Mem Day Weekend @The Ditch

[tattoobob]

Originally Posted by Mike P

Drove by Red Top around 11 and there was a pile by the scale. All of the food pantries on the entire Upper Cape wouldn't be able to handle the Red Top drop-offs, plus the fish that the EPO confiscated from poachers (whether you're unlicensed or over the limit, in my book you're a poacher). Lots of those fish will go to waste, and you had to know that anything under 25 lbs wasn't winning anything yesterday.

If you're not going to eat the fish----don't take it. Don't delude yourself by thinking that the fish will go to a good cause---cause you know what? The pantries wind up dumping most of the fish that gets donated, because the people that use food pantries don't want fish. They take it because they don't want to discourage donations, but people want stuff for their kids that's quick and easy to prepare--stuff like easy mac and cereal. That's straight from the woman that runs Bourne's food pantry.

This is why all kill tournaments should be band,

[iamskippy]

Originally Posted by tattoobob

To me this is sad, this is why it should be one fish a day at 36" (greedy bunch)

1- 34" for Rec and 20 - 36" for comm imho..

Originally Posted by Mike P

The pantries wind up dumping most of the fish that gets donated, because the people that use food pantries don't want fish. They take it because they don't want to discourage donations, but people want stuff for their kids that's quick and easy to prepare--stuff like easy mac and cereal. That's straight from the woman that runs Bourne's food pantry.

Maybe they should hold cooking classes so these " poor " people who can't feed their kids will actually feed them something healthy... This strikes a major nerve with me. You have your hand out, yet you wanna pick and choose what you get, there is a serious problem with that................ Here is what we have today and this week, if you don't like it starve, stop catering to these people and it will be amazing what will happen........ i'm done on this one now before i get myself banned.......

Originally Posted by tattoobob

This is why all kill tournaments should be band,

10000% agreement... I like what the GoTight tournament is doing, although not a part of it, its encouraging.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by iamskippy

1- 34" for Rec and 20 - 36" for comm imho..




Maybe they should hold cooking classes so these " poor " people who can't feed their kids will actually feed them something healthy... This strikes a major nerve with me. You have your hand out, yet you wanna pick and choose what you get, there is a serious problem with that................ Here is what we have today and this week, if you don't like it starve, stop catering to these people and it will be amazing what will happen........ i'm done on this one now before i get myself banned.......



10000% agreement... I like what the GoTight tournament is doing, although not a part of it, its encouraging.

They tried packaging the fish with other goods, requiring the donees to take fish along with the pre-packaged items. But we all know that most of the clients are just going to toss the fish. Even I hated fish when I was a kid. But if it was on my plate, I didn't get any choice in the matter.

I have nothing against kill tournaments, as long as people are either going to keep their fish, or at least, be realistic about what they weigh in. A 19 pound fish isn't going to win anything. Or even count in the OTW team standings at the end of the thing. But publicizing that fish will go to the food pantries encourages people to bring marginal fish to the weigh in, and drive away feeling good about donating to the needy. It's kind of a two-edged sword.