2021 Bassmaster Classic

[Seth]

[Seth]

Palaniuk was also leading at LaCrosse on the Mississippi River in 2013 before he got a day 2 DQ for culling on the wrong side of the channel. It looked like he was going to run away with that one until the DQ. That was the tourney prior to his 2013 win at St. Lawrence.

[Bill Babler]

Didn't he get another DQ,  somewhere for a navigation violation that did not even pertain to fishing?

If I remember correctly he has had two DQ's. 

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

And he won Angler of the year which is probably the hardest thing to do in Pro fishing.   I think he probably has earned his TV time

[Champ188]

18 hours ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

 

 

18 hours ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

And he won Angler of the year which is probably the hardest thing to do in Pro fishing.   I think he probably has earned his TV time

There was also talk of a lawsuit being brought by Boyd Duckett over some GPS coordinates during Palaniuk's 2013 win on the St. Lawrence that gave him the Angler of the Year title. The accusation was that Palaniuk was given those waypoints by a BASS staff member just prior to the start of that event. Duckett and others who brought the lawsuit alleged that the BASS staffer relayed those coordinates from a local guide to Palaniuk. Not saying he did or didn't but there was definitely a lot of smoke behind the BASS curtains for there not to be some substance to the allegation.

Meanwhile, he still hasn't won "the big one" while Hank Cherry has now won two in a row. One might think with the diluted field now in BASS, he could win if he was as great as the BASS cameras have played him up to be for years now.  

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

His AOY was 2017 not 2013

[Travis Swift]

BASS is anything but "diluted".  These are up and coming stars that can hang with anyone.  I'm enjoying the heck out of all of them.  By the way if Boyd had a bone to pick with Brandon he wouldn't of invited him to "his" league when he created it I wouldn't think.  

[nomolites]

9 hours ago, Champ188 said:

 

There was also talk of a lawsuit being brought by Boyd Duckett over some GPS coordinates during Palaniuk's 2013 win on the St. Lawrence that gave him the Angler of the Year title. The accusation was that Palaniuk was given those waypoints by a BASS staff member just prior to the start of that event. Duckett and others who brought the lawsuit alleged that the BASS staffer relayed those coordinates from a local guide to Palaniuk. Not saying he did or didn't but there was definitely a lot of smoke behind the BASS curtains for there not to be some substance to the allegation.

Meanwhile, he still hasn't won "the big one" while Hank Cherry has now won two in a row. One might think with the diluted field now in BASS, he could win if he was as great as the BASS cameras have played him up to be for years now.  

Sour grapes.  He hasn’t done too well in the five fish format recently and I’m not surprised he wanted to make a move -if he didn’t have big sponsorships and a tackle line he would have been broke a long time before MLF launched.  He was fishing on reputation alone.  That said, I’m confident he can smoke me in a 1v1 any day....

Mike

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

I think Duckett was rich well before he had a tackle company and boat dealership, those are just his hobbies. I think i rememer hearing he had a trucking company and was a big developer

[Jerry Rapp]

a Classic observation - they fish 4 day tournaments all year to qualify for the Classic.  Then it is a 3 day tournament.  Why?  What if the NFL only played 3 quarters in the Superbowl?   I have never heard BASS's reasoning on this.  Do they have a reason?