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