milrtyme24 Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 If you guys could respond pretty quick, the first bass club meeting of our local club is tomorrow and the old points system we had just didnt work well. We fish about 12 tournaments a year and average about 15 boats per tournament. All tournaments are buddy tournaments and we have a five fish limit per boat so however the boat finished thats how many points both anglers got. Well the problem arose when somebody coudnt make a tournament or somebody would fish in a different boat but even if you didnt show, you still got points based on how your buddy and his boat finished. Another words if your buddy owned the boat and fished by himself and you didnt show up for a scheduled tournament then you still got the same points as your buddy who fished finished. We want to keep the five fish limit per boat but something needs to be changed. We keep a points system for top angler of the year plus the top 10 boats/anglers make the little local classic tournament at the end of the year. We need a system based on each individual anglers performance but at the same time we just want 5 fish per boat versus 10 because its harder to keep the fish alive and say if you catch your five fish but you buddy has not caught any sometimes its tempting to give your buddy a fish or 2 if you are catching the fish and he is having a bad day but Im not saying that has happened Im just saying that could be a scenario that could happen. We are talking about maybe winning $300 for first place so Im not saying anyone would cheat but we need a system that would show each anglers performance and also his dedication to the club while maintaining a buddy sytem and a 5 fish limit per boat. I know that most of you guys might belong to a local club so I was just wanting some ideas or input on maybe the points system that you might use or some input on a fair system that we could implement. Thanks for your response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bfish Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Being that it is a small club, why not go with a paper or photo tournament, where the fish are immediately released. Each person takes a photo of their best 5 on a measuring board. Before blast off a token is given out to be shown in photo. Instead of a weigh-in, you have a photo show on the computer at ramp (also makes for good end of year banquet photos). As far as paper goes, boat partner verifies the length (works especially well if you also require that you can't have the same partner more than 2 or 3 times per year). Then have a blind drawing for classic partner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milrtyme24 Posted December 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Thanks for the reply Bfish but they voted to keep the points system in place. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
