Ok I've not participated in this tourney before, but I know what I'm seeing for "large" stripers in my area, so I'm predicting a 38 lb striper & 10 lb blue will be needed to win this thing. Or if the gods are lucky, I will land me a 50 and a 1 lb blue and life will be good
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My guess is there will be a good amount of larger stripers stuck, but the bluefish will be the ticket to the big money behind door number 1. I have to say I have mixed emotions about this thing. On the one hand it's been a while since I've been in a money tournament (freshwater club/fed tourneys), but on the other hand those past tournaments were all catch & release and this one isn't. I do keep those smaller 28-30 inch fish occassionally for the table, but those aren't the big breeding females, the ones you DON'T WANT TO TAKE FROM THE GENE POOL!
I'm going to give this more thought next time around, because I'm going to have a hard time killing a big female, just for a shot at that $1000. Does anyone know how we can keep tabs on an hourly basis on the fish being weighed in? It would be nice if you could call someone from MSBA and get the top weights before bleeding out a 35 lb striper.
There you go, food for thought, John and I will discuss this at length on Sunday
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