06-08-2008, 05:40 AM
On this week's edition of Roughin' It Outdoors with Reece Stein on KUTV, I saw the DWR's and State Park's plan to "lure" more anglers and beginniers to fishing and state parks. They are now tagging fish at Steinaker (and maybe other spots) and come August will have a contest on who catches the biggest tagged fish or something.
What struck me as odd is what they are offering in prizes [shocked]. Would you guess, they are will be giving away Flat Screens TVs, Plasma TVs, and X-BOXs [crazy]? Why on Earth offer prizes that will keep people, and especially kids at home? Wouldn't some outdoor gear or fishing gear be more appropriate? This is what I think future fisherfolk would benefit from much more.
I don't much like this idea of tagging fish for contests. Seems to me like the DWR's fund would be better spent actually doing research with the tagged fish instead of turning fishing into a search for prizes. Perhaps some valuable info may come out of the contest regarding the fish. As far back as I remeber, prizes is not what got me into fishing.
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What struck me as odd is what they are offering in prizes [shocked]. Would you guess, they are will be giving away Flat Screens TVs, Plasma TVs, and X-BOXs [crazy]? Why on Earth offer prizes that will keep people, and especially kids at home? Wouldn't some outdoor gear or fishing gear be more appropriate? This is what I think future fisherfolk would benefit from much more.
I don't much like this idea of tagging fish for contests. Seems to me like the DWR's fund would be better spent actually doing research with the tagged fish instead of turning fishing into a search for prizes. Perhaps some valuable info may come out of the contest regarding the fish. As far back as I remeber, prizes is not what got me into fishing.
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