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02-21-2006, 01:50 AM
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M.S.B.A.
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Location: I live in the Villiage of Hyannis in the Town of Barnstable in the Commonwealth of MA
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I hear from a reliable source we are talking $2500 entry fees and other professional requirements to enter. This could be what ASA was supposed to be until Jack Holmes abandoned the tournament and ignored his successful model from the SKA. I also heard it will be NO LIVE BAIT and possibly no trolling either. We will see as info comes out.
Will it be a good thing or a bad thing??? It will probably not have any impact on the amount of mortality at all. It will put more of a focus on the fishery, driving revenues for the industry, and that would have to be a good thing. We have lost six or sevent locals around the Boston/South Shoire Area in three years. I know that two others are in trouble. The Internet sales do more to damage the locals thqan WalMart willever do, though I am niot afan of Wal Mart either.
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"It is impossible to complain and to achieve at the same time"--Basic Patrick (on a good day)
 
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02-21-2006, 07:46 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
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02-21-2006, 08:28 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
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What Clammer said...they better have a polygraph ready - they'll have guys who work on the day boats culling their by-catch for large to enter in the tourney.
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02-22-2006, 08:17 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
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Originally Posted by BasicPatrick
I hear from a reliable source we are talking $2500 entry fees and other professional requirements to enter. This could be what ASA was supposed to be until Jack Holmes abandoned the tournament and ignored his successful model from the SKA. I also heard it will be NO LIVE BAIT and possibly no trolling either. We will see as info comes out.
Will it be a good thing or a bad thing??? It will probably not have any impact on the amount of mortality at all. It will put more of a focus on the fishery, driving revenues for the industry, and that would have to be a good thing. We have lost six or sevent locals around the Boston/South Shoire Area in three years. I know that two others are in trouble. The Internet sales do more to damage the locals thqan WalMart willever do, though I am niot afan of Wal Mart either.
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No live bait and no trolling? Where do I sign? True enough about the local shops losing to internet based providers. And Pete G is absolutely correct in the USA on the downslope. Heck Teddy Kennedy is even introducing a bill today that I can back. No tax breaks or incentives for companies shipping manufacturing/labor resources overseas (read 3rd world countries) of Which Wally world is one of the leading exponents. ( it's only "assembled" here form foriegn parts, not actually made here like they say). The boys in Arkansas at Bentonville HQ are just practicing an old southern tradition in a new scheme, slavery. Now though it's not owning human beings outright just controlling every facet of thier lives through an economic outlet that preys on the poor and underachieving in this country and abroad where they feast on the fruits of cheap labor and lack of regulations governing the same. Sure we all use Wal-mart, I do and most of you do as well but for some they wouldn't be able to make it without thier "great value" brands, cheap clothing and questionable quality goods. But it's not just Wal-mart, it's Bass-pro, Cabelas, LL BEAN oRVIS, kOHL'S, tARGET and on and on. We fought in Viet NAM and lost 52000 American lives so we could buy T-shirts made there at Old Navy!
2500.00? peice of cake. casting plugs and rubber? no problem. We get them up here for 5 months. And we get lots of them. The yahoos down south get them for the same time so a northeast segment of this tourney is fine. I need a new challenge job wise, why not professional Striper fishing? |
Why even try......... 
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02-22-2006, 08:36 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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yeah Baby
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Originally Posted by Flaptail
I need a new challenge job wise, why not professional Striper fishing?
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you da man Flap...and you'd make a great TV personality too...
just imagine...sitting down on a cold sunday morning watching flaptail on TV catchin
Stripers while its snowing sideways.that would be mint. |
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02-22-2006, 09:27 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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No live bait. I just remembered,,I have a job.
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02-22-2006, 09:48 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: OUTDOORS/ Fairhaven,Ma.
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Goose come on I can see it now me you and Clammer being followed by a camera crew. I do think this could be good for us if it is done in the same way they do the redfish tours. Like others said this is going to be a pro-tournament that we will be watching on tv most likley not from our boats. But it would be good to see some good pr for the sport don't you think?
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21' striper D/C Yamaha 150 HPDI named PLAIN JANE
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02-22-2006, 10:01 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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i totally agree GB
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Originally Posted by GBOUTDOORS
But it would be good to see some good pr for the sport don't you think?
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as far as the media is concerned they don't really recognize pro fishing or tournament fishing as a sport. Well they do on the specific shows, that are the so called fishing shows...but you've never seen it on the news.... that so and so just won the Pro tournament and recieved
this trophy...its very segregated and i think thats very wrong.
they show college football ,high school football ,and basket ball,and others but fishing as a sport simply doesnt exist in TV news. |
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02-22-2006, 01:09 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Newport, RI
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Originally Posted by Raven
as far as the media is concerned they don't really recognize pro fishing or tournament fishing as a sport. Well they do on the specific shows, that are the so called fishing shows...but you've never seen it on the news.... that so and so just won the Pro tournament and recieved
this trophy...its very segregated and i think thats very wrong.
they show college football ,high school football ,and basket ball,and others but fishing as a sport simply doesnt exist in TV news.
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I was just watching ESPN and they'll be broadcasting the BASSmaster Classic live again this year. It's a lot more visible then back when it was only on the The Nashville Network. Everyone probably just dismissed it as a redneck event back then. Well, it still is a bit, lol. But mostly because all the big names are from the South. But being on ESPN definitely legitimizes it and it will hopefully continue making it more visible to the general public including the NorthEast. Not as good as being on the 6 o'clock news, but better then being hidden on TNN back in the 90's.
http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/b...assic_coverage
They should do an extreme surfcasting tour if they really want some ratings. Guys getting bashed around on rocks wearing wetsuits and waders while pursuing big bass might really do the trick. What would most people rather see, a 2# bass get yanked out of some brush or seeing Eben get cracked over a rock while trying to reach a safe perch just a little too far out? There would be serious spot burning issues though...
Last edited by Pete_G; 02-22-2006 at 01:22 PM..
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