really similar rig when mlf went up north and he whacked them in big water. Fall back on the Ol’ it’s a rule argument because you realized your original one was dumb. Bout right.
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Re: Poche DQ'd....
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07/30/20 10:55 PM
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Tiltman
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still a huge bummer. If willing to use a little rig like that
permanent steering wheel and livewell should be how that reads.
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Re: Poche DQ'd....
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07/30/20 10:55 PM
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JIM SR.
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Break the rules you're out. 
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Re: Poche DQ'd....
[Re: H2O Seeker]
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07/30/20 11:05 PM
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Allison1
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Back years ago BASS changed their rules when people started bringing small boats for a particular tournament.
I think their rule was you had to use the same boat all year long. If you changed boats it had to be similar.
Break the rules and get disqualified. I have no problems with it.
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Re: Poche DQ'd....
[Re: H2O Seeker]
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07/30/20 11:18 PM
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Mark Perry
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Meanwhile you can have $20,000 in electronics on a boat and no one cares.... 
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Re: Poche DQ'd....
[Re: Mark Perry]
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07/30/20 11:22 PM
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Minner Bucket
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Meanwhile you can have $20,000 in electronics on a boat and no one cares.... Wheeler has changed the electronics game. Look how many have 3 units up front now. And.... regardless of what brand they pimp, all the 3 graphers (up front) have a Garmin livescope.
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Re: Poche DQ'd....
[Re: Douglas J]
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07/30/20 11:31 PM
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SC-001
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Sounds like he is done with FLW and I would guess many more will be bailing on the FLW/MLF deal soon. A lot of things seem to have changed that were supposed to be in place for the first 3 years.
Nobody is bailing unless they have a legend exemption points, only other way is to quit and try to re-qualify through the opens and I don't see many sponsors paying guys the same amount to do that plus its a big gamble. Kevin VanDam 11 points Roland Maritn 9 points Mark Davis 4 points Aaron Martens 3 points Davey Hite 3 points Larry Nixon 3 points Gary Klein, Michael Iaconelli, Skeet Reese, Jordan Lee, Jimmy Houston 2 points Justin Lucas, Greg Hackney, Brent Chapman, Tim Horton, Ott DeFoe, Edwin Evers, Casey Ashley, Randy Howell, Cliff Pace, Chris Lane, Alton Jones, Boyd Duckett, Takahiro Omori, u Luke Clausen, Paul Elias 1 point
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Re: Poche DQ'd....
[Re: J.H.S.]
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07/30/20 11:36 PM
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beartrap
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All the more reason to go back to BASS and leave the dumpster fire that is FLW and MLF. that "dumpster fire" seems to be doing very well with over 800 hours of TV exposure on five networks for their fishermen now... couple that with there being almost no live sports being played right now and it's going to create an even bigger demand for major league fishing to fill the TV programming void.....add the growing popularity of high school and college fishing and the future looks bright for MLF......
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Re: Poche DQ'd....
[Re: SC-001]
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07/30/20 11:36 PM
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Mark Perry
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Sounds like he is done with FLW and I would guess many more will be bailing on the FLW/MLF deal soon. A lot of things seem to have changed that were supposed to be in place for the first 3 years.
Nobody is bailing unless they have a legend exemption points, only other way is to quite and try to re-qualify through the opens and I don't see many sponsors paying guys the same amount to do that plus its a big gamble. Kevin VanDam 11 points Roland Maritn 9 points Mark Davis 4 points Aaron Martens 3 points Davey Hite 3 points Larry Nixon 3 points Gary Klein, Michael Iaconelli, Skeet Reese, Jordan Lee, Jimmy Houston 2 points Justin Lucas, Greg Hackney, Brent Chapman, Tim Horton, Ott DeFoe, Edwin Evers, Casey Ashley, Randy Howell, Cliff Pace, Chris Lane, Alton Jones, Boyd Duckett, Takahiro Omori, u Luke Clausen, Paul Elias 1 point Hackney and Christie both are well within qualification points wise in the Opens to make the Elites again. They just have one more Open left.
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Re: Poche DQ'd....
[Re: dillydilly24]
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07/30/20 11:43 PM
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rj74955
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It’s no different than equipment on a boat. If he wants to sacrifice the ride and stability of a big boat with his aluminum rig to get into skinny water, good for him. If I’m not mistaken he was fishing the same or a really similar rig when mlf went up north and he whacked them in big water. Fall back on the Ol’ it’s a rule argument because you realized your original one was dumb. Bout right. Yeah, I think he's been in an aluminum Triton for awhile now. I don't know if he went smaller for this particular tournament, sounds like it.
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Re: Poche DQ'd....
[Re: Mark Perry]
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07/30/20 11:49 PM
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texasfisherman1
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Sounds like he is done with FLW and I would guess many more will be bailing on the FLW/MLF deal soon. A lot of things seem to have changed that were supposed to be in place for the first 3 years.
Nobody is bailing unless they have a legend exemption points, only other way is to quite and try to re-qualify through the opens and I don't see many sponsors paying guys the same amount to do that plus its a big gamble. Kevin VanDam 11 points Roland Maritn 9 points Mark Davis 4 points Aaron Martens 3 points Davey Hite 3 points Larry Nixon 3 points Gary Klein, Michael Iaconelli, Skeet Reese, Jordan Lee, Jimmy Houston 2 points Justin Lucas, Greg Hackney, Brent Chapman, Tim Horton, Ott DeFoe, Edwin Evers, Casey Ashley, Randy Howell, Cliff Pace, Chris Lane, Alton Jones, Boyd Duckett, Takahiro Omori, u Luke Clausen, Paul Elias 1 point Hackney and Christie both are well within qualification points wise in the Opens to make the Elites again. They just have one more Open left. One more open? There is 8 total opens in 2 divisions, there has only been 2 so far. They have SIX more to fish to qualify through combined divisions or THREE more to qualify through 1 division. Christie is currently 4th overall with still 6 to go and Hackney is 60th...no where near "well within qualification points."
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Re: Poche DQ'd....
[Re: rj74955]
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07/31/20 12:00 AM
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Tiltman
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It’s no different than equipment on a boat. If he wants to sacrifice the ride and stability of a big boat with his aluminum rig to get into skinny water, good for him. If I’m not mistaken he was fishing the same or a really similar rig when mlf went up north and he whacked them in big water. Fall back on the Ol’ it’s a rule argument because you realized your original one was dumb. Bout right. Yeah, I think he's been in an aluminum Triton for awhile now. I don't know if he went smaller for this particular tournament, sounds like it. its the same one
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Re: Poche DQ'd....
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07/31/20 12:09 AM
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beartrap
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I can kinda see where he is coming from....as he said,he's fished tournaments all over the country with several different trails and never heard of "an engine too small" rule....and unless FLW brought it to everybody's attention which they obviously didn't do,it would be very easy to overlook....and last but not least,there is no viable or neccessary reason to have a rule like this....
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