gitnby Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 I have a friend who played on the PGA Tour for a few years. Never won a Tour event, but had over $3M in earnings, and won a couple of Nationwide events. He said that there are literally hundreds, if not thousands of guys out there that can hit the shots that the top players hit. He has seen guys at Q-school, and in small tournaments that had amazing talent. He says the difference is that space between the ears, and in some cases, the time or the money to commit to it as a full-time job. I have a feeling the same could be said for the top Bass professionals? Interestingly, this same guy said he enjoys golf more now that he isn't competing for a check. Taught his kids to play, and he shows up at charity events from time to time. I have definitely seen the change in him. His temper was his worst enemy on Tour. Competition can bring out the best, or worst, in people!
Iclass Posted February 13, 2012 Author Posted February 13, 2012 I feel the same way about fishing as he does about golf, it's tough to clean up after a client has spit his skoal or beechnut all over. Or some kid thinks it's fun to smash cheetos in the carpet. I didn't last long, it became alot more fun to fish when it wasn't a job. Know several guys that dropped out of the tourney scene because they wanted to start a family. Any of those guys are as good as any elite, just have different priorities.
Whack'emGood Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 For that reason the playing field is huge and ultra competitive so if you are able to stay in the PGA Tour or Elite tour you are doing something right and deserve to be there while others don't. To say that there are 1000 sticks that could be in the Elite series I think is totally false, otherwise they would be bumping the guys at the bottom of the totem pole out. Yes. This is the point I was making. "Success builds confidence, and you have to learn to trust your instincts and forget about fishing the way a tournament is supposed to be won. I'm going to fish my style and make it work for me." -KEVIN VANDAM "Confidence is the best lure in your tackle box." -GERALD SWINDLE "A-Rig? Thanks, but no thanks. If I can't catch them on the conventional tackle that I already use, then I guess I just can't catch them." -LK (WHACK'EM)
Whack'emGood Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 To busy learning how to use the arig to type better... Go for it. I hope you catch a bunch. Good luck. "Success builds confidence, and you have to learn to trust your instincts and forget about fishing the way a tournament is supposed to be won. I'm going to fish my style and make it work for me." -KEVIN VANDAM "Confidence is the best lure in your tackle box." -GERALD SWINDLE "A-Rig? Thanks, but no thanks. If I can't catch them on the conventional tackle that I already use, then I guess I just can't catch them." -LK (WHACK'EM)
Iclass Posted February 14, 2012 Author Posted February 14, 2012 Go for it. I hope you catch a bunch. Good luck. Thanks
Tfsh4bass Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 After fishing with the A-Rig myself it is my opinion that it doesn't belong in any tournaments unless someone uses 1 hooked bait and "dumbies" around it. Having 3, 5, 6 or 10 times the opportunity to catch a fish is just ridiculous. One-rod one-bait...just my opinion and I don't fish any tournaments these days.
Guest csfishinfool Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 The winner of the BFL had a five fish limit that weighed 32 pounds on Guntersville. Caught on the Rig .... Can the sport get anymore exciting than this? Oh BTW 80 percent of the field threw it....
Members Fat Boy Posted February 16, 2012 Members Posted February 16, 2012 If this has been addressed somewhere over the last 11pages then I'm sorry, I did not read that much in 12plus yrs of school. My concern and I am sure someone on here will correct me but, we keep fishing this thing and there won't be a big fish left, you think the fish kill was bad , there are big fish leaving this lake everyday in livewells going home to the hot grease spa. And the real fish killers have not yet started to arrive just wait tell the weather gets nice. I have talked to enough good fisherman to know and have fished it enough to know that anyone can fill the boat on this thing, it's crazy it's fun and it fills livewells. I don't have a problem with anyone fishing it for money or fun, I do have a problem with people fishing it to fill the fridge. I feel we need to get it banned from the lakes all togeather. It's the best BIG FISH LURE I have ever seen it scares me. Just my 2cent worth.
Feathers and Fins Posted February 16, 2012 Posted February 16, 2012 The best BIG FISH or ANY SIZE FISH catching thing there is, is LIVE BAIT! The people wanting fish for the "spa" use live bait and yet somehow we have managed to keep giant fish in lakes for all these years! The bait that was notorious for catching so many of the California Monster Bass was Crawdads. Those lakes do not come even close to size in compare with many lakes across the country and certainly not even close to the White River Chain of lakes yet they still somehow produce double digit fish regularly. Honestly most people I have met that want to keep fish for eating want smaller size fish as they believe those are the best eating size. But here we have what I said way back in this thread " People wanting to ban the rig period" Whats next a ban on live bait or a ban on double hooks. The fish still have to be found, the color and size of bait has to be found, and the fish still have to bite the thing. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaver-Lake-Arkansas-Fishing-Report/745541178798856
Tfsh4bass Posted February 16, 2012 Posted February 16, 2012 The winner of the BFL had a five fish limit that weighed 32 pounds on Guntersville. Caught on the Rig .... Can the sport get anymore exciting than this? Oh BTW 80 percent of the field threw it.... Well they could just troll 6 A-Rigs out the back of the boat with 30 baits in the water and I am sure they would catch a ton of fish and have big sacks also...still doesn't make it very sporting
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