Sneak Peek at 2015 Tournaments - ABA, NWB, Opens?

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Permalink Reply by P.J. Koshi on August 30, 2014 at 8:46am

The Club Fish Off will be on the first Sunday in October once again in 2015!

Permalink Reply by Chad Simon on September 3, 2014 at 10:42am

Here it is:

http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/contests/index_2015.html

Permalink Reply by Tyler Brinks on September 5, 2014 at 10:46am

I know everyone has been mentioning the increased fees as a reason for less tournaments, but it doesn't fully make sense to me. It went up approx $75 which is quite a bit for a one year increase, but split that among say just 15 anglers and you have an additional $5. There are ways to make it work.

Our club has seven tournaments in Washington (plus two in Idaho) and haven't applied for 2015 yet. So there will be more on that list. We like to wait to see what else is chosen and schedule around it so people can fish more events.

Permalink Reply by Chad Simon on September 5, 2014 at 9:49pm

Tyler,

It increased $70 per permit. From $24 to $94 per permit. That's an increase of 4x. If a club fishes 7 tournaments than you're looking at $658 in permit expenses. Fishing 7 tournaments in 2013 would have cost a club $168. What more are we getting from the state for this 4 fold increase? Maybe it's the principal more than the price. Either way, it's not justifiable for our club. 

Tyler Brinks said:

I know everyone has been mentioning the increased fees as a reason for less tournaments, but it doesn't fully make sense to me. It went up approx $75 which is quite a bit for a one year increase, but split that among say just 15 anglers and you have an additional $5. There are ways to make it work.

Our club has seven tournaments in Washington (plus two in Idaho) and haven't applied for 2015 yet. So there will be more on that list. We like to wait to see what else is chosen and schedule around it so people can fish more events.

Permalink Reply by Tyler Brinks on September 8, 2014 at 9:03am

Agreed Chad. I wrote the checks to the state for the club and it's ridiculous, but we haven't found a way around it (legally) and we want to schedule as many as we can.

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