Cody Meyer of Redding (who said he caught 15 bass measuring 11 3/4 inches today) and Rusty Selewske of Alpine finished third and fifth, respectively, in the 2009 Forrest Wood Cup on Three Rivers, Penn. Louisiana veteran Greg Hackney edged Mike Iaconelli for the $1 million dollar top prize (oops, make that $500,000 for non-Ranger owner) on the world’s worst bass fishing venue.
Hackney did it by catching just nine fish over 12 inches in two days, for a total of 9 pounds, 9 ounces. (That’s a nice 1-pound, 1-ounce average.) Iaconelli, the most honest competitor on the final day, said, “It’s hard to catch a keeper out here,” also weighed nine bass in the final two days.
But for all the rest, let’s be a bit more truthful–unlike so many who went onstage touting the Pennsylvania bass fishing experience. This was a garbage fishery. You and I would not walk across the street to spit in the Ohio, Allegheny or Monongahela rivers. Any person who tells you otherwise needs a drug test.
Nuff said.
3 Responses to “Californians fall short in Forrest Wood Cup”
Yes. And I can name several qualifiers!
So what does it say about professional bass fishing when a fantasy league “fisherman” collects a million dollar check and the guy who can actually catch fish gets half of that?
Come on now George. Don’t hold back. Tell us how you really feel. Where’s the next venue? The River Styx in Hades?