I Don't Think So Dude!

BassFan.com published an opinion piece by some dude named Steve Chaconas who uses the Nate Wellman scandal as a pretext to make the suggestion that the Bassmaster Classic should be an Elite Series Angler only tournament.Here is his thesis in a nutshell:But an even stronger argument that the Bassmaster trail is off track remains. The case is made for only Elite Series anglers to qualify for the

Current 2011 BassFan.com Money Rankings

One thing that is cool about BassFan is that they count the cash and rank the anglers by it. You hear about the $ rankings in golf all the time, but not so much in Pro Bass Fishing. That could be due to the fact that the sums really are not mind blowing and on the lower end, there is obviously has to be a pain factor for guys that aren't coming anywhere close to meeting expenses in an expensive

Out of the Loop (Not Really)

I'm chalking this one up to poor promotion and the fact that I don't pay much attention to Bass Zone.comBTL or Bass Talk LiveIf you want to know what it is all about Get Hook'd has the press release:Z3 Media Offers New Experience for AnglersI wonder if they sent the press release to BassFan.com and Wired2Fish and neither covered it because of the competition. Doesn't make sense as Wired2Fish has

My Thoughts On Six Idea's

BassFan Editor-In-Chief Jon Storm wrote an Op-Ed entitled "Upon the Cliff" where he threw out 6 ideas that he would like to see implemented by the new management at BASS and FLW.Here are the 6 ideas and my thoughts.1. The sport needs a unifying championship to survive. Period.I guess a unifying championship would be OK, but I don't think it's something that is vital. Also I wonder exactly what