Whiny Butt Bass Fisherman!

[iffy]

I was watching the news this morning and they were interviewing some of the “professional” fishermen who were in town for the Green Bay Bass Tournament, and I have never heard of a bigger group on whiney crybabies in my life. I guess the issue is they have to stay south of Sturgeon Bay. One guy even said if they don’t change this, that he was not coming back next year (and he was taking his ball and bat and going home).

Come on, I thought these guys were suppose to be professionals! I just found this ridiculous.

I was watching the news this morning and they were interviewing some of the “professional” fishermen who were in town for the Green Bay Bass Tournament, and I have never heard of a bigger group on whiney crybabies in my life. I guess the issue is they have to stay south of Sturgeon Bay. One guy even said if they don’t change this, that he was not coming back next year (and he was taking his ball and bat with him).

Come on, I thought these guys were suppose to be professionals! It's not like they were given a puddle and told to go fishing. Besides, with less fishing pressure in the lower bay I would but the bass are bigger. I just found their attitude ridiculous.


I guess that's why I salmon fishing.

[boog]

Heard the same whining from these guys on other websites already.
And you know what, I thought the same thing as you.
Bunch of cry babies!

[KingKong]

lol yea i know what you are saying!

RE-DONKULOUS!

[fishoil]

I can see their point. When they signed up for the tournament all Green Bay waters were open to them. The area north of Sturgeon Bay is like the promised land to a bass fisherman and to have it taken away from them at this point is very frustrating. I would bet many of them signed up for the tournament and made the trip here just for the opportunity to fish those fabled waters.

But I do agree that they need to suck it up and act like the professionals that they are supposed to be. I used to fish a lot of walleye tournaments and one thing I learned is that just because it is a "professional" tournament doesn't mean that all of the participants are professional. There are a lot of egos and whiny people in the tournament world, be it walleyes, bass or even salmon.

[fraidknot]

Whaaaaaaaat.....Salmon fishermen never whine!!!! Especially on a website! LOL......

[ejb]

It's silly to have a bass tournament in Green Bay, some where in Door county would be a lot better. Not sure why anyone would want to run 40 + miles with the type of boats the use. What would happen if storm came up ??

[SteveO]

What would happen if storm came up ??

My guess is there would be a lot of whining ...

[fishinchips]

You should of heard the Bass Masters pros whine when they were here fishing Lake Wissota a few years ago. They complained of the 'mud puddle' they were expected to fish in and how crowded the 'hot spots' were going to be.
Come on guys, the lake is 6300 acres in the main pool and 15 miles of river upstream. One pro used a jet drive on his outboard so he could get right up into the tail-waters of the dam 15 miles upstream from the check-in.
Their other big complaint they had was getting their lures bit off by all the muskies they were catching.

Welcome to the northwoods where walleyes and muskies rule!!

Al

[TOsetter]

Jun 28, 2012 14:21:00 GMT -5 fishinchips said:

You should of heard the Bass Masters pros whine when they were here fishing Lake Wissota a few years ago. They complained of the 'mud puddle' they were expected to fish in and how crowded the 'hot spots' were going to be.
Come on guys, the lake is 6300 acres in the main pool and 15 miles of river upstream. One pro used a jet drive on his outboard so he could get right up into the tail-waters of the dam 15 miles upstream from the check-in.
Their other big complaint they had was getting their lures bit off by all the muskies they were catching.

Welcome to the northwoods where walleyes and muskies rule!!

Al

I remember that well. On the last day; didn't they limit the fishable area to only small lake Wissota and then they had "boxes" that they had to fish in and rotate after a certain period of time to keep from fishing ontop of each other?

[Keepin it Reels]

They have a legitimate complaint. This is their lively hood. B.A.S.S. would never have come here had they known the DNR was going to set these limits. If the DNR was so worried about the fish they should never have issued the permit in the first place. In the long run this is going to cost communities all around the bay millions in lost tourism revenue. There will be more bass killed by the average local anglers this weekend than the pros would even if they kept and killed every fish in the tournament. This was nothing more than a PR move by the DNR so they didnt have to deal with any potential complaints if there was a large delayed mortality.

[TOsetter]

Did the location restriction take place after these guys entered and paid for the tourney? If so; I could see how they might be upset. If I were going to enter a big time tourney I would want to know "the whole story" and set of rules before I plopped down my money. I do realize though that most of these guys are going to fish no matter what, but still.......think of the guy on the cusp of breaking into this level of fishing that has something working N of SB and enters thinking he might have a shot.

[pfm]

I wonder if the local guides in SB like Strochein and Alexander had any say in that seeing they pound those waters daily? I would have to imagine they might have some pull given how they have positively influenced the economy in that area by drawing so many fishermen to the area year long.

Maybe they figured the bite to be too easy in SB and wanted to challenge this set of pros more by making them fish the non traditional Bass waters of the Bay? Either way, they need to suck it up and learn the waters.

[googan]

The "Great lakes Angler" magazine will support them! The Editor wants to be more "diverse"! I already canceled my subscription. Theres plenty of "weed carp" mags. out there. Looks like we will have to come to this site for are Salmon info!

[fishinchips]

Jun 28, 2012 14:52:41 GMT -5 TOsetter said:

I remember that well. On the last day; didn't they limit the fishable area to only small lake Wissota and then they had "boxes" that they had to fish in and rotate after a certain period of time to keep from fishing ontop of each other?

It was actually sorta comical on the last day.
Each 'hot spot box' was surrounded by spectator boats and the pros had to wind their way in and out of the 'designated' fishing areas, complaining all the while about spooked fish.

[TOsetter]

Jun 29, 2012 10:02:23 GMT -5 fishinchips said:

Jun 28, 2012 14:52:41 GMT -5 TOsetter said:

I remember that well. On the last day; didn't they limit the fishable area to only small lake Wissota and then they had "boxes" that they had to fish in and rotate after a certain period of time to keep from fishing ontop of each other?

It was actually sorta comical on the last day.
Each 'hot spot box' was surrounded by spectator boats and the pros had to wind their way in and out of the 'designated' fishing areas, complaining all the while about spooked fish.

Oh yeah that's right. Could you imagine late in the afternoon rotating to your 8th "fishing box" of the day knowing it's been pounded all day by 7 other pro's?...... I only ever saw them fishing shorlines and docks too. You'd think later in the day after the shorelines were played out they would have went to find some deeper water structure or something.