Tournament fees

[roughscott]

Do you think a 25 dollar tournament will draw more boats than a 100 dollar will ? No added money ? 100% payback . I want 50 feed backs please . Scott 270-617-1010

[j eggen]

From experience never make an entry fee end with $5.00. Always make it end with a 0. If it ends with a 5 and the anglers want to split the entry fee you will have to have Silver to make change. That is a lot of trouble.
In answer to your question, Yes I think a $30.00 fee will draw more boats than $100.00

[Fishin is life]

I think a lot of guys will skip out on a 25 dollar tournament because you arent fishing for much....unless its a little short weekly tournament or something....the 100 dollar entry fee will drive away a lot of your weekend fisherman that just fish tournaments for the enjoyment....50 bucks is usually a good number....makes it worth the time to fish if you win and isn't expensive enough to drive people away

[bankbuster]

$50.00 is a good fee for same reason above. With gas as high as it is $100.00 is a big added expense even when it is split between two partners.

[artcarney_agr]

We have a $20 winner take all tourney on the Ohio River on Wednesday evenings during the summer. It's a lot of fun. With the entry fee being so small, it's pretty laid back and pretty much all about fun more than anything.

Since I don't have a lot of time to pre-fish, I'm much more willing to gamble a smaller fee than a larger one.

[hstokes]

roll with it Scott

[Carter1]

I think $30 to $50 is good.

[roughscott]

from experience never make an entry fee end with $5.00. Always make it end with a 0. If it ends with a 5 and the anglers want to split the entry fee you will have to have silver to make change. That is a lot of trouble.
In answer to your question, yes i think a $30.00 fee will draw more boats than $100.00

if 5.00 goes to big fish were back to 25.00 .:d

[smuckey41]

I think it would draw just as many.

[WwiskerswW]

I think the entry fee should be 200 at cox's park ohio river. But if it were at rough, 60 sounds good. With 10 going towards big fish.

[offdtop]

It all depends on how many tournaments you will have and how often. I have been tourney director for about 3 years and I will tell you ours was $35 and $5 went towards big bass and $5 went to the classic pot. But I would suggest $40 and have an optional big bass pot, it would be alot easier to keep track of. You could make the big bass pot $5 or $10 which ever and have it as an "option".

[BassMasterMikeD]

I personally would fish more $25 weekly tournaments than $100 every week. A onetime $100 tournament would be different.