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This is not what fishing is about for most people. Most of us it's about getting out and having fun. I mostly tournament fish in small local clubs. It's nice to win but it's more about having fun and meeting people with the same interests.

Hit that SUBSCRIBE button if you like what ya see and let us know how long you've been watching. Thanks everyone, we appreciate the hell outta all of y'all!!!

Loved this. Would like to know what the MLF guys REALLY think about their boats and such

My bass club has 140 members and pays over 100% at our tournaments. I’ve fished tournaments at some level for 45 years. Back in the 80’s and 90’s there were several trails in the North East that paid over 100%, lots of small companies that would give you free stuff and pay you $200-300 a day to do a show than wine and dine you too. If you won a lot several boat companies would be trying to get you you in a memo boat at a discount. My 1993 361V cost me 16K and I had it a year before I paid a dime for it. Big Corporations bought up all the small companies and all the promotional money goes to guys like Ike and KVD.

I've been here y'all were around 1000 subs. Best channel on all of KZfaq!! Hands down!

This video is RAW and I LOVE it! speaking right from the heart. No bullshit. No sugar coat. you guys nailed it!

Great video. Love seeing a pro who is not willing to take lousy sponsorships and pays attention to payback rates, and isn’t just constantly in salesman mode.

Awesome video Andy. Thanks Mike for telling us how it's done. I've been a sub since you guys had 500 subs. Keep up the great work Team Marine

This an awesome video for the everyday working man. Very eye opening for sure. I’ve been subscribed since under 1K and love the videos. Keep them coming guys!

Loved this video, raw , honest F**#ing truth. Catch’em up 🐟

Love it, so real!!!

Makes sense to run the Notro for the difference in the money. 19 K right off the bat is huge! Many folks think that all pros make millions, and some might do that. But without sponsors there aren't many that can make money fishing as a pro. Great video, very enlightening.

Thank you Andy and Mike. Great content.

I love it! I’d like to see more of these videos!

Subscribed 2 years ago maybe. The champion restore video popped up, I watched and signed on. Look forward to your videos and appreciate what you do and how you do it.

Awesome content andy truth be told 👏

eye opening into the bass fishing world, nice

Excellent video and real eye opener! Telling it like it is... well done!!

Excellent Channel. Keep up the great work!

That's the most words I have heard mike string together.

Mike is wearing a great sweater! 👍 I agree with him on boat, cost and being paid / sponsors. I'll help out a local business for free because it's the thing to do. But the big business should hand out little more money. Loved the walmart part! And how Mike looked at you, like what are you getting at! 😆 he is straight forward. And he is 100% right on the payouts! He puts the time. You get where he is at by sitting on your butt!. Nice video Andy and Mike!

Mike did bring up a very good point, the cost of the nitro. It's not a bad boat. I feel it's a good value. Hell once when I was a very young pup, I made a raft with plywood and inter tubes. I wanted to fish a pond, it served the purpose not real safe, but it worked. The prices on bass boats in my opinion became over inflated around 2000-2002. It hasn't stopped. I feel the nitro has made it possible for the average person to fish, take his kids out, have a good time and spend 15-20 grand less. I'm not wanting to be a pro at 66 yrs of age, but I am getting ready to pull the trigger on a Z20. I know you don't like them, but I don't think you can make a good argument for paying 90-100 thousand for a boat. Yes a lake Erie boat maybe but not that kind of money to fish a 3000 acre lake. I worked all my younger days, and had an aluminum bass boat then a 2000 18.5 procraft bass boat. 22 yrs later retirement. Have the funds, and ready to buy. I have never seen a bass boat catch a fish, but it dose have to be comfortable and provide me the chance to go test my skills. By the way I really do like your series where you compare different brands to each other. Very informative Thanks Andy, have a great weekend.

Great video! We need more of this.. the truth!

Cool perspective here!

Been a sub for at least a year and a half. Keep up the great videos.

Cool video Andy you guys rock give them hell Mike it hard working so you can fish dude I know been doing it like my live

Thanks Andy and Mike for great vid and honest truth

😂😂😂😂😂😂, good stuff !! Oh, and I subscribed

I enjoy Mike's Swagger & Confidence

You crack me up. Time you come visit us in South Africa!

Very interesting to hear Mikes viewpoint on tournament fishing, not hard to understand why is so successful .

i got the notification and came runnin!

good, grande ole good content here.

Subscribed, just cause the rant! BOOM

"Once you taste blood" No better way to put it! I can tell you I am so far in the Hole I cant see the light at the end of the tunnel. BUT! I love Bass fishing and I love to compete I love to haul ass over the water. I haven't won a lot of money as I wasnt able to spent allot of time on the water due to family, illness and other things but I looked bitchen doing it! Never Friggen Give Up! Thanks to both of you for putting this one up!.

Really enjoyed this talk

Loved the part about his new boat and saving $19k. I think a lot of people confuse cheap and good value. Just because a metanium is 450 doesn’t make a lews speed spool junk. But you probably shouldn’t fish for a living with a $100 reel. Nice video.

Totally agree with the math and thought process but small local tournaments are totally doable if thats what you really like, you own your boat and can make a few grand here and there...

Great video Great information 👍 thanks

Love the RANGER hat.

Great video

this is why i only fish walleye tournaments on Erie. My dad and grandpa combined have fished there combined for prob 80 years. I just leech spots, technics, time of year off them.

Cool Video! We here in Europe(Sweden) have no clue about the ins and outs about the bassfishing industrie but the bassboat market is on the rise! So how about a blast from the past about the basscat pantera 2? mid late 90´s? Thx!

I subscribed!! You guys are reasonably local to me and you are funny as hell!

Love it! 😅😂

We have way to many clubs in my area of michigan that pay penny's our lakes are over fished we need to consolidate. We don't even have 5k derbys unless u go north

Mike is an absolute HAMMER

This was a good one good enough I had to have my girlfriend and a couple of my buddies watch it

This is a follow up on last week. I still have a ratchet from the USAF still works. Please consider this I have a 1983Johnson V4 90 hp. motor still running drinks a lot of gas on a Cajun Blazer 16' bass boat. Will run top end at 49.3 on the gps. I may need or want a small block rebuild can you recommend a reputable dealer. I live in Central Florida, I will be up and running Monday Thanks for the reply. All ready replaced power paks and coils along with the VRO pump now mixing the fuel myself no adjustment available on the carbs the compression got to be low it will not idle lower than 900 to 1000 rpm. that's the current issue.

Mike shamed me into subscribing… Long time viewer, first time commenting/subscribing!

I've only won a few tournaments and big bass pots but I still thirst for it but idk if it will ever happen on a high level like that. he's right, once you taste blood you want more. Especially if you are a competitive person

Guy seems real humble lol

I am subscibed

Subscribe people. You love the honesty and you know it!! 🎣

Disagree with the 2 tournaments with 25 and another with 13. The reason the 13 exists is because they either (1) have points they’re chasing or (2) you’re in the 25 and they’d rather win less and have a chance at winning. 90% of us aren’t this guy. We want bragging rights, nothing else really.

Most bass fishing circuits now are like your local dirt track racing. Spend a fortune on boat and other equipments and maybe win enough to pay for a set of tires.

OMG! I have a friend that thinks he is pro because he won a derby 10 years ago, has the fish on the wall, and serves as VP in the local fishing club. He is the guy that goes to Cabela's for free and gets a big head! Bahahaha, that hit home....

"What color's your Nitro?" "Dark I think." Hah! 😂

Tournament fishing is a tuff profession!! I admire them all! It’s takes a special breed! He’s like tons of us fisherman we fish for the love of it but if we can make money while we do what we love we go for it!! But it’s going to be only for the well off if the prices keep going up!! The internet will end up closing the chapter of most competitive fishing !! You tubers will be cashing the checks ! I love your channel but if I was a betting man that you cash a monthly check from your channel that’s more than your business may make a month! No disrespect!! Love watching !! It’s just example that the internet reaches more people an that’s what companies want to reach as many people as possible! I would love for you to have a show about hour the internet an KZfaq has changed the entire fishing an boating industry! Again I love watching your channel!!

That’s why I tournament fish out of a 187 champ. So I can afford to too fish. I can’t imagine making a $700 a month boat payment and still putting $100 of fuel in the boat every weekend.

Great video, I have a nitro hat he can have, and a nitro boat he can have ha ha

todd castledine has a video talking about the same exact issues with tournament fishing

Loved this. New subscriber. We could definately have a beer.

That dudes a stick! He came down and fished the Illini division because our regional was gonna be in lacrosse. He won on my home lake probably doing something I’ve never even thought to do

How do you prefish that much and still hold a real job down? I would be interested to hear what he actually does for a job. Is he working for family where he has the option to do that? If yes then he is really "having daddy pay for his fishing" like he said other people were.

You mention a lot of your favorite boats, as far as performance, but rarely discuss Allison. I just purchased a used Allison xb 21 and I can tell you that it is built better than the three pheonixs that I have fished and as a single crappie tournament fisherman, it fishes beautifully. It is expensive, but the craftsmanship is pretty damn strong. I am confused

To put it into perspective for anyone who doesn't know: Mike fished against Jacob Wheeler on the final day of the BFL All-American that Wheeler won. It's on KZfaq, check it out.

Been fishing local tourneys oit of a champion 203 for about 4 years now. Boat is paid off and does exactly what the 70k boats do. Love my champ. Tourney fishing is getting more and more distant for the average Joe. It's an elite sport already but before long its gonna be totally out of touch with what fishing is

Let’s talk more about that 🐸!

For a guy in his position, why not buy a boat that is like a year old that still has warranty left on the motor? Let someone else eat the depreciation and then run that boat for a year or two then sell it. This something I have been looking into. Does this void some contingencies or anything?

good stuff just curious what rods and reels mike uses? thanks

I heard mike is selling his ranger 2018 520

There is a list 20 teams long on all these league’s Either you love it or not.

With all due respect.....you get what you pay for ....good is not cheap & cheap is not good

Somebody please pay attention. I fish proms when I’m not playing pool on the pro tour and I’m gionnamaje way more money playin pool than I will fishin but I love fishin more

Are Stratoes good boats, do not hear much about them, thanks

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Hey Andy I would like to see a video of Team marine take a new GAMBLER play with motors and prop and see what you can get out of one. Hit Heath up would love to see that and I bet views would be insane.

Wrestling state champ from cashton Mike?

If you want to make money, get a career and fish local events in your spare time. The odds of making a living fishing is next to nothing. It’s high stakes gambling at best.

Saving $19k really made him look excited about his decision! 🤔 buyers remorse looks like that.

After he subscribes.... I wanna see a comment!!!!

Damn, not Garmin

I gave up to earlier on it

Seen another pro talking about how alot of the sponsorship and money today is also about having an online following. People get paid because they get veiws online and that's what advertisers want. He claimed many pro fisherman are make more money from online platforms then from tournaments. Look at Mark Zona he definitely make more money from endorsements and TV then he does from winning tournaments.

Where's the Nito hat

In all honesty, if you're an aspiring bass angler and not taking advantage of social media platforms in any sort of way then you're losing money. Great video but even Mike has several holes in his approach to making money at the bottom line in the industry. Modern day bass anglers should be taking full advantage of social media outlets to promote their names and brand. He's losing money without self promotion. Relying on finishes and contingents only is an antiquated way of making a living in the industry.

He hates nitro

Until bass or mlf goes out and get sponsors from OUT OF THE INDUSTRY IT WILL NOT. CHANGE POINT WHAT DOES LADIES MONTH ITEM HAVE TO DO WITH FOOTBALL BUT THEY SPONSORED BY THEM DONT SAY WELL MORE PEOPLE WATCH BUT FACT IN COMPAINES THEY GET TAX IF MONEY NOT SPENT PLUS BILLBOARDS COMPANY'S SPEND MILLIONS ON THEM A BASS BOAT WRAP WITB TRUCK WILL BE SEEN WAY MORE PLUS ASK PAY GOV OR ME UP TO YOU COMPANY'S

If you think the new Rangers are “higher end” than the FXR or ZXR SKEETERS then god dammit go look at one then go drive it! I’ve owned every Champion known to man and all nice ones at that! I got talked into running a 2021 Zxr21 and I will NEVER look back! Just stop downing Skeeters!

Bass Cat will run off and leave a gambler..

No you have 100 views

Fishing tournaments are based on stupidity everyone wants to be a KVD 😂😂😂😂

Lacrosse bum wouldn't have won a pencil wo live scope da BUM

this guy makes me sick, these tournament guys could care less about the fishery. it is all about the money. you need a new hobby Mike

What an awkward interview

Honestly, not your best video. The Angler and you weren't jiving at all and he was very matter-of-fact. I can see why he doesn't have any real sponsors.

I’m doing the math. I just bought an Allison🤡🤡