Bill Taylor Tournament

[Bassmaster1]

When is it and what is some of the basic information on it?

[KBB]

its the sat. after thaanksgiving at conley bottom.call pittsburg marine for more info...

[SpotBoy]

It is always the Sat after Thanksgiving. Has been now for about 25 years. Last year Pittsburg marine started running it. The entry is 100 dollars and it used to pay back 100% but I think they are keeping some of the money. Pay out used to be $2000 1st $1750 2nd $1500 third and so on. LAST year it still payed $2000 1st but then $1250, 2nd, 3rd $900 4th $700. I have fished this tourney for 15-20 years and it always has paid back 100% until last year. Yes they do have time involved but the guys that where weighing the fish are still helping and where doing a great job. I guess it is worth
a little bit to weigh the fish in a hot dog stand ?????

[SpotBoy]

>It is always the Sat after Thanksgiving. Has been now for
>about 25 years. Last year Pittsburg marine started running it.
>The entry is 100 dollars and it used to pay back 100% but I
>think they are keeping some of the money. Pay out used to be
>$2000 1st $1750 2nd $1500 third and so on. LAST year it still
>payed $2000 1st but then $1250, 2nd, 3rd $900 4th $700. I have
>fished this tourney for 15-20 years and it always has paid
>back 100% until last year. Yes they do have time involved but
>the guys that where weighing the fish are still helping and
>where doing a great job. I guess it is worth
> a little bit to weigh the fish in a hot dog stand ?????
They do not have to put out flyers or advertise in anyway . This tourney is a tradition now that it has been going on for 25 years. That is pretty obvious since there is always 125- 200 boats every year.But I have heard several of the older fishermen voicing complaints about the amount of money they are keeping. Just guessing I would be safe to say 2000 -3000 dollars. One guy last year started writing down the amounts as they handed them out and all of a sudden they quit calling out the prize money as the team came forward.The event always pays 1 spot for every 5 boats . But since they(Pittsburg Marine) started doing the weigh in the money drops off really fast. NOW don't get me wrong they do a great job and those guys are top notch fellows but I was just wondering why, when they "volunteered" to do the weigh in they didn't tell everyone up front that they where going to keep some of the entry fees. Heck I would do the weigh in and not even fish for that kind of money.