Yes, it is that time of year again. Spring is (literally) around the corner, the birds are doing their things, the sun is hanging a little longer in the sky, and the countdown to fresh keeper fish can be as short as a month from now for New England.

And it is time to Defend The Cup!

A good crew from S-B went out last year and earned a victory for the Striper Cup - From TO's first Canal Fish at the very start, the RI night time push, Islands, the North Shore Romp and all the way to the tight race at the end with competition from the very competent anglers of Team Jersey Shore breathing down our necks to the assembled Highlining Big Bass anglers of Team Striper. The competition was unreal, as was the effort put in by people from Team S-B to succeed in that challenge.

I wish I personally contributed more to the team in results but I did put in effort. Team S-B will need a strong effort this year to repeat and to additionally honor last years results. Repeat. That is going to be very hard. Repeat. The Old Schaefer Cup supposedly let a team keep the cup if they one several years in a row, the expectations were that a threepeat would be so rare. I think this is the same in the Striper Cup - simply repeating will be a monstrous challenge.

Repeat. Repeat The Cup. Defend the Title. Join Team S-B :btu:

REPEAT The Cup :humpty:

So please come and Sign up for Team S-B. You can register online at OnTheWater.com and here is the registration link (http://www.onthewater.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=OTW&Category_Code=SC)

When you register, be sure to add Striped-Bass.com in where it says "Fishing Club Affiliation". This will also save you $5 off the full price of registering for the Cup.

Team Striped-Bass.com, OTW Striper Cup REPEAT Team Sign Up List :wave: :

Thank you again for your efforts last year and Thank you and Good Luck to REPEAT the CUP!

Sincerely,

John R

iam in

just signed up

I'll sign up at the RISAA show, thanks John.:fishin:

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I'll hopefully see some of you out there come May 5th, unfortunately i signed up under no affiliation.

Good luck to the team though, I'll be cheering you guys on for the repeat.

Regards

Jay

I'll hopefully see some of you out there come May 5th, unfortunately i signed up under no affiliation.

Good luck to the team though, I'll be cheering you guys on for the repeat.

Regards

Jay

Jay - if you choose, I beleive you can still sign up for team S-B but you won't get your $5 back. OTW did this for us a few times last year.

Im in:cheers::fishin:

I am in.:walk:

I'm in.

i'm in. probably be a while before I get around to signing up though.

Count me, IN!!

i will also be registering as an individual,
from the shore, if it's not against the rules.

John, how does that work? Same feesh counts for both,
or do i have to kill separate stripers for each category?

S-B has been very good to me over the years and I have met some great people. I don't think I am the same caliber of fisherman as those that won last year, but I'd like to do my part. I have big plans for 2008, so hopefully I can contribute. I just registered for the boat division, so I am officilaly in.

Jay - if you choose, I beleive you can still sign up for team S-B but you won't get your $5 back. OTW did this for us a few times last year.

John,

How would i go about doing this. And i have to agree with jimmy, not the exact same caliber as some of the members on here, but I would enjoy helping out in anyway i could.

Jay

In. Be a bit before I reg. tho.:kewl:

In:hihi:

I'm in.

I'm in. Not registered yet though. http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/midi/frech/d005.gif

BOAT

In and already registered.

now registered.

i will be in... who knows i might catch something :huh:

ill be in this year :)

I'm in! Can't wait to start fishing.

I'm in. Will sign up soon.

I am ignorant, so can you enter in the boat division and hold a commercial license for bass?

I am ignorant, so can you enter in the boat division and hold a commercial license for bass?

YES

In:hihi:

Nice!! :wavey:

thank you.

In

i'm in.

Me & Leo are in.
Plan to sign up @ the rissa show.

I'm In.

I'm in!

I signed up. I'm excited to fish for SB this year!

Not my thing... But GOOD LUCK GUYS!!!

Bump to the top....

We have less than a Month to go. Who here has signed up over the past few weeks?

My wife and I are signing up.

Signed up over the weekend John.

how many points do you get for a shore-caught carp? :confused:

how many points do you get for a shore-caught carp? :confused:

Lets see some pics and a weight slip....


I'm in for the cup too, will sign up around May 1.

How many points do you get for a shore caught striper, caught in Franklin?

Not my thing... But GOOD LUCK GUYS!!!

Me either, but best of luck to team S-B.

i'm in

i signed up at the show

Bump to the top....

We have less than a Month to go. Who here has signed up over the past few weeks?

I signed up at RISAA.

:soon: boat division:smash:

Im in

signed up for the boat at rissa

Shore for me this year.

Just signed up

signed up at RISAA,

SHORE and TEAM S-B.com!!
will hope to represent the NShore righteously,
though i'll be fishing from Great Island to Jerzee this year.
Gonna hit up some of The Shore this year, i hope?

Let's get her done, MEN!!!
it will be tough, but if the bunker comes back
and close like last year..................we gonna


:bl: :bl: LAND sum LAHHHHHGE!!! :bl: :bl:

This is my first year fishing for s-b so please forgive this question but what are the guidelines we use for contributing fish in the tourney? I know the SC will not accept fish less than 36" but do we use a higher number?

How many guys can we have? I'm in if there is room. And what are the team guidlines? Example.....weight limit? Thanks.

Don't weigh any fish under 30#. No fishing in pantyhose and women's underwear. Unless you are a woman, than that's fine. Well, the pantyhose thing would still be odd I guess.

No fishing in pantyhose and women's underwear. Unless you are a woman, than that's fine. Well, the pantyhose thing would still be odd I guess.

Forget it then.:hihi:

Well likely have a lot less people than some clubs so plenty of room.

Rapping Bomba more or less covered it. Not much sense of entering anything under 30#s from a team standpoint as the top 10 fish will likely be over 30. No sense to weigh in fish that don't need weighing in.

You chose shore or boat. Shore gets a 1.2 multiplier from pounds to points. Boat is a point per pound.

The more the merrier...

I'm in for shore.

Well, I just got my otw, and the sign up sheet pamphlet is in it, I forgot what I paid last year, do I pay the $25 for being an OTW subscriber, or is it, $30 to fish with SB.com again? This is the year of the large, I thinking restoring that 704z is going to illicit some good ju-ju.

i just joined the site in april 2008 can i join in as s&b to i would love to be a part of this if so and i would reg from shore i have some honey holes that i have been known to produce big fish:wavey:

I WAS going to sign up, but I think that the underwear rule disqualifies me....damn Rappin Mikey!!!:sspam: