Fantasy Fishing 2019 - Official Thread 2024

fishballer06 reply :

The time has come for the 2019 Fantasy Fishing season to begin. For those unfamiliar, we have been doing this for a few years now as a fun way to compete and have a little fun among all our members. Do you think you have what it takes to take home 1st place for the season?

Group Name: BassResource

Password: BR2019

We encourage all members to play along. Just pick your anglers prior to each BASS Elite event and share them (or don't) with the group. It's all part of the fun!

scaleface reply :

I'm in .

Adam.love05 reply :

Excited to get the season started

12poundbass reply :

I wonder why fan is blocked on fantasy?

I'll probably joing, when's the first event?

fishballer06 reply :

On 1/23/2019 at 9:46 PM, 12poundbass said:

I wonder why fan is blocked on fantasy?

I'll probably joing, when's the first event?

I pm'd a mod immediately once I made the thread. Hopefully they can fix it for us.

First event is in 2 weeks. Do your research and put a team in!

Edit - Thank you @J Francho

Jrob78 reply :

I'm in!

I knew there would be a lot of unfamiliar names but it really stands out looking through the roster here.

scaleface reply :

Heres my team . One Elite angler , 1 FLW Canadian , 2 from eastern Opens and 1 from central open .There is a reason I picked each one , they were not just drawn out of a hat . LOL

A	Drew Cook Midway, FL	-
B	Jeff Gustafson Keewatin, NT	-
C	Brandon Lester Fayetteville, TN	-
D	Garrett Paquette Canton, MI	-
E	Brad Whatley Bivins, TX

Abby reply :

I am in. I don't know many of these guys but a little research will do me good this weekend

nascar2428 reply :

I'm in, no research required.

Gundog reply :

On 1/24/2019 at 1:34 AM, scaleface said:

Heres my team . One Elite angler , 1 FLW Canadian , 2 from eastern Opens and 1 from central open .There is a reason I picked each one , they were not just drawn out of a hat . LOL

A Drew Cook
Midway, FL -

B Jeff Gustafson
Keewatin, NT -

C Brandon Lester
Fayetteville, TN -

D Garrett Paquette
Canton, MI -

E Brad Whatley
Bivins, TX

Well my picks were drawn out of a hat and here is the hat to prove it....

let's see who wins this. Now its personal!

MIbassyaker reply :

I did no research my first year, just went with gut/whim. And I bombed.

I did pretty extensive research my second year and finished pretty high overall, and within the top 5 of the BR group.

I did a lot of research again last year.....and bombed again.

So. Gonna try the hat thing this time, too.

kbeeb374 reply :

I am in!

Don't forget to Join the Tackle warehouse group for a chance to win some free stuff!

BassHawg2293 reply :

On 1/25/2019 at 12:58 AM, kbeeb374 said:

I am in!

Don't forget to Join the Tackle warehouse group for a chance to win some free stuff!

Wheres the info on that one

fishballer06 reply :

We're up to 21 members so far. Keep signing up guys and gals! Last year we had over 80 participants.

MichaelCopeland reply :

I'm in. I picked all Louisiana boys just to see what happens.

Troy85 reply :

On 1/25/2019 at 9:02 AM, MichaelCopeland said:

I'm in. I picked all Louisiana boys just to see what happens.

With all the new faces, its hard to know who to pick. I like your approach, may have to do the same.

BassNJake reply :

On 1/24/2019 at 1:34 AM, scaleface said:

Heres my team . One Elite angler , 1 FLW Canadian , 2 from eastern Opens and 1 from central open .There is a reason I picked each one , they were not just drawn out of a hat . LOL

A Drew Cook
Midway, FL -

B Jeff Gustafson
Keewatin, NT -

C Brandon Lester
Fayetteville, TN -

D Garrett Paquette
Canton, MI -

E Brad Whatley
Bivins, TX

I'll have at least one of the Canadians on my team as well.

I think the new FLW Canucks are going to do well this year.

Jrob78 reply :

This year it's going to be hard to even do research, so many new faces who don't have pro experience on any of these bodies of water. Add to that FLW doesn't fish many of the same lakes as BASS, the remaining Elite guys are the only ones with much history to research. Should be a fun year!

fishballer06 reply :

On 1/25/2019 at 9:26 PM, Troy85 said:

With all the new faces, its hard to know who to pick. I like your approach, may have to do the same.

On 1/25/2019 at 10:37 PM, Jrob78 said:

This year it's going to be hard to even do research, so many new faces who don't have pro experience on any of these bodies of water.

Don't discount these guys skills just because they aren't a household name yet. I think by mid year, we're all going to have an eye opening experience whenever we realize that some of these new guys are the real deal.

GReb reply :

On 1/25/2019 at 9:02 AM, MichaelCopeland said:

I'm in. I picked all Louisiana boys just to see what happens.

I picked Hubnall. Randomly started following him in social media a few years ago and am rooting for him

ohboyitsrobby reply :

I'm in. No rationale on my team. Just winging it. Other than drew Benton. He seems like a good choice.

ratherbfishin1 reply :

Like @ohboyitsrobby, I am pretty much winging it...

Chris186 reply :

I am winging it as well, although I did pick Mueller because he is a local for me , this is my first attempt at Fantasy Fishing

Abby reply :

View Tournament:

12 days, 16:42:58

Rosters lock at 11:00 AMET on 02/07/2019. Time remaining:

2019 Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River

February 7-10, 2019

Roster

Grp
A	Keith Combs Huntington, TX	-
B	Derek Hudnall Baton Rouge, LA	-
C	Brandon Lester Fayetteville, TN	-
D	Brett Preuett Monroe, LA	-
E	Jake Whitaker Fairview, NC

These are my picks for now....

Hawkeye21 reply :

On 1/26/2019 at 2:15 AM, Chris186 said:

I am winging it as well, although I did pick Mueller because he is a local for me , this is my first attempt at Fantasy Fishing

We have 3 of the same guys picked.

ohboyitsrobby reply :

MrPeanut reply :

Just put my picks in as well

I think this year, at least the first couple tourneys, will be interesting with a lot of lesser known anglers being showcased. Will make it fun

CroakHunter reply :

I'm in

fishballer06 reply :

We're up to 36 members playing along. Still plenty of time to get entered before the first tournament.

Has anyone seen @Senko lover lately?

fishballer06 reply :

First tournament kicks off on Thursday and we're up to 55 members! Be sure to get your picks (or roster changes) submitted before Wednesday night.

BCline reply :

I just checked our group and I am in the TOP TEN!!! Probably for the last time this season. I guess it pays to register early.

Good Luck Everyone.

BigSkyBasser reply :

I've started to notice how many familiar faces I'm recognizing from 3+ years of FLW Fantasy Fishing.

Here's the two rosters I'm mulling over

A: Drew Benton or Matt Arey

B: Jeff (gussy) Gustafson or Seth Feider

C: Brandon Lester or Chris Johnston

D. Kyle Monti or Chad Morgenthaler

E: Clark Wendlandt or Caleb Sumrall

Dangerfield reply :

I signed up for the TW group cause I couldn't believe the prizes they give away at the end of the season. Just noticed this thread and signed up.

fishballer06 reply :

Looking at the ownership percentages on the BASS website. Looks like lots of guys are picking off of names they know, and not paying attention to past Florida performances. It should be interesting to see how some of the househould names that stuck around fair out against these fresh faces in these Florida waters.

Dangerfield reply :

On 2/5/2019 at 4:44 AM, fishballer06 said:

Looking at the ownership percentages on the BASS website. Looks like lots of guys are picking off of names they know, and not paying attention to past Florida performances. It should be interesting to see how some of the househould names that stuck around fair out against these fresh faces in these Florida waters.

I'm one of them. I've watched a few FLW and BASS tournaments on TV but the channel switched from a fishing only channel to hunting and fishing. I'm going to do some research until Wed, see where it takes me.

dneedham reply :

I'm in.

1) Rick Clunn, just because.

2) Seth Feider, hungry, much improved, ready to make a move.

3) Stephen Kennedy, competitive no matter where he is.

4) Kyle Monti, local talent

5) jay Yelas, veteran, has had decent success in Florida.

fivebyfive reply :

Here's my best guess for week one.

fishballer06 reply :

Here's who I went with:

scaleface reply :

Senko lover isnt in .

Gundog reply :

Got Benton, Hartman, Lester, Prince and Shryock. No clue how they will do over the 4 days. Put my weight at 90 lbs.

ratherbfishin1 reply :

Well, already not looking too good for me...

fishballer06 reply :

Johnny Crews with a nice bag going. That's surprising for me to see from him in Florida. Good for him.

My dark horse pick, Robbie Latuso, with less than 1% of the picks, is sitting in 6th currently.

Jrob78 reply :

Keith Combs

Jeff Gustafson

Chris Johnston

Cliff Prince

Jason Williamson

MIbassyaker reply :

Combs

Feider

Chris Johnston

Prince

Zaldain

scaleface reply :

How are the cuts going to work this year ?

Packers41280 reply :

I'm in

Chris186 reply :

I just guessed at my roster, and I’m surprised I am actually in 33rd so far haha

OCdockskipper reply :

On 2/8/2019 at 9:36 AM, scaleface said:

How are the cuts going to work this year ?

After Day 2, the cut is the top 35 and then the top 12 advance to the final day.

Our fantasy scores will be higher overall because you will never have a bomb end up in 100 something place. Worst now is 75th, which is worth 125 points. Last year, you have someone in the hundreds, he would get between 57 - 75 points depending on his exact place. The high scores will not be alot higher (per event), but the low scores will be much higher.

MIbassyaker reply :

After day 1: 80th% overall, 14th in BR group.

I was worried that "picked the wrong Johnston" would be this year's version of "picked the wrong Lane" from years past...but happy to see both Chris and Cory show up big so far.

scaleface reply :

I picked the wrong Drew , the wrong Brandon and the wrong Canadian

kbeeb374 reply :

On 2/8/2019 at 10:19 AM, OCdockskipper said:

then the top 12 advance to the final day.

I am pretty sure i heard them say top ten on sunday. could be wrong though.

OCdockskipper reply :

On 2/8/2019 at 12:21 PM, kbeeb374 said:

I am pretty sure i heard them say top ten on sunday. could be wrong though.

I knew the Saturday cut was 35, but was just assuming Sunday was 12 (since the opens go top 12 on the last day as well). Statistically, it makes more sense to go from 35 to 10, so you may be correct.

ratherbfishin1 reply :

On 2/8/2019 at 10:49 AM, MIbassyaker said:

After day 1: 80th% overall, 14th in BR group.

I was worried that "picked the wrong Johnston" would be this year's version of "picked the wrong Lane" from years past...but happy to see both Chris and Cory show up big so far.

It looks like four of us are tied for 14th at 1,126 points...

Dangerfield reply :

John Crews Missile to the top of the ranks, Zaladain's doing alright

fishballer06 reply :

My guys are all over.

57, 33, 1, 66, 38

Abby reply :

Finally got power and wifi back....going to check my picks next

Swbass15 reply :

Most of my anglers moved up today or held ground have four fishing tomorrow

GReb reply :

I had originally picked clunn but them swapped him last second. Lol

scaleface reply :

On 2/11/2019 at 6:39 AM, GReb said:

I had originally picked clunn but them swapped him last second. Lol

Who did you pick in his place ? I never swap because I have done the same thing .

I had Chris Johnston and Brandon Lester wrote down for bucket B and picked Lester . He finished 12th so it wasnt to bad .

GReb reply :

On 2/11/2019 at 6:48 AM, scaleface said:

Who did you pick in his place ? I never swap because I have done the same thing .

I had Chris Johnston and Brandon Lester wrote down for bucket B and picked Lester . He finished 12th so it wasnt to bad .

Combs, who sucked it up

MIbassyaker reply :

An ok start: 77th percentile overall, 14th in the BR group.

Just wish I had taken somebody other than Combs for Bucket A (yup, I had him too). He has now done that to me 3 or 4 times in a row in the events that I've picked him.

Wow, just checked the schedule again -- back-to-back events with Lanier happening immediately this week.

scaleface reply :

My Lake Lanier lineup .

Swbass15 reply :

Tied for fourth in the group and in the 890’s overall. Not the greatest start, had Gustafson not bombed day 1 I might be looking at lot better. I’m ready for this week to start though.

Montanaro reply :

On 2/11/2019 at 8:39 AM, MIbassyaker said:

An ok start: 77th percentile overall, 14th in the BR group.

Just wish I had taken somebody other than Combs for Bucket A (yup, I had him too). He has now done that to me 3 or 4 times in a row in the events that I've picked him.

Wow, just checked the schedule again -- back-to-back events with Lanier happening immediately this week.

Same, Im about done with Combs

fishballer06 reply :

What an event. Congrats to Clunn for getting it done. And I'm in the same boat with Combs. He's so inconsistent. He can be top 5 at a lake one event, bottom 20 next time there, and then top 10 again next time there. He burns me every time I pick him.

In other news, the Lake Lanier tournament starts on Thursday. So you only have 2.5 days to get your picks submitted for that.

ratherbfishin1 reply :

This is my new one, I don't know why I kept Benton and Kennedy. They better not let me down this time.

Mr. Aquarium reply :

how do you guys pick? Do you guys read the articles, your favorites or locals?

MIbassyaker reply :

On 2/12/2019 at 3:56 AM, Mr. Aquarium said:

how do you guys pick? Do you guys read the articles, your favorites or locals?

A crystal ball, a divining rod, and some tarot cards.

Swbass15 reply :

@Mr. AquariumDice and chicken feet

fishballer06 reply :

On 2/12/2019 at 3:56 AM, Mr. Aquarium said:

how do you guys pick? Do you guys read the articles, your favorites or locals?

I base my picks on guys who are local(ish) to that body of water, past history on a body of water, and style of fishing that lake may favor to an angler (is it a flipping lake? river system? smallmouth lake? deep cranking?) and try to pick the best that I can.

But what do I know? I'm in 68th of the 74 guys here who are playing.

scaleface reply :

I just go with hunch and I suck at it .For instance I'm picking Cappo this next tourney because it may be a finesse spotted bass event and he is so huge most people will think he cant fish that way ., and he might not be able to , I dont know but that is my hunch . Plus he is a firefighter and so am I .

Swbass15 reply :

@scaleface had not heard he was a FF, are you structure or wildland? Wildland guy here.

scaleface reply :

On 2/12/2019 at 8:51 AM, Swbass15 said:

@scaleface had not heard he was a FF, are you structure or wildland? Wildland guy here.

Retired structure .

Gundog reply :

On 2/12/2019 at 3:56 AM, Mr. Aquarium said:

how do you guys pick? Do you guys read the articles, your favorites or locals?

Out of a hat...

I don't know why I love this pic but I do.

MIbassyaker reply :

On 2/12/2019 at 9:07 AM, Gundog said:

Out of a hat...

I don't know why I love this pic but I do.

It's the facial expression -- this is clearly a man of great determination.

Mr. Aquarium reply :

I wish I knew what the lakes setup like, IE: Offshore, shallow grass, flipping pitchin, Cranking, Smallies,spots, Largmouth. Also with these new guys, I don't know who what their strong game is.

Like Greg Hackney, Flipping pitching, But Palinuk is a Smallie guy.

MSWV reply :

Ive played this for several years and havent figured out a good way to pick them.. The first year I done fairly well and thought, "Im pretty good at this".. Ive sucked every year after that.. Im thinking the "Out of a hat" method may be best for me..

Heres my Lanier Lineup! You guys may want to stay away from my team because I usally jinx them if I pick them..

Kelley Jaye

Micah Frazier

Mike Huff

Jamie Hartman

Paul Mueller

stratoliner92 reply :

Glad I picked Clunn at SJR. Lanier should be interesting depending on how big the Spots weigh and if Largemouth are staging up. I'm betting on Spots but if not I'm in trouble????

scaleface reply :

Good pick on Clunn .I picked him three times in the past and he finished in the 90s and 100s . Twice he didnt even bother to weigh-in , so I'm reluctant to select him .

stratoliner92 reply :

Had Drew Benton originally but changed to Clunn day before. Completely changed team based on Lanier. Kyle Monti burned me pretty good so he's out for season????

fishballer06 reply :

On 2/13/2019 at 3:23 AM, scaleface said:

Good pick on Clunn .I picked him three times in the past and he finished in the 90s and 100s . Twice he didnt even bother to weigh-in , so I'm reluctant to select him .

He's done that a lot in recent years. I always refuse to pick him because he's known to not even show up at weigh in's if he knows he doesn't have a chance of making any money.

stratoliner92 reply :

Fished a team tournament once at our local lake with a guy that did that, he loaded boat and left during weigh-in at ramp I was shocked????

Montanaro reply :

I scored like 950 points and said to myself "Hey not too shabby" then realized i was like in 30%....like oh crap I forgot its not the same.

Anyway...my squad for next week

Crews: has history on lake both tournament/fun fishing

Cobb: good hx on lake

Williamson: an angler i expect to be bucket A and can sling a jerkbait

Hartman: no way a bucket D angler

Gustafson: no way an E angler and a good hx on lanier

My strategy this year is to find hungry young pros looking to fill power vacuum in BASS

scaleface reply :

On 2/13/2019 at 10:17 AM, Montanaro said:

I scored like 950 points and said to myself "Hey not too shabby" then realized i was like in 30%

It sounds a lot better if you think of it as being in the upper 70 percent .????

MIbassyaker reply :

A. Wendlandt

B. Cobb

C. Davis

D. Kennedy

E. Gustafson

fishballer06 reply :

Lanier blasts off tomorrow morning. Be sure to submit your team before the end of today!

BassNJake reply :

I got my team in, thought I was gonna do better in the first tourney

I had mixed results with the Canucks as Chris Johnston was a good pick and Gussy bombed.

So I picked Gussy again .... hahahaha no wonder i'm not any good at this

Swbass15 reply :

In here is my line up

fishballer06 reply :

My squad for this event.

Jrob78 reply :

Cliff Pirch

Seth Feider

Chris Zaldain

Bill Weidler

Jeff Gustafson

fishballer06 reply :

My group is all over the place again.

62, 7, 58, 40, 50.

It's a tight race though. 60th and 7th place are only 5 pounds apart.

Gundog reply :

Doing pretty good so far. All my anglers are in the top 20 but that can change by the end of the day.

J.Vincent reply :

Just joined the group but I forgot to set my roster for Lanier....it’s upsetting because I don’t get reminders anymore from BASS to set my roster. I even have email reminders turned on? Anyone else not getting upcoming tournament and roster reminders through BASS?

Swbass15 reply :

@J.Vincent might want to check your spam or junk folder and see if your reminders are going there

fishballer06 reply :

On 2/16/2019 at 12:37 AM, J.Vincent said:

Just joined the group but I forgot to set my roster for Lanier....it’s upsetting because I don’t get reminders anymore from BASS to set my roster. I even have email reminders turned on? Anyone else not getting upcoming tournament and roster reminders through BASS?

I get them, so it must be your spam filter on your email or something.

You can always subscribe to this thread. This is a pretty active thread and is probably the best reminder you can have for FF.

scaleface reply :

I didnt have one angler make the cut .

Jrob78 reply :

Gustafson killed me today. My other 4 guys made the cut though.

MIbassyaker reply :

A big ol' "meh" this week so far:

7th, 32nd, 34th, 41st & 48th.

OCdockskipper reply :

I was out all day, so I avoided looking at Basstrak or catching bits of the weigh-in on my phone. Having the leader and a couple of guys in the top 20 yesterday gave me some hope, all I needed was my bottom two to slide into the cut. So I start at the top of the leaderboard & see that Mullins has passed my man for the lead. No problem, go through the top 10, none of my guys there (uh oh), top 20, still none (oh crud), ding, one at 23 & one at 26. Okay, now all I need to see is Gussy & my other two guys inside the cut...

Thbpbpthbpthbpbpthbp...well, that sucked.

J.Vincent reply :

On 2/16/2019 at 4:48 AM, Swbass15 said:

might want to check your spam or junk folder and see if your reminders are going there

On 2/16/2019 at 5:20 AM, fishballer06 said:

I get them, so it must be your spam filter on your email or something.

You can always subscribe to this thread. This is a pretty active thread and is probably the best reminder you can have for FF.

I didn’t even think about checking my spam folder ...Thanks

Montanaro reply :

Screw you Gustafson ????....back down to the 30th percentile I go!

Gundog reply :

Jumped up to 5th in our group. For the first time since I started playing FF all my anglers are making the first cut.

odell015 reply :

Hartman screwed me but I’ve got 4 left! Sitting in third.

Swbass15 reply :

Bust cherry yelas and fussy all flopped two fishing tomorrow. Smh that really hurt

scaleface reply :

Zaldain catching bass 45 foot deep in 60 foot of water using his electronics and seeing the bass eat the lure , I have never done that . Looks likes a blast .

fishballer06 reply :

I had two guys make the cut today. I'm doing terrible so far this year.

Jrob78 reply :

I've got Zaldain in 1st and Weidler in 5th going in to tomorrow, hopefully they can catch them 1 more day.

scaleface reply :

Bill Weildler just caught one . He said it was a 12 incher and threw it in the live-well . The min length is 14 inches . I didnt see him measure it .

Jrob78 reply :

Congratulations to Paul Mueller!

I had a good tournament finally.

Up next, the Classic starting March 15th. It will be the last BASS tournament for the guys that left, for a few years at least.

scaleface reply :

I'm in last place counting everyone who played the first two events . I spent the last five minutes grueling over my classic picks and here they are.

OCdockskipper reply :

@scaleface, I saw your lineup and my initial reaction was "No wonder he is in last place, he is picking guys who left the Elite series for BPT".

It took a moment to realize it was the Classic...

MSWV reply :

My initial lineup for the classic.. Im bad about changing a day before though.. My toughest pic was Ike.. im kinda gagged at the way he acted at Conroe this week..

MrPeanut reply :

Glad I made a last min switch to mueller and zaldain haha

The classic will be interesting for sure. You have the guys who left with extra motivation because it very well may be their last classic. On the other hand, you have a lot of guys trying to prove a point they think their tour is still strong... aka I have no idea how to pick this one as usual lol

scaleface reply :

On 2/18/2019 at 11:43 PM, MrPeanut said:

Glad I made a last min switch to mueller and zaldain haha

Nice selections and change .

I changed my whole team one time and bombed . The original team did so good that I doubt if anybody would believe me . So I have been sticking with my first picks ever since and they have stunk . lol

MrPeanut reply :

4 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I changed my whole team one time and bombed . The original team did so good that I doubt if anybody would believe me . So I have been sticking with my first picks ever since and they have stunk . lol

Lol at least 90% of the time I make last minute changes I bomb

Rpratt reply :

Last tournament was my worst in 4 years. Not one guy made the 35 man cut. Ouch.....good chance there goes the boat lol

Just a side note, my buddy asked MLF on Twitter about having fantasy fishing for next year. They responded they are working on it And plan to have it for next year.

Dangerfield reply :

Feider is doing well but Lee won last year with Ehlers on his tail. All in Group A.

MrPeanut reply :

Is anybody else with me on the struggle bus for how to even start picking a roster for the classic?

MIbassyaker reply :

Right after the fantasy page was updated for the classic, I filled out a team based on an immediate first-impression of the buckets, before the ownership percentage had even updated:

A. Ott

B. Christie

C. MDJ

D. Roy

E. Edwin

Weeks later, I have hemmed and hawed, dug into some numbers, wrung my hands repeatedly over the stratospheric ownership percentage of most of these guys, seriously considered 3 or 4 others for each bucket....

...and have decided to stick to my original choices. No changes.

ratherbfishin1 reply :

On 3/8/2019 at 12:32 AM, MrPeanut said:

Is anybody else with me on the struggle bus for how to even start picking a roster for the classic?

Just close your eyes and go random... I'm right there with you ????

fishballer06 reply :

Today is the day, boys. Here's who I picked. Who does everyone else have?!

Defoe
Benton
Swindle
Roy
Tharp

Dangerfield reply :

On 3/15/2019 at 9:03 PM, fishballer06 said:

Today is the day, boys. Here's who I picked. Who does everyone else have?!

Defoe
Benton
Swindle
Roy
Tharp

We're pretty close, I got my darkhorses tho:

Defoe

Martens

Swindle

Montgomery

Tharp

Jrob78 reply :

Wesley Strader

Aaron Martens

Todd Faircloth

Bradley Roy

Edwin Evers

fishballer06 reply :

KVD is catching them on the spinnerbait this morning. This could get interesting...

scaleface reply :

Lester

Hawk

Litner

Montgomery

Tharp

KVD forgot a measuring board and had to ask a spectator boat for one LOL .

BigSkyBasser reply :

Now Ott just needs a limit to blow everything up!

scaleface reply :

I dont know how the rules are but can a contestant receive help from a spectator boat?

Montanaro reply :

My fantasy team isn't showing up...anyone else? I swore i picked one....

MIbassyaker reply :

Looks like Strader's got a good catfish pattern going...

fishballer06 reply :

On 3/15/2019 at 10:56 PM, scaleface said:

KVD forgot a measuring board and had to ask a spectator boat for one LOL .

I saw that. Apparently he only has a 15" board on him. Smallmouths having to be a minimum of 18" would have to pretty much rule them out as being a targeted species for these guys.

On 3/15/2019 at 11:36 PM, Montanaro said:

My fantasy team isn't showing up...anyone else? I swore i picked one....

Pete, I can see your team on the admin side of things on the Bassmaster website. Does this look right?

Defoe, Christie, Ike, Roy, Evers

Montanaro reply :

Name is Kyle unless there are 2 Montanaros in our group...

I know I picked Christie but Ike isnt a common pick for me...I really can't recall as I picked team like a month ago and let it be.

fishballer06 reply :

On 3/16/2019 at 1:26 AM, Montanaro said:

Name is Kyle unless there are 2 Montanaros in our group...

Looks like your team never saved???

scaleface reply :

Kyle , did you forget to pick the tie-breaker weight ?

Montanaro reply :

Sigh...

Maybe I forgot. Swore I researched my picks. Oh well.

OCdockskipper reply :

So like many people, I had DeFoe (leader plus big bass). I also have Elam, Lane & Pwroznik (all in the top 12). Hey, maybe I have a shot at winning this...oh wait, I have Keith Poche (50th out of 52).

That D bucket was a tough choice, I thought Poche might just junk fish around and be better than anyone else in his bucket, even if he didn't fair well against the rest of the field. So help me, if my other 4 guys hold up and Poche costs me a $3K BPS card, I'm going to ask Ish Monroe to push him in the water again.

Go, you crawdad eating Cajun, put 15 lbs in the boat tomorrow!!

scaleface reply :

This is my 3rd year of doing this and in that time i have picked Ott Defoe more than anyone else , including the last two classics . So do I pick him on his home lake ? No, that would be the smart thing to do .

Jrob78 reply :

I managed to pick the 2 guys that zeroed today

scaleface reply :

I should have had three in the finals but Andy Montgomery was late to the weigh-in . I'm fated to finish last , again . ????

Gundog reply :

Am I the only one who's points haven't updated since the end of day 1? I got 2 emails telling me my points from the Lake Lanier event but none from the current event.

ratherbfishin1 reply :

On 3/17/2019 at 9:42 PM, Gundog said:

Am I the only one who's points haven't updated since the end of day 1? I got 2 emails telling me my points from the Lake Lanier event but none from the current event.

Your not the only one, it’s happening to me as well.

MIbassyaker reply :

points haven't updated for me either.

I have 3 fishing today: Defoe, Daniels, and Evers.

Abby reply :

I had 1 fishing today and looks like he landed exactly 0 fish...My other 4 were between 35 and 50......I should have went with my first picks I had set up 2 weeks ago

ratherbfishin1 reply :

I’m doing great with Defoe, Ike, Wiggins, and Evers... If only I hadn’t chosen Christie...

Wildbillb reply :

I have been getting old results too

Jrob78 reply :

On 3/18/2019 at 4:54 AM, ratherbfishin1 said:

I’m doing great with Defoe, Ike, Wiggins, and Evers... If only I hadn’t chosen Christie...

You got the top score in the group, nice job.

It's all updated now.

MIbassyaker reply :

On 3/18/2019 at 4:54 AM, ratherbfishin1 said:

I’m doing great with Defoe, Ike, Wiggins, and Evers... If only I hadn’t chosen Christie...

Yeah, great team.

I had Christie too -- I really thought this one would set up well for him.

scaleface reply :

On 3/18/2019 at 4:54 AM, ratherbfishin1 said:

I’m doing great with Defoe, Ike, Wiggins, and Evers... If only I hadn’t chosen Christie...

Congrats on some great picks .Curtsout had the same exact picks as yours . He beat you on the tie breaker .

ratherbfishin1 reply :

On 3/18/2019 at 8:44 AM, scaleface said:

Congrats on some great picks .Curtsout had the same exact picks as yours . He beat you on the tie breaker .

Yeah, I didn’t do enough research to realize that my tie breaker was way to high ????

Swbass15 reply :

@ratherbfishin1 nice team. I had Christie as well and thought as tough as he had been in some past classics he would be the same here. Congrats though

fishballer06 reply :

So many good guys that I would have been happy to see win the classic, but I was really happy to see Ott pull out the W.

I would have been as equally happy to see Wheeler, Daniels, or Zaldain pull it out as well. It was fun watching the weigh in's and seeing the guys get emotional because they know how much BASS means to their lives and careers, after they up and abandoned it over the off season. It might be interesting after this season to see if any of these guys leave MLF to come back to the BASS format.

My teams final results...

Defoe - 1
Benton - 32
Swindle - 35
Roy - 50
Tharp - 38

MrPeanut reply :

It was great to see a guy like Ott pull it out.

I'm also curious to see if anybody goes back to the BASS format. Mostly because many of the field has fished under the 5 biggest bites format their whole career. If they're struggling with the MLF format so far going back might be more intriguing to them than if they're excelling in the MLF.

Dangerfield reply :

Ott saved me, he was the 1 pick that made it to day 3. Next week I'm going with a good ol' Ontario boy and a mix bag of anglers.

scaleface reply :

	Patrick Walters Summerville, SC	-
B		Drew Benton Panama City, FL	-
C		Kelley Jaye Dadeville, AL	-
D		Jeff Gustafson Keewatin, NT	-
E		Tyler Rivet Raceland, LA

Rpratt reply :

This may have been the hardest tournament to pick the anglers in all the years I have been playing this.

Swbass15 reply :

Should be a good one here’s who I’m rolling with

fishballer06 reply :

My crew for Hartwell:

Cobb

Arey

Cherry

Williamson

Whitaker

I hate taking all locals, but all of these guys are STUDS on this lake.

Jrob78 reply :

Patrick Walters

Matt Arey

Keith Combs

Jeff Gustafson

Jake Whitaker

fishballer06 reply :

Really stacked weights today. 2 pounds separates 10th and 30th. 5 pounds separating 10th and 50th.

MIbassyaker reply :

Pirch

Cory Johnston

Cherry

Williamson

Hartman

OCdockskipper reply :

Cobb (1st)

Auten (6th)

Lowen (8th)

Gustafson (15th)

Hartman (31st)

So far so good. Tomorrow will be completely different conditions, weights are close enough that it could help me or hurt me. Just need my top 3 to keep it up , Gusty to improve and Hartman to pretend it is his rookie year.

As an aside, I read that last year, 6 of the event winners in the Fantasy Fishing were not BASS members, meaning they won $2500 BPS card instead of a $3000 BPS gift card. I find it odd that so many folks who like bass fishing enough to play Fantasy Fishing (& know enough to win) are not BASS members.

Gundog reply :

Doing pretty good so far.

OCdockskipper reply :

In our group, Fishballer (S. Duffy) is leading this event with 1359 points. I looked a little closer and realized that his picks in Buckets A, B, C, D are the top point-getter in each group. Tyler Rivet is the top in group E, but he only has 0.3% ownership, so the odds of someone having those top 4 & Mr. Rivet are pretty slim. The only thing this doesn't take into account is the possible 40 additional points if Brock Mosley's big bass holds up. Otherwise, although it is early, it is cool that most likely Fishballer is tied with the top score. I looked down the leader board and saw 2 other folks in the top 500 that had his same choices, so it would come down to the tie breaker.

If my choices came through as the winning selections, I would be in a tie with Odell15 (P.Odell), who is also leading in the season points in our group. Odell15 & I have the same choices, his tie breaker is 67.0 lbs while I have 70.7 lbs.

With 30 less anglers in the Elites, it seems as if people having the same selections is a less rare thing.

scaleface reply :

I picked Tyler Rivet .

fishballer06 reply :

On 4/5/2019 at 7:50 AM, OCdockskipper said:

In our group, Fishballer (S. Duffy) is leading this event with 1359 points. I looked a little closer and realized that his picks in Buckets A, B, C, D are the top point-getter in each group. Tyler Rivet is the top in group E, but he only has 0.3% ownership, so the odds of someone having those top 4 & Mr. Rivet are pretty slim. The only thing this doesn't take into account is the possible 40 additional points if Brock Mosley's big bass holds up. Otherwise, although it is early, it is cool that most likely Fishballer is tied with the top score. I looked down the leader board and saw 2 other folks in the top 500 that had his same choices, so it would come down to the tie breaker.

If my choices came through as the winning selections, I would be in a tie with Odell15 (P.Odell), who is also leading in the season points in our group. Odell15 & I have the same choices, his tie breaker is 67.0 lbs while I have 70.7 lbs.

You did some major research last night!

It's about time I have a solid event. I think I was in the bottom 10 guys in our group prior to this event.

OCdockskipper reply :

4 out of 5 Bucket leaders is more than solid, it is outstanding. I obviously am rooting for a few different guys than you have, but if I fall out of contention, I'll jump on your bandwagon & cheer for you to pull off a victory.

After all, do we really want the winner of the BPS gift card to spend that money on women's clothing and snacks? No, the bait monkey needs to be fed with rods, reels & lures and nothing helps satisfy him like a Bass resource member with a $3K BPS card in his hand.

OCdockskipper reply :

Wow, this is getting interesting.

Fishballer06's team (and the other folks with the same picks) pretty much held serve at todays weigh-in, dropping ever so slightly to 1350 points. However, my & Odell015's choices rode a Jamie Hartman comeback to close in to 1348 points. We have the top point getters (before big bass & big bag) in buckets A, C, D & E, a slight flip from yesterday when Fishballers choices held that distinction. The biggest monkey wrench for all of our choices is Drew Cook, who if his big bag holds up and he stays in the top 4, would be the top point getter in Bucket A, even if Cobb goes wire to wire. Chris Groh actually did us a favor by bumping Brandon Lester out of Big Bass, for Lester is the Bucket B leader and an extra 40 points for Big bass might have sealed the deal for someone else.

This is cool, having multiple Bass resource members with a legitimate shot at the BPS card.

Both Fishballer, Odell015 & I have Cobb in the A bucket. Our choices differ in the other 4:

B - Arey (8th) vs Auten (21st)

C - Cherry (5th) vs Lowen (4th)

D - Williamson (11th) vs (Gustafson) (7th)
E - Whitaker (20th) vs Hartman (14th)

I will be on the water all day tomorrow and at a gathering after that, so I may not see Saturdays results until Sunday morning. I would really love to see Cobb stay on top and those 8 anglers above make the top 10. It would make for a nailbiting Sunday for all 3 of us.

OCdockskipper reply :

Oh my gosh, I didn't even see Gundog has shot into the lead with 1373. With Cobb, Lester, Cherry & Gustafson, he has 4 of the top 7 and then Whitaker in 20th place. If Lester had hung on to big bass, that would have been huge, although if they are sight fishing the next 2 days, it won't be a stretch to imagine a 6 lb fish hitting the scales.

So another Bass resource member is staking a claim for the event win. Good Luck!!

Gundog reply :

Woo hoo! Finally got lucky on my picks.

scaleface reply :

I had 4 anlgers in the top 20 and only finished 25 in this group . Thats some tough competition . Heres my Wynah Bay lineup .

odell015 reply :

Great tournament! I switched Lowen in at the last minute and it paid off. It’s SO hard to win these games, it’s a lot of luck honestly.... good luck everyone! Winyah will be tough.

fishballer06 reply :

Congrats to Brandon Cobb for finally getting his first Elite W. I was really happy to see him go wire to wire (partly because I had him in Fantasy). Our group also was pretty impressive. We had 6 guys over the 1250 mark, 4 of which were over 1300!

Just a heads up guys, we have a quick turnaround for this next one. Winyah Bay starts Thursday morning, so get your picks in for that event by Wednesday night.

scaleface reply :

Basstrac wont be worth a hoot today . I just watched the takeoff and a whole bunch of boats didnt have marshals . It looks like half the field dont have them .

fishballer06 reply :

Good to know. Thanks for letting us know.

I really felt lost picking for this event. Here's who I've got.

Canterbury

Benton

Williamson

Mosley

Hudnall

Dangerfield reply :

On 4/11/2019 at 8:46 PM, fishballer06 said:

I really felt lost picking for this event.

Seems they don't frequent Winyah every year, last results I could find were 2016. Hite was the last to win it.

Here's my shots in the dark.. I mean picks:

OCdockskipper reply :

On 4/11/2019 at 9:07 PM, Dangerfield said:

Seems they don't frequent Winyah every year, last results I could find were 2016. Hite was the last to win it.

Actually, Britt Meyer won it the last (only) time they were there. Hite & Kelly Jordan were second & third.

Dangerfield reply :

On 4/11/2019 at 10:19 PM, OCdockskipper said:

Actually, Britt Meyer won it the last (only) time they were there. Hite & Kelly Jordan were second & third.

It seems I got my Brent's and Britt's confused haha.

fishballer06 reply :

I hate tidal fisheries. They're always a crap shoot.

Jrob78 reply :

I definitely felt like this one was a crap shoot to pick.

Patrick Walters

Clark Wendlandt

Keith Combs

Garrett Paquette

Derek Hudnall

MIbassyaker reply :

Cook

Crews

Williamson

Dipalma

Morris

Gundog reply :

Jrob78 reply :

delete

OCdockskipper reply :

Walters

Menendez

Combs

Prince

Hudnall

You may have noticed that you moved up in the standings, even if you had only an average start today. Historically, back to back tournaments in the middle of the year mean about 10% of the participants will forget to set their lineup for the 2nd tournament. We had 8 people who had not missed an event fail to set a lineup in time for this weeks tournament, including a couple of guys who were in our top 10 (BMci84 & stratoliner92).

On a side note, currently our top 2 point leaders (Odell015 & Bigfishadventures78) are in the top 50 for the entire contest (39th & 45th respectively). Pretty darn good out of 23,500 entrants.

Dangerfield reply :

Zaldain really dropped off, I got 3 in the top 20 (#10, #15, #20).

What's the cut off for Day 2?

fishballer06 reply :

On 4/12/2019 at 8:35 PM, Dangerfield said:

What's the cut off for Day 2?

Top 35 for day 3, top 10 for day 4.

I was pretty shocked when I checked my results from yesterday. My guys finished in: 1, 9, 25, 29, 54. This landed me in the 97th percentile somehow, so lots of guys must be having a rough event.

Dangerfield reply :

On 4/12/2019 at 8:56 PM, fishballer06 said:

Top 35 for day 3, top 10 for day 4.

I was pretty shocked when I checked my results from yesterday. My guys finished in: 1, 9, 25, 29, 54. This landed me in the 97th percentile somehow, so lots of guys must be having a rough event.

perfect! This should help me catch up in this group and the TW group.

scaleface reply :

Yesterday I had 4 anglers in the top 35 and 1 in the top 10 . Today, 2 guys in the top 35 and 0 in the top 20 .

Jrob78 reply :

I had a pretty decent day yesterday but today was much tougher, still have 2 guys going tomorrow but I bet my score dropped 200 points.

MIbassyaker reply :

Tougher day here, too...got just two going tomorrow, Crews & Williamson.

Swbass15 reply :

According to basstrack right now I have 3 in the top 10, we’ll see how the day plays out

OCdockskipper reply :

I was looking at the standings for this event & EBBass (from our group) is in 6th place, only 35 points out of first. He has Cantebury, Crews & Kreiger fishing tomorrow, so he has some shots to move up.

The linchpin will be big bass & big bag. The person in first has Blaylock, who will get 40 more points if his big bag from today holds up. There are 3 or 4 people who have Williamson with Big Bass, again with 40 points if it holds up.

So to win the BPS gift card, EBBass needs to have his three guys take big bass & big bag. It works out better if it is split (one guys gets big bass, another gets big bag), but I think if the same angler does both, it may still be enough to push him into the winners circle.

Good luck tomorrow!!

Swbass15 reply :

Haha @OCdockskipper I was looking at that too. By far the best showing ive ever had. Hopefully one of the three will have a break out day like Clunn did in fl earlier this year. And to think I filled my team in 9 hours before blast off!!

Abby reply :

I am surprised I have 3,5,and 10..But sadly also 71....

Swbass15 reply :

@OCdockskipper looking at it more closely I would need Canterbury to catch big bag and bass as the leader also has crews and Kreiger who I do as well. If someone could do it Scott is more than capable

OCdockskipper reply :

On 4/14/2019 at 6:50 AM, Swbass15 said:

@OCdockskipper looking at it more closely I would need Canterbury to catch big bag and bass as the leader also has crews and Kreiger who I do as well. If someone could do it Scott is more than capable

That makes sense. I don't see Blalock falling down 7 or 8 positions to cough up the points you need to catch him. If Cantebury gets Big bag & wins the tournament (and Crews & Kreiger improve a spot or two), that might be enough to squeak in for a win, barely.

And please tell me you are a BASS member so you get a 3K BPS gift card instead of $2500...

Swbass15 reply :

I am a bass memeber and that would help to offset the cost of a new iPhone I had to buy after last weeks NMBFN qualifiers ????

MIbassyaker reply :

On 4/14/2019 at 6:50 AM, Swbass15 said:

@OCdockskipper looking at it more closely I would need Canterbury to catch big bag and bass as the leader also has crews and Kreiger who I do as well. If someone could do it Scott is more than capable

I haven't been watching live today, but Basstrakk right now has Canterbury with a 6

Swbass15 reply :

@MIbassyaker not sure if it’s enough to take bb but he’s a lb up on Blaylock I dunno how accurate that is got my fingers crossed

Swbass15 reply :

Ended up in 29th after all the bonus points were input

OCdockskipper reply :

On 4/15/2019 at 5:22 AM, Swbass15 said:

Ended up in 29th after all the bonus points were input

And you were right in the midst of it to the end. Canterbury came so close to grabbing both bonus' s and giving you the win. Great run!!

Swbass15 reply :

@OCdockskipper yea I was pretty much locked on live today haha. Now to see how bad I can screw up lake fork lol. In the top 900 or so overall. I could use a boat!!!

i ended up 13 in the tw group wonder if they give out anything for that?

MIbassyaker reply :

On 4/15/2019 at 7:18 AM, Swbass15 said:

@OCdockskipper yea I was pretty much locked on live today haha. Now to see how bad I can screw up lake fork lol. In the top 900 or so overall. I could use a boat!!!

i ended up 13 in the tw group wonder if they give out anything for that?

That was really close! Let us know if you win anything.

Swbass15 reply :

@MIbassyaker will do if I get anything

fishballer06 reply :

My team finished in 2, 4, 13, 37, and 53rd, yet I somehow managed to be 216th overall on BASS and in the 99th percentile. What an event considering I felt blind making my picks given the nature of tidal tournaments.

I was in the 49th percentile two weeks ago. Now after these last two tournaments I'm in the 85th percentile. Things are starting to look up after a rough start to the year.

scaleface reply :

I made my picks for Lake fork and predicted 120 lbs will win it .

Swbass15 reply :

@scaleface couldn’t help but laugh at the weight it’s crazy to think it might actually take that!!!

On 4/15/2019 at 9:13 PM, fishballer06 said:

My team finished in 2, 4, 13, 37, and 53rd, yet I somehow managed to be 216th overall on BASS and in the 99th percentile. What an event considering I felt blind making my picks given the nature of tidal tournaments.

I was in the 49th percentile two weeks ago. Now after these last two tournaments I'm in the 85th percentile. Things are starting to look up after a rough start to the year.

That’s a pretty good showing!! I think a lot of people had jwill which gave them some extra points. My team went 2,5,6, 13 and 23. I got no bonus points and ended up 29th.

fishballer06 reply :

On 4/16/2019 at 12:27 AM, Swbass15 said:

@scaleface couldn’t help but laugh at the weight it’s crazy to think it might actually take that!!!

That’s a pretty good showing!! I think a lot of people had jwill which gave them some extra points. My team went 2,5,6, 13 and 23. I got no bonus points and ended up 29th.

Wow!! Three in the top 10 and all 5 in the top 25 is super impressive.

MrPeanut reply :

I basically got destroyed at Winyah Bay lol. Oh well, on to the next one

Swbass15 reply :

Yea I got lucky I rolled with guys who I thought would fish well on a tidal system and tried to go with low ownership, almost worked

odell015 reply :

I think they only pay out first overall

BassNJake reply :

On 4/12/2019 at 8:07 AM, OCdockskipper said:

Walters

Menendez

Combs

Prince

Hudnall

You may have noticed that you moved up in the standings, even if you had only an average start today. Historically, back to back tournaments in the middle of the year mean about 10% of the participants will forget to set their lineup for the 2nd tournament. We had 8 people who had not missed an event fail to set a lineup in time for this weeks tournament, including a couple of guys who were in our top 10 (BMci84 & stratoliner92).

On a side note, currently our top 2 point leaders (Odell015 & Bigfishadventures78) are in the top 50 for the entire contest (39th & 45th respectively). Pretty darn good out of 23,500 entrants.

Yep, that was me. Forgot to set my lineup.

fishballer06 reply :

On 4/16/2019 at 4:28 AM, BassNJake said:

Yep, that was me. Forgot to set my lineup.

If you click the green "Follow" box at the top of this thread, you will get a notification every time there is a new post in this thread. It's a good reminder to see this thread active that there's a tournament coming up.

There's 78 people playing along, but only 8 people subscribed to this thread. I highly suggest that everyone follows this thread so you don't miss out.

scaleface reply :

My Lake Fork lineup

Shaggie reply :

I really screwed up. I was sitting somewhere around the 98th percentile and missed making a team for the last tournament. Now I'm down to 65%ish. There's always next season. My username is RivetSmasher.

fishballer06 reply :

Friendly reminder - 7 days to get your picks in for the Lake Fork event.

kbeeb374 reply :

In case this helps anyone. Results for the 2014 TTBC on Lake Fork.

fishballer06 reply :

It's tournament week boys! Get your picks in soon.

BassNJake reply :

So I picked my lineup ....

I just picked the first guy in each bucket.

Cant do any worse than I have been.

Good luck!!

fishballer06 reply :

We are under way on Lake Fork! 8:25AM local in Texas right now and Chris Zaldain already has a 7-4 lunker.

This tournament is different from other typical Elite events. Each angler has a marshal with him who weighs each fish as they catch it and then it's released. The only exception being if an angler catches a fish over 24", in which case, the anglers will bring that fish to the stage for the official weigh in at the end of the day.

All that being said, my team is:

Livesay
Benton
Combs
Prince
Sullivan

Dangerfield reply :

On 5/2/2019 at 9:28 PM, fishballer06 said:

We are under way on Lake Fork! 8:25AM local in Texas right now and Chris Zaldain already has a 7-4 lunker.

This tournament is different from other typical Elite events. Each angler has a marshal with him who weighs each fish as they catch it and then it's released. The only exception being if an angler catches a fish over 24", in which case, the anglers will bring that fish to the stage for the official weigh in at the end of the day.

All that being said, my team is:

Livesay
Benton
Combs
Prince
Sullivan

I've been waiting for your post, the high water levels should make this tournament any mans game. My roster isn't much different, other than I got Zaldain, Canterbury and Clunn (prays he has patience for weigh ins):

Canterbury

Zaldain

Combs

Clunn (wild card)

Sullivan

fishballer06 reply :

On 5/2/2019 at 9:33 PM, Dangerfield said:

I've been waiting for your post, the high water levels should make this tournament any mans game.

You're absolutely right. 8:30AM local right now down there and there's already 5 fish over 6 pounds that have been weighed. This is going to be an absolute slugfest.

Dangerfield reply :

On 5/2/2019 at 9:36 PM, fishballer06 said:

You're absolutely right. 8:30AM local right now down there and there's already 5 fish over 6 pounds that have been weighed. This is going to be an absolute slugfest.

I wish I could watch, lots of big girls up shallow. 98lb,3oz might be way too low for a tie breaker.

fishballer06 reply :

On 5/2/2019 at 11:04 PM, Dangerfield said:

I wish I could watch, lots of big girls up shallow. 98lb,3oz might be way too low for a tie breaker.

You think? Zaldain has 30-10 at 10AM!

Dangerfield reply :

On 5/2/2019 at 11:11 PM, fishballer06 said:

You think? Zaldain has 30-10 at 10AM!

Hopefully I won't need it [fingers crossed]. Looks like Crews and Cobbs are in the top 5. Didn't realize that Bassmaster live streams on their website.

shovelmouth83 reply :

i am not doing to hot this year.

but here is my names

Stetson Blaylock

Mark Menendez

Jesse Tacoronte

Cliff Prince

Robbie Latuso

been watching the bass trax and live. i am kinda upset they dont have a track on combs. i know he is doing good but can he over do zalin

Hawkeye21 reply :

I had Zaldain on my roster for a while and then took him out last minute. Now my highest placed angler is like 23rd. One of my guys doesn't even show he's caught a bass yet. Gross.

MIbassyaker reply :

Blaylock

Menendez

Cherry

Jaye

Kennedy

scaleface reply :

I have Zaldain and three guys in the bottom 20 .

Wildbillb reply :

Does anyone else have issues with the email update? I got my results for day 4 of winya last night

Hawkeye21 reply :

On 5/3/2019 at 6:43 PM, Wildbillb said:

Does anyone else have issues with the email update? I got my results for day 4 of winya last night

My first email update is always like that. I just click on the link and check out my team on their site.

fishballer06 reply :

On 5/3/2019 at 6:43 PM, Wildbillb said:

Does anyone else have issues with the email update? I got my results for day 4 of winya last night

The email update system has been super wonky this year.

In other news, my pick Drew Benton has 17 pounds at 8AM!!! Wooo hoo!

Dangerfield reply :

I've got 2 in the top 5 - Zaldain and Combs. Looks like Chris couldn't keep up the pace.

BassNJake reply :

Wow, Pipkins just slayed em'

That's running into a school - he's got an 18lb lead with over 60lbs now

scaleface reply :

On 5/3/2019 at 9:14 PM, Dangerfield said:

I've got 2 in the top 5 - Zaldain and Combs. Looks like Chris couldn't keep up the pace.

Since I started playing fantasy fishing I noticed that Chris doesnt finish well . He gets off to tremendous starts sometimes .I have him too .

Swbass15 reply :

So I totally bombed with my picks, got one in the top 35 and that’s it.

Montanaro reply :

Chris has never finished well. Doesnt have the stamina I believe.

My team is decent. My D and E picks collapsed some. Was worth a shot.

I missed one tournament so being consistent does me no good. I need a grandslam tournament which means picking at least one flyer no one expects to do really well.

scaleface reply :

Picking Quinten Cappo may have been the dumbest pick I have made . But he stated he was looking forward to this tourney, so i interpreted that as meaning he has done well here . Now i think he meant hes never fished it before and looking forward to it .

scaleface reply :

What scales are they using to weigh the bass ?

On 5/5/2019 at 9:21 PM, Montanaro said:

Chris has never finished well. Doesnt have the stamina I believe.

My team is decent. My D and E picks collapsed some. Was worth a shot.

I missed one tournament so being consistent does me no good. I need a grandslam tournament which means picking at least one flyer no one expects to do really well.

It appears to me he sticks with what was working and doesnt adjust .

I just got a chance to pause the screen . The scales are Brecknell Electro Samson Scale .

fishballer06 reply :

Cobb is on a tear. He might as well trailer up now. He's got this one in the bag.

fishballer06 reply :

Congrats to Brandon Cobb for getting another W! This kid is proving he is the real deal.

Heads up guys, we have an 8 day turn around until the next event. So don't sleep on your picks!

scaleface reply :

I just noticed something . I have not had one angler in the top ten during the Elite events this year . I did have one in the classic . Sheesh !

Maybe I'll do better at Fort Gibson

Montanaro reply :

Any idea which swimbait Cobb was throwing? Osprey?

Jrob78 reply :

Fort Gibson has been postponed to Sept 19-22 due to flooding.

fishballer06 reply :

On 5/9/2019 at 10:48 AM, Jrob78 said:

Fort Gibson has been postponed to Sept 19-22 due to flooding.

Thanks for posting that. Official report here:

https://www.bassmaster.com/news/flood-conditions-postpone-fort-gibson-elite

With that, next tournament is Guntersville. We've got a nice 42 day break before this one.

fishballer06 reply :

Friendly reminder everyone - 17 days until Guntersville. Get your picks submitted.

Dangerfield reply :

Tourney starts on the 21st and you still can't touch rosters.

Swbass15 reply :

Saw that today too

Carol Knowles reply :

What an awesome idea!!

fishballer06 reply :

2 more days boys. Get those picks in!

Dangerfield reply :

On 6/19/2019 at 4:05 AM, fishballer06 said:

2 more days boys. Get those picks in!

My roster has been locked, can't add anybody.

BassNJake reply :

On 6/19/2019 at 8:54 PM, Dangerfield said:

My roster has been locked, can't add anybody.

Yeah, I'm not having the same problem.

I set my line up weeks ago and then just yesterday made a few tweaks.

scaleface reply :

On 6/19/2019 at 8:54 PM, Dangerfield said:

My roster has been locked, can't add anybody.

Its working fine more me . I removed an angler and added another just to see if it works .

fishballer06 reply :

It's working totally normal for me.

BassNJake reply :

Just dont add Jesse Tacoronte he's been disqualified from fishing this event.

https://www.bassmaster.com/news/tacoronte-disqualified-lake-guntersville-elite-series-event

Dangerfield reply :

Rosters is in! Not 1 guy from the Top 10 last year is still fishing BASS

Jrob78 reply :

Patrick Walters

Brandon Lester

David Mullins

Brock Mosley

Carl Jocumsen

fishballer06 reply :

Matt Arey with 20 pounds before 10AM. This one is going to be a slugfest boys.

Canterbury

Lester

Mullins

Hamilton
Kennedy

MIbassyaker reply :

Day 1:

Canterbury: 21st

Davis: 14th

Mueller: 1st (!)

Yelas: 43rd

Kennedy: 30th

scaleface reply :

Another tournament I bombed in . I have one angler fishing tomorrow . Gary Clouse in 31st place .

Montanaro reply :

I got Matt Herren. Thats it. I diverged from my strategy to pick hot anglers by choosing guys I felt could fish grass and have a history of doing well on occassion. It didnt work out for me. I think the fact that the first two days were more offshore finesse hurt the anglers I picked.

fishballer06 reply :

After day 3, here's where my guys stand:

Canterbury - 22

Lester - 5

Mullins - 37

Hamilton - 39

Kennedy - 52

Lester only had 14 pounds yesterday. He's currently ~5 pounds out of first. If he could have put together 20 pounds yesterday he'd be right there at the top for me.

BassNJake reply :

I was looking pretty good after day one.

Then Mueller decided getting skunked was better than making the cut.

Still have Herren so at least there is that.

I was pretty shocked Lester only weighed in 14 yesterday

scaleface reply :

I'm better at real fishing than this Fantasy stuff but it has got me paying attention to the BASS circuit again .

fishballer06 reply :

On 6/24/2019 at 9:16 PM, BassNJake said:

I was pretty shocked Lester only weighed in 14 yesterday

According to Basstrak, Lester has thrown back 13 fish today for a total weight of 15-10. Looks like he's stuck on all little fish.

Dangerfield reply :

On 6/25/2019 at 2:11 AM, fishballer06 said:

According to Basstrak, Lester has thrown back 13 fish today for a total weight of 15-10. Looks like he's stuck on all little fish.

I got Zaldain and Jaye left, how are they doing?

scaleface reply :

On 6/25/2019 at 2:11 AM, fishballer06 said:

According to Basstrak, Lester has thrown back 13 fish today for a total weight of 15-10. Looks like he's stuck on all little fish.

Too bad hes not fishing MLF .

MIbassyaker reply :

Yeesh. My lowest point total of the year so far.

Welp, on to the St. Lawrence which shall commence in....

(checks schedule)

..."51 days."

fishballer06 reply :

Another decent event for me. Lester really fell off the quality fish the last two days and that hurt me. He was fishing like he was going to win it the first two days.

Onto the St. Lawrence. Pick your best brown fish guys for this one, but don't rush. We've got 50 days.

scaleface reply :

On 6/25/2019 at 9:58 PM, fishballer06 said:

Pick your best brown fish guys for this one, but don't rush.

I already picked and only one northener . I'm so far back that it doesnt matter.

A	Drew Cook Midway, FL	-
B	Chad Pipkens Holt, MI	-
C	Yusuke Miyazaki Forney, TX	-
D	Jake Whitaker Fairview, NC	-
E	Carl Jocumsen Frisco, TX	-

fishballer06 reply :

It's been a bit of a break since the last event, but we have 12 days until blastoff at St. Lawrence. Get your picks in boys!

scaleface reply :

Here we go , man . What a team .

BassNJake reply :

Make sure to get your picks in.

Tourney starts tomorrow but the launch does not start until 9am and weigh ins are at 5pm

https://www.bassmaster.com/jesse-tacoronte/late-launch-changes-strategies-st-lawrence-river-elite

Dangerfield reply :

On 8/4/2019 at 5:12 AM, scaleface said:

Here we go , man . What a team .

bold strategy going with a couple of southern anglers, I went super safe with some northern anglers and a dice roll with Pirch.

Swbass15 reply :

Johnston

pirch

mullins

gustafson

Kennedy

most of them high ownership cept mullins

MIbassyaker reply :

A. Chris Johnston

B. Garrett Paquette

C. David Mullins

D. Chad Morgenthaler

E. Jay Yelas

scaleface reply :

On 8/15/2019 at 8:36 PM, Dangerfield said:

bold strategy going with a couple of southern anglers,

Thats why I always finish near the bottom .

scaleface reply :

According to Bass Trac Kolby Kreiger is in 30th place . If we were going by MLF rules he'd be way out in front with 77 lbs .

scaleface reply :

Last again . Among all members who have played every week, I am dead last . Havent picked a single angler who finished an Elite event in the top ten . Did get one during the classic . LOL

We have one guy in our group that is 15th overall . Good luck to Bigfishadventures78 . keep it up .

fishballer06 reply :

Alright boys, I know most of us are still licking our wounds from the St. Lawrence, but Cayuga starts on Thursday morning. Get your picks in by Wednesday night.

fishballer06 reply :

We are underway on Cayuga Lake. 8:30AM local time and 3 anglers already have over 16 pounds, including Chris Zaldain with 18.5lbs!

This one could be a slug fest.

MIbassyaker reply :

a. Drew Benton

b. Jamie Hartman

c. Paul Mueller

d. Koby Kreiger

e. Kyle Monti

fishballer06 reply :

Derek Hudnall has a 7-8 New York largemouth in his box right now. Talk about a tank!!

Jrob78 reply :

Matt Herren

Keith Combs

Hunter Shryock

Cliff Prince

Gary Clouse

scaleface reply :

A third of the field hasn't even checked in . They are short on Marshall's .

Jrob78 reply :

Per Chris Zaldain's Instagram, he, Caleb Sumrall and Ed Loughran had their boats broken into last night and all their rods and reels stolen.

fishballer06 reply :

On 8/22/2019 at 11:51 PM, Jrob78 said:

Per Chris Zaldain's Instagram, he, Caleb Sumrall and Ed Loughran had their boats broken into last night and all their rods and reels stolen.

That's terrible to hear.

On another note, Zaldain had a 24 pound bag and Hudnall's fish from this morning was 8-1!!!

fishballer06 reply :

Looks like we're down to just 2 tournaments left and still plenty of chances for anyone to win the BassResource crown for the season. There's less than 350 points separating the top 7 spots.

We've got 23 days until the Fort Gibson tournament. So take your time and make your picks wisely.

moguy1973 reply :

Top 10 get prizes right? My buddy is currently sitting in 10th for BR and 16th overall. He's stoked!

fishballer06 reply :

On 8/27/2019 at 1:38 AM, moguy1973 said:

Top 10 get prizes right? My buddy is currently sitting in 10th for BR and 16th overall. He's stoked!

Yep! In that past, Glen has paid out in Circuit City gift cards, but this year he's stepped it up to Blockbuster unlimited lifetime memberships.

scaleface reply :

Is there a participation prize ?

fishballer06 reply :

On 8/27/2019 at 10:03 AM, scaleface said:

Is there a participation prize ?

billmac reply :

I want to make sure to get into this next season.

scaleface reply :

I have yet to pick an angler to fish on sunday .. My picks have been so poor that there is one guy ahead of me that didnt even participate the last tourney . My picks are already in for fort gibson .


A	Mark Menendez Paducah, KY	-
B	Caleb Sumrall New Iberia, LA	-
C	Jay Yelas Lincoln City, OR	-
D	Derek Hudnall Baton Rouge, LA	-
E	Kyle Monti Okeechobee, FL

fishballer06 reply :

On 8/27/2019 at 10:23 PM, billmac said:

I want to make sure to get into this next season.

You can still join for the final two events of the season with us now. It will get you familiar with how to make your picks and such.

billmac reply :

I went back to the first post. I see the group name and password, but where to I go to join? What kind of group is this?

fishballer06 reply :

On 1/23/2019 at 9:20 PM, fishballer06 said:

The time has come for the 2019 Fantasy Fishing season to begin. For those unfamiliar, we have been doing this for a few years now as a fun way to compete and have a little fun among all our members. Do you think you have what it takes to take home 1st place for the season?

Group Name: BassResource

Password: BR2019

We encourage all members to play along. Just pick your anglers prior to each BASS Elite event and share them (or don't) with the group. It's all part of the fun!

On 8/28/2019 at 8:32 PM, billmac said:

I went back to the first post. I see the group name and password, but where to I go to join? What kind of group is this?

www.bassmasterfantasy.com

Just create an account (its free) and then join our group using the information I posted in the first post of the group.

billmac reply :

Thanks.

billmac reply :

I joined. I'll save the research for next season. I chose just on name recognition and random chance.

MIbassyaker reply :

On 8/28/2019 at 9:33 PM, billmac said:

I joined. I'll save the research for next season. I chose just on name recognition and random chance.

They give out a first place prize for each individual event too, so you always have a shot at that even if you've missed the other events:

http://bassmasterfantasy.com/Prizes.aspx

fishballer06 reply :

Less than a week until the next tournament. Get those picks in boys!

Tony johnson reply :

i just joined... should be fun i just random picked for this event

fishballer06 reply :

Everyone - If you made your picks early for this event, please double check and make sure your picks are still in there. With them switching this event from Ft. Gibson to Lake Tenkiller, I don't want something wonky happening to anyone's picks.

https://www.bassmaster.com/news/tenkiller-offers-species-trio-elite-regular-season-finale

scaleface reply :

This is going to be an interesting tourney . Nobody has prefished it .

BassNJake reply :

With the way I have been choosing guys, it doesn't matter where they are fishing

I couldn't pick a wedgie at this point

fishballer06 reply :

You can tell these guys didn't get to properly scout this lake. 10th place right now has 7 pounds even. The leader has around 11 pounds.

scaleface reply :

On 9/20/2019 at 2:22 AM, fishballer06 said:

You can tell these guys didn't get to properly scout this lake. 10th place right now has 7 pounds even. The leader has around 11 pounds.

Id rather watch a tournament like this then a 100 lb shootout .

BassNJake reply :

On 9/20/2019 at 2:22 AM, fishballer06 said:

You can tell these guys didn't get to properly scout this lake. 10th place right now has 7 pounds even. The leader has around 11 pounds.

The 16 inch limit on largemouth and smallmouth will come into play as well.

With a 12 inch limit on spots, you could catch 5 and just barely have 4 lbs.

fishballer06 reply :

I had a terrible event on Tenkiller. Dropped a few spots in the standings.

5 more days until AOY Championship tournament. Get your picks in. This is the final event of the year!

scaleface reply :

I had my first guy to fish on sunday this year . Kyle Monti . Also had two in the bottom 10 , again .

fishballer06 reply :

3.5 days to get your picks in for the final event.

Our current top 5 is:
pexari32

Bigfishadventures78

bfric

fish527

blckshirt98

Only 612 points separate our top ten guys. Anything is possible in this last event.

scaleface reply :

I keep picking long shots that for one reason or another I feel have a shot at the top ten . Its been a disaster . I'm going with some obvious picks this time .

A	Chris Zaldain San Jose, CA	-
B	Jamie Hartman Utica, NY	-
C	Jeff Gustafson Keewatin, ON	-
D	Brandon Cobb Greenwood, SC	-
E	Paul Mueller Naugatuck, CT

MIbassyaker reply :

Lester, Crews, Menendez, Paquette, Wendlandt

Jrob78 reply :

Zaldain

Hartman

Pipkens

Paquette

Wendlandt

OCdockskipper reply :

So for the St. Lawrence event, I had Cory Johnston as a pick. Day 1 he has mechanical problems with his boat, loses a ton of fishing time and despite a great sack on day 2, misses the cut and finishes 36th.

For this weeks event, I had Chris Johnston. Once again, Cory has mechanical issues with his boat, but this time, he gets hold of his brother Chris and they swap boats. So now Chris loses valuable fishing time and is sitting in 39th place out of 50 anglers.

Every time Cory Johnson has boat issues, it costs me even if I don't pick him!! I wouldn't be surprised if Cory's motor gets stuck wide open tomorrow & he ends up ramming and sinking the boat of one of my other 4 picks...

fishballer06 reply :

I've got Feider in my A bucket (1st) and Mueller in my E bucket (4th). But my B, C, and D buckets are all in the bottom 15. I took Garrett Paquette since he's a local and he only had 3 fish yesterday and landed in 44th, but looking this morning, it looks like he's already caught a 5-8 this morning, so hopefully he should rise up in the rankings today.

Montanaro reply :

What happened to dipalma...he sitting on a zero.

fishballer06 reply :

On 9/30/2019 at 11:40 PM, Montanaro said:

What happened to dipalma...he sitting on a zero.

I saw he blanked. A few guys struggled to catch them yesterday with the wind, and I know a few had boat issues. I haven't heard anything official on what happened with him.

Montanaro reply :

Wasnt sure if he blanked or disqualified/backed out.

scaleface reply :

On 10/1/2019 at 6:52 AM, Montanaro said:

Wasnt sure if he blanked or disqualified/backed out.

His boat almost sunk . he didnt get to fish . Congratulations on your teams success this tourney . You're in first despite Dipalmas mishap .

fishballer06 reply :

Feider has over 24 pounds already. I think it's safe to say he has this one in the bag.

fishballer06 reply :

Congrats to Pexari32 for winning our 2019 Fantasy Fishing League! He managed to edge out Bigfishadventures78 by just 75 points.

I also want to give a big shout out to the 80 total members that we had playing along this year. It's been a lot of fun and I always enjoy watching everyone battle it out throughout the season. I hope you all enjoyed it and that we can get even more guys to play along next season.

Here's a breakdown of our top 15 on the season:

Pexari32

Bigfishadventures78

bfric

fish527

blckshirt98

Gundog179

fcfchang

Odell015

sschrad

Jorgaba

fishballer06

MSWV

AnnieWu77

Jrob78
PeteM

I'm looking forward to next season with you all. It's always fun shooting the breeze with you guys and talking strategy and how the pro's are doing all year long. It's going to be a long off season in the meantime. First event next year starts February 6th.

MIbassyaker reply :

Congrats to Pexari32!

Looking up last year's top 10, conveniently summarized here for posterity by @fishballer06:

1. BamaBass

2. Ubfishy

3. xclaya

4. dirtyeggroll

5. Gundog179

6. blckshirt98

7. worminken

8. Shovelmouth83

9. nascar2428

10. yotone

We have two repeat top 10 performers in Gundog197 and blckshirt98.

Montanaro reply :

Ahaha dipalma almost sinks and I win AOY tournament...

I will take the victory.

Wonder where I would have ended in standings had I not failed to get picks in for two tournaments...sigh.

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