OTW "Striper Cup Tourney" Format is Irresponsible to the Fishery

[Saltheart]

The big difference here is the cumulative poundage format. It encourages large quantities of fish be killed to make points.

I got no problem with tournaments and think they are fun. I got no problem with taking fish home to eat. I got a problem with killing fish to accumulate points in a tourney. The format of this tourney is what I'm protesting , not the tourney concept.

I'm really surprised at the number of posts that say something to the affect that ...."well we already do this wrong and that wrong. Why get upset about doing this tourney wrong?"

Its like saying...."I already cheated on my wife last year. I did it again last Christmas , what's wrong with cheating on her again tomorrow?" Just ask your wife if she goes for that logic??

[Slipknot]

OK Saltheart, I guess you've convinced me to sign up as an individual then. That way none ,if any, of the fish I weigh in will go to that club poundage most people are complaining about. I can't see myself keeping more than the usual amount of fish this year anyway. I'm with bigfish did I just say that?

Cranium, nope, you didn't miss anything, that's how it's written.

[nightfighter]

First time weighing in on this thread. So here goes;

1. I will enter and fish for S-B, if it enters as a club.

2. I will weigh in fish ONLY if they meet the 30, 40, 50 lb. slots, qualifying for pins, and maybe weekly/monthly prize. If I should be so lucky to catch and weigh in a fish in a particular slot, I do not intend to weigh another for that slot, but will rather target another, as yet unattained slot.

3. I will go to the festival in the hope that I can have a shot at a prize, and more importantly, see all you jamokes.

I disagree with a number of things stated in this thread so far. Among them, the high mortality rate of released fish (what the hell are they doing to them????) and the statement that someone without 10 to 15 years of this addiction can't grasp thaeoverall big picture. Forums like this, books, and insights from folks like Capesams and Flap can give great insight into the history, for those who care to read and think. (hell I've learned a great deal from your musings, Steve)

Have I gotten snobby over striper fishing? Hell yes. We who are concerned over a 'Kill' should be happy that the great majority of the yacht club set and surf/boat fishermen couldn't put 2 keepers in their boat on a weekly basis if their life depended on it. And how many googans do you go by on an average outing???? I don't want to be seen as a fishing snob, nor as being unaware of the conservation issues we have seen in the past. It's a fishing thing.......