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 Re: dumb bassmasters question
[Re: FootAndAHalf]
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02/18/10 04:32 PM
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Henry's Boy
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Two years ago me and my brother were fishing one of our favorite spots Sunday morning at Amistad while the Elite Series was taking place and down to the final 12. At about 8:30 a large group of boats and a helicopter came right on top of us. The group of boats included Mike McClellan and a group of spectator boats. The heli hovered right over our boat while filiming McLellan. We pulled up the trolling motor and moved on to another spot and let him, the spectators and the helicopter have that magical point where he ended up with a 4th place finish (I think) in the event. Our thinking was this guy was trying to make a living and we were just there to have fun. Plenty of good water at Amistad anyway.
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Re: dumb bassmasters question
[Re: Henry's Boy]
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02/18/10 06:21 PM
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Stump jumper
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I am not a fan of tournaments and tournament fisherman for several reasons so I would not move. If you have ever been on Lake Fork with the Mickey D thing going on you might sour on tournaments too. Since I am not a fan of them I got great satisfaction at Texoma once. I was killing time at my campsite and threw a shad out to try to get a catfish. A tournament fisherman pulled up dropped his TM and asked if I had caught anything. I said yes and pulled a 6.5 lb bass out my bucket. Now I rarely keep a bass but this one was bleeding pretty good. He promptly picked up and headed somewhere else.
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Re: dumb bassmasters question
[Re: Stump jumper]
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02/19/10 02:37 AM
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txbassman2019
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the whole aaron martens deal was that he pulled up on a spot, i forget what lake but there was a local tournament going on i believe and a couple guys had been catching some schooling bass where aaron had been catching fish all 3 days of the tournament, and he had been complaining about it, bc that was his only good spot that he had produced from
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Re: dumb bassmasters question
[Re: txbassman2019]
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02/19/10 04:19 AM
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Basscat2301
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i would rather watch and learn techniques and presentations from these pros- than to sit on a spot and whack the bass that might have cost them half a million in cash.
x2. I dont have anything to prove, staying messing with some guy that is fishing for his living!!! No telling how much you could learn from them anyways!
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Re: dumb bassmasters question
[Re: Basscat2301]
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02/19/10 07:41 AM
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Ban-D
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I'm not goin to lie if I new the classic was goin on I would either just watch or go to another lake
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Re: dumb bassmasters question
[Re: txbassman2019]
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02/19/10 01:58 PM
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Holzer
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the whole aaron martens deal was that he pulled up on a spot, i forget what lake but there was a local tournament going on i believe and a couple guys had been catching some schooling bass where aaron had been catching fish all 3 days of the tournament, and he had been complaining about it, bc that was his only good spot that he had produced from Thanks
Holzer My pic is gone 
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Re: dumb bassmasters question
[Re: Holzer]
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02/19/10 02:13 PM
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blackskeeter
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If they asked my politely i would move on my way. My cousin was fishing the river the year the classic was on it in a local tourney. Ike came flying up and started hollering that my cousin was on his hole and demanding him to leave. Needless to say Ike had company in his hole for the rest of the day from my cousin. If he would have asked my cousin nicely then there wouldnt have been a problem but he went about it all wrong.
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Re: dumb bassmasters question
[Re: ssj3goten]
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02/22/10 05:31 PM
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KingwoodCat
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I don't really follow the whole bassmaster and whatnot but if I am stuck at work and its on I watch. So anyways my question is this. When they have the tournament like the one on Lay Lake is the lake closed to public fishing? I always seem the guy fishing with several boats in the background watching/cheering. If say I am fishing a spot can they knock me off that spot? Just curious No, they can't "Knock you off that spot"...However, one would think that if someone were fishing for $500,000, common courtesy would dictate giving the professional angler all the space he wanted or needed. I saw the tournament on TV where Aaron Martens mentioned that he was fishing a big money tournament and the guy that was on his spot said he was fishing one too....Probably a club tournament. It seems to me that when someone is fishing for that kind of money, and they are not goiing to be coming back for a year or more, one could learn more by watching the pro than trying to catch the pro's fish....
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him had better take a look at the American Indian".
Henry Ford
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Re: dumb bassmasters question
[Re: KingwoodCat]
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02/22/10 06:16 PM
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Stump jumper
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I do not care what they are fishing for. The lake is public and we all have the same rights to it. If tournaments paid some kind of fee to rent the lake then fine. Tournament fisherman are the most arrogant group of people I have ever met. Ray Scott is one of the worst. I guess they are just following the leader. It it were not for the general public buying gear these guys promote they would not even exist.
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Re: dumb bassmasters question
[Re: Stump jumper]
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02/22/10 06:48 PM
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Barrett
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I think I would let any tournament angler fish where i was fishing UNLESS it was ISH MONROE then I would tell him where he can stick it because that guys just a A$$
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Re: dumb bassmasters question
[Re: Barrett]
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02/22/10 08:17 PM
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ssj3goten
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Since lots of people viewing this thread here is another question. Can a fly rod be used? There be a lot of advanatages to using one.
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Re: dumb bassmasters question
[Re: ssj3goten]
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02/22/10 08:25 PM
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HammerPants
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Since lots of people viewing this thread here is another question. Can a fly rod be used? There be a lot of advanatages to using one. You can use a flyrod as long as it meets the length requirements, which I think says that rods can be no longer than 8 feet. The Sage Largemouth and Smallmouth flyrods would fit the bill - they're made short for that very purpose.
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Re: dumb bassmasters question
[Re: HammerPants]
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02/23/10 02:46 PM
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Nophears
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I know they try their best to edit it but I've seen Mike Iaconelli go off on a rant a couple times on camera & they have suddenly cut to another fisherman
I tried to be normal but it got boring so it's just back to being ME~
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Never argue with an Idiot, They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience
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Re: dumb bassmasters question
[Re: Barrett]
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02/24/10 07:39 PM
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boo coo
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i would let anybody fish my spot.treat people like you want to be treated. what goes around comes around.
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Re: dumb bassmasters question
[Re: Henry's Boy]
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02/24/10 07:43 PM
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Manchu
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Two years ago me and my brother were fishing one of our favorite spots Sunday morning at Amistad while the Elite Series was taking place and down to the final 12. At about 8:30 a large group of boats and a helicopter came right on top of us. The group of boats included Mike McClellan and a group of spectator boats. The heli hovered right over our boat while filiming McLellan. We pulled up the trolling motor and moved on to another spot and let him, the spectators and the helicopter have that magical point where he ended up with a 4th place finish (I think) in the event. Our thinking was this guy was trying to make a living and we were just there to have fun. Plenty of good water at Amistad anyway. was that in gaujia bay? i was in there on the left side bed fishin. i heard em coming too. 30 boats and a low flying chopper. thought they were comin to git me
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