07-26-2003, 11:48 AM
The winner decides where the cash goes. Here's the way I do it. If I'm on a boat that the crew recieves a 20% handling fee for the jackpot, they get nothing more from the jackpot. I give them the usual 20% tip in addition to the jackpot fee. If the entire jackpot goes to the angler, I pay for my trip first, then split the rest among the deck hands, in addition to the normal tip. If I'm on a trip that the cost is more than the jackpot, I split the jackpot half and half between the galley bill and the deckhands. I still tip the deckhands what I normally would. Whatever the winner decides to do with the money, it's their right. Afterall, they won it.
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