David Dudley??

Did he retire or something after last season? He was announced as a Co-Host of the NPFL this morning

There is only one day of overlap on 1 tournament.

I watch his youtube channel and he had a really bad bout of Covid which also exposed he has diabetes. He was in real rough shape for a while and seemed really down, would not surprise me if he is going another direction

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I watch his youtube channel and he had a really bad bout of Covid which also exposed he has diabetes. He was in real rough shape for a while and seemed really down, would not surprise me if he is going another direction

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The after effects from the Covid for some victims has been a life changer losses in respiratory, kidney and liver functions along with damage to other organs that may never be the same again is scary.

Mr Dudley has been fishing competitively for a long time and an opportunity to stay close to competitive fishing using his communication skills and years of expertise without the rigors of the tournament grind could be a welcome change as he evaluates his health concerning his Tournament future.

Yeah they brought up that he is still fishing BPT even tho he is being a co host

He has had kind of an up and down career. A great fisherman, not very good at managing his money, making friends, or working with sponsors. Almost bankrupt after some of the biggest $wins in history, still relevant enough to be on major tours, and does good things off the water. He reminds one of a pro athlete who earns a ton of money and is broke 5 years later.

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Originally Posted by ttranger

He has had kind of an up and down career. A great fisherman, not very good at managing his money, making friends, or working with sponsors. Almost bankrupt after some of the biggest $wins in history, still relevant enough to be on major tours, and does good things off the water. He reminds one of a pro athlete who earns a ton of money and is broke 5 years later.

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Sounds a lot like my life.

I've been following him only one I do. Kind of stumbled on to it. Really enjoy his stuff. Seen he had complications being sick hope him the best

A bit surprising to hear that he will be co-hosting, he doesn’t have the polished speaking skills that I thought they would want. Not trying to be mean or offensive, but he does stumble trying to find words during his YouTube videos.

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He has had kind of an up and down career. A great fisherman, not very good at managing his money, making friends, or working with sponsors. Almost bankrupt after some of the biggest $wins in history, still relevant enough to be on major tours, and does good things off the water. He reminds one of a pro athlete who earns a ton of money and is broke 5 years later.

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Professional Bass Fishermen in the grand scheme of things are regular people who have real world problems and have often been put on an delusional pedestal by their fans thinking their lives are Idyllic.

I hope Mr Dudley’s Health Improves and he has many healthy happy years with his family regardless of his fishing future.

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Originally Posted by grout-scout

A bit surprising to hear that he will be co-hosting, he doesn’t have the polished speaking skills that I thought they would want. Not trying to be mean or offensive, but he does stumble trying to find words during his YouTube videos.

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To be fair, I don’t think an eloquent orator is what they are looking for. I mean, Luke Dunkin and Fat Cat Newton are his co-host. Who knows, maybe Fat Cat will surprise us all and be the bow-tied, MLF guy of the group.

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He has had kind of an up and down career. A great fisherman, not very good at managing his money, making friends, or working with sponsors. Almost bankrupt after some of the biggest $wins in history, still relevant enough to be on major tours, and does good things off the water. He reminds one of a pro athlete who earns a ton of money and is broke 5 years later.

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How do you know his finances? He looks to be doing real well.

I like his version of Six Days on the Road.

We should all have an "up and down career" with $4M plus in winnings.

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He has had kind of an up and down career. A great fisherman, not very good at managing his money, making friends, or working with sponsors. Almost bankrupt after some of the biggest $wins in history, still relevant enough to be on major tours, and does good things off the water. He reminds one of a pro athlete who earns a ton of money and is broke 5 years later.

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I think David is just fine and will be fishing as well as co-hosting! This guy doesn't quit and has his health issues under control!!

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He has had kind of an up and down career. A great fisherman, not very good at managing his money, making friends, or working with sponsors. Almost bankrupt after some of the biggest $wins in history, still relevant enough to be on major tours, and does good things off the water. He reminds one of a pro athlete who earns a ton of money and is broke 5 years later.

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That's a BS assumption!

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Originally Posted by grout-scout

A bit surprising to hear that he will be co-hosting, he doesn’t have the polished speaking skills that I thought they would want. Not trying to be mean or offensive, but he does stumble trying to find words during his YouTube videos.

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I'm guessing he was cheap.

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Originally Posted by Tigercat

To be fair, I don’t think an eloquent orator is what they are looking for. I mean, Luke Dunkin and Fat Cat Newton are his co-host. Who knows, maybe Fat Cat will surprise us all and be the bow-tied, MLF guy of the group.

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Does Fat Cat yell "HIGH KICK" every time someone catches a bass?

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Originally Posted by grandbassslayer

How do you know his finances? He looks to be doing real well.

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If you read his own story, he nearly went completely bankrupt, even after winning well over a million dollars in a relatively short time. He even sold his fishing tackle to make ends meet. He got back into the game and has recovered, but after spending my entire career in the fishing industry I can tell you that is not highly regarded by many manufacturers. A guy with his resume should have a very strong list of big sponsors, but he has not been able to attract many major deals.

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Originally Posted by 354ranger

We should all have an "up and down career" with $4M plus in winnings.

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It isn't how much you win - it's how much you've got.

I watch his youtube stuff. Seems pretty well spoken to me. He wont be a Zona but Zona has also been doing that sort of thing a really long time.

He is currently in great physical condition, better than in years. He is managing his diabetes through medication and diet. He is still full go on the BPT. This is completely an assumption, but I think he is looking for what is next for him and he realizes that social media is as big as actually tournament fishing right now in the industry.

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It isn't how much you win - it's how much you've got.

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Show us your winnings big boy, I doubt anyone will be impressed.

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Originally Posted by grandbassslayer

How do you know his finances? He looks to be doing real well.

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THIS !!! God bless him .

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A bit surprising to hear that he will be co-hosting, he doesn’t have the polished speaking skills that I thought they would want. Not trying to be mean or offensive, but he does stumble trying to find words during his YouTube videos.

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Well they could have chose someone like the guy that MLF has on there. Polished announcer yes, but doesn’t know a bass from a tarpon. Lol.

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It isn't how much you win - it's how much you've got.

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He has a big chunk of land, a nice family, makes a living fishing but some expert on bbc wants to tell him he did it all wrong? Cmon man.

If I remember correctly, when he won the M1 years ago, he gave a lot of money to his church. I'm a fan.

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Well they could have chose someone like the guy that MLF has on there. Polished announcer yes, but doesn’t know a bass from a tarpon. Lol.

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Valid point sir! I watched the little skit on DD’s Facebook channel, pretty funny stuff. He just might be a better fit than I originally thought.


https://www.facebook.com/DavidDudley...927460172258/?

Nobody is going to satisfy everybody and never will. Never been one that would satisfy even half the people who watch or follow the sport. As far as what David has done in his career, only a handful can be mentioned in the same sentence and anybody who knows or has followed professional bass fishing will acknowledge that.

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If you read his own story, he nearly went completely bankrupt, even after winning well over a million dollars in a relatively short time. He even sold his fishing tackle to make ends meet. He got back into the game and has recovered, but after spending my entire career in the fishing industry I can tell you that is not highly regarded by many manufacturers. A guy with his resume should have a very strong list of big sponsors, but he has not been able to attract many major deals.

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Where are you reading his story?

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If you read his own story, he nearly went completely bankrupt, even after winning well over a million dollars in a relatively short time. He even sold his fishing tackle to make ends meet. He got back into the game and has recovered, but after spending my entire career in the fishing industry I can tell you that is not highly regarded by many manufacturers. A guy with his resume should have a very strong list of big sponsors, but he has not been able to attract many major deals.

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Wasn’t this at one of his last AOY acceptance speeches?? I remember some people talking about it.

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If you read his own story, he nearly went completely bankrupt, even after winning well over a million dollars in a relatively short time. He even sold his fishing tackle to make ends meet. He got back into the game and has recovered, but after spending my entire career in the fishing industry I can tell you that is not highly regarded by many manufacturers. A guy with his resume should have a very strong list of big sponsors, but he has not been able to attract many major deals.

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Has his own rods in Walmart now. That is kinda a major deal isn't it?

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Has his own rods in Walmart now. That is kinda a major deal isn't it?

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I would say it is. It's pretty safe to predict that none of us commenting in this thread will ever have our rods being sold at Walmart.

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Has his own rods in Walmart now. That is kinda a major deal isn't it?

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So does another angler on the opens that hasn't won much money in 5 years...you can speculate who.

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If I remember correctly, when he won the M1 years ago, he gave a lot of money to his church. I'm a fan.

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If I remember correctly, he built his own church. By doing so, he avoided taxes on those winnings.

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If I remember correctly, he built his own church. By doing so, he avoided taxes on those winnings.

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Sounds like a win for the community, we need god more than ever.

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So does another angler on the opens that hasn't won much money in 5 years...you can speculate who.

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They're pink rod and reel combo's, I've seen them and laugh every time I do for the reason you mentioned.

I've had the pleasure of fishing with Dudley a couple of times, he is a great fisherman and competitor. I wish him the best in all his future and current endeavor's.

http://www.bbcboards.net/images/misc/quote_icon.png Originally Posted by jrbdad http://www.bbcboards.net/images/butt...post-right.png
Has his own rods in Walmart now. That is kinda a major deal isn't it?

http://www.bbcboards.net/images/misc/quote_icon.png Originally Posted by PJ-Rohlf http://www.bbcboards.net/images/butt...post-right.png
So does another angler on the opens that hasn't won much money in 5 years...you can speculate who.

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They're pink rod and reel combo's, I've seen them and laugh every time I do for the reason you mentioned.

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:roll::roll::roll:Hey Come On....Everybody knows how generous Wal Mart is to their Vendors and they are lucky those individuals selected them to market their Signature Rods.

You can rest assured that Wal Mart had to offer them Big Bucks up front to get them in their stores plus the endorsers are most likely getting well over a $100 per rod sold and Wally World is taking a loss but using them just to get customers into the store so they'll buy some high profit items when they come shopping for a fishing rod and or a Pink rod and reel combination.

It's just like the Grocery Store Chains putting Turkeys and Beef on sales as lost leaders to draw customers they lose a little on the Turkey or the Beef but more than make it up for it with what else they purchase.

The Wal Mart Customers buying them are also loading their carts with hooks, lures, coolers, sunglasses, Mountain Dew, Little Debbie Snacks, Jerky, Everstart Batteries, Sun Screen, Tylenol, Aleve, Dude Products and numerous other essential Bass Fishing Goodies.

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:roll::roll::roll:Hey Come On....Everybody knows how generous Wal Mart is to their Vendors and they are lucky those individuals selected them to market their Signature Rods.

You can rest assured that Wal Mart had to offer them Big Bucks up front to get them in their stores plus the endorsers are most likely getting well over a $100 per rod sold and Wally World is taking a loss but using them just to get customers into the store so they'll buy some high profit items when they come shopping for a fishing rod and or a Pink rod and reel combination.

It's just like the Grocery Store Chains putting Turkeys and Beef on sales as lost leaders to draw customers they lose a little on the Turkey or the Beef but more than make it up for it with what else they purchase.

The Wal Mart Customers buying them are also loading their carts with hooks, lures, coolers, sunglasses, Mountain Dew, Little Debbie Snacks, Jerky, Everstart Batteries, Sun Screen, Tylenol, Aleve, Dude Products and numerous other essential Bass Fishing Goodies.

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:roll: That's a lot of little debbies and Mt dew to make up for that $100 per rod endorsement