Bullish
03-08-2007, 12:34 PM
O.K. Let's begin the details! I think I have sense for the best way to involve as many of us as possible and make this as enjoyable as possible for all of us. Please take a minute to provide your opinion for each of these questions.
The following boats have confirmed an interest in participating:
Blue Moon, Falmouth MA
Bait Box, South Jersey
f.stop, Wildwood, NJ
The Shark Hunter, Baldwin, NY
Reel Addiction, Jersey City, NJ
Backman, Falmouth, MA
Purple Cedar Plug, Ocean City MD
Beowulf, Cape May, NJ
Split Decision, Toms River, NJ
CClassic 28, Long Island, NY
Spollsout, Cape May, NJ
Petty Cash, Cape May, NJ
Bullish, Waretown, NJ
I suspect we will have more interest as we approach Summer.
1. In the interest of involving as many members as possible, I think we should not restrict boats from leaving any port. Nor should we require boats to leave from specific ports. Perhaps the guidlines regarding this topic should be relative to the boundaries that we fish. Which we can discuss further at a later date. Provide your opinion regarding the flexibility to leave from any port.
2. A nominal fee will be required to cover the cost of t-shirts for captain and crew. The fee will also cover trophies. Are fees needed for anything else?
3. Each Captain will be responsible for contacting a local bait shop or marina that maintains a certified weigh scale. My local bait shop will provide a receipt of weight with my picture of the fish which I can then digital upload to submit. Does anyone have a better suggestion for recording weights? If not please contact your local marina/baitshop and let me know their name and address so I can begin to publish a list of weigh stations.
4. Categories of fish? I was thinking first, second, third for tuna (yellowfin, long-fin albacore, big eye only. No bluefin). One prize for the most white marlin releases. One prize for the largest mahi and largest wahoo. One prize for the largest Blue Marlin with a minimum weight of 300lbs? Please provide your feedback on these suggestions. I prefer not to kill marlin but this is everyone's tournament and the rules should be based on the concensus. I don't know how we could give a prize for blue marlin without killing the fish.
5. Date. How about Aug. 16-18?
6. Fishing Times. I prefer not to limit fishing time or require boats to return to port each day. Mainly, because we will have no way to enforce this rule. Boats may leave port at midnight on August 16 and must make weigh-in on August 18 by the time their respective weigh-in station closes. Of course this means you could chunk at night as well as troll during the day. Thoughts?
Regional get-togethers on Sunday, August 19 would be a great way to wrap up the tournament. We'll designate these destinations later after we have a better sense for the participants.
This should be enough to get the ball rolling. Please post any additional ideas.
Tom, how difficult would it be to set up a new category on this website for "tournaments"? If it's much trouble, don't bother.
The following boats have confirmed an interest in participating:
Blue Moon, Falmouth MA
Bait Box, South Jersey
f.stop, Wildwood, NJ
The Shark Hunter, Baldwin, NY
Reel Addiction, Jersey City, NJ
Backman, Falmouth, MA
Purple Cedar Plug, Ocean City MD
Beowulf, Cape May, NJ
Split Decision, Toms River, NJ
CClassic 28, Long Island, NY
Spollsout, Cape May, NJ
Petty Cash, Cape May, NJ
Bullish, Waretown, NJ
I suspect we will have more interest as we approach Summer.
1. In the interest of involving as many members as possible, I think we should not restrict boats from leaving any port. Nor should we require boats to leave from specific ports. Perhaps the guidlines regarding this topic should be relative to the boundaries that we fish. Which we can discuss further at a later date. Provide your opinion regarding the flexibility to leave from any port.
2. A nominal fee will be required to cover the cost of t-shirts for captain and crew. The fee will also cover trophies. Are fees needed for anything else?
3. Each Captain will be responsible for contacting a local bait shop or marina that maintains a certified weigh scale. My local bait shop will provide a receipt of weight with my picture of the fish which I can then digital upload to submit. Does anyone have a better suggestion for recording weights? If not please contact your local marina/baitshop and let me know their name and address so I can begin to publish a list of weigh stations.
4. Categories of fish? I was thinking first, second, third for tuna (yellowfin, long-fin albacore, big eye only. No bluefin). One prize for the most white marlin releases. One prize for the largest mahi and largest wahoo. One prize for the largest Blue Marlin with a minimum weight of 300lbs? Please provide your feedback on these suggestions. I prefer not to kill marlin but this is everyone's tournament and the rules should be based on the concensus. I don't know how we could give a prize for blue marlin without killing the fish.
5. Date. How about Aug. 16-18?
6. Fishing Times. I prefer not to limit fishing time or require boats to return to port each day. Mainly, because we will have no way to enforce this rule. Boats may leave port at midnight on August 16 and must make weigh-in on August 18 by the time their respective weigh-in station closes. Of course this means you could chunk at night as well as troll during the day. Thoughts?
Regional get-togethers on Sunday, August 19 would be a great way to wrap up the tournament. We'll designate these destinations later after we have a better sense for the participants.
This should be enough to get the ball rolling. Please post any additional ideas.
Tom, how difficult would it be to set up a new category on this website for "tournaments"? If it's much trouble, don't bother.