The Bassmasters Classic is the biggest bass fishing tournament in the world. For 38 years the classic has only featured men, but this year that changed. Kim Bain-Moore made history competing against 49 men for the most coveted prize in bass fishing. For some reason this was a hard pill to swallow for many of her competitors and fans of the sport and that blows me away. Kim’s reflections on the event really put things into perspective.
- “Then there was the undercurrent of displeasure towards my situation from some of my fellow Classic competitors…which for a few of them turned into a personal vendetta.
Be careful what you wish for, hey. I wished to fish the Classic and that’s exactly what I got — boots and all. Thanks guys for making it real and not pretend. I’ve been to the Classic, and there was no special favourite sister or hold the door for the girl treatment. Yet out of the blue, friendliness, yes; some true greats of our sport who were competing at this Classic countered the negative vibes with their support and endorsements without the “although, but, what if.”
What makes things worse is the utter lack of online footage about this historic event. I found a few short, low quality video clips on various blogs, but the only serious interview I found is several months old. Not even YouTube had a decent video of Kim!
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So whats the deal here, why would something like this possibly upset people?
Would any of you have a problem competing against a woman in a fishing tournament?
And if you are curious, she finished 47th in the tournament.
I’m really surprised it took this long, the sad part is I’m not surprised at some of the attitude of some of her competitors. I guess you cant tell old men to grow up.
Good luck Kim and all the women that follow you.
Hell yes! I would have a problem with it. Having thrown many a lure next to my wife for the last 7 years, all I can say is, “What good is second place”? :)~
I’d love to go fishing with women anyday over blokes, less facial hair (unless you’re really unlucky!) and not as smelly, count me in!
Good for her. I’m surprised it took this long for a woman to compete in this tournament. As for all the people giving her a hard time they should think of this: If more and more woman started to like fishing then maybe it would be less of a hassle for the guys to get in some quality fishing time!
I think it was fantastic to see her compete in the Classic. I find it somewhat sad to see some of the negative comments, but oh well to each his own. She will bring women into the game and only good will come of that. Someone has to be first and why not Kim? She has a proven track record and won the WBT AOY, that alone qualified her. To those that didn’t like it, too bad. Suck it up and get used to it, there will be a lot more women in the coming years.
the only people that seemed to have problems were those same down south christians that seem to have a problem with everything these days …
no offence but regardless its good for the sport. it shows that once again , anyone can do big things in the sport if they put their mind on it … and no one can take it away from you regardless , sex , color etc etc …
but i didnt think she was going to place well and she didnt … Reason why is because of the way she qualified for the event. granted she earned it , it was a little more landed on her lap then anything …
thats only because only so many people can afford to put down 75,000 a year to fish the elite series …. and you still need to place in the top 25 or something …