Quotes by Jack Holmes

“Sometimes a king in the [30-pound range] will win a tournament somewhere else. Over there you can catch a 40-45 pound fish and it wont even get you on the board.”

“This is not a pipe dream. Whats exciting about this process is you dont have to drill any wells and you dont have to build any infrastructure, and youd be putting these plants in the heartland of America, where you really need the jobs.”

“The better comparison would be with the Eisenhower administration and how they were figuring out how to adjust to the Cold War. (Eisenhower) took some strong actions, policies like massive (nuclear) retaliation, and things like that had a lot of opposition.”

“If Im a betting person, Im saying it probably wont be happening in Biloxi, ... I want [Biloxi tournament officials] to tell me it cant possibly happen. I think we owe it to them to let them tell us we cant possibly have it. In the mean time, Ill probably be making contingency plans for the east or west coast of Florida.”

“Its an incredible fishery over there with the oil platforms,”

“Would I like to return there? Absolutely. But its sponsor-driven, not heart-driven.”

“Continued operation of our facilities has allowed us to improve our technology and increase throughput efficiencies. This increased capacity is very important in any plant, but particularly for a ship-based design where deck space is limited.”