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Originally Posted by riverrat2
I don't think many of the comm guys that are actually making money fishing would bother with the striper cup
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That's part of it, but a lot--maybe most--of the people who get the license don't make money at it.
On the other hand, not many guys would sit on a $100 fish for most of the week. Let's say I get a 40 on Tuesday. Am I going to ice it until Friday to see if I can get a 45 or 50 on Tuesday or Wednesday? Knowing that on Friday, if I don't top that fish, the guy at the market is going to take a good sniff and say, "keep it, I can't sell mush"? Plus, ice isn't free and it takes quite a bit to keep a 40 from turning into jello on high heat/humidity days. Just for a pin? Nope, I don't see it.
Then, there's the risk of the market getting flooded and the price dropping while you hold a fish out in the hopes of topping it.
OTW is not a money tournament. There's a trophy, and bragging rights for a few individual awards, and the clubs. The grand prizes are awarded by luck of the draw at the end. Guys fishing for the buck want the bucks, not the hardware. I don't think this is as big a deal as it first seems.