First legal five for the short box would make it interesting. First five get a zip tie or such attached to them by the observer. Make it truly anybody's tournament to win. The long box stays what it is. I keep hearing target big fish for the short box. There are a lot of guys that don't know how to target bigger fish, only different species and can't catch much more than 5 of any size on a good day. Obviousluy the more you catch the greater chance of upgrading your short box. Forcing teams into the open because of being intimidated by limit structure is wrong and in my opinion is not away to grow. Our team literally learned how to fish in the pro am series as our first day salmon fishing was on day 1 of the first sodus pro am. If the series had been structured in a way we thought we had a very slim chance of competing, I'm not sure we would even be fishing tournaments, or fishing at all today. We always thought we had a chance of placing in something wether it be big brown or hoping for a 10th. If I was a new fisherman I would not enter this tournament as any chance of payout seems slim. Fishing is very expensive. Let's not give teams another reason not to fish.
We are fishing this tournament series as the rules are today, but I hope there will be consideration for the ams as we transition into a new series.