FLW Saltwater Striper Trail part 2 - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Team Rock On · 02-24-2006, 05:06 PM

Here's a rumor from the ASA website....
"One bad incident happened in this event that had the docks buzzing. An ASA team from New Jersey was removed from competition for life after weighing a fish suspected to have a foreign substance in its belly. The team Captain brought what would have been the winning fish to the DNR weighmaster. Once on the scales the weighmaster called out the weight which was announced on the PA system, “We have a new tournament leader.” He then proceeded to feel the fish’s stomach, which had a peculiar lump. Suspecting the worst the weighmaster then ran a metal detector across the fish and as he expected the machine went off. Informing the contestant that he needed to open the fish up, the Captain grabbed the fish and proclaimed that this was the wrong fish, he had another one in the boat he wanted to weigh. Rushing out of the tent, ASA director Deona Holmes was in hot pursuit, demanding the Captain return the fish. As the Captain reached his boat he hollered at Tournament Director Bob Flocken, “You are always picking on me,” immediately cranked up the boat and sped out of the marina.

While the fish was never gutted, the actions of the team not allowing the fish to be inspected led tournament officials to immediately disqualify the team from competition. Further investigation is underway to see what the individuals have done in the past and whether criminal prosecution is warranted."

TheSpecialist · 02-24-2006, 07:25 PM

Just doing a quick search I found that the most exspensive entry fee was for the Kingfish and Redfish tournaments with total purse per tournament of like 200,000. The entry fee was 750 thats it, where are you people getting 2500??

Bill L · 02-25-2006, 08:35 AM

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It is just a fishing contest and GOD FORBID someone actually make any profits from it!!! It is not a sin to make money and have fun at the same time.

Why not just get a commercial license and sell some fish on the side if you want to profit off the fishery?

Pete_G · 03-01-2006, 06:08 PM

Not to stir up a controversial thread again, but here's some video on Striper Tubes. At this point, it kind of comes down to this. If people want these tournaments to be catch and release (or the FLW requires it) they can be.

http://www.fishnsba.com/images/front.../NSBA_espn.mov

http://www.fishnsba.com/images/front...tripertube.wvx

I've also seen more then a few full time guides in Southern New England announce they'll be competing in the tournaments.

GBOUTDOORS · 03-01-2006, 06:28 PM

Pete those may work but it is not legal in Mass. to keep stripers in a live well or tank alive so I don't see how they will do this???

Pete_G · 03-01-2006, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by GBOUTDOORS

Pete those may work but it is not legal in Mass. to keep stripers in a live well or tank alive so I don't see how they will do this???

I dunno, it sure seems like they should change the law in the name of conservation though.

I think the bonus would be a potential decrease in cheating, you can't keep a live striped bass in a tube for days on end. I wouldn't think you could anyway...

Rockport24 · 05-03-2006, 09:31 AM

I don't mean to beat a dead horse or anything, but have you guys seen the official rules for this yet? Sorry if this has been posted before, but they just came out last week.
http://www.flwoutdoors.com/article.cfm?id=144281&nid=45
It seems so damn stupid, first of all, it is illegal in Mass to keep fish in a live well and they are only weighing in fish 28-34''!!!
So if you catch a 50 pounder you don't win! How crazy is that!
this thing sucks, why didn't they just stay down south and let us have our little fishery...