5th annual Freeze your bASS blast

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Permalink Reply by Brian Vrablick on February 23, 2011 at 4:46pm

Pat said:

rookie mistake

Josh Potter said:

Aaron,

 

I learned something on Saturday as well.

 

The second thing I learned is that saving a stranded boat can also take you from being in the money to out of the money. That is if the boat you picked up had a better bag than you and you end up first out of the money.

 

 

Permalink Reply by Brian Vrablick on February 23, 2011 at 4:50pm

I heard that there was someone in the top three that had a mechanical breakdown and that Bess shuttled him in to weigh his fish. Since Bess was a nice guy, it ended up taking him out of the money. Can anyone confirm this?

Permalink Reply by David Parnicky on February 23, 2011 at 5:03pm

I hope I didn't make it sound like I was trying to make excuses or trying to screw someone off their spot.  Neither could be further from the truth!  I will be the first to admit I sucked worse than anyone could possibly suck at the freeze! That's fine with me though, I had a blast anyways and tried as hard as I could all day without giving up for even a moment.  Can't do anymore than that! As far as mentioning where I started in the morning, I was simply trying to learn things that I could have done better that might have helped my cause, that is all.  I wasn't trying to screw anyone off their spot.  I was just trying to fish the edge of an area that was large enough for easily two boats in a tournament where the rules stated just to stay a reasonable casting distance away unless someone tells you to back off.  I was trying to be as curteous as possible.  I saw how they were working the area and stayed well off of it, making long casts just to the edge without getting in their way at all.  Nothing wrong with that!  I was simply trying to say that it might have been a better idea to scrap that area sooner though since I was staying too far back to thoroughly work any of the area.  I always try to fish areas my confidence lies in during tournaments and based on my boat draw and the fact there was only one boat there, I felt it was my best shot.  I was wrong, I am trying to learn how to make smarter decisions in tournaments and that is the only reason I brought it up.  Outside of that, the only way I could have done any better would be not sucking so bad!!  Sorry if you misinterpreted what I said.  Not my intention at all!  Everyone is super nice and helpful around here and as you get to know them you will realize there aren't hardly any bad eggs at all among the bass fishing community in the state of Washington.

T-bone said:

Excuses? Or learning experiences? Thats why I asked aaron what he changed.
Aaron, what did you change? To pats credit, you did list excusses. What did you change to alter the outcome? Not trying to be a hard a$s on ya,but chalanging your above response may teach you something.
Pat, if your gonna call someone out, why don't you ask why people feel the need to mention how good they did in practice and did'nt even fish. Or the guy that said he spent too much time trying to screw another guy off his spot? Is that how you all do it out here?

Permalink Reply by Mike Bess on February 23, 2011 at 6:43pm

David,

You are the last guy who would not "play by the rules" written or otherwise.  In fact, maybe you should be more aggressive when wanted to fish certain areas.  Just don't make the same mistake Sessler did last week that caused his DQ at Rooseveldt...  I heard he stuck his banana in someone's tailpipe

 

David Parnicky said:

I hope I didn't make it sound like I was trying to make excuses or trying to screw someone off their spot.  Neither could be further from the truth!  I will be the first to admit I sucked worse than anyone could possibly suck at the freeze! That's fine with me though, I had a blast anyways and tried as hard as I could all day without giving up for even a moment.  Can't do anymore than that! As far as mentioning where I started in the morning, I was simply trying to learn things that I could have done better that might have helped my cause, that is all.  I wasn't trying to screw anyone off their spot.  I was just trying to fish the edge of an area that was large enough for easily two boats in a tournament where the rules stated just to stay a reasonable casting distance away unless someone tells you to back off.  I was trying to be as curteous as possible.  I saw how they were working the area and stayed well off of it, making long casts just to the edge without getting in their way at all.  Nothing wrong with that!  I was simply trying to say that it might have been a better idea to scrap that area sooner though since I was staying too far back to thoroughly work any of the area.  I always try to fish areas my confidence lies in during tournaments and based on my boat draw and the fact there was only one boat there, I felt it was my best shot.  I was wrong, I am trying to learn how to make smarter decisions in tournaments and that is the only reason I brought it up.  Outside of that, the only way I could have done any better would be not sucking so bad!!  Sorry if you misinterpreted what I said.  Not my intention at all!  Everyone is super nice and helpful around here and as you get to know them you will realize there aren't hardly any bad eggs at all among the bass fishing community in the state of Washington.

T-bone said:

Excuses? Or learning experiences? Thats why I asked aaron what he changed.
Aaron, what did you change? To pats credit, you did list excusses. What did you change to alter the outcome? Not trying to be a hard a$s on ya,but chalanging your above response may teach you something.
Pat, if your gonna call someone out, why don't you ask why people feel the need to mention how good they did in practice and did'nt even fish. Or the guy that said he spent too much time trying to screw another guy off his spot? Is that how you all do it out here?

Permalink Reply by David Parnicky on February 23, 2011 at 6:45pm

Sounds like Jon took the concept of screwing someone off their spot too literally! 

Mike Bess said:

David,

You are the last guy who would not "play by the rules" written or otherwise.  In fact, maybe you should be more aggressive when wanted to fish certain areas.  Just don't make the same mistake Sessler did last week that caused his DQ at Rooseveldt...  I heard he stuck his banana in someone's tailpipe

 

David Parnicky said:

I hope I didn't make it sound like I was trying to make excuses or trying to screw someone off their spot.  Neither could be further from the truth!  I will be the first to admit I sucked worse than anyone could possibly suck at the freeze! That's fine with me though, I had a blast anyways and tried as hard as I could all day without giving up for even a moment.  Can't do anymore than that! As far as mentioning where I started in the morning, I was simply trying to learn things that I could have done better that might have helped my cause, that is all.  I wasn't trying to screw anyone off their spot.  I was just trying to fish the edge of an area that was large enough for easily two boats in a tournament where the rules stated just to stay a reasonable casting distance away unless someone tells you to back off.  I was trying to be as curteous as possible.  I saw how they were working the area and stayed well off of it, making long casts just to the edge without getting in their way at all.  Nothing wrong with that!  I was simply trying to say that it might have been a better idea to scrap that area sooner though since I was staying too far back to thoroughly work any of the area.  I always try to fish areas my confidence lies in during tournaments and based on my boat draw and the fact there was only one boat there, I felt it was my best shot.  I was wrong, I am trying to learn how to make smarter decisions in tournaments and that is the only reason I brought it up.  Outside of that, the only way I could have done any better would be not sucking so bad!!  Sorry if you misinterpreted what I said.  Not my intention at all!  Everyone is super nice and helpful around here and as you get to know them you will realize there aren't hardly any bad eggs at all among the bass fishing community in the state of Washington.

T-bone said:

Excuses? Or learning experiences? Thats why I asked aaron what he changed.
Aaron, what did you change? To pats credit, you did list excusses. What did you change to alter the outcome? Not trying to be a hard a$s on ya,but chalanging your above response may teach you something.
Pat, if your gonna call someone out, why don't you ask why people feel the need to mention how good they did in practice and did'nt even fish. Or the guy that said he spent too much time trying to screw another guy off his spot? Is that how you all do it out here?

Permalink Reply by Josh Potter on February 23, 2011 at 7:56pm

On another note did anyone happen to see the bald eagle flying around pretty low at the weigh-in?

It was getting hassled by some flying rats.

Permalink Reply by Pat on February 23, 2011 at 7:58pm

wait a minute

the ranger z-20, with an evinrude e-tec 225, lowrance hds electronics, ranger trail trailer, filled with quick drops, lamiglas rods, mccoy line, danielson snaps and swivels, yamamoto plastics, towed by a chevrolet, with michelin tires, flowmaster exhaust, ac delco sparkplugs, equipped with an xm sattelite radio

 

broke down?

Permalink Reply by Jeff Grimes on February 23, 2011 at 8:37pm

Mike....I thought yo told me he was more of a "zip tie" on the drive shaft kind of guy.

Mike Bess said:

David,

You are the last guy who would not "play by the rules" written or otherwise.  In fact, maybe you should be more aggressive when wanted to fish certain areas.  Just don't make the same mistake Sessler did last week that caused his DQ at Rooseveldt...  I heard he stuck his banana in someone's tailpipe

 

David Parnicky said:

I hope I didn't make it sound like I was trying to make excuses or trying to screw someone off their spot.  Neither could be further from the truth!  I will be the first to admit I sucked worse than anyone could possibly suck at the freeze! That's fine with me though, I had a blast anyways and tried as hard as I could all day without giving up for even a moment.  Can't do anymore than that! As far as mentioning where I started in the morning, I was simply trying to learn things that I could have done better that might have helped my cause, that is all.  I wasn't trying to screw anyone off their spot.  I was just trying to fish the edge of an area that was large enough for easily two boats in a tournament where the rules stated just to stay a reasonable casting distance away unless someone tells you to back off.  I was trying to be as curteous as possible.  I saw how they were working the area and stayed well off of it, making long casts just to the edge without getting in their way at all.  Nothing wrong with that!  I was simply trying to say that it might have been a better idea to scrap that area sooner though since I was staying too far back to thoroughly work any of the area.  I always try to fish areas my confidence lies in during tournaments and based on my boat draw and the fact there was only one boat there, I felt it was my best shot.  I was wrong, I am trying to learn how to make smarter decisions in tournaments and that is the only reason I brought it up.  Outside of that, the only way I could have done any better would be not sucking so bad!!  Sorry if you misinterpreted what I said.  Not my intention at all!  Everyone is super nice and helpful around here and as you get to know them you will realize there aren't hardly any bad eggs at all among the bass fishing community in the state of Washington.

T-bone said:

Excuses? Or learning experiences? Thats why I asked aaron what he changed.
Aaron, what did you change? To pats credit, you did list excusses. What did you change to alter the outcome? Not trying to be a hard a$s on ya,but chalanging your above response may teach you something.
Pat, if your gonna call someone out, why don't you ask why people feel the need to mention how good they did in practice and did'nt even fish. Or the guy that said he spent too much time trying to screw another guy off his spot? Is that how you all do it out here?

Permalink Reply by Mike Bess on February 23, 2011 at 8:47pm

It seems the atmosphere of his 2nd FLW tournament got the best of him.  It was sad to hear what really happened...

Jeff Grimes said:

Mike....I thought yo told me he was more of a "zip tie" on the drive shaft kind of guy.

Mike Bess said:

David,

You are the last guy who would not "play by the rules" written or otherwise.  In fact, maybe you should be more aggressive when wanted to fish certain areas.  Just don't make the same mistake Sessler did last week that caused his DQ at Rooseveldt...  I heard he stuck his banana in someone's tailpipe

 

David Parnicky said:

I hope I didn't make it sound like I was trying to make excuses or trying to screw someone off their spot.  Neither could be further from the truth!  I will be the first to admit I sucked worse than anyone could possibly suck at the freeze! That's fine with me though, I had a blast anyways and tried as hard as I could all day without giving up for even a moment.  Can't do anymore than that! As far as mentioning where I started in the morning, I was simply trying to learn things that I could have done better that might have helped my cause, that is all.  I wasn't trying to screw anyone off their spot.  I was just trying to fish the edge of an area that was large enough for easily two boats in a tournament where the rules stated just to stay a reasonable casting distance away unless someone tells you to back off.  I was trying to be as curteous as possible.  I saw how they were working the area and stayed well off of it, making long casts just to the edge without getting in their way at all.  Nothing wrong with that!  I was simply trying to say that it might have been a better idea to scrap that area sooner though since I was staying too far back to thoroughly work any of the area.  I always try to fish areas my confidence lies in during tournaments and based on my boat draw and the fact there was only one boat there, I felt it was my best shot.  I was wrong, I am trying to learn how to make smarter decisions in tournaments and that is the only reason I brought it up.  Outside of that, the only way I could have done any better would be not sucking so bad!!  Sorry if you misinterpreted what I said.  Not my intention at all!  Everyone is super nice and helpful around here and as you get to know them you will realize there aren't hardly any bad eggs at all among the bass fishing community in the state of Washington.

T-bone said:

Excuses? Or learning experiences? Thats why I asked aaron what he changed.
Aaron, what did you change? To pats credit, you did list excusses. What did you change to alter the outcome? Not trying to be a hard a$s on ya,but chalanging your above response may teach you something.
Pat, if your gonna call someone out, why don't you ask why people feel the need to mention how good they did in practice and did'nt even fish. Or the guy that said he spent too much time trying to screw another guy off his spot? Is that how you all do it out here?

Permalink Reply by Mike Bess on February 23, 2011 at 8:59pm

Good one.  Go back to 5th grade and learn how to structure a sentence.

Cris said:

He slipped on the dock and he wound up in you. Bet you cried in joy.

Permalink Reply by eric mccarthy on February 23, 2011 at 10:23pm

Didnt notice the bald eagle. I did notice the jackass in the mastercraft practicing double ups 100 yards off the launch.

Josh Potter said:

On another note did anyone happen to see the bald eagle flying around pretty low at the weigh-in?

It was getting hassled by some flying rats.

Permalink Reply by Santa Claus on February 23, 2011 at 10:39pm

Interesting ~~~~~~  It sounds like the mortality rate was pretty high.  Does anyone know how many dead fish were brought to the scales?  Either guys don't know how to care for their fish or this is a poor time of year to hold a tournament.  That being said, Santa strongly approves of this tournament though because it supports a very good cause.     

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