Reggie Smithers wrote:

Skipper wrote:
OK, everyone's heard of the Bisbee Black and Blue,
http://www.bisbees.com/, where prizes of over a million bucks are
routinely offered to West Coast fisherman for landing thousand pounders.
It's time for East Coasters to stand up for their dignity and show the
world that their sportsmen are just as proficient at landing the big
ones. I'd suggest the East Coast host an annual fishing tournament of
their own. They could call it the Carpetbagger's C & G, reflecting the
nature of true easterners, and award their own better sportsmen over a
million bucks for landing those mammoth grunts 'n croakers the East
Coast is known for.

What is the deal?

You find the species too challenging for East Coasters? Certainly those
folks can put up something to compete with the Bisbee. I'd think someone
boating a thousand pounder in the Cheseapeake oughta get at least a mil.

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Skipper