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| Interesting,
Carlrunwaldt was never declared "the winner" as you say. The second day of that FLW event last year on Erie was cancelled, but they anglers who made the cut fished the final two days.
However, you are correct, the FLW and PWT each have issues as do any tournament circuits. |
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| You paid to fish, practice your butt off and find fish for the very reason that there is no blow day and that it could come down to a one day tourney. They are all pros and they can represent themselves well. Its a tourney, competition, whether it comes down to one day or only 2 its the heat of the competition that will make the winner rise from others and you should be prepared for that. We just had a two day tourney that was cancelled because of gail force winds on the second day, i wish we would have had a second day, but with 150 boats, safety is the main concern and that is how it is handled.....thats why im the fisherman and they are the directors......i have a 1900 pro-v...its not my fault people have 16ft boats.....but its all about safety, even if its a difference from 1st to 10th and $5000.... |
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| Gofish, sure must be frustrating to watch from the sidelines but there are a few points that I need to make. First, your husband could have just as easily gone farther down the standings as often happens and has been stated. Also your "spit-balling" about the RCL makes me think you should stick to making cookies. That's a "take my ball and go home" type of statement and diminishes what I thought was an interesting point of view at first. And as far as SCHEDULING a blow day? Well when the pro golf tour hits a couple of spots, (the Brittish Open for one) there is always a possibility of the event going on in to Monday because it's a MAJOR. Should a four day window be set for any three day event or just the ones on Lake Erie or just the Championship? Other events are "shortened" to 54 holes and no one cries that they would have done better if the event had been the full monty or diminishes the winners accomplishment. Kind of back to the cookies IMHO when you make such strong statements and don't congratulate the winner, Dave Van Oss. (WAY TO GO DAVE!!!!!!!) You also ASSUME the level of knowledge of a great deal of the members of this board and your "insight" was more hissy fit then anything to many. Squirting money like a leacky waterbed is the price of going "Pro" and I can feel your frustration. I also applaud you for your being involved with your husbands dream and for the backbone you showed in venting your frustrations here. Didn't mean to pick on the "cookies" thing but you started it and I got a good laugh out of it when I read it. Good luck to you and your husband in the coming events. |
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Location: Arlington, WI | First, cogratulations to Dave.
Gofish, not being a professional angler or the spouse of one, I am not going to say that I totally understand your frustations. I can only imagine how it must feel to have your opportunity to make a living affected by a totally uncontrolable force. Having said that though, I must point out a slight contradiction in your post. You expressed anger or disappointment in the results of the weather shortened tournament on Saginaw Bay and the fact that your spouse didn't get to fish another day to make his big charge to the front or atleast improve his position. Yet, only a few lines later in your post you mentioned that all of the recent PWT tournaments on the Great Lakes System have been shortened due to weather. You and your husband have a history with this tournament and with these bodies of water. The purpose of history is to make sure that errors of the past are not repeated. If you knew that all of the other PWT events on the Great Lakes were going to have atleast one day cancelled due to weather, why wouldn't your husband fish for the day, acting as though it may be the last opportunity he may get to fish that body of water for this tournament. On these very unpredictable waters, and knowing full and well that the PWT does not figure in a weather day, it is to the advantage of the the angler to make the most out of every opportunity that they get on the clock. The most unfortunate situation wasn't the cancellation of two days of fishing or the lack of a "blow day," but rather the fact that your husband didn't use what he learned in past experiences to make the most of his situation. I wish you and your husband the best of luck. I appreciate your opinion and your support of your husband and I hope you post on here again.
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Location: River Falls WI | Most contestants have very tight schedules and long distances to drive. Having a day cancelled on the Great Lakes ( whether a tournament or leisure outing ) is just part of doing business on these large bodies of water. If an extra day is set aside, this will just force everyone to stay for another day without any guarantee they will be able fish that day. If they can't, then what good was sticking around? No matter how it is done, it isn't going to work for everyone. Nothing ever does. As far as not having tournaments on the Great Lakes, I don't even want to hear that. You can catch some big, beautiful fish. What a shame it would be to not have an opportunity to do that once or twice a year. Also, all three days were fished on the PWT in Escanaba last August. Congratulations Dave !!!!!
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| If this tournament were 3-4 days before the actual start there would have been flat seas, bugs biting and 3 days of limits. Welcome to Saginaw Bay. When the MWT fishes there we are guaranteed rough weather and we know that we may sit on shore and watch, but usually we fish anyway and take our chances.
Congratulations to everybody that did well.
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| The heaviest weight wins right? Is it really any different if 30 pounds from one day won the tournament or 28 pounds of little dinks over three days won the tournament?
One thing I know for sure is that its hard on the big teams to take advatange of their buddies discoveries on day one when there is not a day two or three. Another fact of this one day tournament is there weren't any tailpipers on day two or three!
Congrats to the top ten, they earned it themselves! |
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