Twice now DZ has completely nailed this thing on the head!
Any Bass contest that emphasizes poundage over time... & long- range kills/ weigh- insto "win" is ludicrous & laughable.you want to have a top 3 biggest fish of the Tourney/ year, fine! Those fish are almost always going to be kept regardless... the CONTEST is not encouraging & creating their demise!
Anyone here like to brag about numbers of Bass you catch over time... or the biggest ones? Anyone here even target #'s over size? (Serious guys don't obviously)
You want to "beat" the other Clubs to a "win" by dragging in more poundage all year long-- as many 12 & 20 lbers as you can carry?? So you can hoist a "Trophy?" Really??
I enter no Bass contest nor Tournaments ever-- I fish for myself & own goals completely, allowing me to be 99% C & R-- but I'd not be against one that emphasized size / best few fish win per contest/ year... vs. #'s & poundage kept! Either way like DZ I'd prefer someone running the Contest to benefit the Striper-- not Corporate profit: all proceeds to go toward anti- Reduction / pro- Pogy lobbying, for instance?
