walleye247
07-20-2006, 01:46 PM
I just thought I would test the waters with this question, as I had talked to Mark Dorn about it a few months ago and they have had others express interest in raising the entry fees. With of course the additional monies going to an increased payout. As gas prices continue going up I beleive more anglers will be interested in fishing events close to home. What are your thoughts?
thump55
07-20-2006, 03:49 PM
Why not use a "bonus" program? Keep the entries/payout the same, but have a $50 or $100 optional bonus entry fee. Pay the extra bonus entry money if you want (or not), and pay it back separately to the guys who bucked up the extra cash.
This gives you the best of both worlds. No danger of losing guys to higher entries, and the possibilty of gaining entrants who may not normally fish because the payout isn't "big enough" for them.
Dave S
Like a Calcutta? That would be a way of accomodating more than 1 group of anglers.
thump55
07-20-2006, 05:20 PM
Not really a calcutta, just an optional additional entry fee (kind of like a giant side bet), totally separate from the rest of the normal entry fee. For example:
100 boat field, lets say 50 guys get in the "side pot", that's $5K at $100 a guy. Payout might be $1500, $1200, $1000, $800 and $500 for the top five guys that were in the side pot, in addition to the regular payout. Obviously, there would have to be a deadline for entry. You wouldn't want someone that happens to be on big fish signing up at the last minute. Just a thought, but between the side pot, normal payout and contingency $, it could be a very nice payday for many anglers, not just the top 5.
Dave S