I don’t do politics and never met anyone with the last name Bush so can only give you my regular-guy bassin’ 2c which is this: President George H. W. Bush was a solid friend to bass fishing. He loved to fish, was seen doing it a bunch, and did a lot for us — partly because B.A.S.S. founder Ray Scott had his ear…and made use of it. Here’s a $$$ quote about that from a Bassin’masters post:

President Bush also raised his son (#43) to be a bass-head, which also helped us — but then we got a string of non-fishing presidents, includin’ one from AR. (What up with that AR peeps??)

Couple fun facts about the Bushes, from Ray on chattanoogan.com (can’t link it):

Here’s a caption on that shot, from Ray again: “‘W’ said, ‘Hey Ray, this bass weighs about 5 lbs doesn’t it?’ Ray said, “Yeah, George, but only in TX.'”

Hahaha love it! ALL bass-heads jack with each other…except maybe a few ultra-sensitive bassin’ pros…and cocky local hammers…hee-hee….

None of it involved a feeshn rod (typical) and of course everywhere I went peeps be like: “They’d really be bitin’ today.” I was like, “That is sooooo great. Thanks for mentioning that.”

Lol! Anyhow, first I got a tour of the Vexus Boats facility, which was ultra-impressive. Quick hits for ya:

1. Modern — This shot’ll give you a flavor but doesn’t do it justice. To really get blown away by how modern it is, drive by the other local boat-making plants first:

2. Clean — I ate pancakes off the floor, but they said no to syrup…. Lol even kinda has that new car smell.

3. Get the tour — It’s obvious these dudes not only know what they’re doing, they’re determined to do every little thing better than it’s ever been done before. I don’t know enough to tell if they are, but it’s pretty durn impressive….

4. !!!!$$$$ — The boats look sick even outta the water.

5. Footbaw — Vexus is so determined to win the Flippin Flag Football (FFF) champeenship they put this in the building:

While they were all a-pumpin’ iron — or maybe aluminum lol — I snuck around a bit and saw this:

Honestly didn’t know what to do. If I DON’T go past I’m stupid, but if I DO then…? Snuck in there, got this shot then vamoosed like I just stole somethin’:

Kinda freaked me out for a sec, then I figgered that’s why there’s so many great boat-buildin’ folks in Flippin, AR. #growEm Also found out everyone in Flippin starts school here so:

Here’s a few more shots of the Vexus tour for ya. Bottom line: Don’t get a ride in a Vexus or get the tour unless you’re ready to buy one…cuz you WILL want one. Seriously.

Also visited BOOYAH and YUM HQ — saw some top secret baits I can’t show ya but here’s a few shots, clockwise from top L:

– Jason Christie talkin’. So…he was goofin’ around on the Elites?? If so, the other MLFers are in for a world o’ hurt if Jason’s gonna spend all 8 hours fishin’ now HAHAHA! Seriously tho, the rest of the quote is:

Wonder what Jason does when he goofs around in a boat, cuz I’ve never seen it. Does he…juggle? Do card tricks? Check Insta? Research recipes? Gonna ask him….

…to get rid of their non-native carp. Wonder if our federal and state folks have a clue about this:

Whatever. Good news:

Meanwhile:

New Zealand is trying to train dogs to sniff out carp (and catfish).

The cost of keeping Asian Carp out of Lake Michigan tripled to $778 mil — but the cost was estimated by the federal gov’t (Corps), which ain’t known for havin’ a sharp pencil so….

– donny barone weighin’ in (sorta) on the pro-level changes tour stuff. Another way he put it:

Let’s hope not…lol:

Have to ask don — why doesn’t the game do anything for the Bills?? Hahaha! (Don’s from Buffalo.) And more seriously: Does the reason for the Bills doing so poorly have anything to do with bassin’ right now? [chin-scratch emoji]