It wont be long. If i was putting up the funds to fish the opens as a co i would have a small set up to use. The only part that would be tricky would be mounting it but you could possibly make something that would slide over the edge of a jackplate

…and then we will complain about how the boat owner is not catering to me and fishing the way I want to fish.

If you don’t have a boat, don’t complain about riding in another dude’s boat…plain and simple.

So you’re an old man who owns a boat, does not want to go pro…but fishes tournaments. You LOVE fishing but do not want to prefish (my shallow mind finds this to be a bit contradictory) You do not wan to put in the work and hope some other dude caters to you. Sound pretty lazy.

Shallow mind? Come be my “co” and we can talk about it…

I doubt seriously a boater is gonna let you go clamping anything to the boat. Especially some mess that might take time to unhook when he gets ready to run. There is an easy solution for the co... take your boat and enter as a boater

Can you imagine the look on a boater face when some co shows up with a suitcase of tackle, 47 rods, another suitcase of garmin, then starts clamping a mess all over boat lol. Then doesn't throw any gas money on pot


Edit.. I left off the yeti with all their sandwiches

The purpose of being a co-angler is to learn in my opinion. If you go into the co-angler world with any other mindset, you are going to be disappointed. The ironic thing is that the guys that go into it with the idea of winning being judged by how much you learn as opposed to how much you catch, are usually the guys that actually win money. As has been well discussed here, people pay big money to watch someone else catch fish on FFS. Getting to do it for the price of a co-angler entry fee is a deal by todays rates.

I don't know how much a co will learn while standing on the back deck of a boat while the pro fishes using FFS after the first or second time doing it. Most likely the back graphs will be turned off and the co cannot see the front graph to see what the pro is looking at.

I can see this causing some of the normal co's to quit. If these circuits do not have the co's they will have to come up with a new mode of operation. Will they have to rely solely on polygraphs to keep the cheaters out?

Judging from the responses from all the TFF “Boaters” I would say,Yes.
Yes, FFS will be the death of the Co-angler. Maybe that platform has been outdated by technology.

I’ believe everything in this topic is a hypothetical complaint so it’s people complaining about the possibility that someone might complain and you’re leading the pack think about that for a second.

I missed that last line of Internet tough guy, but I bet you’re a big dude. Rougher and tougher than all the rest, tougher than all the rest!

I’m sure you go running your mouth and calling folks “shallow-minded”
In real life right? Or do you just feel safer doing it online only?

Hypothetical? You “believe” wrong. I replied to a guy (that wasn’t you) about what he said was a real-life scenario.

I stand by offer. I’ll be fishing Matagorda Bay and T Bend next month…you’re more than welcome to my backseat

No, pretty much always say how the cow ate the cabbage some people are a little sensitive. I clearly came across one. I do forget sometimes that there are young ladies on the forum now.

How ironic that you are calling me sensitive and continuing to run your mouth. Let’s not forget that you are the one that got butthurt and replied to me.

I clearly hurt your feelings when I asked why anybody would want to be a backseater.

I’ve had back Cos that were old man that we’re just fishing as their sons gauranteed co, their son could fish the tournament I just think it’s foolish to try to put everybody into a box that you believe exist. well that’s actually not the case I’m trying to help you get smarter, you should thank me.

Thank you so much. That’s why I invited you to be my co.

If only you lived closer to my country.

I grew up fishing on TB. Remember catching my first 5lb bass there. Lots of memories.

A simple thank you will have to do.

Is this an internet chest bumping contest lol