At least this thread won’t get shut down for talking about Canadians lol

I got thrown off lol. The whole thing about using candadian as a substitute for dookie wasn't received well by that communist.

If JP would pay me a talent fee I would keep my act exclusive to the forum.

It’s pathetic over there. I often wonder why I even visit that site

They are easily triggered, over here people have a sense of humor

If you could only change 1 word in the title, which one would you choose?

Dang Canucks. I don’t see how anyone can think that move was OK, AOY title or not. Think about it….
Gee was leading, he didn’t like it, he was pissed. That community hole was 84 miles from the launch. How do you move in on the leader like that and justify it?

Chris has won one Elite event and Cory 2 Elites and one Open.

The only reason they got a spot on the Elites was they were fillers when the talent all left for greener pastures. Lots of the fillers have turned out to be very good Elite anglers, as I said about the Johnston brothers.

Without the split they would have not gotten a freeroll spot, just as many others.

Definition of "filler"

noun

suffix: -fillers; plural noun: fillers

1. a thing put in a space or container to fill it.
"these plants are attractive gap-fillers or ground cover"

2. a person or thing that fills a space or container.

Age old question, if you catch them in a spot day 1 because you had a higher boat draw, do you own it day 2? I'm not saying that's even what happened here. In Gee's defense, he never left that spot, in Johnston's he tried to get on it every day and has obvious history there (which Gee likely knew about), it's way too close for me to want to fish to anyone, but I don't fish for a living either. But big smalls get in big schools on the great lakes, this isn't uncommon up there.

The short clip of Mercer interviewing Cory in the morning was kinda weird, Mercer is obviously buddies with the Johnston's. I didn't watch it live, but it sounded like maybe Gee talked a little Sh*t to Chris ?? Not sure it warrants Cory being upset? I guess if I were Gee and one of AOY leaders pulled up on a spot I only knew about because I watched him whack fish there on TV I'd probably tell that angler he's welcome to fish it, not saying I'd leave, but.....it goes both ways.

All that said, to watch what Cory fished in and caught them in day 3 and 4 he earned his victory.

Mercer is a Canadian. It’s an interesting situation. Lots of differing opinions on what qualifies for spot ownership, my opinion is Johnston was too close unless he worked something out with Gee.

The spot that Lee won the Classic on was a community hole before Lee fished it. It got much worse after. If they came back to Conroe would Lee have rights to the spot and others could not check it and plan on fishing it if they thought they could catch them there? You put 100 Elites on Conroe with absolutely zero information and that spot gets checked multiple times during practice. It a pronounced point. Classic type of spot to catch them.

Totally agree with what you're saying. Too close for my taste as well, but not the first time it's ever happened at that level.

And to your point about JLee on Conroe, yes, everyone else has a right to go fish it. But I'd also give a little leeway to Lee if he showed up while I was there, maybe that's just me. Little different hypothetical in my opinion, because one is an obvious point and spot, the other is not. And Gee and other anglers had plenty of previous information, which is how he got there in the first place.

I think Johnston could've asked Gee before day 3 about doing what he did.

Watching it now I also think Gee showed some immaturity and acted like a little bit of a whiner when it all went down, knowing what he knew about the spot, and stakes.

Who was the Cajun Dick that Mercer wouldn't talk to on his morning video?? lol

I lost a lot of respect for Mercer and the Johnstons.