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I can only afford one tournament... i'll prob do HBC, not sure about elites.. that's another $100 bucks + gas that I prob can't afford. You doing it Will?
isn't the team tournament a shared cost already? at $130, it's only $65/person. so it's really only $165. gas is a hobby expense, not really a tournament expense. i don't think it would pull anglers away from the team tournaments at all because i think the same guys who's fishing the singles is are dedicated hardcores that wants to fish more and often so they'll fish both singles and team tournaments.
Although it's a team tournament there are some guys who pay for all of it and only have the coangler in the boat to catch fish and be legal with 8 fish. Also the boater will absorb almost all the costs of maintenance on the boat and truck. The boater also pays for most of the gas for the tournament and for prefishing.I know for my boat when I prefish I am prefishing by myself because my partners don't have the time or can't make it on the days I prefish. I pay for the gas in the boat and the truck. When tourney day comes my partners put in 20 bucks each for gas and then we split the tourney costs. That's just me. Some guys don't ask their partners to pay for anything while others will split everything 50/50. I don't do that because if I were a non boater splitting everthing 50\50 I would expect some time at the front of the boat.Again though...not a lot of guys are here to make this sport a living. If they are..they gonna go hungry...LOL