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I believe the whole "the commercial guys have an unfair advantage" is way overblown.
Case in point:
This summer my Dad hit a big fish (53) with one of his charters. Good fish, and there were more bigs around as they had a very good week.
The next day was open for Mass commercial, so I took the boat as I normally do if he's not booked. I ran 60 miles to chatham - 3 hours each way, a very long run instead of fishing a place in my backyard where I knew I had a very good shot a serious cow. Why??? Because I was playing for total pounds, not looking for glory, and to weigh a fish for some stupid cup. It was a heck of a lot more productive for me to target lots of legal fish than take the time to go CowHunting for a couple of bigs.
Mass Commercial only lasted 17 days last year - couple the limited days available with a little thought about the actual goals when someone is commercial fishing (total pounds for the available day) and you might just come to the conclusion that the commercial license doesn't have much impact on this tournament.
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