Thoughts On The Major League Fishing Format?

[prjavelin]

couple more days and the new cup starts!!!

[MemphisFF]

Gonna watch tomm, I was watching fishing Texas and they had a episode with Jeff Kriet he's got a hilarious personality, and I enjoyed him in this..

[Brayberry]

I love this tourney, all the new rules, penalties, lake being sectioned off, the anglers personalities, etc

[MarkH024]

Less Ish...more Cougar aka Sheli Sanders.

[jhoffman]

I dont get Ish's big following, he does terrible more times then he does well.

 

2013

 

Okeechobee - 94th

Lewis Smith - 85th

[MarkH024]

I dont get Ish's big following, he does terrible more times then he does well.

 

2013

 

Okeechobee - 94th

Lewis Smith - 85th

The guy can catch them there is no arguing. He's definitely in the top 20 for BASS pro's currently as I see it. I just don't like listening to him....drives me insane.

[tstone]

Last year he won at Okeechobee with 108-5. He can fish, that's for sure. He also did well in MLF that was on last night at Istokpoga.

[DJ Funk]

I would love to be able to do an MLF style tournament!

How would you pull it off, if not everyone has an Ipad, and the same calibrated scale?

 

I'd love to see thorough details, as my club has tried to think of a fun way to have a tournament during the spawning period, which can only be CMR styled tournaments.

[solo_bro]

i was soo surprised Shaw Grigsby didn't make it to the next round on the lake in Florida. He came out the gate cracking skulls.

[Quillback]

i was soo surprised Shaw Grigsby didn't make it to the next round on the lake in Florida. He came out the gate cracking skulls.

Yeah it looked like he would make it at the beginning.  I forget who it was, but Shaw seemed a little ticked at the other guy moving in on his spot.

 

It's hard for me to get excited with the Florida type fishing, guys hook a fish, surf them over the weeds and flip them into the boat.  Or if it's a nice fish, it gets wrapped up in a mass of weeds, they move the boat to it and haul it, with weeds, into the boat.  It's really boring to watch IMO. 

 

Then you have Ish throwing topwaters in a canal, catching 1 lb. fish, not that I blame him, looks to be a good strategy, but just not that fun to watch, he just speed reels them into the boat.  (Yawn).

[MarkH024]

Yeah it looked like he would make it at the beginning. I forget who it was, but Shaw seemed a little ticked at the other guy moving in on his spot.

It's hard for me to get excited with the Florida type fishing, guys hook a fish, surf them over the weeds and flip them into the boat. Or if it's a nice fish, it gets wrapped up in a mass of weeds, they move the boat to it and haul it, with weeds, into the boat. It's really boring to watch IMO.

Then you have Ish throwing topwaters in a canal, catching 1 lb. fish, not that I blame him, looks to be a good strategy, but just not that fun to watch, he just speed reels them into the boat. (Yawn).

Id have to disagree. Fishing in super thick vegetation is a challenge. Its very easy to get unbuttoned when they tangle with masses of pads and weeds.

I dont burn my fish across the weeds like you described but i understand why they do in competition. Objective is to get them in the boat and you cant play them in conditions like they were fishing. Most of them anyway.

[Quillback]

I'm sure it's challenging, but IMO it's not fun to watch.  And I totally agree that the tactics they are using are what you have to do to get fish in the boat when fishing those weed bowls.  But it's so boring to watch.  Again, just my opinion, but I probably won't spend much time watching while they're doing the Florida thing.

[MarkH024]

I'm sure it's challenging, but IMO it's not fun to watch. And I totally agree that the tactics they are using are what you have to do to get fish in the boat when fishing those weed bowls. But it's so boring to watch. Again, just my opinion, but I probably won't spend much time watching while they're doing the Florida thing.

I hear ya. I like it because i do a lot of slop and frog fishing so i can relate. Then again i love watching any bass fishing so I'm never really bored.

I enjoyed seeing Hack pull up that big gator. That thing was not small by any means.

[tstone]

I liked it because it's the type of fishing I do. Seeing spots you've fished at Istokpoga then seeing how the pros fish them is awesome.

[moguy1973]

I know they are using a different scale than they were in the last season of MLF (Berkley 35lb precision digital scale) but does anyone know what those grippers are they are attaching to the bottom of the scale to hold the fish by the mouth with?  I looked on Berkley's website but didn't see anything that looked like what they were using...

[J Francho]

Here you go!

 

http://www.thefishgrip.net/

[moguy1973]

Here you go!

 

http://www.thefishgrip.net/

 

I thought that might be it, wasn't sure though.  Seems to work a lot better than the gripper style scale they used last season.

[J Francho]

I think they were using the JR. version. here's the original version:

 

[TNBassin']

I would love to be able to do an MLF style tournament!

How would you pull it off, if not everyone has an Ipad, and the same calibrated scale?

 

I'd love to see thorough details, as my club has tried to think of a fun way to have a tournament during the spawning period, which can only be CMR styled tournaments.

No need for an ipad. Just use phones and text periodic updates or weights to the marshals. The scale issue....I'm not sure what you would do there unless you had a "master scale" that used at the end of the tourney to get final weights. Everyone would have to agree on that of course. Let marshals use whatever scale they have to give unofficial weights, then use the master scale at the end for finals.

[FD.]

I liked it because it's the type of fishing I do. Seeing spots you've fished at Istokpoga then seeing how the pros fish them is awesome.

 

Yep, Edwin was fishing "my" tree and Ish was in "your" canal.

[JellyMan]

I enjoyed it. Especially when Ike flipped out again lol. That guy's great. I've been watching it on demand. Waiting for the next one.

[MemphisFF]

Was that a duckett rod that broke at the reel seat area? Just curious bout that as I have several

[MarkH024]

Was that a duckett rod that broke at the reel seat area? Just curious bout that as I have several

Yes it was. Timmy Horton snapped it like a twig. 

[MemphisFF]

Yes it was. Timmy Horton snapped it like a twig.

Yea he did..

[MarkH024]

Yea he did..

Props to him for landing the fish.  What was ironic, the first or second commercial after that happened was for Duckett rods.  I haven't watched any of the extended casts on these episodes but was anything said by Horton on what/why that happened? He didn't really say anything about it after he hand lined it in.