No doubt B-Lat is a hustler. Between his family, business, fishing/travel, and sponsor obligations, he seems to work his tail off.

There's a big pot stirring with the change in the 2023 BASS Opens and having to fish all 9 to qualify for the Elites, and I'm sure that is what made him post. This change was voted on by the Elite anglers because (from what I have heard) to which there are a lot of rookies that cannot fish the Elites because of the fees/expenses, then there are some that drop out for the same reason. They want a full field the whole season.

I see both sides, but in the end it's all what you put in. But there is always that ONE spot through the Nation, for now.