1st Annual WellcraftV20.com Fall Fishing Tourney

[Blue_Runner]

Here's the deal. We don't even know if we can do this but I had an idea to start a fishing tournament on this site, with blessing from BigShrimpin.

This first year I would like to do a 50/50 with half the entry fee earnings going to MJ who is down on his luck big time, and the other half going to the winner of the tourney. BS and I won't make anything of course (unless we win, and he has already said he was - we will see ::)).

So my plan for this post is two fold: 1 - who would actually enter? We need 20 good men, minimum, anything else is icing. Entry fee as of right now would be 15 or 20 bucks. Up for debate. 2 - what species and how to judge the winner? Great ideas have been posted under the "The Final Chapter" post already.

I think we should make a list of 20 target species to include in the tournament and stick to only the 20. I can make a spreadsheet with formulas to calculate the % in length of where the fish falls in relation to min and max lengths per species, which is TBD. Racerx mentioned that length would be better than weight due to variation in scale calibration, and I tend to agree.

I could print out official entry fee paperwork and mail or email to participants upon payment. Pictures of fish caught would need to be displayed beside a tape measure and perhaps the entry form copy or maybe just the entry form number to make it official and prevent as much cheating as possible.

Up for debate, among other things - how long to run the tourney? One weekend? One week? One month? etc. I'm afraid if we make it for just one weekend, participation will be limited, whereas if we make it from Sept.1 through October 1st, we get much more participation. BUT, Racerx has vowed he will woup all ya'll if he's given a full month - sounds like the trash talkin has already started to me 8)

Entry fee? How much? Main thing is how many people can commit?

Also, you could even do a point system and also factor in amount of fish caught? But I'm afraid to make this too complicated.

Your suggestions are welcome now. Once we see that we can get 20 and the details hammered out I can start an Official Tournament Entry post on the Fishing section.

Are you in? You have a say in whether your favorite species will be included, so speak up!!

20 people X 20 bucks = 400 bones with the winner and MJ each getting 200 bones! Turn 20 into 200! This is a 20/200 tournament!! Here is your chance to #1 let us know if you will commit and also have a say in the rules and #2 the whole shootin match is up for debate, so share your thoughts now because I want to iron it out very soon! Time is of the essence!

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