A different perspective on the Striper Cup...

[BMEUPSCOTTY]

Can someone tell me why a weighed fish would go to waste, as long as it was on ice or something until you weigh it? They don't give them back??

[BigFish]

Wish I could cull through my 95 fish a week haul and weigh the biggest for a tourney! I wish OTW would make that rule against comm's and enforce it!

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by BigFish

I wish OTW would make that rule against comm's and enforce it!

Unfortunately the fact that S-B won the tournament last year, will actually hurt the chances of that rule being made....at least any time soon.

If a team of comms won the tourney 3-4 years in a row you may see them finally make this rule, but now they have the argument that a team of Non-Comm Surf Guys won the tourney as a basis for their case. In order for them to make this rule they will need to look at the tourney after a few years and see that the winning teams/individuals are really skewed to the Comm Side.

[bobber]

I'm guessing the "islanders" who won both the truck and the boat were pinhookers that entered fish into the contest..........

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Wish I could cull through my 95 fish a week haul and weigh the biggest for a tourney! I wish OTW would make that rule against comm's and enforce it!

Don't you think that having a 40 pounder shore count as a 52 pounder boat kind of leveled the playing field last year? I could be wrong, but I think the NJ surf guys finished in second--in any event, no worse than third.

We didn't weigh in a single 50, but our ten fish total was over 500 points. The "shore handicap" is something I wouldn't trade even up for a ban on commercials. Our 40s are still going to be worth 48 points this year even with the lesser handicap.

And the Bass n Brew guys enter fish both before and after the commercial season. Their top gun won the September monthly the first year, I'm pretty sure.

Did they bitch about our 33% bonus? Maybe privately they did, but they went out there and fished their nuts off anyway without a peep on these forums, and they were gracious to us at the awards.

[Rockport24]

I think you guys hit it right on the head with the commericals in the tourney, the surf handicapp has helped a lot to level the playing field and I agree that there is no way they are going to do anything about it now that a team of surf guys won.

Of course people are going to take issue with a "kill" tournament and I think the reality is that people do in fact kill some fish that they otherwise would not if a tourney wans't on the line. As many have said though, it's nothing compared to the entire quota, etc. Personally, I would prob keep a real trophy fish anyway, tourny or not. that's just my preference.
and if it's a pin you're after, the do have a catch and release category for which they award pins.

[BMEUPSCOTTY]

Originally Posted by BMEUPSCOTTY

Can someone tell me why a weighed fish would go to waste, as long as it was on ice or something until you weigh it? They don't give them back??

Seriously, I want to know. I have never weighed a fish for the cup.

[Slingah]

Originally Posted by BMEUPSCOTTY

Can someone tell me why a weighed fish would go to waste, as long as it was on ice or something until you weigh it? They don't give them back??

some people kill fish just for feeding their egos...then rid of the fish after weighing by throwing it away in the trash....if that answers your question

[BMEUPSCOTTY]

Originally Posted by Slingah

some people kill fish just for feeding their egos...then rid of the fish after weighing by throwing it away in the trash....if that answers your question

i guess it does. it never occurred to me that someone would do that.