WHERE ARE THE COSTA GUYS?

[Quillback]

That makes sense to me.  

[snagged in outlet 3]

2 hours ago, Quillback said:

That makes sense to me.  

I would be interested in what @duckydoty and @Bill Babler think about that question.  

[duckydoty]

I don’t think or  feel like I’m a pro.  I do know how to help people catch trout and enjoy doing that.  I’m just a guide.  

[Seth]

1 hour ago, duckydoty said:

I don’t think or  feel like I’m a pro.  I do know how to help people catch trout and enjoy doing that.  I’m just a guide.  

Don't kid yourself. We fish the professional class in the CAM tournament! That classifies as professional fisherman for sure!. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

Oh Ducky is a pro for sure.

[vernon]

Well, in golf if you accept cash or prizes with a value equal to or greater than $750 you lose your amateur status, are deemed a "pro" and are no longer allowed to compete in amateur events.

Now I and a whole lotta other guys (I'm sure Snagged and Champ are in this group) have won and accepted way more than that in Calcutta events, money games, etc. but still remain "amateurs" simply due to the relatively smalltime nature of the events.

However, do that in any "name" event and you WILL forfeit your amateur status and, although it's possible to get reinstated it ain't easy.

Technically, a guy or gal that wins a car as a hole in one prize forfeits their amateur status but that's such a blurred line that it is abused and circumvented more often than Babler goes fishing.

I don't fish tournaments and could be very wrong about this but it seems to me that the fishing world hasn't done a very good job of establishing what is and isn't a pro vs. amateur or pro/amateur event.

But then again golf doesn't do a very good job of enforcing their version of the rules and there's plenty of hotshots running around out there with $400 staff bags with "Titleist" or whatever emblazoned all over their hats and clothes that think they're somebody but can't even beat me.

Lots of wannabes in all areas of "sport" I guess is what it comes down to and I find them to be humorous and annoying all at the same time.

 

 

[Champ188]

On 5/14/2019 at 7:40 AM, 5bites said:

I do miss the days when there were fewer tournaments period. That’s not a dig against tournament fishing because I love it. What I mean is there was a time when a person did well in a particular series they had a reputation of being a great angler because the competition wasn’t spread among a hundred different tournaments. People like Dave Barker, Wes Endicott, the Davis boys, etc etc etc. Now there are so many tournaments even on the same day that the competition is just watered down. If the good anglers were in fewer places the competition would be tougher and more meaningful like the old Central Pro/Am days and even the Heartland. So not only is the number of tournaments bad for the lake it’s bad for building local legends. That sounds sentimental probably but I personally miss it. So all that said even if we stay with five fish weigh in type tournaments I believe it would help the lake and competition if there were fewer tournaments at one time even if the field is on the large side. You’ll weed out a lot of the less skilled guys because they won’t want to continuously donate for no reason. Then they’ll just fish to learn until they can compete. Which means they’ll catch and release because they aren’t in a derby. 

 

That was kinda all over the place but I hope it made a little bit of sense. We’ve just “grown the sport” to were it’s more about an eBay order jersey rather than good competition and good stewards of the lakes we’ve been extremely blessed with. 

You flat nailed it there. 

[Champ188]

On 5/15/2019 at 8:39 AM, vernon said:

But then again golf doesn't do a very good job of enforcing their version of the rules and there's plenty of hotshots running around out there with $400 staff bags with "Titleist" or whatever emblazoned all over their hats and clothes that think they're somebody but can't even beat me.

Lots of wannabes in all areas of "sport" I guess is what it comes down to and I find them to be humorous and annoying all at the same time.

 

 

Thinking about ordering me a golf jersey from one of those eBay slicksters and bolting some Power Poles to the back of the cart!!!

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

I just like fishing the weekend tourneys for the compitition. It is definilty not a lucrative way to make money. We won the USA bassin last weekend and it wasnt event enough to pay for the new brakes on my trailer that i just replaced.

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, Champ188 said:

You flat nailed it there. 

Sure did.