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Not too many of you know me, my name is Matt and I'm from the Vineyard. I'd like to say many of you have some great opinions and suggestions and I enjoy this forum.
I'm a shore fisherman and and the majority of the guys on my team are boat fisherman and half of them are commerical fisherman, but I still would like to see OTW seperate boat and shore. I don't believe there will ever be a fair way to balance shore and boat caught fish. The 1.2 is better than 1.3 or no handicap at all, but having two seperate Striper Cups is the best and fair way to go. Being a surfcaster, I'd rather compete against other surfcasters.
The MV Derby has been at this a lot longer and they understand the complexity and vast difference to boat and shore fisherman and that is why there is a seperation in every category of the Derby. But for now, this is what we have.
The most frustrating element to OTW is the updating of the website and the fact that they are not tougher on the weigh stations. There should be no reason why the Striper Cup staff is receiving weigh slips from 3 weeks ago. The weigh stations either have to have a fax machine and fax those weigh slips in at the end of each day AND/OR they need to be mailed out (post markerd) every Monday morning. If they do not comply with those guidelines then they should lose their privilege to being a Striper Cup weigh station. OTW needs to take many of those dollars they are making on advertising and hire some summer kids and help tally the weigh slips, they are under staffed. I have spoken with Will at OTW and he is having a difficult time tallying all the weigh slips, especially for angler of the year. OTW needs polite, constructive criticism and better cooperation from many of these unorganized weigh stations. I don't know if I'll fish the striper cup next year because I find myself thinking more about catching a big fish to help my team than I do about fishing. That's my problem though. Take care all.
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