I'm wanting to host a bream fishing tournament late this spring. I can find very little information about any bream fishing tournaments and was wondering if any of you have either hosted or participated in a bream fishing tournament?

I'm hoping to have a 1-day tournament open to boaters and bank fisherman alike and would like to know how other such tournaments have worked and if anyone has first hand experience or advice.

One of my biggest questions is how many fish should each participant weigh in? The legal limit in SC is 30 fish, but that seems a bit much. I was thinking of weighing in each participants biggest 12 or 15 fish.

I'm also wondering if one boat should equal one team, or if each person should be able to weigh 15 fish, regardless of how many were in the boat (as long as they weigh their own fish and don't share).

Would you guys pay $15 to participate in a bream tournament?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.