Fishing Contests

[JohnR]

I really enjoy the Striper Cup but I'm a bit hesitant these days. Overall it is a good tourney but echoing some of the previous comments, it can get a little long in the tooth with the stories and the people yapping and yapping about problems real and make believe. That takes away from the "fun" and competition.

That and a LOT of big fish. There must be a way to pull that back even further. Clicks heels three times....

[Circlehook]

As far as the Striper Cup goes, I will weigh in a fish over 40 lbs, but that is a fish I would keep regardless. I am not going in to work late so I can hit a weigh station with a 31lb fish. I just assume release it an catch it a couple years later when it is bigger.

I remember reading somewhere, and I am probably wrong, that 3-7 yr old females have the best quality eggs and contribute the most to our striper stocks.

It really is the fish over 40lb that matter at the end of the season when all is tallied. I think If we have a team rule that only fish over 40 will get weighed, then we can really limit the number of fish killed.

I think people also need to pay less attention to the drama around them. Who gives a crap what the other teams are saying, doing. Get thicker skin. It is supposed to be fun and competitive.