WoW. I guess I'm not a purist. No way would I travel to a lake like this to fun fish, so it's hard to watch, IMO.

Shoot! I would travel to ANY lake to fun fish! Give me a rod and I'll fish out of a mud puddle.😂

I dont mind watching tournaments like this. Catching a three lber is a big deal. I like to see how the guys who do it, do it.

10 minutes ago, IYAOYAS said:

I would travel to ANY lake to fun fish!

Personally, given the choice, travelling to a dink factory to fun fish is low on my list.

19 minutes ago, IYAOYAS said:

Shoot! I would travel to ANY lake to fun fish! Give me a rod and I'll fish out of a mud puddle.😂

If theres good Bar B Que close by I'll go too.

4 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

Personally, given the choice, travelling to a dink factory to fun fish is low on my list.

To each their own I suppose. Being disabled any time I can get to fish anywhere is a blessing for me. I spent 4 years in a wheelchair and fishing wasn't really an option for me. After that you learn to appreciate the smallest of things alot more than you used to.

50 minutes ago, IYAOYAS said:

To each their own I suppose.

That's a fact.

50 minutes ago, IYAOYAS said:

Being disabled any time I can get to fish anywhere is a blessing for me.

Believe me, I know. I'm not looking to pull out my malady card on a fishing forum, but I was myself disabled for a good chunk of last year after receiving a nightmare diagnosis followed by an even worse prognosis which included having my last rites read to me in a hospital bed. So, trust me, I appreciate every extra breath I get to take. After the back surgery to stabilize my spine, and 50lbs lost in the process, and by the time I was able to be carried into a boat by my brother, I didn't choose a dink lake to go fishing at because I truly didn't know if I'd get another chance to go. I chose a big fish lake instead. That's just how I see things.

So, fair enough, we have a difference of opinion. Good luck with your health, sincerely.

Peace.

5 hours ago, PhishLI said:

WoW. I guess I'm not a purist. No way would I travel to a lake like this to fun fish, so it's hard to watch, IMO.

I keep thinking dang I wanna go there to and fish! Much more appealing to me than guntersville

One guy got a striper in practice that bottomed out a 50 lb scale and I love catching Alabama bass (the artist formerly known as coosa spots)

Everyone is saying they caught 30-50 fish , if that’s wrong I don’t wanna be right

Its appears to me that Lake Martin is an example of a lake that needs the bass population thinned out.

15 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Everyone is saying they caught 30-50 fish , if that’s wrong I don’t wanna be right

Ahhh, you're just having visions or 30-50 1lb bass kebabs, hungry boy.

Go to Drew Cooks page on Facebook and you can see the striped bass that bottomed out the 50 lb scale during practice.

50 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

Ahhh, you're just having visions or 30-50 1lb bass kebabs, hungry boy.

I like to catch fish and guntersville is a poop show

5 large bass (5-8#) or 50 dinks,,,,,,,,,which camp you in?

It’s almost unwatchable for me. Someone staring at a tv screen catching 3/4 lb fish. I don’t care how many I catch that ain't me.

I enjoyed Guntersville last week.

Is it me or does Fisher Anaya look like he could be Seth Feider's kid?

5 hours ago, IYAOYAS said:

Is it me or does Fisher Anaya look like he could be Seth Feider's kid?

The road is a lonely place. ***t happens.

I’m with you @PhishLI . If I lived in the area, sure I’d fish it. Going out for an evening and catching a couple dozen bass is nice way to pass time. But I’m not going to travel very far or past many lakes to do it. After three days of angling by some of the best around, there were 250 limits weighed (maybe 249) and there were ~10 fish over 3 lb. 10 fish out of 1250 fish weighed. And they caught 4-5x what they weighed. Fishing a lake like that where you have basically zero expectation of catching a 3# fish? Not going to be my usual place.

It is definitely a monster striper drew cook caught though. Looks like a NJ surf monster.

@IYAOYAS - Not sure who his father is, but today he’s saying “who’s your daddy” to the rest of the field.

7 hours ago, casts_by_fly said:

I’m with you @PhishLI . If I lived in the area, sure I’d fish it. Going out for an evening and catching a couple dozen bass is nice way to pass time. But I’m not going to travel very far or past many lakes to do it.

My brother and I have a goal of eventually fishing every accessible water body on this island. With schedules and life in general, who knows if we'll get to them all. About 5 years ago we fished a spot and had a crazy numbers sesh. I stopped counting after my 38th bass and my brother wasn't that far behind. I was well into catching 50something when we called it quits. The thing was, they were all between a pound and a pound and a half for the most part. It actually got boring. It was fun for a minute, but enough of that. Been there done that. We didn't go back there for several years and only because the nearby lake we were heading to was blocked off.

This isn't the only place like this that I've been to. They're one and done for me. The only exception I'd make where I'd purposely hit spots like these is if I were to get skunked 10 times in a row at one of my special places. Then I might go to one of the dink lakes for a mental health trip, maybe.

Congrats to Anaya, heck of a final day

So far I’m in 4,441st place!!