1 minute ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Funny, I haven't seen anyone comment about how this Elite Series event is a dink fest.

I think it was expected.

 

Christie is catching fish doing something he talked about in the one of the latest bassmaster magazine.  Throwing a big colorado bladed spinnerbait to pre/post/spawning fish, since he couldn't see them in the muddy water.  Kinda cool to see.  ?‍♂️

Anyone else get worried one of those dogs was going to go in after Mosley's bait? ?

 

8 hours ago, OCdockskipper said:

I hear you, with the additional frustration that I chose Christie & Atkins for the previous tournament, where they greatly underperformed.

 

Probably missed our last chance to get Christie in any bucket below A.

The five largest fish is still the goal no matter where they are fishing at . 

17 minutes ago, Finessegenics said:

Anyone else get worried one of those dogs was going to go in after Mosley's bait? ?

I'd be worried about the dog jumping in the boat!

1 hour ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Funny, I haven't seen anyone comment about how this Elite Series event is a dink fest.

That’s because one of the first fish on bass live was Patrick Walters with a 4+ lber on a frog 

 

On 3/24/2021 at 9:19 AM, OCdockskipper said:

Expect huge weights, the winner will probably be over 30 lbs per day.

 

Some guys expected to do well are Rick Clunn, Brett Preuett and Rick Morris.

 

Rumor is they will let some of the anglers who defected over to MLF fish this tourney because it will be so good, so KVD, Wheeler & Jordan Lee would also be good picks.

 

On 3/24/2021 at 9:31 AM, Finessegenics said:

Are you trying to sabotage my fantasy team? ?

 

On 3/24/2021 at 12:20 PM, TnRiver46 said:

Yes. A 1.5 lb bass is extremely crucial. The weights will be low, it’s tough. Some folks make a massive long run all the way to Houston or something?? Mostly shallow grass fishing with stumps and logs 

 

3 hours ago, fishballer06 said:

What a wild first day. 

 

Paul Mueller weighed in a 5 fish limit for 4-2  

 

1 hour ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Funny, I haven't seen anyone comment about how this Elite Series event is a dink fest.

 

Pretty sure it has been discussed ?‍♂️

 

2 hours ago, gimruis said:

I have found that BassTrakk is often not very accurate.  They always claim its "unofficial" but sometimes its WAY off.  And since it relies on a mobile phone signal to update, even when it says  "no activity", they could have a huge 5 fish bag limit.

 

BassTrak goes totally off of what the angler tells their marshal. Historically, there's been no incentive to guys to give their marshals an accurate guess. They added a $1k bonus this year if an angler can correctly guess their livewell weight for BassTrak. 

 

Some guys seem to not like accurately giving updates. Seth Feider in particular is notorious for catching fish and greatly underestimating. I've seen numerous times where he'll catch a 6+ pound fish and report it as a 4 pounder. 

 

I've even seen a few times on Live where a guy will weigh a fish, read it out loud or the screen will be shown on camera, and then tell their marshal a weight half a pound lower. 

4 hours ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Funny, I haven't seen anyone comment about how this Elite Series event is a dink fest.

There is a difference between intentionally catching smaller fish when there are larger fish in the lake or river and aiming to catch the largest fish in a lake or river that is predominately populated with smaller fish.

 

The MLF format rewards chasing after lots of 12-14 inch fish, hence why the format is a dinkfest.  

What Christie is fishing is almost exactly what I normally fish. Except tannic water. Small winding river, I feel right at home watching Christie sling that spinnerbait. 

 

I know yall reservoir guys hate watching this, but this is always one I love to watch. 

 

Carry on ~

14 minutes ago, NittyGrittyBoy said:

What Christie is fishing is almost exactly what I normally fish. Except tannic water. Small winding river, I feel right at home watching Christie sling that spinnerbait. 

 

I know yall reservoir guys hate watching this, but this is always one I love to watch. 

 

Carry on ~

 

Yeah, what he's doing is a lot more familiar to me than the reservoir fishing we usually see.  Up here the great lakes get national attention, but the vast majority of people here are fishing small- to medium-sized rivers and natural lakes. We have a few impoundments here and there, but nothing like the big reservoirs everybody else has.

1 hour ago, NittyGrittyBoy said:

What Christie is fishing is almost exactly what I normally fish. Except tannic water. Small winding river, I feel right at home watching Christie sling that spinnerbait. 

 

I know yall reservoir guys hate watching this, but this is always one I love to watch. 

 

Carry on ~

I like it and living on the Mississippi I have done plenty of backwater , ditch, culvert fishing .

4/5 fishing tomorrow!

3 minutes ago, HaydenS said:

4/5 fishing tomorrow!

Same here - and my 'homey' moves up into the top 10

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I think I have three but Bag of Doughnuts done screwed up the weigh in . Mercer is mad .

3 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I think I have three but Bag of Doughnuts done screwed up the weigh in . Mercer is mad .

Hahaha. Please elaborate 

Just now, TnRiver46 said:

Hahaha. Please elaborate 

They are a rock band setting up their equipment and cut the power . Mercer went to check it out and the last words I heard him say were "I told you guys" and that was it . 

8 minutes ago, scaleface said:

They are a rock band setting up their equipment and cut the power . Mercer went to check it out and the last words I heard him say were "I told you guys" and that was it . 

Hahaha! Gotcha thanks 

17 hours ago, OCdockskipper said:

There is a difference between intentionally catching smaller fish when there are larger fish in the lake or river and aiming to catch the largest fish in a lake or river that is predominately populated with smaller fish.

 

The MLF format rewards chasing after lots of 12-14 inch fish, hence why the format is a dinkfest.  

I know.  I was giving all the complainers crap.

 

With the new 2 pound limit they put in last year it hasn't been close to a dink fest.  Now they have the Heavy Hitters which is leading to even bigger catches yet.

 

Both are enjoyable to watch.

34 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

I know.  I was giving all the complainers crap.

 

With the new 2 pound limit they put in last year it hasn't been close to a dink fest.  Now they have the Heavy Hitters which is leading to even bigger catches yet.

 

Both are enjoyable to watch.

i like both formats. i tend to focus more on BASS simply because thats what i grew up with but the MLF format is interesting too. and lets face it there are some hammers fishing over there.

Every spinnerbait I have seen a closeup of in this tourney had a gold Oklahoma main blade .  I use those a lot in muddy water  during the spring . 

3 hours ago, Hawkeye21 said:

I know.  I was giving all the complainers crap.

 

With the new 2 pound limit they put in last year it hasn't been close to a dink fest.  Now they have the Heavy Hitters which is leading to even bigger catches yet.

 

Both are enjoyable to watch.

You might should thank the complainers for the 2 lb minimum , just food for thought. Clearly people didn’t like 1lb minimum and clearly MLF/BPT listened. 
 

I feel like they’ve used 2 lb minimum ever since the term dink fest was coined 

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

You might should thank the complainers for the 2 lb minimum , just food for thought. Clearly people didn’t like 1lb minimum and clearly MLF/BPT listened. 
 

I feel like they’ve used 2 lb minimum ever since the term dink fest was coined 

 

I kinda like seeing pros get just as excited as I do about 1lb bass.

None of my guys are fishing tomorrow, got 1033 points.  If nothing changes, new record!

4 minutes ago, HaydenS said:

None of my guys are fishing tomorrow, got 1033 points.  If nothing changes, new record!

I still got Seth going strong and moving up the ranks - 1053 pts so far for this tourney.

10 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

I still got Seth going strong and moving up the ranks - 1053 pts so far for this tourney.

He's one of my favorites! Him and Robertson crack me up rigging tackle.