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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SLE" data-source="post: 496263" data-attributes="member: 3889">And this is the problem of what the co has become in the NWT. From a learning standpoint, it's a fantastic way to expand and hone your skills as an amateur. Hell most of the co's are better fishermen and women than I am; but to crown one a champion, collect a trophy and fat check because you happened to draw the right pro does nothing for the sport.As someone that is competitive, it completely turns me off. To me this is worse than the "Everyone gets a trophy". If it's about learning, then all three days should've been random draw with a different pro, not line them up by order for the 3rd day so both #1s, #2s, ect. end up together and or potentially ending up with the same pro for multiple days; and then at the end, just put all the names in a hat and draw for the money because that's basically what they are doing anyway. There's zero part of this "competition" as a coangler that has anything to do with competitive fishing, and last I checked this is a fishing tournament at the highest level, yet all you have to do to be crowned a winner or champion as a co angler is pay the entry fee and show up, and that's just not right. With this being exposed at the highest level, it's an eye opner for those casual folks that tuned into this tournament.It's hard to argue that FFS has become the demise of the co. As an angler that wants to get better, learn from the best sticks on the water, or learn the ropes of the NWT in hope of competing as a pro, its a good program and certainly helps keep the NWT going with new entrys and fisher people that may want to compete at this level. However, from a spectator side and competitive fishing standpoint, the NWT has to find a better way for the co's to compelte or ad something substantitive to be crowned a winner.</blockquote>

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