tritonman Posted January 17, 2005 Posted January 17, 2005 How does everyone feel about Fish getting axed at BASS/ESPN last week? I really enjoyed watching him emcee the tournaments. Quote
BassinCnR Posted January 17, 2005 Posted January 17, 2005 what happened to him, why did they fire him. ??? I really liked him. Quote
tritonman Posted January 17, 2005 Author Posted January 17, 2005 From what I heard, he had some scheduling problems. He claims that is not the reason. However he is sponsored by skeeter and BASS is now Triton. Quote
BassinCnR Posted January 17, 2005 Posted January 17, 2005 I hope it was not a contract thing and they just got rid of him. Hopefully somebody will pick him up ....mabye the FLW tour. Quote
Snag Posted January 17, 2005 Posted January 17, 2005 I saw him today doing the O'Boy Alberto Red Fish Tournament today. Hope somebody gets him, he's good. Snag Quote
BassinCnR Posted January 17, 2005 Posted January 17, 2005 I personally think Fish was done wrong. But there are two sides to every story. Quote
Nick_Barr Posted January 17, 2005 Posted January 17, 2005 I cant believe they got rid of him he was probably the best emcee in BASS history Quote
Shad_Master Posted January 17, 2005 Posted January 17, 2005 I was explaining this to my wife, who generally tolerates my obsession with bass fishing and watching fishing shows when I'm not fishing. She became genuinely upset and said, NO! They can't do that -- he's the voice of bass fishing!!" Quote
Chris Posted January 18, 2005 Posted January 18, 2005 My take on it is that Bass doesn't want to have a one person and a figurehead tournament wise or otherwise because they have many things going on now and one person can not be everywhere at the same time. Fish didn't sign a contract or had any obligation except verbal and in this day and age if you sneeze wrong your out without one. Most of the time when a larger company buys another they tend to change things around. I think it stinks but Fish Fishburne might have a lot of doors open up for him. It might be a good thing in the end. Quote
Fisher of Men Posted January 18, 2005 Posted January 18, 2005 Fish is gone. No way. > I thought he did a great job as emcee. I didn't like to see Ray Scott go, but liked Fish anyhow. It seems since ESPN bought into BASS it's went down hill. It's all getting too commercial. I know they've got to advertise, but come on. I wonder who'll replace him? Any suggestions? Maybe Fish can make some more "Go Fish" shows. I know (very corny and silly), but I'll admit, I liked them. ;D Quote
crankbait Posted January 18, 2005 Posted January 18, 2005 He's going to be missed...! Funny guy...! Made it interesting...! Quote
tritonman Posted January 19, 2005 Author Posted January 19, 2005 I'm hoping he will go to FLW. Since Skeeter is a sponsor of his. Hopefully the will speek up for him. Quote
jgannon Posted January 20, 2005 Posted January 20, 2005 Personally, I think he YELLED TOO MUCH. But my heart appreciated his passion. Quote
bronzeback_NW Posted January 28, 2005 Posted January 28, 2005 My first BASS OPEN tournament was in Kennewick Washington.Fish was MC at this tournament. I had a great day and got to fish with Gary Dobbins all day. I ended up getting big AM. fish that day. I was alittle nerves going to the way-in. So when I got called up Randy M. took the bag and then Fish just started talkin like he always does. He put me at such ease. Then when he saw that big smallmouth, well you can imagine how he reacted. After the way-in I was soooooo jazed I could'nt leave the park. I just wandered around for awhile then I came across Fish at the trailer. We just stood around and talk about all kinds of things. What a day, First Dobbins then Fish. That is a memory of a life time for me. By the way I was 7th after day 1 and ended up 44. Thats what Fish meant to me. Jim Quote
LUNKER Posted January 28, 2005 Posted January 28, 2005 Shad Master summed it up right. FISH was the voice of BASS. Bad marketing move. On with the show... Quote
Dark_Basser Posted January 30, 2005 Posted January 30, 2005 They fired Fish ! No way! Fish always made the weigh-ins more interesting i think. If you guys watch Classic Patterns, Fish announces the angler who is fishing in the episode. Anyway I hope somebody like FLW picks him up. Quote
BASSMAN1301599783 Posted January 30, 2005 Posted January 30, 2005 NO WAY! This can't be! > This stinks! You know what I think? I think we should boycott BASS until they put Fish Fishburne back on the air! He was the heart and soul of the BASS weigh-ins. My guess is that it would be over money. They probably found someone to do it cheaper. :'( I know that boycotting is not a logical thing, but maybe if we flood their email boxes with email, they might give us some answers. It's worth a try! -This Means War Quote
tritonman Posted January 31, 2005 Author Posted January 31, 2005 not worth the boycott. Just hoping FLW picks him up. Quote
squid Posted January 31, 2005 Posted January 31, 2005 If FLW does pick him up.....will make it more fun to watch, cause the guys they have now are just...OK. Quote
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