I'm just hoping a dude chucking spoons off shore wins.
Quote from: Sjhagarty on August 22, 2018, 01:31:03 am I'm just hoping a dude chucking spoons off shore wins.The derby is for the charter boats to advertise their business, not some no name guy standing on a pier at 2 am .
Quote from: Sjhagarty on August 22, 2018, 01:31:03 am I'm just hoping a dude chucking spoons off shore wins.Funny you mention that, back when the Star was running the derby, the duration went into the first week of Sept. Back then many fish being entered were coming from the pier crowd, last thing the charter fleet wants to see is a shore bound angler with a top 50 fish(used to be top 50 weekly back then).I vividly recall a Saturday where a nasty South East wind was gusting over 30 km, the entire north shore was a wash with 8-10 ft rollers crashing in. Not a single boat went out.That Saturday alone over 250 fish were weighed in, at the Credit scales and Bronte scales. All taken from the pier crowd, was mentioned in the derby daily update.Then the following years the derby started ending earlier and earlier, to where it stops today. Ending it earlier in August reduces the amount of pier caught entries.The derby is for the charter boats to advertise their business, not some no name guy standing on a pier at 2 am .