I read that with JM group buying Legend they moved all the Legend Pro staff into NON Legend boats. No tour pros will run Legend except for one who will remain in their 2017 for the 2018 season. Chris McCall will use his 2017 Legend, Fred Roumbanis will be in a Triton. Jordan Lee, Matt Lee, Jacob Wheeler, and Scott Ashmore will be in Rangers. Stetson Blaylock, Chris Lane, and Fletcher Shryock will be in Nitro. Wonder why they have nobody in a Legend????????
Looks like Legend is going the way of Stratos.Originally Posted by laposta28
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2003 Skeeter TZX-190 / 150hp OX66
Wheeler will be in a Triton not Ranger, as for the Lee's, Blaylock, Shryock and Ashmore I'm not sure but the others listed are correct.
any one will sell anything for a big enough check believe me
report was they simply couldn't get the pro staff boats done in time due to the shutdown for expansion
With the White River Marine Group’s acquisition of Legend Boats last August, the decision was made to reassign members of the Legend pro staff to other brands under the White River umbrella. While FLW Tour angler Chris McCall has opted to compete out of his 2017 Legend this season, here’s where everyone else landed for 2018:
> Triton: Fred Roumbanis, Jacob Wheeler
> Ranger: Jordan Lee, Matt Lee, Scott Ashmore
> Nitro: Stetson Blaylock, Chris Lane, Fletcher Shryock
here is the thread
http://www.bbcboards.net/showthread.php?t=870881
and jacobs boat
Nothing puts confidence in your brand like switching all your pro's to other brands... go figure that one outwhat... a... cluster
This is direct info from the horse's mouth. The real reason Legend dropped their Pro Staff (according to them) was that they weren't getting a return on their investment from the Pro's. They may have tried to push those guys into other White River boats but the reality is for many of them it just worked out that way. A few were definitely going to go elsewhere but because of their individual motor deals they were restricted to certain companies. For example, a lot of those guys were with Mercury which has a really good program for their top level pro's. Those guys couldn't go to Skeeter because of the whole Yamaha thing. This only really left Phoenix, Basscat and the other White River brands. Phoenix is so busy and can't build boats fast enough so giving an extremely heavily discounted boat to another Pro doesn't make sense because they already have more business than they could handle. I can't speak for Basscat but I think when it came down to it the other brands in the White River group were the only options left. Trust me, when the Legend thing went down, these guys weren't trying to stay loyal to WR unless of course if they already had a big money deal with bass pro shops or cabelas.
, the new Nitros look very tempting
, and I also noticed over the weekend at the Raleigh boat show, Pheonix has went up in price on average around $10K, that was getting alot of talkj , since I knew 2 that bought thier rig brand new in 2017
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Just saw they also moved Mike McClelland over to Rangerreport was they simply couldn't get the pro staff boats done in time due to the shutdown for expansion
With the White River Marine Group’s acquisition of Legend Boats last August, the decision was made to reassign members of the Legend pro staff to other brands under the White River umbrella. While FLW Tour angler Chris McCall has opted to compete out of his 2017 Legend this season, here’s where everyone else landed for 2018:
> Triton: Fred Roumbanis, Jacob Wheeler
> Ranger: Jordan Lee, Matt Lee, Scott Ashmore
> Nitro: Stetson Blaylock, Chris Lane, Fletcher Shryock
here is the thread
http://www.bbcboards.net/showthread.php?t=870881
and jacobs boat
About time. I guess that Stratos is all but dead.
I think the boat they had there was a 20PHX. That boat is new for 2018, so they couldn't have been comparing apples for apples between a 2017 and 2018. They still have their 721 that was new in 2017 for $56,995.00 with poles and such. The dealer just didn't have one to take to the show because they are so far behind in production, is what he told me.
, and I also noticed over the weekend at the Raleigh boat show, Pheonix has went up in price on average around $10K, that was getting alot of talkj , since I knew 2 that bought thier rig brand new in 2017
Welp just heard Johnny bought um!
Johnny bought Phoenix???
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Source?
Jason
2015 Phoenix 919 225 ProXs
Ruh roh!
Don't keep us in the dark !!! You have a source or just rumors???
I heard a bullet with a 250 sho was the fastest boat from 40-60 mph... But it was never proven.
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I heard a bullet with a 250 sho was the fastest boat from 40-60 mph... But it was never proven.
Jason
2015 Phoenix 919 225 ProXs
Someone may be buying Phoenix, but I doubt it is JM. He has more bass boat brands than he currently knows what to do with.
Enjoy your rigs and the great people behind them guys!
Buy into the hype (they're that good) that is Phoenix, everything else is just fake news!!
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