Not sure if it’s the best trail out there when they are cancelling championships? Basschamps never cancelled a championship, I understand their entry is not that high but gosh sure gives them a bad look IMO. I wouldn’t fish it knowing their liable to cancel the championship AGAIN! But that’s just me!

I don't find it odd at all. They don't need a bunch of internet hacks bad mouthing their circuit. They have had some success with it and hopefully they can continue to grow on it and continue to be around.

It wasn't the championship. It was just the final event. They had 3 tournaments last year, went to 4 this year. Most of us on the trail agree that 3 is a better number. Keeping it more localized where most of the guys fish. It's not for everyone that's for sure. But I 100 percent would rather put up 2k an event to actually win some money against 35-45 teams than $300-$400 to win 2k for 3rd against 200+ teams. I'm not knocking these larger trails, I still jackpot them occasionally. But the payout is literally for first place really. Your chances of a 2nd or 3rd aren't that great against a big field. I like TTO's 2 days of practice and 2 days of fishing. It suits our style of fishing. I think they'll figure it out. I do agree it sucks for the few that paid deposits for the full year just to fish choke. But on the other hand there were just as many teams that paid deposits just to jackpot whatever lake they wanted. That's why you see entries fall off. Guys paid an extra $750 just to fish Whitney or Texoma. You really just can't compare basschamps to this format. Lots of guys are ok winning $600-$1000 and breaking even for a weekend. That's not this group

in the better money tournaments jackpotting always is the demise the jackpotters will only fish when they are on enough fish to win an after the first few places you cant cover expenses anyway.

You can't continue to grow and continue to be around if you have to cancel an event due to low participation haha

An interesting idea would be to have 4 events. 1 on sam because we'll that's what you have to do. 2 middle of state, one north ish or west ish. Require 3 events with 2 being the middle 2. Collect all the money up front for the 3 plus the championship that you don't announce. Basically you almost have 2 divisions but not really. If the east texas guys can't find a map out of town they should be able to get directions at a gas station in llufkin. They north/west Texas guys don't have to be subjected to a flea dip after going to sam rayburn. I think it could work lol.

What if they let you register for one tournament as long as you enter before the season starts?