Consistentcy and the 5 fish format 2024
Jim- Indiana reply :
To change up discussion at bit, each and every "Professional" Bass Fisherman that we know these days, have all found a certain degree of consistency in fishing the 5 fish format. Although we do not have much data on the "every fish counts" format, there are certain aspects that make me wonder if the same will hold true. My wondering starts, when I look at the BPT standings for the past year. With "time" being at such a premium in the MLF format, there is less time for the anglers to make decisions that would play a big role in being consistent..... but that is my hunch .... what do you all think? Do you think both formats, offer equal chances of consistency? .... and why, or why not!
jbsoonerfan reply :
Consistent, how? Nothing saying a guy can't go to a BPT event and try to catch 20 four lbers vs 80 one pounders. I would think consistent would be catching fish all day, not just catching 7 in a day and getting lucky that 5 of them were the biggest 5. There is a reason they still weigh them instead of count them. They still use pounds and ounces instead of tally marks.
Jim- Indiana reply :
On 12/24/2019 at 12:27 PM, jbsoonerfan said:Consistent, how? Nothing saying a guy can't go to a BPT event and try to catch 20 four lbers vs 80 one pounders. I would think consistent would be catching fish all day, not just catching 7 in a day and getting lucky that 5 of them were the biggest 5. There is a reason they still weigh them instead of count them. They still use pounds and ounces instead of tally marks.
I guess I should have been clearer. I meant being consistent (decent finish) tournament after tournament throughout the year .... what the AOY standings would reflect.
Sam reply :
You can go for numbers and load the boat or go for size and hope for five.
The time limit makes you think about what you need to do and keeps the pressure on everyone to make as many casts as possible.
Being consistent in the final standings of individual bass tournaments is an art that only a few can accomplish.
I don't think any one angler would finish in the top ten for every tournament they fish. Some days you win and some days the bass wins. That's bass fishing.
RichF reply :
I think it's definitely more difficult to be consistent with the "every fish counts" format. Good finishes rely heavily on an angler finding a giant school of bass which I find is often luck. Look at Zach Birge and Edwin in the Redcrest. Both found megaschools and smoked everyone. Had it been the traditional format, they both would've weighed 9lb bags. The same thing happened at Table Rock with Cliff Pace (pretty sure it was Pace) and I'm sure there are a bunch more examples of this in MFL/BPT competition.
Jim- Indiana reply :
On 12/25/2019 at 12:05 AM, RichF said:I think it's definitely more difficult to be consistent with the "every fish counts" format. Good finishes rely heavily on an angler finding a giant school of bass which I find is often luck. Look at Zach Birge and Edwin in the Redcrest. Both found megaschools and smoked everyone. Had it been the traditional format, they both would've weighed 9lb bags. The same thing happened at Table Rock with Cliff Pace (pretty sure it was Pace) and I'm sure there are a bunch more examples of this in MFL/BPT competition.
To be fair ...Zach, Edwin, and Cliff would have employed a different strategy, had they been fishing for 5 fish. The "luck" factor, in finding a "mega" school on a consistent basis is higher when every fish counts .... and no time to hunt for it, if you start the wrong place.
scaleface reply :
From someone who has a fifteen inch length limit to deal with , I feel it is much more difficult to catch a limit of keepers than a couple dozen non-keepers .
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
They both have their own consistencies. One consistently catch the heaviest 5 fish. The other consistently catch the heaviest total weight for the day.
This just seems like another rant against mlf.
jbsoonerfan reply :
On 12/26/2019 at 3:47 AM, QUAKEnSHAKE said:They both have their own consistencies. One consistently catch the heaviest 5 fish. The other consistently catch the heaviest total weight for the day.
This just seems like another rant against mlf.
Couldn't be.
Jim- Indiana reply :
On 12/26/2019 at 3:47 AM, QUAKEnSHAKE said:They both have their own consistencies. One consistently catch the heaviest 5 fish. The other consistently catch the heaviest total weight for the day.
This just seems like another rant against mlf.
In my topic, I was using "consistent" in relation to angler performance, not as things similar between the 2 formats. It is a question that could and should be asked, by participants and organizers of either league. To insert "rant" into a response to the question, you really need to be looking for it.
Since inception .... anglers have been advocating for rule changes, and I don't think any of them were to make it tougher for them to be successful. One of the comments that was recently proposed, was to eliminate the zeroing of weights between rounds....that fits the type of response I was looking for.
jbsoonerfan reply :
On 12/26/2019 at 8:58 AM, Jim- Indiana said:In my topic, I was using "consistent" in relation to angler performance, not as things similar between the 2 formats. It is a question that could and should be asked, by participants and organizers of either league. To insert "rant" into a response to the question, you really need to be looking for it.
Since inception .... anglers have been advocating for rule changes, and I don't think any of them were to make it tougher for them to be successful. One of the comments that was recently proposed, was to eliminate the zeroing of weights between rounds....that fits the type of response I was looking for.
Of your 22 posts, 19 of them are related to MLF/BPT so it may seem as though this topic is yet another jab/rant/whatever at them. You use words and phrases that make it seem like you are attempting to ask questions or engage in conversations about the "tournament" format as you often refer to it. When the NBA implemented the 3 point line I would assume that people didn't like it because it wasn't the way it had always been. Change isn't for everyone, but they convinced the best anglers in the world to join them so they must have been on to something. Before anyone starts with the "Well Luke So and So said they are in trouble and BP and G Man left" yeah I know, but 2 of the best anglers in the world replaced them. However, this is about consistency and the term consistent doesn't change whether it's making 10 footers or 3 pointers, if you are only worried about the final outcome. Like I said before, they are still taking weights, not counting fish.
Here are some facts:
Bradley Roy
Ott DeFoe
Brent Chapman
Aaron Martens
Jacob Powroznik
Brandon Palaniuk
Jacob Wheeler
Mark Daniels Jr
Todd Faircloth
Casey Ashley
Ike
Andy Montgomery
All these anglers finished in the top 1/4 of the AOY standings in BASS in 2018 and the top 1/3 of the standings in the AOY in 2019 in BPT. Not sure if you are looking for statistics like this or just trying to stir the pot. I wasn't going to waste my time going back any further since there is only one season of BPT to compare to.
I could care less how they decide to weigh them, count them, or whatever else they decide to do. As with any other sport there is, the cream will always rise to the top.
RichF reply :
On 12/26/2019 at 10:21 AM, jbsoonerfan said:Of your 22 posts, 19 of them are related to MLF/BPT so it may seem as though this topic is yet another jab/rant/whatever at them. You use words and phrases that make it seem like you are attempting to ask questions or engage in conversations about the "tournament" format as you often refer to it. When the NBA implemented the 3 point line I would assume that people didn't like it because it wasn't the way it had always been. Change isn't for everyone, but they convinced the best anglers in the world to join them so they must have been on to something. Before anyone starts with the "Well Luke So and So said they are in trouble and BP and G Man left" yeah I know, but 2 of the best anglers in the world replaced them. However, this is about consistency and the term consistent doesn't change whether it's making 10 footers or 3 pointers, if you are only worried about the final outcome. Like I said before, they are still taking weights, not counting fish.
Here are some facts:
Bradley Roy
Ott DeFoe
Brent Chapman
Aaron Martens
Jacob Powroznik
Brandon Palaniuk
Jacob Wheeler
Mark Daniels Jr
Todd Faircloth
Casey Ashley
Ike
Andy Montgomery
All these anglers finished in the top 1/4 of the AOY standings in BASS in 2018 and the top 1/3 of the standings in the AOY in 2019 in BPT. Not sure if you are looking for statistics like this or just trying to stir the pot. I wasn't going to waste my time going back any further since there is only one season of BPT to compare to.
I could care less how they decide to weigh them, count them, or whatever else they decide to do. As with any other sport there is, the cream will always rise to the top.
Do we need to count how many of your posts are condescending and arrogant towards others' questions or responses? Nothing about the op sounded like anything other than a question about angler consistency between tournament formats.
jbsoonerfan reply :
On 12/26/2019 at 11:46 AM, RichF said:Do we need to count how many of your posts are condescending and arrogant towards others' questions or responses? Nothing about the op sounded like anything other than a question about angler consistency between tournament formats.
Sorry, I wasn't trying to be that way. I was actually trying to figure out what exactly he meant by consistent. Catching fish in general, catching 5 big fish, catching 200 fish, catching 3 big fish and 100 one lbers......etc.
I was trying to find out kind of information the OP wanted and even provided some statistics to show some "consistency" between the two formats.
BTW, me pointing out where 95% of his posts are directed isn't condescending or arrogant, just an observation.
Hawkeye21 reply :
This is what I really love about the MLF format. It's not just about catching fish, it's about strategy. It's not that the 5 fish tourneys don't involve strategy too, it's that MLF requires a completely different kind of strategy and I really enjoy that.
Since I fish kayak tourneys I have to go about constructing my strategy completely different from how I would when fishing a boat tourney with a partner. The game planning and figuring out a strategy are all part of the enjoyment of fishing for me. It's why I like watching the both the Elite series and MLF formats. I learn a lot from both.
I think there are way too many people that are too stubborn and don't like change.
Tennessee Boy reply :
There is a lot of luck in fishing so consistency is difficult compared to other sports. After the first year I see a lot of consistency at the top and even more at the bottom. Some of the guys that I consider to be hardcore offshore structure fishermen seem to be struggling which is not surprising.
Jim- Indiana reply :
On 12/27/2019 at 12:24 AM, Tennessee Boy said:There is a lot of luck in fishing so consistency is difficult compared to other sports. After the first year I see a lot of consistency at the top and even more at the bottom. Some of the guys that I consider to be hardcore offshore structure fishermen seem to be struggling which is not surprising.
Hi ..I wasn't asking to compare it to other sports, but between the two major formats. I agree, and most do, that there is a luck factor in fishing. The more variables that are controlled, the luck factor gets smaller. Some feel that zeroing the weights between rounds in the BPT, make it harder to be consistent. My feelings were, that the "time" crunch makes it tougher to employ certain strategies. I know that a few of the BPT anglers are advocating for only a ncertain amount of fish to be included in the final tally. 15, 20 etc. . That would help eliminate some of the "time" crunch, and likely help the offshore crowd. Lots say it doesn't make any difference, because everyone within each league, are fishing by the same rules .... I was looking more at, if I were to advise my son where to fish to pursue a career, and tell him to fish "xy" league because of it being easier to be consistent Thanks for your input!
Tennessee Boy reply :
On 12/27/2019 at 1:16 AM, Jim- Indiana said:My feelings were, that the "time" crunch makes it tougher to employ certain strategies.
I agree and those strategies are what I find the most interesting but I don’t know if they make for good TV. I think the BPT is focused on the fans experience more than the angler’s experience. Just about all of us would prefer to catch one five pound fish over catching five one pound fish. I guess most people would rather watch someone else catch five fish than to watch them catch one big one.
WRB reply :
The easiest bass to catch are also the highest population in any lake, 12" to 15" LMB.
This group includes mature males and young adult female bass. The opposite is true of the lowest population of bass in any lake are the biggest LMB 25" to 29" that are difficult to catch. The bass in the middle 16" to 24" make up what 5 bass limit tournament anglers target because the population density in most lakes is good.
What group to target depends on the ability to locate active bass during the time on the water.
In general a 5 bass limit weighing 15 lbs made up with 3 lb or 18" bass on average gets a check in most tournaments and that is the pro goal.
If the format is total weight of the days catch with unlimited number of bass caught targeting the highest population density of 12" to 15" bass that weigh on average 2 lbs, 10 bass wiegh 20 lbs and gets the angler to the next event.
I would say it takes an equal amount of skill for either format.
Very few pro's or recreational bass anglers can consistantly catch 25" to 29" LMB regardless of the amount of time spent on the water, the population is too low on nearly every lake.
Tom
Logan S reply :
It's possible to see consistency in either format....But each format favors a different type of angler (in general). A smaller number of guys will (and have been) consistently successful in both, while most of the others will be consistently successful in one or the other.
Don't forget that the MLF/BPT format of counting every fish is still very new to pretty much every angler on that tour. Even the original MLF pros that have been doing it for years are new to doing it full time - Prior to 2019 their primary focus was still with 5 bass limits, the MLF thing was sort of a sideshow for them until now. As long as the MLF/BPT format sticks around long term, I think you'll see more guys adapt to it.
WRB reply :
The tournament anglers I have known over the years will always answer the question "how did it go today for you?" with I caught X number of bass today. In other words 5 bass limit anglers count the number of fish they catch, it's important to them. If your pattern or patterns is producing numbers you feel dialed in. A good consistant tournament angler should be able to excel at either format.
I am a trophy bass angler and target the smallest population of bass when fishing alone, rarely with a partner. When fun fishing with tournament pro's or recreation anglers as a partner I have no problem being competitive by catching numbers of bass using presentations to target numbers.
The only exception I see is bed fishing specialist during the spawn, not every tournament angler is equally skilled at sight fishing bed bass.
Tom
jbsoonerfan reply :
On 12/27/2019 at 10:30 AM, WRB said:The tournament anglers I have known over the years will always answer the question "how did it go today for you?" with I caught X number of bass today. In other words 5 bass limit anglers count the number of fish they catch, it's important to them. If your pattern or patterns is producing numbers you feel dialed in. A good consistant tournament angler should be able to excel at either format.
I am a trophy bass angler and target the smallest population of bass when fishing alone, rarely with a partner. When fun fishing with tournament pro's or recreation anglers as a partner I have no problem being competitive by catching numbers of bass using presentations to target numbers.
The only exception I see is bed fishing specialist during the spawn, not every tournament angler is equally skilled at sight fishing bed bass.
Tom
Excellent point, Tom. Every weigh in I have ever been to you hear the guys say "We caught a bunch, just couldn't get any size." To me, catching 5 of the biggest ones weighed in is more luck than catching a bunch and not getting any size. You can fish a good spot and catch a 3 and two hours later someone may come along and pull a 6 from there. I have been lucky and only caught 5 fish all day and it put me in the money and I have caught 20 + in a day and not even bothered weighing in because I may not have even had 5 fish over the length limit lol.
Tennessee Boy reply :
The new Heavy Hitters tournament will add an interesting twist to the BPT next year. Hopefully we’ll get to see some guys targeting bigger fish now.
J Francho reply :
These aren't the only two formats out there for competitive fishing. I'm including any level. Time and time again, it's a few of the same few that are always at the top, whether it be BPT, BASS, FLW, KBF, or even local team format opens. You always see the same names at the top. This tells me that the better anglers are able to adapt and conform to the format, and be successful. It's up to the organizers to decide what they're selling, and who's buying, and see what shakes out. You can watch a much faster tournament evolution play out if you follow kayak fishing tournaments for the past decade. BASS/BPT/FLW are too big to make sweeping changes. Small adjustments, and see what happens. Bottom line, you don't see bass nailed to a "leader board" anymore, and that's a good thing.
Jim- Indiana reply :
On 12/27/2019 at 10:38 PM, Tennessee Boy said:The new Heavy Hitters tournament will add an interesting twist to the BPT next year. Hopefully we’ll get to see some guys targeting bigger fish now.
I 100% agree, although I am more into the strategies, and hearing it play out in the anglers mind, rather than the fish size. Hearing when and why it is the time to larger fish, and to see what changes are made.
Sort of off topic, but MLF has been reluctant to make several of the proposed changes, and I can understand their reasoning. For their target audience .... some changes would take away from what they feel they need to project. The heavy hitter should be welcomed on either side. I don't like their "tiebreaker" rule, which will be a larger factor with the heavy hitter employment. The existing rule rewards catching smaller fish, in that whoever catches the most, wins the tiebreaker!
Tennessee Boy reply :
If it was up to me, I would use a points system that would reward bigger fish and have no limit. I would square the weight of each fish so a 1lb fish would be worth 1 point, a 5lb fish would be worth 25 points. That would allow the anglers to consider many different strategies to win.
1 - 9lb fish = 81 points
9 - 3lb fish = 81 points
50 - ~1.27lb fish = 81 points
That might be too “mathematical” for some but it’s not up to me anyway.
J Francho reply :
On 12/28/2019 at 12:27 AM, Tennessee Boy said:If it was up to me, I would use a points system that would reward bigger fish and have no limit. I would square the weight of each fish so a 1lb fish would be worth 1 point, a 5lb fish would be worth 25 points. That would allow the anglers to consider many different strategies to win.
1 - 9lb fish = 81 points9 - 3lb fish = 81 points
50 - ~1.27lb fish = 81 points
That might be too “mathematical” for some but it’s not up to me anyway.
Not sure your math works there. If a 1# is worth 1 point, and a fish five times as big is worth 25 times as much, then a 9# fish should be worth much, much more. Exponents and mathy stuff aside, not a terrible idea, if yu can get the math right.
Tennessee Boy reply :
On 12/28/2019 at 2:41 AM, J Francho said:Not sure your math works there. If a 1# is worth 1 point, and a fish five times as big is worth 25 times as much, then a 9# fish should be worth much, much more. Exponents and mathy stuff aside, not a terrible idea, if yu can get the math right.
The weight in pounds squared. 1 squared is 1x1=1. 5 squared is 5x5=25. 9 squared is 9x9=81. Just about every calculator has a button to do it but some people don’t like math. I’m a geek so I like to mix math with my fishing.????
J Francho reply :
That's way too big a gap between a 3# fish and a 5# fish. I don't feel like it should take three 3# to overtake a single 5# fish. You need a curve in there. I like the idea, though.
Tennessee Boy reply :
On 12/28/2019 at 2:57 AM, J Francho said:That's way too big a gap between a 3# fish and a 5# fish. I don't feel like it should take three 3# to overtake a single 5# fish. You need a curve in there. I like the idea, though.
Yeah, I see what you’re saying and I agree to some degree. Personally, I would value a 9# fish over four 5# fish. Would I value a 5# over three 3#?, probably not but I think the math needs to be simple enough that every calculator has a fish scoring key. I don’t think it’s gonna happen regardless of what curve we come up with.
J Francho reply :
That would depend on locale. There are no 9# fish in my waters. There are 5# fish. They aren't easy, but one shows up almost every tournament as the lunker. Sometimes it's a 6# or even an 7#. I've even seen a 8-5. Rare. You could scale a curve based on the largest and smallest keeper caught. All of this is just basic statistics.
If you really want to measure the "largest" fish or catch, then we should be using displacement, lol.
Tennessee Boy reply :
On 12/28/2019 at 3:15 AM, J Francho said:If you really want to measure the "largest" fish or catch, then we should be using displacement, lol.
I like it ????. Any idea what the world record is in cubic inches?
Logan S reply :
The best way to emphasize larger fish in a tournament format is to limit the total number of fish you count toward your weight total. What a novel idea 
. It automatically scales to the fishery or conditions and isn't skewed by big fish factories like Lake Fork or small fish events like Sabine or Winyah. If a 1lb fish is average, a 2lber is valuable (Sabine/Winyah)....If a 4lber is average a 6lber is valuable (Fork). You need to target and catch the valuable fish to win. It even works on a curve, for example in NY where a 9lber is extremely uncommon - If you did catch one it would help you exponentially. Apply the same idea to any lake with any size fish. When I catch a 6lber on the Potomac in a tournament it's WAY more valuable than three 2lbers or even two 3lbers. There's no need to bring points or equations into it.
In the MLF format, the valuable fish are the ones you can catch the most of...And most of the time those tend to be smaller fish. It's not wrong, it's just different and a bit counter-intuitive to what most are used to. IMO if MLF is going to keep their format they should just keep it and run with it. This heavyweights tournament thing they are doing might hurt them more than it helps them in the long run as it's another reminder that MOST anglers, tournament or not, place a higher value on larger fish.
The 2 formats are like 2 different games with different strategies. So it shouldn't be a shock that some guys are more suited to one or the other...With the best anglers being able to succeed in both.
Tlauz reply :
Growing up I fished for walleye,pike and perch. My dad was a catch it cook it angler. I did not start bass fishing until I was an adult. I spent a decade chasing muskies and now target bass almost exclusively. No matter the species, I have always viewed the best fisherman (regardless of species) as the ones that can find fish. I still think this! Most anglers with pretty good skills can catch fish once they find them. The really good anglers can find fish on the days when it seems like they have all disappeared. I never payed close attention to tournament angling in the past until I started watching the MLF cup events. I really enjoy these. Because of this, I also started paying closer attention to BASS tournaments. On both tours, I think the top guys are the guys that find fish more consistently than others.
RichF reply :
On 12/28/2019 at 5:12 AM, Logan S said:IMO if MLF is going to keep their format they should just keep it and run with it.
Totally agree here, especially after hearing from the MLF ownership that their target audience isn't the typical tournament bass angler.
Jim- Indiana reply :
On 12/28/2019 at 8:48 AM, RichF said:Totally agree here, especially after hearing from the MLF ownership that their target audience isn't the typical tournament bass angler.
A larger view base, leads to more sponsors, and no one can argue that more sponsors are nothing but good for the sport. My contention is that some of the format changes and rules make it harder for the anglers as a whole to be as consistent as they were when fishing the 5 fish format.
Granted.... some of those go against some that prefer a particular style of fishing, but at this level, it is on the anglers to be adaptable and proficient at all styles. The new "heavy hitters" angle seems to be more to appease the "dink" crowd.
Stuff like mystery lakes, altering time periods, the leagues ability to stop or postpone events for weather and mechanical breakdowns, trailering to and from fishing areas, and especially the time crunch that is brought on by the "every fish counts" rule, all keep anglers from being able to employ certain strategies, thus making it harder to compete. I think the best change, that wouldn't affect either the "new viewer" or "diehard" crowd, would be to a "ceiling" number to the amount of fish, depending on the body of water and angler vote. This would give anglers more time to make decisions, tell us why, and watch how their decisions play out. I had gotten a thumbs up from lots of the diehards, that were in favor of removing the names from scoretracker, but MLF leaders seem to think the added "friction" between anglers, adds an attractable dimension for the "new viewer" crowd.
BassNJake reply :
On 12/28/2019 at 8:48 AM, RichF said:Totally agree here, especially after hearing from the MLF ownership that their target audience isn't the typical tournament bass angler.
I watched FLW try this and fail.
Sure, for a couple of years there were a bunch of non endemic sponsors.
Then the markets got tight and they pulled all their money out of fishing.
FLW never recovered and eventually had to be bought out because of money issues.
Speaking of target audiences, who are they trying to attract with their SAT 7-9 am broadcasts on Discovery Channel?
I guess a bunch of people are looking for something new to watch early Saturday mornings.
J Francho reply :
On 1/6/2020 at 10:52 PM, BassNJake said:who are they trying to attract with their SAT 7-9 am broadcasts
Kids from the '70s used to watching cartoons at that time
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/6/2020 at 11:00 PM, J Francho said:Kids from the '70s used to watching cartoons at that time
I grew up watching Saturday cartoons but now I can drive so 7-9 on Saturday is fishing time
Tennessee Boy reply :
You guys have stumbled upon a brilliant idea. A cartoon fishing show! It would have cartoon anglers that catch 5 lbers on every cast. The MLF fans would love the high numbers and the BASS fans would love the big fish. Just for fun, it could have a coyote angler that would constantly drive his boat over a waterfall and hang there in midair for few seconds before falling.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/7/2020 at 12:23 AM, Tennessee Boy said:You guys have stumbled upon a brilliant idea. A cartoon fishing show! It would have cartoon anglers that catch 5 lbers on every cast. The MLF fans would love the high numbers and the BASS fans would love the big fish. Just for fun, it could have a coyote angler that would constantly drive his boat over a waterfall and hang there in midair for few seconds before falling.
Fiction vs Reality
Pucker Factor - Very High
A-Jay
RichF reply :
On 1/6/2020 at 10:52 PM, BassNJake said:I watched FLW try this and fail.
Sure, for a couple of years there were a bunch of non endemic sponsors.
Then the markets got tight and they pulled all their money out of fishing.
FLW never recovered and eventually had to be bought out because of money issues.
Speaking of target audiences, who are they trying to attract with their SAT 7-9 am broadcasts on Discovery Channel?
I guess a bunch of people are looking for something new to watch early Saturday mornings.
I have zero confidence that BPT/MLF will attract the kind of attention they're hoping for. It may be the highest viewed bass fishing show right now but that could be due to the fact that the Discovery channel comes standard with most normal cable packages, whereas, all the other fishing shows air on the Outdoor channel, which doesn't. As negative as I come across, with regards to MLF, I really do applaud their efforts though. I think it would be pretty dang cool to have bass fishing become a mainstream sport where a guy like me could make a pro athlete's salary for doing something I love to do. Unfortunately, I don't see it ever happening.
And yeah, 7-9am Saturdays...that's tough. The fishermen are out fishing, the college age kids are sleeping/hungover from Friday night, and parents are watching whatever crap their kiddos have on the tube (unless you're like me and make your 4 month old watch with you to prepare her for the future, haha). So that leaves...bored retirees?
Hawkeye21 reply :
On 1/7/2020 at 3:24 AM, RichF said:I have zero confidence that BPT/MLF will attract the kind of attention they're hoping for. It may be the highest viewed bass fishing show right now but that could be due to the fact that the Discovery channel comes standard with most normal cable packages, whereas, all the other fishing shows air on the Outdoor channel, which doesn't. As negative as I come across, with regards to MLF, I really do applaud their efforts though. I think it would be pretty dang cool to have bass fishing become a mainstream sport where a guy like me could make a pro athlete's salary for doing something I love to do. Unfortunately, I don't see it ever happening.
And yeah, 7-9am Saturdays...that's tough. The fishermen are out fishing, the college age kids are sleeping/hungover from Friday night, and parents are watching whatever crap their kiddos have on the tube (unless you're like me and make your 4 month old watch with you to prepare her for the future, haha). So that leaves...bored retirees?
If anyone is interested in the show they will DVR it. I've been recording the MLF events for years already.
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