FLW Saltwater Striper Trail

[slapshot]

Why would you want to stop it? I think this is going to be a professional tour, not a bunch of worm boxes on the beach. I'll bet the entry fee will be way too expensive for your average joe.

As far as too much pressure, the striper population is well documented as being very abundant. (Please don't read into that, that I want to increase mortality, etc).

I don't see how a pro tour would be a bad thing. There already is one in the ASA. A lot of bass and blues are killed in the month long MV tournament, and not many say that should end.....

[Basser]

I agree with Slapshot. It will be very well run and may be the only way to have the corporate help we all need to enhance the Striper population along the East coast.

[outnumbered]

Corporate = Greed and profit. When was the last time you saw a corporation that cared about anything other than the bottom line. Once upon a time there were numerous well documented amounts of Striped Bass and we (fisherman) decimated the fishery. Didn't we learn. Now that it (striper population) is back do we really want a bunch of greedy corporate types profiting at he expense of the striper population.

C&R or not there will be a kill rate and I second what Indanite and Tattoobob say.

Wallmart s**ks, Support the local small tackle shop owners.

[redneck24]

Originally Posted by outnumbered

Corporate = Greed and profit. When was the last time you saw a corporation that cared about anything other than the bottom line. Once upon a time there were numerous well documented amounts of Striped Bass and we (fisherman) decimated the fishery. Didn't we learn. Now that it (striper population) is back do we really want a bunch of greedy corporate types profiting at he expense of the striper population.

C&R or not there will be a kill rate and I second what Indanite and Tattoobob say.

Wallmart s**ks, Support the local small tackle shop owners.

well said.

[Basser]

Do you think that Walmart and the boating industry would make more or less profit in the tackle business if the tournaments were designed to decimate the Striped Bass population? It has to be good for the recreational fishery. The people that fish the tournaments would be out fishing on the same days in the same boats under less regulation without the tournaments.

[Skitterpop]

Are you with Walmart?

[Skip N]

Heck i like Walmart. I dont buy much tackle there but walmart is a great store for many things. Why all the walmart haters?? A fishing tournament sponsered by Walmart will be nothing less than top notch. After all the Walmart name is on the line if it's run half ass. Why would they risk thier reputation by running a crappy tournament and killing tons of fish?

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by Skip N

Heck i like Walmart. I dont buy much tackle there but walmart is a great store for many things. Why all the walmart haters?? A fishing tournament sponsered by Walmart will be nothing less than top notch. After all the Walmart name is on the line if it's run half ass. Why would they risk thier reputation by running a crappy tournament and killing tons of fish?

In a few words, outsourcing and reverse price setting. But it's a lot more complex then that, and there's a lot of misinformation on both sides of the Walmart arguement online.

It's a proven fact that Walmart pressures US companies to shift production overseas. They won't flatly deny it if pressed. Not illegal afaik, but definitely not good for the US.

These articles seemed fairly unbiased:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...ets/shots.html

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/...partner=rediff

Walmart is a VERY smart company and I'm all for capitalism, but they're shady and I don't really feel they are helping the US win in the modern global economy. They often offer convenience and good, low priced products, but with a hidden cost. The loss of American jobs while powering rising Asian economies. They take our money and jobs and send them overseas in the name of the low prices we enjoy. It's a personal call if you wish to support a company that operates this way.

This is just the negatives on the national and global scale. Then you have the more well known local issues Walmart creates such as killing small business. Personally I feel the small businesses operating near Walmart need to innovate and evolve more, but at the same time the above articles show why it's so hard to do so.

[Skip N]

[QUOTEC&R or not there will be a kill rate and I second what Indanite and Tattoobob say.QUOTE]

Should we also ban all the local tourneys in NE as well? Whats the difference between the walmart one and say the MV derby? A kill rate is just the same with all tournys. Fish will be killed in any tourny you have. Not just ones sponsored by Walmart