Bass Pro Tour Changing Tournament Fishing Forever

[abkeenan]

3 minutes ago, Hunter53 said:

I have seen there are 76 committed to MLF. I think Ike, Ish, Palaniuk and Mark Daniels Jr.  will be the last ones to fill out the 80 man field. 

Saw they picked up Andy Morgan as well. About time he left FLW and fishes with the big boys. Will be interesting how he stacks up against the elite field now.

This mass migration makes me think there might be more to the BASS story as far as someone or group taking massive profits off the top. Someone got extremely greedy. Their payout reconstruction plan they put out a few days after MLF BPS announced their intentions wasn't enough to get a single person to stay except Seth Feider. Too little, too late. The package that MLF offers obviously enticed all the Elite to make the move. But, a part of me thinks another motivator might have been that the anglers found out how bad BASS was screwing them over and made them angry enough to not consider going back to BASS. All total speculation on my part and I have no contacts in either circuit. Just the feel I get. Like Babler said, "Somebody got caught with their hand in the cookie jar". More like cookie barrel. 

[Hunter53]

Brandon Palaniuk has announced MLF also. Just leaves Ike, Ish and Mark Daniels Jr. to announce.

[Hunter53]

Ish announced he is going MLF.

[slothman]

I think Ike is planning to announce tomorrow evening. 

[moguy1973]

That'll be 69 anglers from BASS and 11 from FLW.  BASS is going to have to find 39 or 40 anglers to fill their void.  I'm guessing a lot of the Open guys will get their shot.

 

[Royal Blue]

I'm pretty surprised that MLF didn't chase Scott Martin.  

[fishinwrench]

10 hours ago, slothman said:

I think Ike is planning to announce tomorrow evening. 

I think it's safe to say that anyone that claims they have something to "announce" ....is obviously going with MLF.

Otherwise there's nothing to announce. 

[Hunter53]

Mark Daniels Jr. announced MLF.

Only leaves Ike yet to announce it. He has said he would say what he is doing on his live show tonight. He will go MLF though.

[Mhyde]

Yesterday early afternoon I got a call from one of our outside sales guys who has the Branson territory,  he saw Several MLF wrapped boats  and a few of the BASS guys who have gone to MLF in the last week heading south on 65 when he was on this way back to Springfield. Does anyone know if they are shooting MLF cup event at Table Rock this week or Weekend?? I looked a the regatta permits for TR yesterday after he called nothing with MLF or anything that would think would be MLF, but if they are going out of Big Cedar they wouldn't need to pull a permit.

[Sore Thumbs]

They were fishing there today. Strader was on Facebook live broadcasting from there. I think it was for some contest winners. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.