For the first few tournaments, pretty much anything goes. I want people out there, having fun, trying new things. This is my main goal for this first year of events. As they grow in size, we can start to fine tune them and deal with such issues as C&R, live biat, electronics with more detail.

The last tournament, I fished spiderwire and crankbaits, something I had never put much time into. It was a blast!!! I caught a few fish here and there, but kept at it. At about 11:00, I got into a WIDE OPEN halibut bite. In 45 minutes, I put on 16 halibut, with only one being legal. I also got a nice yellowfin croaker, a FAT surfperch and a few short WSB. With a spinning outfit, and that line. MAN those strikes were HARD!

If we see a trend of success, that the one guy with a fish finder is having an unfair advantage, then I will address it then. I know that the tourney run in SD Bay allowed FF, and had a lot of opposition to them, so the will not allow them from here on out.

Personally, I learn a lot from others and how they fish. I learned this early on as a deckhand. 80% of the fish are caught by 10-20% of the guys. If one guy pulls in three bass in a row, find out what he is fishing and copy, copy, copy... If he is waiting the extra 30 seconds at the tank to get the greenback chovies, or that one brownbait, but it is getting bit, do it.

Live bait will be allowed, on the condition that it is caught legally, during the event. Dead bait will also be allowed. this may be bought before the tournament.

The floating livewell that was mantioned in the previous post is a great idea for float tubers. I am not sure how it will drag behind a kayak. This is something I would like to see someone try. You can use a mesh laundry bag with a round or square ring of PVC. Honestly, with the weather the way it has been, I think that there will be few bass caught. I know that I will be looking for a few flatties.

I am working on getting some extra kayaks there for those who don't have them, friends who want to fish, or want to try fishing them.

Other tournaments that I would like to try are a Salmon Tourney, maybe off Pismo or Avila, when they are just off the beach, maybe a freshwater tourney at Casitas?? Anyone know the regs there? Do yaks have to stay in an area, or is it unlimited to where they can go?

Marco out!
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