bass wrangler569

The only thing that happens to a bass during a typical fight is temporary exhaustion and a small hole in the mouth. A bass is wet in the water and your hands should be wet when you handle a fish. The fish are then stored in a wet livewell. The fish are carried to the scale in a wet rubber bag and the bucket and plexiglass lid used at the weigh ins are wet too. This is all to protect the bass' slime coat. Letting a bass flop around on the dry carpet of your boat removes the slime coat, which, as someone else already said, protects the bass from diseases/infections/parasites. Without this slimecoat they are much more susceptible to a fatal diseases/infections/parasites. Oh, and all the fisheries biologists that I have met have taken the necessary precautions to protect the fish that they handle.

Ever pee in the water? I tinkle overboard every time I catch a good one. My bladder just gets a little excited... Ever pee in the water on national television?

I'm an Ike fan but I agree 100% with you. Spitting? What was that about. Disgusting, poor sportsmanship, disgusting, did I mention disgusting? He always acts like he wants to bring a fresh image to bass fishing to show everyone that we're not a bunch of backwards rednecks. Hello? Spitting all over the place on national TV isn't going to help the "backward redneck" image at all. I had mentioned on another thread that Ike acted very classy at the weigh in, and just when he seems to have matured, I see the footage this morning of him spitting all over his boat.

Yea he's pretty bad about that. Did anyone else notice how he held his fish horizontally by the lip, it'll be a miracle if those fish don't have broken jaws. To top it off when he gets a big bass he starts shaking it like crazy. I like Ike but he needs some improved bass handling skills.

Every post NYfishwow makes seems to be a whiskey tango foxtrot lol.

Listening to him talk you can really tell how much it means to him, even more than just the money or the prestige. Congrats Skeet

SKEEEEEET!!!! :D :D

Listening to Skeet talk he can barely breath! I can't imagine how exciting/nerve racking this must be for him.

Skeet's on top! :-?

I don't think he's a jerk... excitable? yes... loud? definately... annoying? occasionally... but definitely not a jerk. I know a few people who have met him and they've all said off the water he's a really chill and one of the most approachable anglers on the tour.

Is it just me or up to this point has Ike been subdued and, dare I say it... almost a class act? No screaming (if he wins I'm sure that will change), no sense of entitlement, no arrogance...

I think hes gonna pull it off ???

IKEs on top. Holding my breath!!!

Lol, everytime a different pro gets up they play the "how many of my sponsors can I mention in a 30 second time period" game. I know they need to mention their sponsors but sitting hear having sponsors pounded down your throat is moderately annoying.

Bryan Schmidts on top now. Sounds like he had a huge bag. hes only at 51.1 though so theoretically Ikes still ahead :-?

Sitting hear listening to the weigh-in. Is the sporadic country music in the background driving anybody else crazy???

I don't think there is anything wrong with the actual swing but "post-swing" is what presents the problem IMO. You have fish landing hard from several feet in the air on a dry, roughly carpeted surface where they are going to flop around for at least a few seconds until they are picked up properly. BASS should allow the use of nets but they don't probably never will because seeing a pro reaching over the side of the boat trying to scoop a big fish up is much more dramatic (better for ratings) than seeing the same pro lazily net a fish.

X2 I think Ikes got it

Good call that far out, atleast after day two. That being said I like Ike. I do too now that hes sitting in first place!!!

Now they're saying skeet just caught a 4lber and hes an ounce behind Ike!!! This is going to get interesting.

X2, if they want to act like cavemen they should put down their rods and pick up clubs. Laying your all your fish across the carpet of the boats is unprofessional and doesn't promote our sport at all.

I'll be a happy man if either Ike or Skeet win. Part of me wants to see Ike win just so I can watch him go crazy at the weigh-in lol!!!

He is one of the best IMO. : 8-)

SKEET SKEET SKEET!

She didn't and she didn't. :-X I don't necessarily disagree with you, but my point is, if they are going to tout this as some massive milestone and such a positive thing for bass fishing, they need to be consistent about it instead of sending mixed messages.