Summer Contests 2025

[joatmon]

The contests provide motivation for me to get out. Now that catchinon isn't going as much, it is harder to focus on the contests. Even during the contests, we would often say something like, "I just want to fish for fun again...". There is a tournament similar to BFT's ice challenge that only has 35 participants. No immediate rewards over a three month tournament.

I do see lots of people still interested in contests - several one-day ice tournaments had hundreds of participants - and a more immediate reward. In fact, there were multiple awards. The FishDonkey app makes it easier to run a tournament and I think we'll continue to see many of those. I think Jim runs several contests on there for catfish.

The contest trend on here has been down in terms of participation. Not exactly sure why, but guess it could partly be a generational effect - we aren't getting any younger. Also maybe an effort vs reward thing. I'm guessing it also has to do with attracting new participants not just to tournaments but to BFT.

I like seeing what other people are catching, where they are fishing, etc. As a student of the fishing game, it helps me learn and apply new skills, approaches, etc.

Circling back, I will participate in the tournaments, hoping we get some others as well.