Team S-B Striper Cup Plea - Page 2 - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

SurfCaster413 · 03-26-2010, 01:07 AM

Hell am so in now for team s-b.com good job rallying the troops Johnr am so pumped up right now can't wait for the may run to start!!!!

Rob Rockcrawler · 03-26-2010, 03:57 AM

I think this will be a good season. And see no reason why we cant win this year. LAst year was an off season for large fish for me but as far as quantity the best, and the season before like a knuckle head i didnt to the cup. I will make a plea to a buddy of mine who i have a lot of confidence in.

Sea Dangles · 03-26-2010, 06:29 AM

Well, now that Bradshaw has been exonerated it looks like he will be back in the fold.

Also some Crazy fishermen from Long Island.........surf division anglers help immensely!!

piemma · 03-26-2010, 06:32 AM

You guys really are getting excited about this thing!

Last time I got excited there were a pair of 38Ds in front of me.

Whatever floats your boat.

Doublerunner · 03-26-2010, 07:05 AM

I know this won't be a popular post here but I do hate tournaments such as this. Unless the tournament is strictly catch and release with penalties against killed fish then these things have the potential to bring out the worst in some. I know there are many fine fishermen and people on this site and others that participate in this tournament and others. And not everyone will abandon their principles for the sake of a tournament. But some do. And in a time when the viability of the stock is in doubt as to it's future then perhaps it may be best to forego the tournaments and just fish for the enjoyment.

I am fairly new to this and so perhaps I take a different view than some and this post is not intended to piss any one off. We all have the right to enjoy fishing in a manner that pleases ourselves and so long as it's within the laws then so be it. But please consider your actions and don't let things get out of hand.

I do believe that one of your own that has passed away recently was dead set against tournaments. I know it's a personal choice and for that reason I won't participate in any tournament unless it's strictly catch and release. But that's my choice. If you choose to kill every fish you catch then that's your choice. I just hope you won't and will consider more important things than stroking your ego or winning a tournament. Not saying that's why you all do it. Many times it's just the comaraderie that comes along with it and that part is great. Let's just be careful out there and not get too carried away.

Are there really teams that get paid to fish in a tournament like this?

JohnR · 03-26-2010, 07:21 AM

DR - I understand your sentiment. If ASMFC considers S-B in trouble, we will certainly revisit this. They don't. We need numbers.

As for the tournament, 95% of us are 99% Catch & Release. I don't think the net effect of this tournament is greater than 2-3 hot days days at any prime spot: Scortons, Providence, Canal, Jersey Beach, Block, etc...

chrisjoe13 · 03-26-2010, 07:50 AM

[QUOTE=Doublerunner;757017]I know this won't be a popular post here but I do hate tournaments such as this. Unless the tournament is strictly catch and release with penalties against killed fish then these things have the potential to bring out the worst in some. I know there are many fine fishermen and people on this site and others that participate in this tournament and others. And not everyone will abandon their principles for the sake of a tournament. But some do. And in a time when the viability of the stock is in doubt as to it's future then perhaps it may be best to forego the tournaments and just fish for the enjoyment.

Last year there were over 3000 anglers entered and on average, fewer than 30 fish per week were weighed in. (from On The Water April 2010)

That doesn't seem that bad to me.

CowHunter · 03-26-2010, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Doublerunner

I know this won't be a popular post here but I do hate tournaments such as this. Unless the tournament is strictly catch and release with penalties against killed fish then these things have the potential to bring out the worst in some. I know there are many fine fishermen and people on this site and others that participate in this tournament and others. And not everyone will abandon their principles for the sake of a tournament. But some do. And in a time when the viability of the stock is in doubt as to it's future then perhaps it may be best to forego the tournaments and just fish for the enjoyment.

I am fairly new to this and so perhaps I take a different view than some and this post is not intended to piss any one off. We all have the right to enjoy fishing in a manner that pleases ourselves and so long as it's within the laws then so be it. But please consider your actions and don't let things get out of hand.

I do believe that one of your own that has passed away recently was dead set against tournaments. I know it's a personal choice and for that reason I won't participate in any tournament unless it's strictly catch and release. But that's my choice. If you choose to kill every fish you catch then that's your choice. I just hope you won't and will consider more important things than stroking your ego or winning a tournament. Not saying that's why you all do it. Many times it's just the comaraderie that comes along with it and that part is great. Let's just be careful out there and not get too carried away.

Are there really teams that get paid to fish in a tournament like this?

"Team Striper Pro's" are only paid proffesionals from the rumors I hear... But hell, so many rumors I dont know whats true anymore...

WESTPORTMAFIA · 03-26-2010, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doublerunner

I know this won't be a popular post here but I do hate tournaments such as this. Unless the tournament is strictly catch and release with penalties against killed fish then these things have the potential to bring out the worst in some. I know there are many fine fishermen and people on this site and others that participate in this tournament and others. And not everyone will abandon their principles for the sake of a tournament. But some do. And in a time when the viability of the stock is in doubt as to it's future then perhaps it may be best to forego the tournaments and just fish for the enjoyment.

I am fairly new to this and so perhaps I take a different view than some and this post is not intended to piss any one off. We all have the right to enjoy fishing in a manner that pleases ourselves and so long as it's within the laws then so be it. But please consider your actions and don't let things get out of hand.

I do believe that one of your own that has passed away recently was dead set against tournaments. I know it's a personal choice and for that reason I won't participate in any tournament unless it's strictly catch and release. But that's my choice. If you choose to kill every fish you catch then that's your choice. I just hope you won't and will consider more important things than stroking your ego or winning a tournament. Not saying that's why you all do it. Many times it's just the comaraderie that comes along with it and that part is great. Let's just be careful out there and not get too carried away.

Are there really teams that get paid to fish in a tournament like this?

John these guys here are not the white bucket gang you need to worry about keeping all of the fish they catch. They are top notch fisherman. They do not kill all the fish they catch in fact I don't think anyone will be weighing fish in under 35lbs for the cup. Preaching is for church or maybe the political foum.

Sea Flat · 03-26-2010, 11:48 AM

I sign up for the Striper Cup every year. I have never weighed in a fish. Mainly because I have caught a few 30+# fish, but nothing over 40# and not worth killing because it was not like I was going to win a weekly or monthly prize from them.

I mainly fish the Elizabeth Islands off of my 19' Seasworl Striper CC out of Fiddlers Cove in Falmouth. If you feel like I would truly be an asset to the team then I would be more than happy to. I usually fish a few times a week during the summer, but in the spring and fall I am quite busy. Not sure I would put in the time that most of you serious guys would put in. PM me if you want me to join the team.

Swimmer · 03-26-2010, 12:49 PM

I'm in again this year.

JohnR · 03-26-2010, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Sea Flat

PM me if you want me to join the team.

You've been PM'd

chefchris401 · 03-26-2010, 01:35 PM

The striper cup does also run a catch and release part of the tourney.

more people all over the east coast keep bigger fish than the amount thats kept for this tournament.

Look at whats going on in VA and NC, charter boats keeping almost 30 fish from 40 to 60lbs, in one week!

I practice catch and release 99% of the time as do must of the people I fish with. Cant see this tournament being the downfall of our SB population.

piemma · 03-26-2010, 02:56 PM

Speaking of which, I was at Dave's Market in Smithfield RI early this morning and they were putting fresh Striper in the fish case. Wonder where the hell that's coming from? $12.99 a pound if I remember right.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chefchris401

The striper cup does also run a catch and release part of the tourney.

more people all over the east coast keep bigger fish than the amount thats kept for this tournament.

Look at whats going on in VA and NC, charter boats keeping almost 30 fish from 40 to 60lbs, in one week!

I practice catch and release 99% of the time as do must of the people I fish with. Cant see this tournament being the downfall of our SB population.

Doublerunner · 03-26-2010, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chefchris401

The striper cup does also run a catch and release part of the tourney.

more people all over the east coast keep bigger fish than the amount thats kept for this tournament.

Look at whats going on in VA and NC, charter boats keeping almost 30 fish from 40 to 60lbs, in one week!

I practice catch and release 99% of the time as do must of the people I fish with. Cant see this tournament being the downfall of our SB population.

Chris I want to preface this by saying that I have a ton of respect for you as a person and as a fisherman.

I agree that this tournament would not alone cause the downfall of the stocks. But I also feel if we all took that attitude then the chance of that happening is greater. Whereas if we all took a little less then the chance of that happening is lesser. And what happens in other states does not just give us license to do the same. I know what you're getting at but I just look at it differently and I don't want to justify killing cows here as being okay because people elsewhere do it and also sometimes do it illegally ( out past the eez, etc). That does not make me right or wrong. And I hope people can also respect my difference of opinion here and perhaps appreciate where I am coming from on this. And I do hope that all the big breeders are caught by the C&R guys and gals but somehow I doubt that.

I also feel there is added pressure on results if fishermen are getting paid to catch as that creates pressure to win and to provide lots of photos of dead cows

MAKAI · 03-26-2010, 01:43 PM

Is the bash at the end of the year worth going to ?

Mike P · 03-26-2010, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MAKAI

Is the bash at the end of the year worth going to ?

Kinda sucked last year.

The beer was Gansett, and on top of that, it was warm

It poured like hell the two days before and the property where the tent was put up is reclaimed wetland---quagmire was too modest a word.

3000+ people were crammed in under a tent, and it got hot as hell in there. But if you stepped outside, you were standing in ankle deep mud.

The ground under the tent was covered with hay that smelled like it was used and came straight from a rodeo.

There weren't a lot of good tackle displays present.

On the other hand, the food was from the Black Dog and it was pretty good

And the cover band was decent.

And then there's the drawing for the boat at the end, which is limted to people who both entered and are actually present--you'll never be in another raffle with as good a chance of winning anywhere else

MAKAI · 03-26-2010, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike P

Kinda sucked last year.

The beer was Gansett, and on top of that, it was warm

It poured like hell the two days before and the property where the tent was put up is reclaimed wetland---quagmire was too modest a word.

3000+ people were crammed in under a tent, and it got hot as hell in there. But if you stepped outside, you were standing in ankle deep mud.

The ground under the tent was covered with hay that smelled like it was used and came straight from a rodeo.

There weren't a lot of good tackle displays present.

On the other hand, the food was from the Black Dog and it was pretty good

And the cover band was decent.

And then there's the drawing for the boat at the end, which is limted to people who both entered and are actually present--you'll never be in another raffle with as good a chance of winning anywhere else

Hmmmm . . . . . sounds like a wedding ceremony I subjected people to.

PRBuzz · 03-26-2010, 01:45 PM

Bud Bowl this year.......

JFigliuolo · 03-26-2010, 02:39 PM

Not my thing... but good luck guys.

Rockport24 · 03-26-2010, 03:25 PM

too bad any thread about the cup has to turn into some kind of disagreement like this

Green Light · 03-28-2010, 09:32 PM

I am in.
I signed up at the RISAA show.

Clogston29 · 03-29-2010, 08:03 AM

i'm in. won't be fishing nearly as much as usual but maybe i'll luck into something decent. unless we get some very nice boat fish weighed in, i'm guessing that we'll have to average around 44-45 lbs per fish to be in the running near the end.

johnny ducketts · 03-29-2010, 01:19 PM

I'm in , just signed up.

Dad 818 · 03-29-2010, 06:34 PM

John R, check your PMs please.

linesider69 · 03-30-2010, 12:30 AM

Im in!

Dad 818 · 03-30-2010, 09:40 AM

ROSTER FOR THE CUP (47)
5/0
angler229
Back Beach
bart
Bass Dawg
BMEUPSCOTTY
Brian S (& Dad)
Bronko
Capt Mike
chefchris401
chrisjoe13
Circlehook
Clogston29
Dad 818
Diggin Jiggin
eskimo
Fish360
fishbones
Gatta Fish
Jimbo
jim sylvester
JLH
johnny ducketts
John R
luds
Mike P.
NE-Stripes
PR Buzz
quick decision
Rappin Mikey
redlite
RI Plugger
Rob Rockcrawler
Sea Flat
southpond
STREET FIGHT
striperman 36
Surf Caster 413
Swimmer
t. orlando
tattoobob
The Specialist
Throwing Timber
tynan19
Uncle Rob
WESTPORT MAFIA

Will keep track as we go. Sorry if I missed ya. Post it here and I will adjust the list.

redlite · 03-30-2010, 10:26 AM

All I can say is WOW.
We have some passionate fishermen that have answered the call.
Thank you.
Now lets do it.
Good luck to everyone and I look forward to the stories and results.
Let's do this Brutus.