Back for another breakdown. Finished up the Bassmaster Elite Season and finally tallied up how much it cost me for the entire season!
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Congratulations on a solid season. Keep it up Jacob
Great job this year. Good luck next year and keep it up
$77k in the bank, but $45k is rolling to next year. I think you've been the best guy to watch and follow. Your not a clickbaiter, not a flashy look-at-me kinda guy. Humble and honestly will go a long ways
You'd be a great guest on @bassgalaxy with @aaronteal
Your updates and videos are great! Thank you for your honesty! Keep on following your dream!
They hate ya cause they ain't ya
Bro you created the drama. Dont worry. You will be back in the opens soon enough struggling away as an irrelevant angler.
You'll never find a hater doing better than you.
It's just another form of projection and personal accountability avoidance.
Great season and great job keeping it real out there. Keep honing your craft—can’t wait to see you back out there at the Classic!
Congrat's man!! Your a damn good bass fisherman! Your honesty went a long way too i think. God shined down on ya for it! Keep fishin! Keep winning!!
Congrats on your season! I would like to see some local tournament footage if you fish any of those. Good luck next year
Good job Jacob, AOY or a Classic win next year.
Incredible year bud
FANTASTIC YEAR! Congrats! Really enjoyed this years videos from you! Super interesting! Tight lines!
45k just to play the game? Then have to pay your own expenses the entire season? Sell another company’s product for some free samples? You have to play at the top of your game every single time out on the water just to barely get by…I absolutely love fishing and love to compete but that business model just doesn’t add up no matter how I look at it. Everyone looks at the 100k for the winner. That will break you about even after the year. The real winners are B.A.S.S. and the tackle/boat manufacturers that are having their products peddled for them by someone who is ultimately paying to do it for them. These young guys coming up wanting to compete for a living are being sold a bad deal. I hope you win the classic coming up. You keep working hard and don’t let any outside influences distract you from the prize!! Tight lines Brother!!
Good Luck for the coming season !
Congrats !!!!!!
great season and a great job all year long
Congratulations Jacob on a great year
Congratulations on the season, well done! A video suggestion for you. Pick one body of water and treat it as day one in a tournament. Show the process how you would fish that day and break down the water using FFS. Then go through that same process on another day, same body of water, without using FFS.
So I was one of the first to respond to your poor me whining video. I said you were lining yourself up with the losers with the diatribe you were spouting. I also said if you wanted to fix your issue simply catch more fish…..seems like you took that to heart and had a positive year. Not sure if you understand how this game is played but you will fall down the mountain again and have to climb back up. Its not the sports issue its not the design of the business model its all about catching more and bigger fish than the next guy. If you can do that consistently enough you will do ok. Additionally if you can learn to bullshit you can enhance those earning opportunities. Congrats on a successful year but know adversity is the next door you open….
For a “Professional Sport” the majority of Pros in Pro bass fishing scrape to get by! You had a good year for sure and made minimal $$$ for all of the hard work. The only way to live comfortably is sponsorship. I don’t ever see the sport getting back to where it was in the early 2000s. Is what it is I guess.
High Five!! ✋️ dude
I don’t think you should add food as an expense since you would eat if you weren’t at a tournament. We took it out of our travel budget for that reason too. Thx for the video!
Rock on man 💪 Hope to meet you sometime!
Great year Jacob. Keep it going for next year. Looking forward to seeing your new boat and setup. Maybe a couple new sponsors. God Bless.
Ya Buddy!
Hell of a season man you damn near pulled AOY in… keep hammering 👊
“Passion over fame!!!!” 👍👍💯💯💯
Keep up the good work this country could more people like you I will keep watching thank you
how much are your boat payments and what do you expect to sell it for?
Awesome job continue to fish hard
Great job!!!!!!!!!!! Don't pay any attention to these idiots who talk bad about you. They probably don't know how to fish anyway !! Best of luck next season .
Great year ! Hopefully you can get a little more sponsor support ! To help counter the entry fee expense . Bass should have a top 10 AOY incentive to lesson entry fees as well! Maybe 3 k per spot ! And are you going to guide in the off season to make some extra Cash ? Good luck in the Classic Jacob ! LFG !!!!
Don’t forget at least 30% of that is going to federal taxes.
Congrats on a great year! Hopefully an even better 2025 for you!
Great year CLASS ACT . Good things will come ur way. Love ur Videos
Great year man! Great content as well. You are Jerry Maguire:). Super proud of you and great seeing your efforts pay off. More to come, I am certain.
What is the record for the most consecutive top 50’s in the elite series?
Congrats Jacob, You should hold your head up high. First one to be honest and after all of the reprocutions you prevailed. Best of luck in 2025
Keep going Man you are a hammer 🔨 Go catch there ass next season too🤙🏻💪🏻
Congrats on the effort youre putting into your passion. Way to represent Cleveland! 🤙🏼
I was pulling for you to take home that AOY. Would have been a sweet victory for you
You know what you can do. Go do it and have fun. Good luck next year
Congratulations. Keep it up
Great year. Impressive consistency.
I’d love to see videos on breaking down a lake you don’t know well. Or if you only have a few hours, how to maximize your bites. I’m sure I’m not the only weekend angler who doesn’t get to fish for 8hrs straight, so we want to get on some fish quick. Thanks.
Yep Was with ya from that first video ! Went to bat for ya * with 2 Haters ! Anyway ! Great job cuz keep grinding! The Big mouths are like church mouse's now ! Peace dude !
Great job this year. Was really pullin for you to win AOY. I know it's cliche, but would be cool to see you do some videos showing your winning ways. Show us the baits and techniques that you used this year.
You have found a really good niche for yourself showing us the breakdowns of the costs. Noone else has ever done this. Hope you keep it up. It's really interesting to see the reality of what it costs. Thanks man!
Great year man. Glad to see you do well. You need to reach out to some of those podcast guys. Don’t wait for them to call you