Either way I got my taste of it this year. I'm back to weekend warrior status. Lol

my 2cents look most people like me go to to guides to learn knowledge. theses guys fish there lakes religiously, for instance lake fork chilli31 if you could go against theses guides on lake fork and win over over again you have really accomplished something , but to say the pros get free ride is absurd, nowadays nobody gets free ride in the pros there rigs are discounted but still cost more then my house, Mark Perry gave some good advice when he said beat up on the locals get your name in the circuit as winner major tournament's being fished all over, se if you can stay with all the local talent cause there is some good sticks in the Dallas ft. worth area alone, But chase your dreams it still cost you on some level.

Just watched the video.....VERY funny and so true!

It may have been mentioned already but to compare bass fishing to basketball and football is pretty naive. For the most part, they always play on the same basic layout and surface during one or two seasons a year. You may be a whiz at Lake Fork in the spring but how are you doing at Lake Erie in March or a lake that is crystal clear? Pros put in thousands of miles and hours all over America on many different lakes in every season of the year. Rain or shine. I personally am lousy on cloudy days so as long as it is sunny,I think I can smoke Kevin VanDam. but every time he comes to my pond, it seems to be cloudy and he makes me look bad.

You did a heck of a good job

I wnder if those elite guys (for whatever reason), get on here and see some of the "wanna be's" on here and think to themselves, "Put your money where your mouth is." Respect is given only after you have proven you deserve, not what you "think" you can do.

Or your Credit Card.

Or your Trust Fund

Touche` to both. Either way, they are going to take it from you and make you like it.

Chili, Perhaps maybe what you meant was you don't back down from a challenge and if given the chance to fish against an elite guy you would go all in and not back down? If that is the case, then I would say most guys on here are like that. I think maybe you just used very strong language and didn't quite mean what you said. Now if you were poppin off, and meant that as a challenge, there is a LONG line of guys on here waiting to take your money......... and trust me, they will.

This

That's precisely what I meant and I do apologize to all the anglers that thought I meant disrespect to them

Chilli, you DO have the chance to fish agains the Elites. It's the OPENS. Shoot me a PM if you want to know more about them and how it is. I have only fished them for 3 seasons but it has been an awesome, and humbling at times, experience.

And chances are that the next one will be one by a Elite guy most likely Biff

LOL!

On a river or mudhole near BPS.