ESPN/BASS Weekend Series Sign Up Question

I'm kind of ticked right now at BASS.

I just went online to register as a non-boater in the new ESPN Outdoors
Bassmaster Series. I wanted to register for the Lake Champlain tournament on
August 7, 2005, but it said that Bassmaster was only accepting registrations
for the whole regional package, which is 5 tournaments.

I think the way they advertise it is very misleading. My last 3 issues of
Bassmaster magazine has had double-page advertisements announcing this new
series, but nowhere in that ad does it say you cannot register for single
tournments and must register for the regional "package". I'm new to
tournament fishing, and I contemplated for weeks about whether to try my
hand in this series on my local lake and my wife finally convinced me to
give it a try. Then, I find out that I can't even do that.

I was excited to see my local lake being part of the tournament series. But,
I don't have the time or the money to travel to Maryland and 3 locations in
New York. I only wanted to fish Lake Champlain.

Does anyone know why Bassmasters is forcing you to fish all 5 tournaments ?

Shawn

They do that to try to fill all the events first. You should have a waiting
list of individual events later.


"Shawn" wrote in message
...
I'm kind of ticked right now at BASS.

I just went online to register as a non-boater in the new ESPN Outdoors
Bassmaster Series. I wanted to register for the Lake Champlain tournament
on
August 7, 2005, but it said that Bassmaster was only accepting
registrations
for the whole regional package, which is 5 tournaments.

I think the way they advertise it is very misleading. My last 3 issues of
Bassmaster magazine has had double-page advertisements announcing this new
series, but nowhere in that ad does it say you cannot register for single
tournments and must register for the regional "package". I'm new to
tournament fishing, and I contemplated for weeks about whether to try my
hand in this series on my local lake and my wife finally convinced me to
give it a try. Then, I find out that I can't even do that.

I was excited to see my local lake being part of the tournament series.
But,
I don't have the time or the money to travel to Maryland and 3 locations
in
New York. I only wanted to fish Lake Champlain.

Does anyone know why Bassmasters is forcing you to fish all 5 tournaments
?

Shawn

Exactly. The initial sign-up period is for those that want to fish the
whole circuit. If, and I doubt there will be in your division, there are
any openings after the initial period they'll be happy to let you sign up
just for Champlain. Best of luck if you do!

warren

"Pat Goff @yahoo.com" pmgoffjrbot wrote in message
...
They do that to try to fill all the events first. You should have a
waiting
list of individual events later.


"Shawn" wrote in message
...
I'm kind of ticked right now at BASS.

I just went online to register as a non-boater in the new ESPN Outdoors
Bassmaster Series. I wanted to register for the Lake Champlain
tournament
on
August 7, 2005, but it said that Bassmaster was only accepting
registrations
for the whole regional package, which is 5 tournaments.

I think the way they advertise it is very misleading. My last 3 issues
of
Bassmaster magazine has had double-page advertisements announcing this
new
series, but nowhere in that ad does it say you cannot register for
single
tournments and must register for the regional "package". I'm new to
tournament fishing, and I contemplated for weeks about whether to try my
hand in this series on my local lake and my wife finally convinced me to
give it a try. Then, I find out that I can't even do that.

I was excited to see my local lake being part of the tournament series.
But,
I don't have the time or the money to travel to Maryland and 3 locations
in
New York. I only wanted to fish Lake Champlain.

Does anyone know why Bassmasters is forcing you to fish all 5
tournaments
?

Shawn

Well - I guess that makes sense. But I kind of wish they'd let people
choose just a single event. For the "weekend angler", it would seem to be
that the ability to fish single tournaments would be more attractive to most
people rather than making a 5 tournament committment with all that travel.
They advertise this new series as requiring "no extensive travel" and "no
serious time committments".

I don't think an 8-hour trip to Maryland, and a 5-hour and two 6-hour trips
to New York qualify as "no serious travel or time committments". I'm not
looking to develop my pro fishing abilities or looking to break into the pro
circuit. I just want to fish a tournament of this caliber for fun. To me,
this serious should allow that.

Oh well .... guess I'll stick with my local BASS Federation tourneys. I
kind of wanted a taste of something a little bigger, just one shot at a
time, is all.

Thanks for answering Pat and Warren !

Shawn


"Pat Goff @yahoo.com" pmgoffjrbot wrote in message
...
They do that to try to fill all the events first. You should have a
waiting
list of individual events later.


"Shawn" wrote in message
...
I'm kind of ticked right now at BASS.

I just went online to register as a non-boater in the new ESPN Outdoors
Bassmaster Series. I wanted to register for the Lake Champlain tournament
on
August 7, 2005, but it said that Bassmaster was only accepting
registrations
for the whole regional package, which is 5 tournaments.

I think the way they advertise it is very misleading. My last 3 issues of
Bassmaster magazine has had double-page advertisements announcing this
new
series, but nowhere in that ad does it say you cannot register for single
tournments and must register for the regional "package". I'm new to
tournament fishing, and I contemplated for weeks about whether to try my
hand in this series on my local lake and my wife finally convinced me to
give it a try. Then, I find out that I can't even do that.

I was excited to see my local lake being part of the tournament series.
But,
I don't have the time or the money to travel to Maryland and 3 locations
in
New York. I only wanted to fish Lake Champlain.

Does anyone know why Bassmasters is forcing you to fish all 5 tournaments
?

Shawn

You've got the right idea Shawn - the Federation tourneys are probably more
fitting for your needs. I see the Weekend Series in the same light that you
do - if I'm gonna take a 8-hour trip to Champlain, it will be for more than
a 1-day tourney & a much better payout than this new series offers.

--
Warren

http://www.warrenwolk.com
Http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com
2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions

"Shawn" wrote in message
...
Well - I guess that makes sense. But I kind of wish they'd let people
choose just a single event. For the "weekend angler", it would seem to be
that the ability to fish single tournaments would be more attractive to
most people rather than making a 5 tournament committment with all that
travel. They advertise this new series as requiring "no extensive travel"
and "no serious time committments".

I don't think an 8-hour trip to Maryland, and a 5-hour and two 6-hour
trips to New York qualify as "no serious travel or time committments".
I'm not looking to develop my pro fishing abilities or looking to break
into the pro circuit. I just want to fish a tournament of this caliber
for fun. To me, this serious should allow that.

Oh well .... guess I'll stick with my local BASS Federation tourneys. I
kind of wanted a taste of something a little bigger, just one shot at a
time, is all.

Thanks for answering Pat and Warren !

Shawn


"Pat Goff @yahoo.com" pmgoffjrbot wrote in message
...
They do that to try to fill all the events first. You should have a
waiting
list of individual events later.


"Shawn" wrote in message
...
I'm kind of ticked right now at BASS.

I just went online to register as a non-boater in the new ESPN Outdoors
Bassmaster Series. I wanted to register for the Lake Champlain
tournament
on
August 7, 2005, but it said that Bassmaster was only accepting
registrations
for the whole regional package, which is 5 tournaments.

I think the way they advertise it is very misleading. My last 3 issues
of
Bassmaster magazine has had double-page advertisements announcing this
new
series, but nowhere in that ad does it say you cannot register for
single
tournments and must register for the regional "package". I'm new to
tournament fishing, and I contemplated for weeks about whether to try my
hand in this series on my local lake and my wife finally convinced me to
give it a try. Then, I find out that I can't even do that.

I was excited to see my local lake being part of the tournament series.
But,
I don't have the time or the money to travel to Maryland and 3 locations
in
New York. I only wanted to fish Lake Champlain.

Does anyone know why Bassmasters is forcing you to fish all 5
tournaments
?

Shawn

G'Day form Australia
Well you guys are lucky, at least you can see Bass Saturday on New Years Day
on TV, hell we get very little coverage on our cable.
Is anyone interested in Taping the programme and sending it down under I am
more than willing to pay for a tapes and postage
You dont know how lucky you all are. Anyway have a Great Christmas and Keep
those lines wet in 2005
Rgeards
Adrian
Brisbane Australia

Adrian,
I'll put it on a dvd for you if you do two thangs..

1 Email me the day before so I don't forget and

2 Send me your address etc.

My email address is or either will
do.

My son spent two years down thata way in New Zealand. Loved it very much. I
spent some time with some of your coun trymen a million years ago in Viet
Nam. Happy to help.

Michael

--
God Bless America

Josh The Bad Bear

They do that to try to fill all the events first. You should have a waiting
list of individual events later.


"Shawn" wrote in message
...
I'm kind of ticked right now at BASS.

I just went online to register as a non-boater in the new ESPN Outdoors
Bassmaster Series. I wanted to register for the Lake Champlain tournament
on
August 7, 2005, but it said that Bassmaster was only accepting
registrations
for the whole regional package, which is 5 tournaments.

I think the way they advertise it is very misleading. My last 3 issues of
Bassmaster magazine has had double-page advertisements announcing this new
series, but nowhere in that ad does it say you cannot register for single
tournments and must register for the regional "package". I'm new to
tournament fishing, and I contemplated for weeks about whether to try my
hand in this series on my local lake and my wife finally convinced me to
give it a try. Then, I find out that I can't even do that.

I was excited to see my local lake being part of the tournament series.
But,
I don't have the time or the money to travel to Maryland and 3 locations
in
New York. I only wanted to fish Lake Champlain.

Does anyone know why Bassmasters is forcing you to fish all 5 tournaments
?

Shawn

Here's the best reason of all Shawn
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

I quit subscribing to B.A.S.S. a long time ago when they were pulling their
"renew now scam". That's when you had just renewed four months earlier and
were already getting "last chance" renewal letters.

God Bless America

Josh The Bad Bear