ESPN/BASS and ABA

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• 11/15/2006 10:22 AM Jason Potter wrote:
  Billy,this is a shock to see that they are doing this ,I don't fish this series but know of a couple people who fished last year and were impressed,the ABA seems to be a great series for draw fisherman,me and my wife fish together so it puts me out ,the local director in ashland city ,steve cochran does a good job of setting up ,coordinating the launch and weigh ins I was involved in as he is involved with the C&O tournaments also and done it for the C&O customer apprecation tournament on cheatham in july,but it is an interesting development to say the least,especially after the fiasco that was the bass federation,now the TBF/FLW alliance,I have been a subscriber to BASS since 1993 and have contemplated going life member ,but this disturbs me ,I know ESPN is a corporation,but you piss off the guys at the bottom and ther is only the pros left ,some which have left due to differing opinions of the tournament staff /anglers .Like I said I love BASS, it has helped make me a better angler ,I never looked at a FLW mag or website till the controversy over dues and the split ,after all it was the TBF that helped me get in the state tournament,at 40,000 estimated strong ,how could ESPN/BASS just turn there heads to that like we were nothing and now this ,its a shame ,all I can wish is the ABA the best of luck in making this a smooth transition.Billy whats you beef with Walmart,nothing meant by it just curious. later poot
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• 11/15/2006 12:32 PM Billy Harris wrote:
  I guess only time will tell for the Series and the ABA. I will wait for all the details to come out and then make my decisions based on that and the $$$ involved. I fished the tournament on Cheatam with the C/O guys. It was a pretty good tournament and ran ok. I caught a boat load of short fish but could not get any to measure.
  Anyhow, now to my beef with Wal-Mart. I realize they employ many of thousands of people but at what expense and at this countries expense. I work directly with packaging companies that sell to Wal-Mart, Home Depot and others. It is all about the mighty dollar but there are more jobs going to China and elsewhere then Wal-Mart is providing for this country. I have had Wal-Mart directly tell us that if you can't provide it for usually very cheap dollars and by next week then we will buy it from China. 80% of Wal-Marts merchandise comes from over seas. I do not agree with that. I also think that Wal-mart has very poor customer service. I would rather pay a few dollars higher for something if I can get good customer service. I can not stand to wait in lines for 20 minutes or greater to check out and it is even worse during Christmas. I usually see very very many registers empty and very long lines. I know there are some good things about Wal-Mart but I just choose not to shop there if I don't have to. We can not continue to export our jobs over seas just to save a dollar. Soon there will not be jobs here and thus we won't be able to afford to go and shop at Wal-Mart. Mexico is not our biggest problem. China and over seas will continue to do damage to our manufacturing industry.
  Enough of my soap box.
  
  I am thinking of fishing the ABA Invitaional Series this coming year.
  Right now I plan to fish:
  ESPN/BASS/ABA series as a boater
  BFL as a non-boater
  ABA Invitational Series as a boater
  plus local tournaments. Lot of that depends on $$$$.
  
  Tight Lines;
  Billy
  www.billyharrisbasspro.com
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  1. 11/16/2006 8:47 AM Jason Potter wrote:
     Billy, thanks for the insight on wally world,had no idea on the issues you talk about,some on the shotty customer service ,but not being in your business of the harrasement on prices and time of delivery for products,it is amazing how prices have come down at places like that ,but then when you flip the item over it happily says Made in China or made in korea!like I said just curious,good luck on the ABA ,what boat number was you in the tournament,also did you fish the old hickory appreciation at the first of this month,just wondering how it turnde out
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• 11/16/2006 9:06 AM Billy Harris wrote:
  For the tournament on Cheatam I think I was boat 24 but really don't remember. I fished it with my wife. We caught a bunch of short fish on a black jig and sweet beaver on a mushroom jig. We were fishing right of the launch all the way to the next lock.
  I didn't know they had one on Old Hickory. If I had know I probably would have fished it.
  
  I will probably fish an ABA on Priest 11-25. Not for sure yet. I hear water is mid 50's with Rattle traps and spinnerbaits working in the pockets.
  
  later,
  Billy Harris
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