For the ones who have sponsors

This is directed towards the guys that wear jerseys, have wrapped boats/trucks and/or have a logo or website in your signature....

What do these companies pay or do for you? I'm posting this as a serious question. Maybe you guys are the smarter ones and us dummies that fish in t-shirts are missing out.

***this question is not directed towards anyone that actually owns the company they are advertising. I know the obvious reasons you're doing it if you own the company.***

I doubt anyone is going to tell you publicly what their deal is. I'd leave this topic alone. Too many get butt hurt over it.

99.9% of sponsorsip at any level besides touring pros is product sponsorship!

Not speaking about all the local level guys but I can say that I know a few that have some pretty damn nice situations they are in. I know some that get product as well as a check when working events etc. I also know some that have direct input on lure design and product development. Not with some small time company I am talking some industry heavy hitters.
Its all about your niche and what you can bring to the table. assuming all local guys are doing what they are doing for a bag of worms or a sticker is not always accurate. Sure lots are but there are some that do a lot more.
Like Fouz mentioned I doubt anyone will get on here and post deal parameters as its usally spelled out in the deal you sign if you are at a level that requires a contract/agreement.

I want a Whataburger jersey then!

Just for fun I would love to do a boat wrap that is plain white with the word "bassboat" in plain black letters on each side. Then have a barcode on each side of boat near transom. Do a jersey the same way with just the word bass fisherman and a barcode. It would be like the old school generic stuff you used to buy at the grocery store.

Yes, forget about what the fish like to eat...what about what WE like to eat?!

I'll take Taco Cabana or Golden Chick on my jersey please.

I bet you'd have tons of people shooting that bar code with their phones! The curiosity would force us to do so. I know I would! I wouldn't want to do it to see your sponsors, I'd do it to see what funny stuff was there cuz anyone that would do that would have to be a funny dude!

This is my post from the locked post:

Red Bouy not only made me a jersy but sent me to tournaments, invitationals, even paid for bass club tourney entry fees. They gave me all the free products I wanted an in return asked me to wear the jersey and use the product.whats the difference in wearing a jersey and a long sleeve shirt that says kistler down the arms for example? It's funny to me that people will do it for 10% off or just wear random products and brands and sport the stickers on their boats but who are you to judge what people wear or do on the water? Like I said before name the bass section to "Women's locker room" .Due to divorce,selling my boat,personal and financial problems I just fun fish and an occasional working mans but If a company offered it to me again and I was fishing bigger trails I would take the offer in a heart beat. Who wouldn't want free stuff and money just to wear a jersey?Some of you guys just think you're to cool for school and you poo don't stink. Probably the same guys who have brand new boats with 10 hours on the motor and have to have the newest baddest products. I love it. I know this post was made as a joke but that's my 2 cents.

Enough to not disclose any private information to anyone on here. Nobody will tell you their deals. I am taken care of very well, and within the sponsors I have- are other deals made from company to company. Meaning there are excellent deals through my sponsors with other companies. The industry is all intertwined into a magnificent web. Don't burn any bridges! (They all connect somehow to another)
And I have one company that pays me a check to work a couple events each year. And once again, through them other excellent deals are opened up.

Fyi- 10-15% off retail is NOT a sponsorship- that's a "sale".

I wear my jersey proudly- when the situation dictates. At shows, or in recorded tournaments. Also at the championship tournaments for our bass club. Otherwise, there's no need to wear it while fishing for fun or in 10 boat tournaments (to me that's just silly).

I would love to see a self funded guy do it in the Elites or FLW. Never thought about making the bar code readable info wise. That would be awesome.
Hell if we can't laugh at ourselves in this crazy sport we will be in trouble. we all spend way too much money chasing silly liitle green fish....

We get products, entree fees to tournaments and travel money. There is no way that I could do what I do without my sponsors!

This, its always hilarious seeing these "pro staffers" pushing product so hard like their life depended on it and only get 10% off purchase.

I used to be pro staff for a lot of companies when I fished tournaments really hard, I never bothered to push it on forums cause it wasnt worth it. I was only getting a a few boxes of product free everyother month after purchase of over $80 in product. Most of my deals were basically "free" advertising, we would put their company logo on our jersey and when we won, we would send that company a picture of us and winnings and they would cut us a check or product credit.

Best things were contingency programs, especially as a college student, I got $100 in costa product, $250 in Plano boxes, Boat US membership, cabelas cash, 25% big bite, etc.... stuff like that. Lots of discounts

I drove by a pond one weekend and just about died laughing at these guys wearing their logo covered jerseys


IMHO, if you work your tail off and win, it would be a great opportunity to get extra cash to fund the addiction but if youre just some plain farmer joe that does not cash checks each tournament, youre wasting your breath.

10% off!

I believe there is a guy on here sponsored by Tx Burger....Im jealous.

This is an awesome idea!

Win tournaments, be a personable guy/gal, get your sponsors name out, sell their brand!!!!!

If you win enough people will start asking what and how! I promise!

We should go back to the old school patches on the vests!

Nahhhh..getting tattoos of your sponsors shows real commitment.

Too dang hot!

Nothing like a big ol Skeeter logo on your forehead to show you are pro staff

That would be TEAM Skeeter.....

Its crazy. All the people on here who have "sponsors", how come I never see you on TV fishing with the big boys? I bet the REAL pros would laugh at alot of people on here.

Someone mentioned self funded pro angler, Steve Kennedy is self funded if I'm not mistaken and Gary Yamamoto.

I know guys that are sponsored that would rather sleep in their own bed rather than fish with the "big boys". Just because you fish the tour doesn't mean you can fish...

And just because you wear a colorful shirt and put a sticker on your boat doesn't make you sponsored. Or a pro. To many wannabe's.

This is very true! Very, very, very true.

Alot of the guys that fish the tour now, started out fishing the same thing everyone on here does and had sponsors then.

Sponsors help with product, entry fee's, gas, lodging, etc..... to help guys be able to afford to get to the next level!




Just a couple of examps.....

Takihiro slept in his truck at Lake Fork guiding and fishing lower level events while having sponsors!
Palunik worked his way up through federation using sponsors and his drive
Kernan fished the opens and won almost everything in Texas while having sponsors!

I will never clown on a guy trying to better his life by working hard! Promoting somebody's product could open a door you never would have seen if you didn't knock on it!

very well said

I just knew if I ever won a tournament sponsors would be blowing my phone up!!! Well they did sorta.... work called and wanted to know I was coming in afterwards....

Yankhardreelfast
why hide behind a fake name on a forum,why not post your real name for all to see,you seem to have an opinion about everything but yet you wont own your opinions because you hide behind a username,this is why your question wont be answered by me.And yes i have sponsors in my signature and yes my boat is wrapped,and yes i have logo's on my truck,but one thing i wont do is hide behind a screen name and constantly stir the pot.So if you want a real answer to the question at hand give us a real name not a character name.

Just caught this MASSIVE bass!!

#lakefork
#lftlures
#prostaff
#skeeterboats
#powerpole
#berkleyrods
#sharelunker




Remind yall of a few "Pro Staff" members on here?

Fouzman was right. Some will be butt hurt.

I've put my name on several of my posts in the past. I'm not, nor have I ever, his behind a screen name. My name is Clint Wade. I live in Huntsville, TX.

Now hurry hurry. Google my name. LOL

Everyone has a "sponsor". I work on an oil drilling rig and I'm " sponsored" by everyone that burns gas or uses oil. LOL

Haha I wish everyone would put their name on it. It would clear a lot up....

^^^

What would that do? You think people would be nicer?

Man, no kidding, what was the point of calling him out Stan? All he was doing as asking a question, you dont have to answer if you dont like it.

Yank enjoys stirring the kettle of hot water. Common trend.

Maybe Stan had enough of it?? I know I'm tired of seeing it.

Oh well, this thread had its fun, im betting itll be locked in the next few hours

I think Stan, like many others, just gets tired of the few on here who always have a negative attitude about everything. It's the same 5 or 6 guys on every post involving tournament jerseys talking about what a loser you are if you wear one. Of course you can find the same guys on almost any post they participate in with the same negative attitude.

We're all are here because we love to fish. Why spend so much time bashing your fellow anglers?

+1

Most contracts have a non disclosure clause. I know mine do. I can only say I dont work for product alone and never will.

I do not consider myself a "wannabe", more like a "gonnabe".

I am very grateful for my sponsors and the opportunity to fish behind some of the best bass fishermen in the world. This adventure began for me in the summer of 2010 and continues today.

When the time is right and the Lord has created the way I will take my shot at it. Until then I will humbly cast from the back deck and enjoy the learning experiences provided by my Pro Anglers.

Way to much Jersey Jealousy on here. How about we try supporting one another instead of wasting so much energy tearing others down.

Mark Howard

Insecurities will sometimes get the best of folks. Good luck to ya Mark in whatever it is you're doing!

All I know is I wish I had more. And I'm working on it.

I would love to have a Jersey, and be proud to sport it everywhere. I would only want logos of companies who went out of business or quit.
Team PROCRAFT
Striker Rods
Slug Go

Don't look now, but Lunker City is still in business. They make the Slug-Go.

We have come across the Shipley donuts wrapped truck and boat several times and we always get a laugh out of it. It makes me want some Shipley donuts. They are the best! Makes me hungry talkin about it now!

My sponsors last year made it possible for me to redo my seats and carpet in my boat and also picked up some of my gas. That made it possible for me to fish more tournaments with less money out of pocket. I like the product they offer and enjoyed having the seats and carpet in my boat. Bass boat seats owner also told me he thought it was a great idea because I'm fishing smaller tournaments where the working man fishes and he would more than likely sell some seats. Unlike the pros that get new boats every year. I only have 2 sponsors on my jersey because they were the only ones offering to help me while I was helping them.

As much crying as there is
on here someone has to be sponsored
by Kleenex.

"Like to thank my sponsors
for allowing me to cry a river..."

Freaking old soft white T-shirt can't be beat in the heat!

I don't care about nice. I just want to see who's hiding behind some of these comments.

There is even a complementary box of Kleenex on the deck for the whiners.

This gets an a+++++++ as a thread

I'm going with an F.Makes my stinkin head hurt.

Don't be so negative Borden. There is a lot of good info here. Lol