By Luigi De Rose
We witnessed a revolution last weekend. Live coverage under the tutorage of expert commentators; what more could fans ever want? But, is all this instant coverage good for bass tournament anglers?
The recent 2015 Classic provided amazing coverage for devoted bass nuts.
Live coverage allowed Internet gawking anglers right onto the
deck of top anglers. We witnessed how Dean Rojas shook his finesse worm around
the face of docks. Suddenly, BASS commenter Mark Zona jumped off the stage and
tracks down finesse guru Don Iovino for his expert opinion. As both scrutinized Dean’s technique, Don
corrected Mark explaining that West coast Rojas was actually doing a
doodle slide trying to trigger magnum spots.
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| BASSTRAK and the BASS Blog might become too helpful to anglers as it tries to please fans. (Photo: BASS) |
During the final press conference, the woulda
coulda shoulda question was broached to the final six anglers. Each clearly
declared that they honestly felt that they made the correct choices. Even
though five of them didn’t win, they were pleased with themselves. But, what if competitors
could adjust their game plan based on live footage happening instantly as it
unfolds? Second-guessing decisions is the demise of any tournament angler but
this could easily adverted with one peak to a cell phone or tablet.
Sure, it might be unethical but how many of us have had anglers drive up
and start fishing just as bass are put into the livewell? “A $100 000
can make people do crazy stuff.” stated Mike Iaconelli in a Globe and Mail
newspaper article. A quick peak online doesn’t seem that shameful when a whole
life can change with one big win.
Banning cell phones closes one loophole but once off the water, poor
performances can be adjusted seamlessly after watching a few videos or blog
posts. After Day 1, Dean Rojas and Takahiro Omori were neck and neck.
Considering the icy conditions, it puzzled almost everyone that these two were
leading but we soon learned that neither has a squarebill crank or frog was in
play, just spinning rods and light line.
Has social media finally overtaken our beloved sport? Not really but is
sure has made watching top-tier events more pleasurable and palatable.
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