most of you know me or dont no me as stiff tip ? i fish every week or anytime i can .cape cod is home to me for 20+ yrs. and i,ve been w/otw from the start, flaptail too.i,ve fished cod for the money and bass for the bucks$$$.i,m glad and sad those days are over. This derby is still a newborn or reborn event.there,s room for improvment .rules can be adjusted to conditionsfor the betterment of the derby..your imput is importin.w/o you fishermen theres is NO derby .show up ,sign up , and show your support. {i like one fish a week per member} p.s i have no monotary gains w/ otw than a artical now and then,but i like the derby thing}thanks Dave Laporte...:ss:

Hi Dave,

I`m torn between the excitement of a new tourney with cool prizes, ( I have never entered any fishing tournament), and the fact that Striped Bass have to be killed to enter. The ill feeling is that this will hurt the Striper population.

On a personal level, if I enter, I would only keep and report a large bass over 40#. At the same time I realize I would release even this one fish if I was lucky enough to catch it, if I was not in the contest.

Magnify this by all the possible contestants and it doesn`t look good for the Striped Bass.

Mike

i like the one a week thing ..i know your feelings ,i dont keep bass ,1 or 2 a year i don,t eat much fish...but if i hang a good one 30-40- or 50 i would like to get something for killing it..but friend if i could sell it i would .. be patient. and gone in make sugutions it helps dave ...off to the show ....

Ok...have a good show.

I`m winging it here so forgive me if I`m way off.

If it cannot be catch and release. How about eliminating the total pounds category and allow each entrant only 5 to 10? total fish that can be entered for the entire tourney. Would this still be a problem because it will target large?

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Then award me the boat and the suv for coming up with this idea :drool:

Get rid of the boat and SUV prizes and only charge 10 or 15 bucks max.

Put a cap on the number of fish that can be entered by a club per year so that one club cannot run up their points by catching alot of 25-20 pound fish and take the cup. It would be more competitive that way and maybe not kill as many fish.

I guess maybe I took over for NIB as the thread killer:huh:

I guess maybe I took over for NIB as the thread killer:huh:

Whats wrong with u people.:rotf2:

Dead thread walking...........:eek5: :nailem: