Well it IS called the "Boston Harbor" striper shootout
I doubt the rule was to discourage the cape ann guys. Fact is a tourney you can "drive" your catch to, You could bring bass in from New Jersey and no-one but you, and god, would know where it came from.
Peter runs a fine tourney. But the same guy taking it 4 strait years does raise some eyebrows and It's not just me who calls foul there. I know at least 1/2 dozen guys who opted out this year because of it. I could only imagine next year will be the same.
I don't know the winners from Shinola, but that IS the talk of the town.