Team9nine

Not a fan of the show, either...

General format information is out there, but hard to track down with all the chatter. Basically the 8 regular events will feed the 4 Cup events which will determine the Championship participants. More details forthcoming. Specifically on practice, I think the details will make all the difference since they haven't defined what a practice day looks like. It could be traditional two days of practice, but others were pushing for practice to be ride-arounds only, no rods or fishing allowed. A third interesting option could be they give you the names of all the lakes in an area where a tourney will be held, and two days to practice, but nothing else. Under the old format, you don't know the lake you'll fish that day until they tell you in the morning. Even on big lakes they may restrict you to just competing in a smaller section of the lake. I think you could make an entire episode following guys around for two days while they try and decide where to practice and how much time on each body of water. The available options,gambles and decisions would make for great TV IMO.

Yep - makes Ike the last man standing ?

The way it's playing out, this seems way bigger than who likes who. It's more like which organization do we want to kill, and which do we want to protect? You protect FLW by leaving most all its stars intact.

Scott didn't get an invite - at least not one of the first 80. MDJ, Ike, Ish, J-Lee and Lucas will probably eat up 5 of those. M-Lee and other Shryock might take a couple more. BP could make 8. Several will probably announce tomorrow on Ike Live. Happy to see Shin get an invite and go.

The brown color in the fall is likely a diatom bloom. Once that dies off when the water gets too cold, it should clear up. Winter usually has the clearest water of the year in many lakes.

Caught 29 bass, 23 of which were keepers, all from a single anchored casting position this afternoon. Heck of a school for Indiana waters - don't happen often around here. Buck would be proud Here's a few...

Stephen Browning confirmed...

Nothing is really official until confirmed, so obviously it could end differently. Lucas sounds about 100% certain though. Guessing most of the guys mentioned announce sometime today or tomorrow since they had to either claim BASS exemptions or meet MLF deadlines by yesterday or today depending which route they go.

Not certain if Matt's going, but Jordan (J-Lee) is from what I hear, along with all the others I mentioned.

BP is still a wildcard. Some say he'll go, others aren't certain whether he will or won't. I would think he might go with Lucas...about the only one remaining that might surprise...

Wait until they add Ehrler, Strader, Ish, J-Lee, MDJ, Lucas and Christie to it... Update: Add Shaw Grigsby to the MLF/BPT list...

DT-4 is a great alternative to a true squarebill. Really nice flash and roll, along with vibration. Might not be quite as snag-free as a squarebill, but definitely catches fish in the same areas

Is this a Luke Clausen confirmation -

Mister Twister did a lot of Jack's jig patterns in their Nature Series of baits. I thought maybe they had bought out Jack, but I've been told they were merely knock-offs/replicas.

The hair jigs were "Crawford Jigs," tied by Jack Crawford out of Racine, WI. They were popularized by Bill Binkelman in the pages of his "Fishing News," which was the predecessor to Fishing Facts before George Pazik took complete control.

Martens video Beat me to it, punch - LOL

JVD - GONE

Brett Hite - GONE

Tak now confirmed also...

@whitwolf started a nice thread a while back that covered a lot of vintage Rebel stuff... Vintage Rebel

Yes...plus Duckett has done several in-depth interviews the past couple days answering much of the questions floating around out there.

Full list release probably won't come out until next week. Still have to fill in the gaps left by those who declined. Meetings were held over 3 days, so I believe Saturday is the final day for those in the last meeting. Was told some may not announce at all (as individuals).

A-Mart and Howell just jumped...