Touring Anglers Association...non FFS tour

There was a good amount of talk about it at the Classic. Already some well known names signed up.even some FFS experts.



https://touringanglersassociation.com/

Yawn

According to what I read elsewhere here are some signed up so far. I know Palaniuk is in for sure.


Amil Wagner - Redcrest 9th, BFLs
Andy Morgan
Brandon Palaniuk
Corey Johnston
Chris Johnston
David Williams - BASS
Drew Cook
Tyler Brook - MLF
Ricky Robinson - MLF
Keith Carson
J Todd Tucker
John Cox - BASS/MLF
Joey Cifuentes - ROY
Jeff Gustafson -BASS Classic
Jared Lintner
James Watson
Hank Cherry - 2x Classic
Jacob Powroznik

Glad to see some sympathy for us old guys.......

Follow the money

That's pretty well how business works.

Is Randy B gonna jump in

Yes sir. Comment was not a negative. Point is if the payout/distribution is fair there are Pros who will be drawn to it. Can't see anyone staying away simply because FFS is not in play.

He had said that he was not, he’s such a little beech.

Pretty good payouts too.

No love for the FLW and BASS AOY's on that list? If this is the deal I remember seeing before this org seemed like the 2nd coming of the PAA, and we all know how things go if you let the anglers run everything , guess time will tell

He knows his place

Palaniuk is a 2 time BASS Elite AOY

The "GETOFFMYLAWN" series.

The first guy on the list is in his twenty’s or early thirties at most
Amil Wagner

Those guys are there for one reason only- to take money from donating stiffs…😆

Isn't that how all trails work? 25% beating the other 75% regularly?

He’d get beat by guys working a 9-5 and he wouldn’t have the FFS excuse. He talks about all his history on Grand and when flw was there he didn’t even get 5 fish in a day.

It does for sure- but a deal like this is top heavy on talent. I guess the draw could be that you got to fish against the pros…. This is like sitting down at the poker table with Matt Damon and Ed Norton. I hope it succeeds, I think big jackpot tournaments are a good thing for the sport.

THIS

He has crafted a narrative and has his flock of sheep. If he actually exposed his abilities at this point in huis career, so many sheep may leave the flock. Less clicks and less $$

No 360 Imaging Transducer.

Swindle said he was going to fish it when he spoke at Fun N Sun

IMO it seems the 5k entry is steep to get enough donaters to fish with the pros. I’m not sure what the right number is, maybe half that? Then again the pot goes down or the size has to double to get the payout.

If it’s called the “touring anglers association”, it doesn’t sound like they are targeting the 9-5 type of guy.

So maybe it’s just jackpot tournaments for the pros? This is really no different than the elites, you just don’t have to qualify to get in.

I sure hope they have the internet coverage like these other tours. If so, it might shut up a few folks.

Everyone needs to blow up Randy's email or Facebook page demanding he go out there and compete in it. I want to see all his bait modification tips actually work.

FFS or not people will find something to bitch about. It's inevitable. The pro FFS are about as wound up as the anti FFS crowd.....

Ken I bet he thought better of the possibility of alienating some of his fan base over this stupid FFS vs Non FFS BS that won't go away.


Ever notice in pro fishing that when a new thing comes along that requires an effort to learn or do, a certain segment of the fishing community always cries to get it banned?

G'man is awesome at marketing and that is what has made him what he is today.

It will break his narrative regardless when a young guy wins. I wonder what’s stopping some one from mounting a 2 d sonar on a trolling motor that faces forward and down..

I just hope the event is a success. Choices are always good. Another option for these guys to fish in addition to other trails is good.

+1

I do not really tourney fish anymore, but I am still a huge fan of it on all levels. Options are a good thing

Do you think it will succeed w/o the locals fishing it as well? I just can’t see it surviving on pros only, they already fish for each others money.

tournament fishing is the biggest money pit ever and it takes those that have very little chance to succeed to continually show up

if you fish local for any period of time you will see a pattern of the roughly 15-20% of the anglers / teams win most of the money, the rest are jsut there to pay up and talk about how they did not catch them

like all other things in life, the dominant anglers will change over time, nobody is ever on top forever (except robbie rose)

I think I just got a new business opportunity. Instead of the 5x3 clothing line it could be something like 80%er….

I was blessed to have some good partners and have some decent success in tournaments over the years and if I sat down and did the math, I would still be buried in costs, lol.

It takes a lot of checks to pay for $70K+ boats and trucks

#80%'er

Believe it or not, a lot of fisherman and pro fisherman simply do not enjoy using the technology all the time. The reason the youth adopt it so well is because they enjoy, crave and need to look at a screen. It gives them comfort and there is actual science behind this. I've been teaching high school for 25 years and witness this daily. These kids will escape into these devices every chance they get. It is a true addiction. FFS is not too complicated for the "olds", most simply do not get the satisfaction out of a screen as the youth. It is a product of growing up on smartphones.

Imagine if starring at a screen was as fun to the olds and throwing a buzz bait along a laydown or pitching flooded bushes. There would not be the gap you see with this technology.

spending more money than you should on fishing is an addiction, eating that extra piece of cake or bread is an addiction, paying entry fees to a tourney you have no chance in hell to cash a check in over and over is an addiction as well

a lot human behaviors are addictive


the kids these days (I have 2 teens) grew up in the world we built for them to grow up in, technology is a necessary evil today to be successful in all things, not just fishing

I am no spring chicken and have learned the tech over the years mainly for my need to learn and expand my fishing abilities


the resistance to tech in a technologically advanced society is baffling


Thanks for being a teacher and may god bless you, that is a beating at best these days

This is not the endorphin rush of a video game, no one wants to stare at a screen, they want to catch fish and this is a tool to help in that.

Thank you,
I've enjoyed it, still love the kids. Can retire after next year. Ready for something different, like making money maybe lol.

Well it is actually like a video game, and the endorphin rush you are referring to is from previous positive experiences with the phone. We all watch plenty of people daily stare at a screen when there is no need. I have to disagree that "no one wants to stare at a screen".

Nothing. That was a tactic with flashers a long time ago to look for balls of shad when chasing open water schooling fish (mostly white bass). Also, flashers pointing down like normal were used with jigging spoons and you could watch your spoon bounce at whatever depth you wanted to keep it. Much like the video-game-playing-drop-shotting-youngsters (or whatever the latest term for them is) started doing later. Carried over to the 2d stuff a bit too, but that wasn't as real time as the flashers. The forward facing and watching your bait things are not new, just way better tech now, more widespread use/awareness, and more internet access for anyone to complain about whatever crosses their mind at the time.

Randy won't fish it so that he can create a new narrative saying that "high entry fee's are ruining the sport".

Like his rants on how expensive it is to fish all while pimping his $10 jig, lol.

And getting that free Skeeter every year. What happened to his tin rig he was supposedly going to use? He made a video a year or two ago bashing Ranger after they pulled his sponsorship.

Minimum age 65, no motor over 90 hp and 17ft or less for your boat. Early sign-ups get a goodie bag with brute cologne of various sizes

I think the older you get a smaller boat becomes more appealing or shall I say a big boat becomes less appealing. I bet we wouldn’t all be running around in 21 footers with 250hp if the manufacturers hadn’t gotten the pros to do it.

As an old man-- totally disagree.
The older I get the bigger deck is way more appealing. No way I could go back to an 18 ft boat.

I remember a lot of guys running 20 footers with 200's or 225's way before the pro's were allowed to run anything bigger than a 150. I think everyone else running the bigger boats and motors caused BASS to change to allow the pro's to have bigger motors.

https://www.bassfan.com/docktalk_article/23248/Big-money-event-with-no-Scoping-next-week

I bet not .

If you can't beat them.. make your own trail so you don't have to

I see several FFS anglers entered. Kinda kills that theory.

Not the ones winning the tourneys.....

Gussy won a Classic with FFS, the Johnston Brothers have gotten checks in all but 3 BASS events that they have ever entered (somelinh like 112 checks out of 114 events)Both are strong with the FFS. Emil Wagner, Cifuentes has won 2 Elite events with FFS in last 12 months. etc.....you might want to check again.

Anti-FFS guys should be spanking their monkey in thoughts of this trail.

There's another thread about contributing to a young angler. I'd give $50 to Randy's entry on this derby.

I do my part by commenting on his YouTube videos…😆

And $25 jerkbaits.

I’m surprised his sponsors stick with him.

There are a lot of locals signed up not just pros

It would be neat to see a local win

I ran a 18 foot aluminum all over texas for 3 years before I upgraded to a 20 ft glass boat. I feel much more stable and safe

Their website shows a field of 47.

The parent company of LIV golf is starting a non FFS bass tournament league https://www.wired2fish.com/news/saudi-investors-to-create-new-fishing-tournament-league

Leaderboard

Chris Johnston & Jared Lintner are 1 & 2 with 24#'s.

Old news SC-001

https://texasfishingforum.com/forum...3141/new-pro-fishing-league#Post15033141

Yup, keep the FFS fanboy crowds panties in a tightly twisted wad... Dan