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[paul.]

Dr. Keith Jones has one objective and one objective only. As he does have a good sized brain, and can quickly learn, he had the ability to learn that Berkley writes his paycheck.

That is the best thing said in this thread.

i don't know about the best thing said, but i also found it very interesting when george questioned dr. keith jones' motives, hinting that money might have been one of them.

i found it even more interesting when the next day george made this statement:

I am short on experience chasing this critter, only 50 years now, but to me bass are dumb as rocks.

hmmmmm.......... what possible reason could a bass guide have for saying the bass he knows about and fishes for are "dumb as rocks"?  (particularly in the same sentence he mentions his 50 years of experience :)

could the answer be, oh i dunno, just going out on a limb here - MONEY???!!!

cuts both ways don't it?

do i think george is a fine bass fisherman? absolutely. much better than i ever hope to be.

do i think he's a shrewd businessman? without a doubt

[Md]

At this years BASS Champion's Choice at Onieda Lake Iaconelli was fishing the fish release area not too far from the weigh stage and word was that it peeved off a lot of the other pros. The released fish bit someones lure, rode around in someones livewell for some period of the prior day(s), were put in a weigh bag and carried to a stage, weighed on a scale without water, and then put in a release boat and taken back to the release area and put back into the water. My question is this...why were the other pros mad that he was fishing the release area since these fish would never bite with all the trauma they had just been through? He had the heaviest bag of the tourney and finished 3rd too...just a thought!

[dr.crow]

Gee Muddy - Sorry to hear that.  I've been enjoying our discussion and have greatly valued your comments.  I mean that sincerely.

And I have to offer up an "oops" - I have purposely gone to where big tournament weigh ins were held the previous week because I knew a lot of bass were released there.  And guess what - I did pretty well.  Darn it!  And just when I thought I was on to something!

[J Francho]

Rojas won that event, but Ike may have had the biggest single day.  Many of the locals have said that they like to fish the release areas, even after small club tourneys.  I guess they just can't find their own spots, LOL.

[Glenn]

Wow - 11 pages of opinions.

Opinions are just that - opinions.  You state it, and move on.  So what if somebody disagrees with you?  It's still YOUR opinion!

11 pages with nothing conclusive.

Let's move on and let this thread die a natural death, before one of the mods spears it for dinner.

[Bassn Blvd]

Spear fishing is out of season..