I seem to ask about this every year, but would people be interested in doing Match Fishing again or maybe doing a tournament night each night? I think Will talked about doing a tournament night 'x' amount of times throughout the year and an angler had to participate in at least 70% of them to be eligible for the championship. The tournament night option might be easier as it got a little tricky sometimes trying to find a day that worked for both teams in Match Fishing.
I think when we talked about this before it was that there would be 10-12 dates that would vary from weekdays to weekends, with start times also varying. For instance, if there was a qualifying day set for June 20th the tournament time for that day might be 5:01 am to 5:01 pm. The next weekday date might have the time from 12:01 pm to 12:01 am. Anglers would be able to fish anytime during these hours. This should accommodate most schedules.
Waters fished:
You can fish any Michigan waters on qualifier days.
Qualifying:
You could fish one or all of the dates but you would only be able to count fish points from four of the qualifying days. The championship date/water would be set at the start to give people enough advance notice to get the time off. The top five teams would be eligible for the championship.
Match fishing was pretty fun, but it was tough finding a date to fish against the opposing team sometimes. I forgot the exact format, but basically an angler pairs up with another person to make a team. That team was placed in a group with usually three other teams, and then the teams would take turns fishing against each other throughout the Summer. So, team A would fish against team B on day 'x', then against team C on day 'y', then against team D on day 'z'. The teams would coordinate which days and time the matches would be and there would be a secret item which would have to be in the picture to prove a fish was caught that day. We would go by Muskies Inc. scoring system and then a team would advance out of the group by either a Win/Loss system or on total points of fish caught. Then if there were three groups, the winner of each group would pick a day/time to fish for the championship. And I forgot to mention each team can fish whichever lake they wanted. So, team A is from GR and they fish Murray while team B is from Lansing so they fish Ovid.
"Will Schultz" said:
I think when we talked about this before it was that there would be 10-12 dates that would vary from weekdays to weekends, with start times also varying. For instance, if there was a qualifying day set for June 20th the tournament time for that day might be 5:01 am to 5:01 pm. The next weekday date might have the time from 12:01 pm to 12:01 am. Anglers would be able to fish anytime during these hours. This should accommodate most schedules.Waters fished:
You can fish any Michigan waters on qualifier days.Qualifying:
You could fish one or all of the dates but you would only be able to count fish points from four of the qualifying days. The championship date/water would be set at the start to give people enough advance notice to get the time off. The top five teams would be eligible for the championship.
I like this idea better than Match Fishing and I think more people would participate as there would be a good amount of dates to choose from to fish.
"MattG_braith" said:
Is LSC considered a qualifying lake?
That's a very good question is this an inland water "trail" or any water in MI. Though match fishing was always an any water situation a team that is St Clair/DR adjacent has a real advantage over a team based in any other part of Michigan. Granted the top five teams qualify for the final but if there are five teams near LSC/DR my money is on those five to be in the championship. If Jason decides to pursue this I think that's a question that will have to be answered.
Lets roll! Match Fishing was fun. I think our final match in 2009 had an LSC crew in the mix. It was also the last great year of fishing Austin, which produced the winning fish …. but I am optimistic about its' return.
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