Anybody fishing the CM tournament at the end of the month?
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Anybody fishing the CM tournament at the end of the month?
If they are still at 500 a team then no!
Think they lowered it to $300 per team, and made it an open tournament instead of an invitational.
Thats correct. It is $300 now and open.
Do you know how many times I can go fishing for 300 bucks ?
Hugh, if you pay the $300 and we take your truck and boat. I'll fish it with ya LOL
100% pay back?
That was my question, at this point I am not ready to fish one of these but was curious with it being an open tourney how that would work.
Let me stir it up a little. Been awhile. If it was $1000.00 I would be at every tournament. Of course assuming the payout would then be 50k to 75k. In my opinion fishing for anything less than 10k in the winning position is just fishing for fun.. Which I will do as well but I know It is just for fun and might as well be a $40 FJ.
Maybe it was bad economics classes at MSU but $300 tournaments with 50 to 70 boats means I have to win 22% (1 out of 4 to 5 tournaments) to cover expenses, not going to happen.
$1000 entry fees I have to win 6% (1 out of 16.5 tournaments) to cover expenses.
The ratio of expenses to entry fees is out of balance. If you prefish and actually do the due diligence to be competitive it cost 1000 an event on average in expenses. Now that is assuming you are going to travel fish and not sit on 1 lake and wait for a tournament to come to you.
I am not saying there is anything wrong with fun tournament fishing. I like it and I do it but it is not sound economically.
There let me have it.
First one>>> Not everybosy can afford to fish for $1000 dollar entry fees.. Answer if you are fishing for money you can not afford not to fish for 1000 entry fees...
Every CM or CUSA I have fished with pre fishing is 1100 to 1400 per event. The classic is more because more days spent fishing. Also the 100 % payback is not in cash, it is in donated goods.