"Skipper" wrote in message
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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.


Only $1 million? The White Marlin Open out of Ocean City, Maryland pays out
nearly $2.5 million per year...and currently holds the world record payout
for catching a single fish of $1,638,915.

NOYB 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.

Only $1 million? The White Marlin Open out of Ocean City, Maryland pays out
nearly $2.5 million per year...

Hate to tell you, but marlin in the Atlantic are basically kaput. Check
out the phacts:

http://www.bigmarinefish.com/marlin.html

No, East Coast fishing tournaments with any kind of future must be
restricted to the local species; croakers 'n grunts. You'd have a lot of
locals going for that million dollar payoff for a grunt. And let's face
it, the idea of the tournament would be to promote fishing. What kind of
reaction would you get when the winning East Coast marlin weighed in at
20 pounds. The reality is, it's croakers 'n grunts for East Coasters.

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Skipper

Skipper wrote:
.. The reality is, it's croakers 'n grunts for East Coasters.

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Skipper

Been a lot of croaking and grunting on this subject lately, hasn't
there?

wrote:

Skipper wrote:
. The reality is, it's croakers 'n grunts for East Coasters.

Been a lot of croaking and grunting on this subject lately, hasn't
there?

Yep, it's difficult for some to face reality:

http://www.bigmarinefish.com/marlin.html

Now, if we were really to talk reality, we'd have to compare the various
marlin species. East Coasters don't have the challenge of abundant
blacks and striped marlin...and the few blues they still have are much
smaller. What they do have is a few teeny anemic white marlin. Heck, a
big bull Pacific dorado is a *much* better catch. As stated,
unfortunately, their future is croakers 'n grunts.

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Skipper

Skipper wrote:
wrote:

Skipper wrote:
. The reality is, it's croakers 'n grunts for East Coasters.

Been a lot of croaking and grunting on this subject lately, hasn't
there?

Yep, it's difficult for some to face reality:

http://www.bigmarinefish.com/marlin.html

Now, if we were really to talk reality, we'd have to compare the various
marlin species. East Coasters don't have the challenge of abundant
blacks and striped marlin...and the few blues they still have are much
smaller. What they do have is a few teeny anemic white marlin. Heck, a
big bull Pacific dorado is a *much* better catch. As stated,
unfortunately, their future is croakers 'n grunts.

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Skipper, what type of marlin do you catch in Kansas?