Captain Obvious

Funny because I find that is the one way to run a business WITH OUT forming a pyramid scheme. More on that if you want but lets look at a few things first. Just to clarify a pyramid scheme is a business set up so that all the money funnels up to the people at the top. The people at the bottom are payed the minimum to keep them working with the promise of more money at a later date which they never received. And as for the Snake oil part. If you can name one industry which does not have its fair share rip off products then you need to look around. Lets use the Banjo minnows as an example. Real fishermen know they are not the magic bullets they are promised to be. The Banjo minnows are really just soft plastic jerk baits, so just because they are ripoffs does that mean all soft plastic baits are ripoffs? And please let us remember that MLM is not a product. It is a system of distributing and marketing products. This system can be used by any company even if their products are snake oil. So your blaming the system that the products are bad? Then why don't we blame TV marketing for Banjo minnows being over price crap and not that it is the way they are made which makes them crap. fourbizz and nice_bass Could you please tell me where your coming from. Have you guys bought products from a MLM company or actually be involved in one?

This is a tough one, I will say they are at least just as good as them and I personally think they are better. About par with a Revo They have more choices in gear ratio, might be a little heaver. But they can take a beating and if you treat them right they won't fail you.

I just got started but I was wondering if anybody else here was involved in any Multi Level Marketing or Network Marketing companies. And just as a side note if you want to make a rant about MLM post it here I love to talk about it with you. And when I say talk about it I mean have a conversation not a fight.

I love Texas I was born here I've always lived here I'll die here Sure I like other parts of the country but in the end no place is like Texas there is a sense of pride that comes with living here. I'm not married, I run my own company, I'm young and got my whole life in front of me. Yet I have never wanted to move away. Just remember that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Unless you really hate where you are now making a move might not turn out to be all lunker bass and good times.

The PQ rods is superior to both those rods. I put it just under an St.Croix Avid and I'm only doing that because if I said it was on par with the Avid this thread would be hijacked in 2 minutes. Great rod

J is a moderator????? I'm doomed :'( lol congrats J

I just bought two more and I don't even have rods for them....Yet ll Man you can't beat this deal a top reel for 69 bucks

Great so what have you done for me lately ? lol

Rangers 5 Rays 1, I think its fair to say that is a good way to make a point We are for real and ITS TIME

I'm from Texas but my family hails from Chicago. Down here all we get is that New York style stuff. But I thank God every night that my parents showed me what real pizza should be. Real men eat deep dish pizza

Just another show to thrill people with an office job. I'm sorry but when you have to have subtitles cause you can't understand the what their saying then you might want to reconsider.

I feel sorry for for her lol just kidding Have you discussed the bait monkey yet Congrats

I think I was just a member last time I saw you making trouble LOL nice to see you back

Were did the lighting come from?

Nope just guys who know that there are a whole lot more important things in life then worrying about things that don't exists. Lets talk about real things like fishing or armadillo helmets.

Are we talking about other life forms or actual beings. If you mean that some where out there there is a small bacteria living on another plant, then yes I believe its possible. If you mean that there are other living beings with animal like natures then its an absolute no. Just because Space is a big place doesn't mean that there must be other life. That isn't logic its just pure uncertainty the old "I don't know enough so what the heck why not". For any life form to be like us it must also have some of our traits. It must be able to think,move, make decisions and have a "body" like us. If planets are any thing like science thinks they are how is anything going to survive. It have to be made out of a solid block of metal to even face the extremes on other planets.

Nope but my dad has. He was fishing for marlin in hawaii and they were using tuna for bait. To make a long story short they hooked in too a 1,000lb marlin and lost it at the boat. So they ate there bait as sashimi with cold beer and drank away their pain of losing the marlin

On a side note wheel weights don't have much lead in them more. I asked my friend who owns a tire shop if I could have wheel weights for making some jigs and he told me that it would take like 50 to make a 1/4 jig. Why are they worried anyway? That Diet coke is going to get to you before the lead in the drinking water

They put worse things then lead in your drinking water to make it "safe" to drink

OK this is just a rant/issue that I have notice and I wanted to bring it to light. We always talk about how we need to get the younger people more involved in fishing. So why is it that we like to chase them away by making fun of them or ranting about them. I know that some kids post stupid things about getting sponsors and resumes, but why do you think they do that? They just don't know how it works. I can remember when I posted my first question here. I asked how I could get sponsors. Of course there was the usual few guys making fun of me.But there was also guys who told me about what I had done wrong and what I needed to do if I wanted sponsors one day. It was those guys that made me want to learn more about the industry and educate myself by asking more questions and reading more about it. The point I'm trying to make is that I think we need to lay off the rants and teasing and focus in on the helping. 90% of the posts and threads on here are great and the reason a lot of young guys like me have progressed in our understanding about sponsors and life as a whole. But its that 10% of ranting and teasing that could scare off kids who were once really interested in bass fishing. I know that some of these kids think their big shots and won't even take good advice. In that case teasing them is not going to help, let them stick their hands in the fire and learn for themselves. In my opinion if a young kid likes fishing enough that he joins BassResource.com so he can learn. That's the type of kid who we want to keep around because he will become a dedicated fisherman for life. I know they sound stupid and its funny, but lets help them and not make fun of them. We got it right 90% of the time, lets tack on that last 10% and help grow this sport. Capt.O

I'm a young guy under 25 and your reaching me. I made the mistake of asking for sponsors here a few years ago at the time I had no idea about how it worked. I have learned a lot and will keep on learning. But I disagree that the top 50 pros don't have sponsors for money. Every interview I've seen the pros always say that sponsors allow them to do what they do. I agree with RW, worry about the fishing and people skills and sponsors will "find you"(meaning that they might be willing to look at you). But when they do come don't say "This is not about the money, I love to fish so much I'll just do it for free". In other words don't plan to make money, but don't turn it down when its offered to you. Love of fishing is what makes you get up at 4 in the morning and drive thousands of miles to get to different lakes and then fish for 8 hrs in the freezing cold. Sponsors allow you to do that.Love of fishing doesn't put gas in the tank or food on the table. Just some thoughts from a human who can't understand anything other than tru dat or h r u. Capt.O

Show me a Dallas team that has done well in the pre-season and I'll show you a team without Emmit, Troy, or Smith. Cowboys never play well in the pre-season. But we are going to win it all in the eighth wonder of the world. Go Cowboys

Does this post end that great thread about how the Vendetta was rated better than that $300 Shimano rod ;D

Prayers sent

This sound like a plea for help. River rat316 did a great job but here are some good reads from the BassResource.com library and there are plenty more of them. http://www.bassresource.com/fish/jigs.html http://www.bassresource.com/beginner/bass_fishing_jigs_overview.html http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/jig-fishing-specifics.html http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/jig_uses.html