Hey!
The Classic is only a couple days away and a lot of you haven't signed up for BASS Fantasy Fishing. Let's Go!
The group name is Great Lakes Bass.
Cy
Shoot! It took me a couple years to get going on the other one... how much time does it take to sign up? Is there a password? What is the link - direct or find it through the ESPN chain?
Go here to sign up or sign in, it should only take a couple minutes.
http://games.espn.go.com/bass/frontpage
There is no password for the group, you can search for it and join it.
Once you a signed in make your 5 picks for the Classic, be sure to keep the salary cap in mind. Unlike FLW you can only spend so much on each angler.
If you have questions I can explain in more detail but I think you will get the hang of it.
Cy
Ok... I just needed a brief summary refresher. Thanks.
Just joined the group. I did this last year and didn't do too bad. I was not part of any group. I didn't win any $$$$ or prizes but it was fun.
BD ;D
I just signed up, as well. BASS made some nice improvements in the technical part of the game. I like the photos of the anglers along with the ease of editing the team. Also, highlighting the unaffordable anglers after picking your fourth team member is a nice touch.
That all being said, I've prepared myself to being soundly thrashed by the members of this board.
Quote from: cameraguy on February 18, 2009, 09:00:46 AM
I just signed up, as well. BASS made some nice improvements in the technical part of the game. I like the photos of the anglers along with the ease of editing the team. Also, highlighting the unaffordable anglers after picking your fourth team member is a nice touch.
That all being said, I've prepared myself to being soundly thrashed by the members of this board.
I agree, I was pleasantly surprised with the updates and enhancements to the site. I also like the $100 salary cap vs $50!
Make sure you check your roster. I had two guys pull out and had to replace them today.
Quote from: Durand Dan on February 18, 2009, 11:11:41 AM
Make sure you check your roster. I had two guys pull out and had to replace them today.
Which two pulled out???
BD
TWO ANGLERS PULLED OUT OF THE BASSMASTER CLASSIC?!!!??? :o
I'm not sure what happened but I had two anglers selected and then showed that they were not fishing. Jason Quinn was one of them. It could have been he wasn't elgible ??? (but why would I have been able to select him)
I know Quinn qualified for the Elite Series. I don't think he qualified for the classic......but then again if you qualify for the classic then you qualify for the Elite Series........right........maybe not. I am not sure. ???
BD ;D
I finally signed up, but I can't find the group. It is not an easy thing to do and there are so many. I thought if I tried to create one named Great Lakes Bass I would get an error saying it already existed. Instead, it let me create it?? I confused?
Neevveer mind... once I went out and came back in, it took me to the kinder, gentler fishing groups area and it was quick and easy to find. Apparently, I created a new group in some 'other' group area out in the general and borderline lunatic fringe area of ESPN.
I'm in - good luck tomorrow!
glad i picked ducket..... the rest of my "team" is sucking A** lol.
I got Rook and Ike, but the rest, not so good.
I got Rook and Herren, both in the top 20. Who would have thought that KVD and Klein would fail so completely? Not me.
I've got 4 in the top 25. Rook, Evers, Pugh and Hackney. I had to pick the hometown guy VanDam
I picked KVD, Ike, Duckett, Roumbanis and Lowen. Bassmaster.com is down right, at least for me. How am I doing?
Willie
kvd-45, ike-15, duckett-1, roumbanis--3, lowen-18, pretty good Willie
looks like i only got 1 horse in this race.
looks like KVD almost pulled off the comeback.....
For most guys, if they didn't catch them on day one they did on two and vise versa. Only a few had good catches both days.
hats off to skeet i was pullin for him and evers for the win
Kudos to skeet as well -
thumbs down to ESPN for what has to go down in history as the @#$$#$@#@#iest broadcast of the superbowl of fishing - I think day one broadcast was 90 minutes, and had no more than 5 minutes of actual fishing - no need to waste that much valuable time that you can't get back. Also pretty shady to use this ESPN360 that most ISPs are not affiliated with? Lets just say I am not pleased with the direction they are headed in terms of broadcatst TV for major fishing events.
What he said plus >:(
The online coverage was horrible, but what a battle between Ike and Skeet that was amazing! Good to see Skeet win, he fished one heck of a tournament. If that doesnt get you pumped up your in the wrong sport my friends.
T
Day 3 coverage was good i thought. Very dramatic. I would like to point out that kim bain got more coverage than anyone i have ever seen in a classic. It was sad that Mark Davis and Mike McLelland didnt get one lick of tv time, no doubt becuase they had to make more room for Kim. I get that she is the first female to fish in the Classic and it is a big deal, but how are you going to completly ignore 2 guys who made huge moves and were in contention to win at least for a little while.
Other than that, the first 2 days of coverage sucked...as usual. Can you imagine if they only aired highlights of the super bowl during the actual super bowl? Or just showed old clips and player interviews. Gimme a break. They need to have like a 4 way split screen thing goin on so you can watch 4 guys at once or something.
McCarter himself :-\'
my mom would not let me stay up and watch. i did record it though.
i didn't like the way they threw all 5 fish on the floor of the boat and then culled. i saw that a couple of times. I think having Kim there got them more press than ever. i even saw an update on her on CNN. it was funny hearing some of the comments from the guys.
maybe KLBA should try that. oh wait, they have a Kim that beats the guys there too. Lola was happy she caught some fish.
I completely agree with the comments on the TV coverage. Day 3 coverage was very good - Days 1 and 2 weren't very good and the web coverage is horrible. Trying to find information on ESPN.com sucks.
I actually found myself pulling for Ike. For some strange reason, I'm not a Skeet fan but he proved that he can fish. Great tournament with really great back and forth action. I agree that Kim got too much attention but they have to pick their targets well in advance and they don't adjust during the day. SO when someone gets hot and makes a big push, they might not have a camera in the boat. Bummer.
Because I guess ESPN sees so much value in bass tournaments that they are willing to let two cameras and supporting resources be allocated to the coverage...Wonder if they will sell it to someone who gives any southern anatomy part of the closest north bound rodent...
They have 51 anglers and what may be 4-6 cameras. It's pretty tough to get a lot of great footage. Super bowls don't travel up and down a wavy 100 mile river. Finding these guys with the camera boat is very time consuming. You pretty much gamble and place your cameras in the top boats. Having been down to the B.A.S.S. Nationals, and having rode in the top boat with a camera crew, those guys only stick around for a while. You catch a fish then you're on camera. If you don't they are on to find another angler. They hang close waiting. The camera guy gets in and out of your boat, and then they're off.
Say you get 10 bites. That's in a 480 minute, 8 hour tournament. That's a fish every 48 minutes. Not too many people are going to watch a split screen for 48 minutes to watch a fish caught that gets reeled in, in what maybe 40 seconds. It's tough to think of how to do it too much better without a camera in every boat. If that were the case, you would be looking at 24,000 minutes ( That's 400 hours of film editing and that's just for one day!!) of film that has to be viewed at least once, edited, pieced, overlayed with sound, previewed and then aired. I know when I do an iMovie it takes me at least 20 hours (and that's conservative) to complete an hour DVD. As they say, it's a production. I wish there could have been more fishing shown, but I don't really have a clue as to how that all gets done. If anyone was going to know what to do you would think that ESPN would. I thought it was interesting that they cut way back on the weigh in drama. Most tournaments spend a lot of time building that up. Not this year. I watched it intently, and truth be told, will probably watch it again when they rerun it, which I'm sure they will do.