Quote Originally Posted by fishbum View Post
IN the end there were more paid days yet fewer anglers. How do you predict things like that.. Friday was busier than Saturday???????????
Sunday was slower than Saturday??????????
How in the heck do you know? How do you prepare for that?
Jim Dicken

I think that one is easily explainable...... Previous commitments. Commitments for fishing usually happen on the weekend. For example, Renegade was scheduled for Sunday on Nolin. I'd imagine they had at least 100 boats, if not more. People in Renegade have a lot of time and money invested in that circuit. They're not only fishing for the money at the tournament, but they're fishing for the classic, Team of the year, etc. They'll be hard pressed to give that up for another tournament.

Given the number of circuits and tournaments that happen every weekend, I'm not surprised that Friday was the best turnout day. No one had previous commitments on Friday.

Nothing great is built instantly. The big circuits like Renegade, BFL, even BASS started from Humble beginnings. Ray Scott lost money in his early days of BASS. He stuck with it, and people came to it. The organizers of this tournament have to operate with the same mindset if they want it to last. If they stick with it, people will come. People have to get in the "habit" of fishing this tournament.

I've been critical of the river, but I've never been critical of this tournament, or the people that run it. I think this could work if they're willing to stick to it. As critical as I've been of the river, I'm contemplating fishing it next year.

The reason is because I kind of know the winner. I've fished in tournaments with him before, and there's been times that I did better than he did. As silly as that sounds, it makes me think I have a chance. (Kevin, don't take that as an insult. You're a heckuva fisherman. LOL).