Sea Bass tournament?

[Angler Paul]

I am thinking of doing a fund raiser for JCAA and would like to try something different. I was wondering if there would be enough interest in a sea bass tournament to make it worth while.

Paul Haertel
Past President, JCAA

[Sharkyispy]

Could be a great venue..... When would you propose? There are "target" venues for inshore and offshore/deeper water that would impact the results...IMO

[Angler Paul]

Probably in the spring at a time when there are nice fish inshore, not late in the year when the big ones are stacked up far offshore.

[Harpoon]

Please don't give the govt any additional reasons to lower the bag limit!

[Capt Sal]

Originally Posted by Harpoon

Please don't give the govt any additional reasons to lower the bag limit!

Ridiculous response! It is still a free country.

[bolt]

lol

[bulletbob]

I dunno... Personally tournaments of any type leave me cold... There are hundreds of them up here, and the
"weigh in areas" where the fish are weighed and released are covered with dead bass by the hundreds after each one, and even in the big upstate NY lakes it has had a major impact on the fishing.. Its a pale shadow of what it was years ago...
Do we really need a sea bass tournament to go along with Striper, Blackfish, Bluefish, Fluke and Weakfish tournaments, not to mention the million bass,trout and salmon, and even carp and catfish tournaments?..
Never been a fan..
Years ago there lived a wonderful salt water fishing author, contributor,editor named Frank Woolner.. Read some of his stuff sometime, its timeless..
He once wrote these profound words..

"Fishing is a contemplative sport, it should not be a competitive one".. I wish more fishermen both fresh and salt took those words to heart... bob

[Harpoon]

Originally Posted by Capt Sal

Ridiculous response! It is still a free country.

Hey Sal. Always good to hear from you!!!!