There is No Down Time at the Bassmaster Classic

Approaching this week I knew it was going to be a busy time, so at the end of last week I took my son to the mountains of North Carolina for the first time. That was on the tail end of that big front that crossed the country, so cold there was a lot of snow on the ground and we had a great time playing in the snow and just relaxing before I had to head out to the Bassmaster Classic.

I arrived here in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday evening and had a hard time finding a place to park my boat. It’s tough enough to find somewhere to put a boat during the Classic when just about every empty parking space is taken, but when you come in late at night, the options are even more limited. Then the minute I woke up on Monday morning, it all started.

Even when you’re not fishing in the Classic, it’s work, work, work. I had some meetings with Yamaha and worked out my promotional schedule that I’ll be doing while here, and as you know Yamaha is launching the new VMAX SHO four stroke engine, so I’m involved with helping promote that engine. Just to give you an idea how things flow, I was up at 5:30 this morning, and did three live segments for the local CBS affiliate before breakfast.

It’s mostly me and Ish (Monroe) working the Yamaha promotions. I’ve been fortunate to make four Classics in the six years I’ve been fishing, and this is one of the year’s I didn’t qualify. That doesn’t mean I get the time off. Even though I’m not fishing, I want to be out here promoting my sponsors and helping bring something back to the people who help me, and hopefully make up for not making the Classic by helping get the word out about the new products.

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