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MLF/BPT taking votes......biggest 5 fish or every fish counts? #14502557 10/12/22 12:09 PM
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Re: MLF/BPT taking votes......biggest 5 fish or every fish counts? [Re: Mark Perry] #14502592 10/12/22 12:43 PM
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Re: MLF/BPT taking votes......biggest 5 fish or every fish counts? [Re: Mark Perry] #14502598 10/12/22 12:47 PM
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I wonder if the housewives will vote???

Re: MLF/BPT taking votes......biggest 5 fish or every fish counts? [Re: Mark Perry] #14502629 10/12/22 12:59 PM
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Several BPT pro's had polls on their Instagram stories recently. Watson & Dunkin briefly discussed it on Dunkin's podcast. Watson seemed to think they'll be going back to the 5-fish format before it's all over with.

Honest question, has MLF had the same format/rules/qualifications/anything for 2 consecutive years since forming in '19?


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Re: MLF/BPT taking votes......biggest 5 fish or every fish counts? [Re: Mark Perry] #14502642 10/12/22 01:05 PM
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Hey at least it appears they are trying to make their content what the fans want.....MLF haters going to dislike it no matter what lol.


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Re: MLF/BPT taking votes......biggest 5 fish or every fish counts? [Re: Mark Perry] #14502652 10/12/22 01:10 PM
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i could care less if its every fish or best 5 as long as its live scoring where there is suspense right at the end which is why I prefer the format over this "guessing" weights then going to a weigh in. It will be very interesting to see where it goes.


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Re: MLF/BPT taking votes......biggest 5 fish or every fish counts? [Re: Mark Perry] #14502669 10/12/22 01:21 PM
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The every little fish format has been a failure. Problem with 5 fish for them will be the highly inaccurate scales and just five fish. Who knows who the real winner should be.


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Re: MLF/BPT taking votes......biggest 5 fish or every fish counts? [Re: Mark Perry] #14502682 10/12/22 01:31 PM
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Could be the “olds” over there knowing that they can’t take on the young whipper snappers. “We’ll do it for the fans”… roflmao

Re: MLF/BPT taking votes......biggest 5 fish or every fish counts? [Re: grout-scout] #14502728 10/12/22 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by grout-scout
Could be the “olds” over there knowing that they can’t take on the young whipper snappers. “We’ll do it for the fans”… roflmao

Those young'uns have been putting a whooping on them roflmao


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Re: MLF/BPT taking votes......biggest 5 fish or every fish counts? [Re: Mark Perry] #14502732 10/12/22 02:12 PM
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to me it's a lot more entertaining (and educational) to watch several guys fishing for two hours than seeing a couple of minutes of fish catching and rest of time seeing guys haul fish across the stage and dump them into the scales....another thing that isn't mentioned is that MLF doesn't have 50 spectator boats crowding around the competitors during the tournament like BASS has especially during the classic.....you can bet the outcome of every BASS classic for past 20 years or more has been affected by spectator boats....

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Re: MLF/BPT taking votes......biggest 5 fish or every fish counts? [Re: Mark Perry] #14502738 10/12/22 02:15 PM
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I think the best of both worlds would be great.
1- Catch the fish and weigh it, put it on score-tracker, but it will automatically keep your 5 biggest fish.
2- You have the catch and release a lot of people want
3- You have the 5 biggest fish weighs some people like

Too me this format is a win/win


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Re: MLF/BPT taking votes......biggest 5 fish or every fish counts? [Re: beartrap] #14502752 10/12/22 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by beartrap
to me it's a lot more entertaining (and educational) to watch several guys fishing for two hours than seeing a couple of minutes of fish catching and rest of time seeing guys haul fish across the stage and dump them into the scales....another thing that isn't mentioned is that MLF doesn't have 50 spectator boats crowding around the competitors during the tournament like BASS has especially during the classic.....you can bet the outcome of every BASS classic for past 20 years or more has been affected by spectator boats....



The weigh in portion of any tournament show is usually less than 20% of that show. Probably closer to 10%. With either trail right now you get hours and hours of actual fishing footage via live coverage. Both TV shows have some non fishing content whether it be a weigh in or Marty Stone talking for 10mi uses before any action is shown.

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Much more suspense in the current format. Iwatch every one because of that. Five fish format would lose me completely.

Re: MLF/BPT taking votes......biggest 5 fish or every fish counts? [Re: Mark Perry] #14502758 10/12/22 02:24 PM
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The original MLF format was the best:
Anglers apparently not knowing the body of water they were about to fish
Day of fishing divided into three time periods
Big cut at the end of the day with less than half the field advancing

Difficult to adapt the original format to a large scale; but the original format, especially not knowing the body of water beforehand, was interesting.


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Re: MLF/BPT taking votes......biggest 5 fish or every fish counts? [Re: IRBF2] #14502775 10/12/22 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by IRBF2
Much more suspense in the current format. Iwatch every one because of that. Five fish format would lose me completely.



So far the biggest 5 format is winning the poll

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