Byron was leading day 1 on the BASS WildCard last chance Elite Qualifier in Florida.

Weights are down some but he had alittle over 21 pounds. Not that bunched at the top either, weights fall off pretty good.

I always give Byron a hard time for allowing his Girlfriend to out fish him this year. I think she won more money than he did fishing as co angler. LOL

By the way, she was in 14th on the co angler side on this one also.

Maybe Byron needs to get knocked around the week before so he can go out an out fish her.

Any way, I always said he got were he did because of ABC's Bachelor. So far, he's been less than stellar, and his fishing skills has yet to be seen on the Elites.

I wish him luck, hope he can qualify.

Matt

I've seen alot of posts bashing Byron on other boards.  I can tell you that he was present at the TX JR BASS state championship this October and treated all the kids great.  The guy is OK in my book and I wish him the best of luck in the wild card!

I can't fault the guy for having deep pockets and being able to do what alot of us have dreamed about doing.     If I was in his shoes, i'd keep on trying as long as they're willing to allow me to try.

Any way he caught 21.5 yesterday and 8.3 today to hold the lead today.   With 5 on Saturday, he should make the cut.

mary Delgado is currentlly in 9th as a co angler.

I must also make a correction.    Why I was thinking or said Amistad beats me.

They are in Florida.

My question is can they be paired together tomorrow?  Would make for an interesting day on the water if so. Would also be funny if she out fished him from the back of the boat. I bet TMZ might be there with a camera just incase.

Byron held on today to win it by a couple pounds.    I forgot to check on Mary.

Mary zeroed today and dropped from ninth to 20th!!!!

I can assure you, I won't be talking smack about Mary.   She's made massive progress for someone who never fished before.

Congrats to the Texas boy, Byron Velvick, he needed to sink roots in Texas to get'r done.  LOL.

I  can assure you, I have some respect for Byron now, he certainly earned his spot on the Elites.

Thats great he got back on the tour, but I"ve never seen him in the top 12 on final day on the elite tour.

Ben Matsubu won the wildcard last year and won his first Elite series event this year, hopefully Byron will be able to do the same.

rumor has it that byron got help (a lot of help) from the boys at gambler.

rumor has it that byron got help (a lot of help) from the boys at gambler.

What does that mean? :question

it means that some gambler guys put him on some fish.