>The corporate overlords at Pure Fishing will have to intervene
>and put the kibosh on BASS’ silly ban. It’s cutting into
>potential sales of their knockoff product before it even has
>an opportunity to reach the market. There's lots of $$$ to be
>made still and BASS is keeping them from making it.

That's funny :) Bassmaster mag has some good articles these days but it is easy to get confused between articles and paid Pure Fishing product endorsements.

I think they should just wait about 2 years then un-ban it. By then the fish will be sufficiently beat down that the tournament will still be interesting to watch.

Wish I could go fishing this weekend and chuck me some alabarni