Payout's

[thedude]

you can all come fish my weeknight league. same entry fees & 100% payout at the ramp. Not A fruitcake league either, more of a beer and peanuts league.

[fuzzygrub1611]

 Noone is going to get rich fishing NBAA. The entry fees are just too low. This will be my fourth year with NBAA. It's all about fishing, having fun, and meeting new friends.Oh, and maybe winning a little cash. Good luck to all this year!

[djkimmel]

That's it exactly. Way to spell it out!

[gr@ssmonkey]

did u get all of that cr,the BIG list of things that your money goes to pay for "JUST TO FISH A FUN AFTER WORK TOURNEY",employees,vans,web site,employees,wait i all ready said that,employees?yep u heard him right employees just so u can add up all 8 boats weight.On the other side of the coin,heydude is offering a fun after work tourney that pays 100%,wow how do u do it,your going to go broke.There out there cr you just have to look for them this is a great site for that.BBT has 3 open tourneys that are 90% pay back,wabasis lake has a gander mountain tourney on wed. nights thats 100%- classic fund.hope u have fun this year cr,see u on the water!!!!!!!       

[jgip087]

NBAA is a great tournament trail and it will always be a great trail for the anglers! 3 boats at the classic! What I do have to add on the math someone did is in BBT Russ is the BIG WINNER each and every tournament! Add up the money that is in the classic. If you fish the 5 tournament trail and base it off the 1st Muskegon event and BBT pockets 7275 after classic payout plus 90 members at 40 bucks each thats 3600 more bucks. Then think about the open tournaments they run and think about how much they make for putting on those events in relation the number of events. I think more should go back to the payout myself. I mean he says a hat that is given to him by Triton is part of the payout percentage that counts for like 15 bucks each, good business technique but a HUGE HUGE lie when it comes to payout.

[Eric]

There are lots of 100% payback tournaments around here.  IT is mostly just for fun though in ths area.  No one is out to make a living, just have a bunch of fun with their buddies.  There are lots of times we all discuss where we are going to start so we don't get on top of each other.  It's a ball.  I can;t believe some of the stories I hear about some of these.  I can tell you dude's tournaments are fun, as are pangas, as are many more we have that aren't on here.  I like to make money, too, but y'all ought to try fishing tournaments for fun sometime.

[jgip087]

Yeah agreed it's a lot of fun fishing when you throw in about 40 bucks a team and go to have a good time but when you start putting $100 + into a tournament it has a little bit of a different intention. This one league we fish is a bunch of good ole boys from my area, no life jackets, etc just fun no shirts most of the time either by someone lol it draws about 15-25 boats every monday and entry is 20 bucks a person, so 40 for a team or 20 if you go in alone. Payback is 100% cash so it is amazing money but we are all in it for the FUN! Anyone in SW Michigan should check it out, its the Monday Night Liars League, and they will fish as long into the fall as you want to keep coming.

[Dan]

I like a particular analogy when people start talking about making money bass fishing. A few gold miners in the California and Klondike strikes got rich, many more got quite wealthy catering to the needs of the miners. If you want to make money fishing you need to think of ways to cater to the needs of anglers. Just my humble opinion

[McCarter]

I still dont get what fruit jar means.  But then i am kinda slow.  Would someone please tell me what this term means so i will know to tell new members if they are joining a fruit jar or fruit cake, or fruit loop or fruity pebble, or frosted flake tournament group??

McFruitsy himself

[cr]

I think the term refers to putting the kitty into a fruit jar and winner takes all . I don't think it was meant to be derogatory in any way, more so just a group of people getting together, putting twenty dollars each into the fruit jar, or in your case your pocket, until a winner is determined and payed out. Or as Martha would say "Its a good thing". Funny how these topics take on a life of their own. I thought everyone would agree that the payouts in the NBAA should be changed to 1 in 8 instead of 1 in 5, but the majority seemed to like the current set-up, or wanted to talk about the % of the payouts, something else entirely.

[djkimmel]

So true Dan. The stockbroker makes money much more consistently than the stock buyer.

Regardless, if you've never run a large tournament circuit, I don't think it is very fair to complain about the compensation someone might get from doing so. No one is getting rich from running tournaments in Michigan. I'm real confident in saying that. Costs are always higher than most people allow, and the minute you add in time, the amount of money 'made' goes down in a hurry.

[McCarter]

I think the term refers to putting the kitty into a fruit jar and winner takes all . I don't think it was meant to be derogatory in any way, more so just a group of people getting together, putting twenty dollars each into the fruit jar, or in your case your pocket, until a winner is determined and payed out. Or as Martha would say "Its a good thing". Funny how these topics take on a life of their own. I thought everyone would agree that the payouts in the NBAA should be changed to 1 in 8 instead of 1 in 5, but the majority seemed to like the current set-up, or wanted to talk about the % of the payouts, something else entirely.

I didnt take any offense but for the life of me i couldnt figure out what it meant so i was just curious.

I will say this, if we had as many guys as NBAA and if we were as fancy shmancy as them, we would have no choice but to pay back less and charge member fees and all that junk.  I co ran the ABA for a few years and i know how much time and effort goes into running any tournament trail.  And there is a ton of out of pocket money involved as well.  Hats off to all directors because that is not an easy job. 

I dont fish the NBAA but i used to and it is very well ran, all 3 divisions i fished in.  But i do understand why people dont fish them too.  It all comes to preference.  Lord knows there are plenty of options to choose from.

McCarter himself