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• Tony Holzer of East Palestine, OH writes:

  Wednesday, March 30, 2022

  RE: Lane's winning fish – Quote from Bass Pro Tour that the second weighing of fish the scale wasn’t zeroed, then why did the boat official say 1-15 three times, then 2-00 on the fourth try? If the scale was not zeroed you can’t announce the weight.

  BassFan says: There was no weight call, nor anything that could be mistaken for one, by the official the second time the fish was attached to the scale. "One pound, 15 ounces" was called twice – on the first and third attempts. The official quickly recognized a problem on the second attempt and directed Lane to unhook the fish and re-attach it.

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• Jason Reid of Medford, NJ writes:

  Wednesday, March 30, 2022

  I honestly did not even know the REDCREST was going on. And I follow fishing. Is that bad? MLF has me confused ... still.

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• Tony Holzer of East Palestine, OH writes:

  Tuesday, March 29, 2022

  RE: Lane's winning fish – I noticed it live that the fish was weighed four times, then I played the video on YouTube and yes, he weighed it four times. Go read Rule 11, Section F.

  BassFan says: Nothing occurred that doesn't align with that rule. As Tournament Director Aaron Beshears explained, the second time the fish was clipped to the scale (first re-weigh), the scale had not zeroed out, so that one became null and void. The subsequent official first re-weigh registered 1-15 and the second was 2-00.

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• Mike Maloney of Millstone, NJ writes:

  Tuesday, March 29, 2022

  RE: Bonuses for former AOYs – It sure gives the appearance that the MLF has some major debt and can’t pay its bills. They now found someone to make good on overdue prize money. In business, optics is everything.

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• Maynard Logan of Fort Wayne, IN writes:

  Monday, March 28, 2022

  Nothing against Bobby Lane or Luke Clausen, but did they change the rules for the REDCREST? In a normal BPT, after the fish is weighed twice and it doesn't make the required weight, the fish is released. Why in this case was it weighed a third time?

  BassFan says: Bass Pro Tour rules allow for a fish to be re-weighed twice. This applies to regular-season events as well.

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• James Melvin of New Wilmington, PA writes:

  Monday, March 28, 2022

  So a fish weighs 1 pound, 15 ounces on a hand-held, battery-operated scale two out of three times, but because on the third attempt it was 2 pounds even, that is considered the difference between $300,000 and $50,000? I wouldn't feel comfortable with that scenario in a club event with $50 on the line. Good enough for MLF, though. What a horrible way to end your showcase event.

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• Todd Morsette of Picton, ON writes:

  Wednesday, March 23, 2022

  RE: Balog on "gamers" – Great piece on forward-facing sonar! I agree with your premise and to me, flipping and pitching heavy cover with some frogging thrown in are what bass fishing really is. Question: Will we see restrictions on technology in future tournaments?

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• Paul J. Wallance of Cambridge City, IN writes:

  Tuesday, March 22, 2022

  After watching the Elite tournament on Santee Cooper, it appears forward-facing sonar screens also double for a perch/balancer for sight-fishing. It's nice to know they have a shallow-water utilitarian use also.

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• Bill McCarty of Morgan City, LA writes:

  Friday, March 18, 2022

  RE: Balog on "gamers" – Joe B. once again hits it on the head. Forward-facing sonar has killed the desire to tournament-fish for a lot of us. If you don't have it, it's very difficult to compete on a lot of lakes, unless your as good as John Cox, which very few of us are. And I can't stand watching tournaments where the competitors play a video game.

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• Shawn Bowen of St. Robert, MO writes:

  Thursday, March 17, 2022

  RE: Balog on "gamers" – I agree with your article. I am not opposed to fishing against the guys with all the toys, but I often wonder how they would do without the newest fish-finding technology. I honestly doubt most of them would excel. Searching for fish using the time of year, the phase they are in is irrelevant. They turn on their forward-looking devices and go fish.

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• John Neer of Alexandria, VA writes:

  Thursday, March 17, 2022

  RE: Balog on "gamers" – Amen to that, Joe. You nailed it.

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• Dennis Pentecost of Milford, IL writes:

  Tuesday, March 8, 2022

  Sorry, but if you have an $80,000 bass boat and are pulling it with a $70,000 gas-guzzling truck and bitching about the price of gas, you may be part of the problem!

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• Mark Richards of Houston, TX writes:

  Tuesday, March 1, 2022

  It's amazing what was probably decades ago we were talking on this forum about how electronics were getting to the point where they were going to ruin fishing at the competitive level – and here we are! Yes, there are many who don't have a problem with LiveScope, just like many don't have any problem with players taking steroids in sports. But for me, I'm ready for the first trail to announce some kind of electronics limitations that eliminate LiveScope as the first step in restoring some integrity in this sport and showing the resource some respect.

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