New Electronics restricted Bass Tournament in the works ?

[Tennessee Boy]

1 hour ago, flatcreek said:

Brushpiles should be key

If I’m not mistaken,  when they do the pre tournament check they also check for saved waypoints which are also banned.  

[flatcreek]

@Tennessee Boy if that’s the case then the local pros in this tournament should have an advantage knowing where the good ones are.Local knowledge is not always always advantageous as we’ve seen before so it’ll be interesting to see how this shakes out.Spotted bass could dominate but some guys will run up the river for big girl largemouth.i fish out of Laurel Park a lot so I expect this to be a good tournament 

[Texas Flood]

Local knowledge should be banned. It's unfair to the others competing.

[Choporoz]

8 minutes ago, Texas Flood said:

Local knowledge should be banned. It's unfair to the others competing.

How do you write that rule?  'Any person who has ever lived within 90 miles of the event lake is barred from participating.'?

[gim]

I think he was being sarcastic with his comment.

[Choporoz]

Dang...you're probably right.  Sorry, TF.  And I consider myself something of a sarcasm semi-pro.

[Team9nine]

41 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

How do you write that rule?  'Any person who has ever lived within 90 miles of the event lake is barred from participating.'?

Back in the early tournament days, that exact type rule would often be put into place for some events. Others simply banned “guides,” but the mileage clause was a broader way of eliminating local advantage and seen as a way to encourage and bring in out of state participants.

[Texas Flood]

20 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

Dang...you're probably right.  Sorry, TF.  And I consider myself something of a sarcasm semi-pro.

[A-Jay]

Results from day 1 

A-Jay

https://touringanglersassociation.com/leaderboard/

 

	TOTALS	1.
1	Christopher Johnston	24.75 lbs	24.75 lbs
2	Emil Wagner	21.06 lbs	21.06 lbs
3	William Fletcher	20.37 lbs	20.37 lbs
4	Shane Peck	19.33 lbs	19.33 lbs
5	Paul Marks Jr	19.02 lbs	19.02 lbs
6	Allen Armour	19.00 lbs	19.00 lbs
7	Darryl Strayhorn	18.54 lbs	18.54 lbs
8	Cory Johnston	18.16 lbs	18.16 lbs
9	Jason Johnson	18.12 lbs	18.12 lbs
10	Jeff Gustafson	18.05 lbs	18.05 lbs
11	Andy Morgan	18.03 lbs	18.03 lbs
12	Sam George	17.73 lbs	17.73 lbs
13	Sam Benson	17.58 lbs	17.58 lbs
14	Brandon Palaniuk	17.36 lbs	17.36 lbs
15	Paul Driskell	17.35 lbs	17.35 lbs
16	Brooks Anderson	17.18 lbs	17.18 lbs
17	John Cox	16.88 lbs	16.88 lbs
18	Caswell Anderson	16.75 lbs	16.75 lbs
19	Ron Farrow	16.47 lbs	16.47 lbs
20	Cole Wood	16.39 lbs	16.39 lbs
21	Hank Cherry	16.04 lbs	16.04 lbs
22	Maddux Walters	14.41 lbs	14.41 lbs
23	Danny Hall	11.57 lbs	11.57 lbs
24	Paul Marks Sr	11.50 lbs	11.50 lbs
25	Allen Brooks	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
26	Austin Young	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
27	Danny Kirk	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
28	David Williams	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
29	Drew Cook	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
30	James Watson	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
31	Jared Lintner	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
32	Jason Meninger	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
33	Jesse Millsaps	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
34	Jimmy Millsaps	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
35	Joe Eubanks	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
36	Joey Cifuentes	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
37	Jtodd Tucker	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
38	Keith Carson	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
39	Mark Hardin	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
40	Mike Morris	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
41	Randy Dover	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
42	Ricky Robinson	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
43	Rob Jordan	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
44	Robert Chancey	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
45	Travin Moore	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
46	Trent Palmer	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs
47	Tyler Brooks	0.00 lbs	0.00 lbs

 

[Tennessee Boy]

The weight in is still going.  You can watch it here.

 

https://www.facebook.com/anglerschannel

 

 

[A-Jay]

8 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

The weight in is still going.  You can watch it here.

 

https://www.facebook.com/anglerschannel

 

 

Thanks -

here too

 

 

A-Jay

[TnRiver46]

Scopers still did well without their magic box, imagine that 

[Tennessee Boy]

They’ve done a great job on this tournament.  I’m impressed with the field of anglers and the results.

[A-Jay]

12 hours ago, Tennessee Boy said:

They’ve done a great job on this tournament.  I’m impressed with the field of anglers and the results.

Agreed ~

And I must admit that when first introduced,

I didn't feel like it would attract the caliber of previously successful bassheads that it has.

Good on those guys.

A-Jay

[Pat Brown]

Really cool.  Some big bags being caught.  Interesting to see some traditionally offshore guys beating some traditionally shallow water guys.

 

I'd love to see tournament coverage/highlights for this one because people probably up the river in the mud power fishing!

[J Francho]

I'm coming armed with a cane pole and a hot dog on a gold hook. It's gonna be a beat down. 

[Pat Brown]

New rule for the tournament:

 

You're only allowed to cast away from the bank to the deep side of the boat and you have to pop your bait every 3 seconds.

 

It's unfair letting your bait sit in water where fish are obviously going to be!  🙄

[Logan S]

15 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Scopers still did well without their magic box, imagine that 

Which ones?  The biggest names associated with FFS are not in this tournament.  I've seen this same thing posted various places as a way to stick it in the eye of anyone not praising the glory of FFS... It's a poor troll attempt. 

 

The biggest names in this field of only 47 were at the top before FFS, including the leader, so it shouldn't be a surprise to see them doing well.  In the top 10 there is maybe 1 guy who is newer to the scene and known for FFS talent, but he's also a Lanier local so that also shouldn't be a surprise. There's also quite a few unknown names so who knows of any of them are "scopers" or not?

 

It doesn't even matter anyway, it's a cool idea for a tournament trail for a bunch of other reasons besides the FFS drama.  I hope it succeeds and the coverage improves.  

[flatcreek]

White caps today, going to get rough out there on Oceanier 

[TnRiver46]

@Logan S, Chris Johnston is the master of SMB and livescope, he’s leading and his brother is also up there. Then you’ve got palanuik and gussy (who won a classic and another elite scoping a minnow ). Joey cifuentes spent all last season on the elites scoping his way to rookie of the year and winning two tournaments. 
 

And id be willing to bet there are more but I can’t find a list of the competitors or a leaderboard anywhere on the internet except for this thread 😂 

 

 

[Tennessee Boy]

16 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I can’t find a list of the competitors or a leaderboard anywhere on the internet

https://touringanglersassociation.com/leaderboard/

 

Chris Johnston has 6 screens and 4 LiveScope transducers on his boat.  Would love to see a video of his boat check before the tournament.😆

[TnRiver46]

28 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

https://touringanglersassociation.com/leaderboard/

 

Chris Johnston has 6 screens and 4 LiveScope transducers on his boat.  Would love to see a video of his boat check before the tournament.😆

Thank you . Not near the top but there’s Trent palmer with sonar pros also 

[Logan S]

41 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

@Logan S, Chris Johnston is the master of SMB and livescope, he’s leading and his brother is also up there. Then you’ve got palanuik and gussy (who won a classic and another elite scoping a minnow ). Joey cifuentes spent all last season on the elites scoping his way to rookie of the year and winning two tournaments. 
 

And id be willing to bet there are more but I can’t find a list of the competitors or a leaderboard anywhere on the internet except for this thread 😂 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Logan S said:

The biggest names in this field of only 47 were at the top before FFS, including the leader, so it shouldn't be a surprise to see them doing well. 

🙄...So, exactly what I said.

 

11 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Thank you . Not near the top but there’s Trent palmer with sonar pros also 

43rd of 47

🙄

(Not meant as a slight to him, he's obviously a top tier angler, just pointing out the trolling)

 

I don't get it... I hope the trial does well, but lets be real, they only drew 47 anglers...Of which, less than half are 'big' names and most of them probably hit it as a fun pitstop on the way to FL for the next Elite event.  This tournament isn't going to prove anything one way or the other.

[TnRiver46]

@Logan S, I believe it was initially supposed to be touring pros only but not nearly enough signed up so then they let locals in. I think it’s a silly idea, probably based on reading too many internet comments about how a no FFS tourney would be so popular. If it ever actually got big, someone could easily break the rules I would think 

 

also Joey cifuentes was not on top before FFS, he was rookie of the year 2023 

[Logan S]

11 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

also Joey cifuentes was not on top before FFS, he was rookie of the year 2023 

I'm aware.  He's been fishing the pro level for at least 7 or 8 years now, with almost half a million in earnings over at FLW/MLF before coming to BASS.

 

Who you got next? 🤣