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Pike:46 3/441 3/441 1/241 1/440 3/439Walleye:25 3/424 1/223 1/421 1/220 7/820 3/4Next year 36" and under pike are to be let go and not entered.
start taking away that big pike population, and then what is sacandaga good for besides a boat load of short walleye?
maybe those walleye will become trophy size with less pike ..... seems to work that way on the st Lawrence river ... just a thought ....
There's no reason to not have a live weigh in option for pike there. It's shameful to kill so many fish there for the chance to win a minimal amount of money. They are long lived fish, it has a negative effect on an otherwise relatively low pressure fishery. Pretty much every other pike derby in New York is mandatory live weigh in and release. Also, it appears that at $25 a person and nearly 1,000 participants, they collect roughly $25,000 for this tournament. The pay outs for the tournament are less than $4000 total. The boat was donated by a local shop. Do the profits of the Food N Fuel tournament go to charity?
What's wrong with a guy making a profit on his tournament/business. Lou has some great prizes, good food and plenty of happy fishermen at the end of the day. Entry fee is reasonable with a fun day for those willing to enjoy the fishing.Eagle Ed
Pretty simple, in lieu of taking to the internet with negativity, perhaps you can have a silent protest and not partake in the event
What shop donated the boat? Alpin Haus sells that boat new for around $15-16K. I don't think there is any shop that is going to donate that kind of money to a fishing tournament but please let us know who donated it so we can patronize that business. Did Alpin Haus give it to him for cost, maybe. A lot of the other door prizes are whatever ice fishing equipment he has in stock at the end of the year plus some items he buys. If he does make money from the tournament itself I bet it's not much and the reason he does it year after year is becuase he is a good business man that realizes doing these extra things in the community turns into money spent at his store, which has a full parking lot most of it's open hours.It gets old year after year to hear people complain about this contest and the Walleye Challenge that he started and runs for the chamber of commerce. If you don't like the way they are run, simple don't enter them. There are over 1,000 people each year who have no problem putting their money up. Lou works his tail off and does a ton for the local community, not just fishing contest so don't think he is scamming unsuspecting fishermen out of their money.[/quote/]couldn't agree with this more........
What would ice shanty be, without people complaining about something ??