[QUOTE=MarkW;297322]A couple of suggestions:
1)Have it at another time of the year.
2)Charge a $50 a day entry fee
3)advertise at every possible venue you can---meaning handouts at each and every tourney you can find across the state and make sure a flyer is at every tackle shop.
4)Get some more river fishermen involved---maybe on a board to offer help and suggestions.
No offense to KRA, but they know restuarants not bass tournaments. The only thing they know is what they were taught from the tournament out in Arkansas.
5)Make sure each and every weigh station measures "legal" fish
6)Make sure that the payouts are more clearly stated or in more detail. It was a bit deceiving last year and I am sure it was this year because nothing has changed.
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1.What time or year? We had it in summer, now mid spring.. it needs to occur during a period of time that the river is NORMALLY stable.. to be able to preplan the tournament.
2.$50.00 means 2500 entry days not 1500 to pay $50K and the hourly money.
3. All boat shows, all newspapers and radio were covered.. Wes Thomas went on the road preaching about this tournament all over Kentucky and Indiana.
#4 I agree with..
KRA hired professional fishermen to promote it this year. Unlike last year.
#5 The weigh stations were weighing ONLY 12 inch fish or larger. Fish brought in were measured if there was any doubt.. the smallest fish was .68 pounds and was measured. It was EXACTLY 12 inches.
#6 It was clearly stated that ONLY the $20K first prize was guaranteed in the rules. MORE than the $20K was paid out. Cudo's for the KRA for doing that despite the fact they did not have to do it.
As for the detail it was there and that may be the problem.. The legal wording may not have been understood, but every person who promoted this stated it plainly that ONLY the $20K was guaranteed.
I often stressed this myself when talking to people. Regular tournament anglers understand that and are used to the language.. IF you were not sure what a rule meant or did not understand the legal wording you should ask. IF you do not write in LEGALeze then you get in trouble... IF you don't understand LEGALeze then you need to ask questions. I do not understand my Car insurance and not understanding the diference in water damage and Flood Damage cost me a bloody fortune about 10 years ago.. so now I ask.