[Scythian]

Sunday morning fishing shows have been ruined with these contests, who cares, trying to catch the most and stuff, it’s like a beer guzzling contest. I miss the old shows where they’d be flying fishing in wyoming or just Bill Dance fishing and goofing off on some lake, now it’s contests, contests are not what fishing is about, they ruined the whole thing for me ...

[OBXWanderer]

who cares, trying to catch the most and stuff

I thought the contest was about how many different patches they could sew on their shirts, pants, shoes, hats, whatever...how many stickers they could put on their hot rod boat...

[Jagdgewehr]

I have fished in a few local bass tournaments and found that I enjoyed fishing so much more when it wasn't a competition. Needless to say, I don't watch that stuff anymore either. I love fishing from a $30,000 to $40,000 bass boat just as much as the next guy. But I have just as much fun fishing in a $200 jonboat.

[poobear]

I hear you. But these sponsors and Professional fisherman make a pretty good living with these tournaments.

I prefer Jose on Spanish Fly and what’s his name on The Greatest Fishing Show. The TGFS guy was pulling 100 pound groupers out of pilings the other day. He’d drop 200 pound test line with big bait by the pilings, the gigantic grouper would hit and the driver would just back the boat up. Hilarious!