Archer,I take it you have never seen Randy Jones Strike Zone.Anyway,Jimmy has wrote a letter to his forums on his website with an apology.You can read it and judge for yourself.His wife has also posted a letter.

Archer,I take it you have never seen Randy Jones Strike Zone.Anyway.

LOL, Agreed.  Jerry McKinnis and Strike Zone are the worst shows out there IMO, in that order.

I don't trust PETA with anything. They show up to Bass tournaments with pictures of dogs with hooks in their mouths. I would not back or show any of their videos. They are the enemy of both ethical and nonethical sportsman. They want to take away your Rods and Guns. Flush Peta from this site.

I went to Jimmy's site and read the letters of explanation/apology from both Jimmy and his wife Christine. I feel that I got what I was looking for in his letter. I've decided to look at his entire body of work. I'm not going to judge him on his best day or his worst one for that matter. Jimmy has been a great promoter of outdoor sports and has brought bass fishing into a lot of people's living rooms. He's always come across as a good Christian man and his charitable works certainly reinforce that image. As I read some of the posts over that site I was having difficulty figuring out who was an outraged sportsman and who were PETA members frothing at the mouth at the thought of publicity and creating a hunter vs. hunter situation. Will I think of Jimmy differently because of this situation? Yes. Things have changed a bit but I think overall the good outweighs the bad. I've had to ask for some pretty serious forgiveness in my time, I guess along the way I learned how to offer some as well. Hang in there Jimmy.

I just talked to a friend that used to be on one of Jimmy's video crews. He said that Jimmy used to always keep a couple of big bass in his live well just incase he didn't catch anything on a filming trip. He raised these bass in his private pond. He would take one out, put a hook in it and put it in the water then start rolling film. That's just sad. I wonder if anyone else does this?

Have you read Ike's book? He says that kind of stuff goes on all the time.

I have the book and don't recall reading anything like this... guide me to a page.

I don't know the real deal, but I know everybody makes mistakes. Everybody on this board has made mistakes before, and I know you would not want that mistake held against you. Everybody deserves a second chance.