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A new Striper Big Money tourament starting this year ..out of BI ..... Fish must be 30# or over & limited to one fish a day ...:smash:




I guess everything I,ve read & seen with my own eyes & have felt in my personal experience is a SAD dream .:confused:

ADD the OTW tourment & even the MV .. were I read the results .... wouldn,t even had to fish to put in the BI turnament ;;:wall::wall:

Praise the Lord that we still have Freshwater ..today anyway :buds:

that sounds rediculous. Just advertising the killing of breeders alone not even doing it is bad enough, but now you re just gonna get a bunch of ppl head out to Block, and big fish hunt.

Amen to that Clammer

Has it been approved????

Yes....Its supposed to go for a month between sometime in June thru July. Im not certain of the exact dates.The tourney is sponserd by Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Question; Who has to approve tournaments??????

So, We don't buy Pabst beer. Let's add all of our names to this thread and when it's really long, we'll send a link to Pabst's advertising people. Just copy " Due to your big striped bass kill them all tournament, I won't be buying or drinking any Pabst beer this Summer" and sign it.

Due to your big striped bass kill them all tournament, I won't be buying or drinking any Pabst beer this Summer. Stew Robinson

what a great time for a big $$ cow killing tourney $%%$#$$ :smash:

eff pabst and the horse they rode in on.

Well i drink 2 kinds of beer, PBR and Gansett, looks like i will be favoring Gansett now. I have horrible taste in beer i know.

On Block Island,,, everything needs to be approved... by who.. not sure but I would say town council, tourism board and god only knows who else....

I know they are promoting it,,, but has the thing made it through the politics of Block Island as being allowed to take place,,,,??

Tommy,
Just read the latest on the BI Times online.On March 6 reps from PBR appeared before the BI Tourism Council.The proposed tourny dates are set June 1-July 7.Only fish 35lbs or over qualify.They claim this will prevent over fishing and is the best course to Bass conservation.The article went on with a quote from a BI Tourism Commitee member saying this would provide a economic boost to the island during the proposed time period.No word on a vote.

I bet it passes....

[QUOTE=joe the plumber;927914]....The article went on with a quote from a BI Tourism Commitee member saying this would provide a economic boost to the island during the proposed time period....QUOTE]

Wait, what? Who in the BI tourism board thinks they actually need a boost during the summer? Isn't that pretty much their golden time already?

Agree.....


Tlap... June is notoriously a slower month especially the first 2-3 weeks..

Surprised, but not really. I do think it is getting too far.

I know there is alot of debate about a kill tourny. It will promote more business towards the island if the tourny becomes bigger. Even if one extra person comes to the island for the tourny its a plus for the island. Look at it like this the annual stripper cup is the same way. I know this is "our" beloved BI. Many of you on this site camp out there for weeks on end. Looking forward to see you guys shortly. My only concern with this tourny are the rules and the month long saga. I week would be perfect. I'm not choosing sides on this. I'm just saying there are 2 sides.

No one care about the fish they only care that it's going to put money in peoples pocket

A BOOST TO TOURISM!!!
Give me a break. The average house on BI is well over $1M. They have more property tax dollars paid than any other community in RI. They need more tourism like I need hemorrhoids.

And the boats will be stacked 10 deep in old harbor so no one will be able to get out to fish.

When you have to sit on the floor on the ferry, tourism is pretty healthy.

a video of PBR being emptied into the ocean should be on the news

Agreed that this makes no sense... another reason why the rec limits need to be drastically changed, not that they would necessarily stop these types of tourneys, but the right ones could have some impact

You would probably get arrested by the EPO for pouring a dangerous substance into the ocean (gross pollution) and they would have to call Clean Harbors!:rotf2:

That, and putting out a campfire, are about the only good uses for that swill anyway. :yak6:

I'm hunting down a place on BI for the first week in August and apparently August does not need anymore economic stimulus!! :rotf2:

As long as it is not a gamefish, whether "recs" or "comms" kill the fish is a moot point. Bottom line the fish is dead.


I cannot ack' pabst as a beer. Its like an o'dools


Red is for sarcasm:

I'm personally Killing EVERYTHING this year, fish, squirrels, turtles, frogs, deer, cows, pigs everything :)

It just gonna cost you 10x more to kill em' on or near Block.

Is this a de ja vu thread?

I believe the most effective way for Striped Bass.Com anglers to voice thier displeasure with this tournament is to write a letter to the BI Tourism Council,not boycott PBR.Allthough none of us are prepared to boycott the island a letter from us might shed a different light on this matter.A letter to the Nature Conservancy would probably not hurt either.....

instead of pages of PBR bashing, this might be a great opportunity to test the considerable membership, experience and influence of the S-B community....identifying at PBR whoever may be making the decisions and approaching them with a reasonable, well thought out concern for the nature of the tournament and, I'd suggest, the possibility that they might gain much more by taking a different approach than simply running a big fish only kill tourney, I wonder if they could be convinced that it might be more in their interest from a PR standpoint to run a "green" tournament where the major prizes are awarded through a charity based raffle and the top anglers are celebrated for their prowess as well as conservation....anyone can run a kill tourney where the $$$ is on the heads of the biggest fish and invite lots of controversy...just thinking out loud,but proposed in that manner as an opportunity rather than simply attacking the company(the tournament organizers there may not have any info regarding bass stocks, might not even fish.. and are simply looking for a promotion).....energies focused in that direction, if successful, might help set a nice precedent over the long run too:)


couple more thoughts...the purpose of the tourney is PR...every company wants to be viewed as caring about the community and being environmentally concious...they are using the pristine venue of BI as the backdrop for this tourney....this is a bit over the top...but from a PR standpoint, wouldn't it make more sense to be seen as the company that is promoting a responsible tournament that respects the venue rather than the comapny that places a target on the heads of the egg laying females of a species that many view as being in deep trouble?...bet they(PBR) never thought of it that way?

Boy...you guys are a going to be a thirsty bunch....if you're going to boycott PBR for sponsoring this tournament don't forget to boycott:

Anheuser-Busch...they are sponsoring the Striper Cup

Narragansett, Harpoon, Boston Beer Company....oh and Pabst too...they sponsor the Martha's Vineyard Derby....and no coffee either...Keurig is a sponsor as well

and lets not even go down the road of all the Tackle/Gear manufacturers that sponsor these tournaments....everybody going to boycott them as well

Boycotting Pabst is like giving up liver for lent :huh:

Scottw has the right idea...get organized and present alternatives.

All the Block Island Tourism Committee sees is the opportunity to turn this into their version of the MV Derby...and look at the money that generates for the MV locals during that tourney...its a no-brainer for them. They need to know that their are other alternatives to a tournament that will bring in the same revenue to the island