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"uffah!!" · 08-07-2006, 04:24 PM

Big #^&#^&#^&#^&'s Team always WINS!!!

tattoobob · 08-07-2006, 04:54 PM

Something tells me that they are all boat fish from the commercial fishing season in Ma.

Squid kids Dad · 08-07-2006, 05:01 PM

Must be #^&#^&#^&#^&s bait & tackle on the Vineyard..I recognize most of the names...

nightprowler · 08-07-2006, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Squid kids Dad

Must be #^&#^&#^&#^&s bait & tackle on the Vineyard..I recognize most of the names...

yeah, it is. I know they have a 46 and a 35 that they caught before the team was formed.

Mike P · 08-07-2006, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by tattoobob

Something tells me that they are all boat fish from the commercial fishing season in Ma.

What was the first clue, that every fish they entered was caught July 18 or later?

Altho the leading fish was entered on a closed day---but, that doesn't necessarily mean it was caught then. Or, caught Monday, sold Tuesday (perfectly legal under the Mass comm regs, by the way).

Stevie's getting those slips in real quick, too. I've been waiting close to 2 weeks for my fish to hit the 30 pound club, and GB Outdoor's 40 still hasn't materialized.

tattoobob · 08-07-2006, 08:28 PM

Yup that was it, Nothin wrong with comms fishing a contest just they shouldn't compete with the average Joe, Or shore guys.

NIB · 08-07-2006, 10:01 PM

It's all within the rules.
Not happy about the format?
there is all winter for that..
Moaning about it afterwords sounds like sour grapes.
All we can do is the best we can.
What kills me is we all agree to fish as a team then some guys
with some good fish get a conscience.
Wish I new about that earlier.

Mike P · 08-07-2006, 10:25 PM

No one's whining, but I would like to know when this team was formed. Obviously, if they have a 35 and a 46 from "before the team was formed" it was a recently formed "club". Most of the clubs up there in the top 5 have fish in there from May and June. Those clubs might have been formed, like us, just to fish the tournament, but they started under the same rules, and started fishing for fun, competition, prestige, camerademie, sportsmanship and all of the other stuff the tournament was formed for. Looks to me like this club was formed on the eve of commercial season for the sole purpose of winning, and being able to cherry pick from 30 fish a day. Every other club had to stick by 2 fish a day from May up until July. It may be within the rules, but it goes against the whole spirit of what this thing was supposed to be about.

Do I begrudge the Bass and Brew guys their fish even tho they have a lot of comms there? No, they started out like us, back in May, as did the Sandwich Yacht Club and RISAA. They weren't thrown together on the eve of commercial season. Hey, we weren't going to win it anyway. If I was one of those Bass and Brew guys, tho, I'd be beaucoup pissed.

No sour grapes---it just sucks, period. They're putting up some nice fish, but it still stinks.

Back Beach · 08-08-2006, 04:35 AM

I wouldn't piss and moan too much about team #^&#^&#^&#^&'s. Most of those names you see are usually the winners/leaders for the vineyard derby too. Why? They are good fishermen. Commercial or not, I don't think it would matter. S-B has a lot of commercial license holders too.