GrahamM
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I?ve been discussing this with various people for some weeks now and Eddie has brought it into the open, which I?m pleased about.
I?ve toyed with the idea of having a weekly award and an annual trophy for big fish catches, just as the weeklies do. And I?m still not sure if that?s the way I want FM to go.
Another idea is similar to the one Eddie proposes, in that we pay for so many big fish reports and pictures each week that are sent to us exclusively. They can appear in the weeklies after we?ve used them on FM, but not before. Currently this works the other way round, and understandably so, as it is the weeklies that pay the money and therefore call the tune. And this wouldn?t prevent anyone from competing for the weekly and annual award in the weeklies, for they would be free to submit their catch after it had appeared on FM.
Rather than it being done on a strict regional basis, the region would be just one consideration amongst others, ie, was the fish caught deliberately or was it caught accidentally whilst fishing for something else? In other words, all catch reports would be judged on overall merit, rather than just on size of fish. Obviously, exceptionally outstanding fish, size wise, would still be way up there on merit.
As always we want your views and your support in whatever we do. So let's hear what you think about this issue.
I?ve toyed with the idea of having a weekly award and an annual trophy for big fish catches, just as the weeklies do. And I?m still not sure if that?s the way I want FM to go.
Another idea is similar to the one Eddie proposes, in that we pay for so many big fish reports and pictures each week that are sent to us exclusively. They can appear in the weeklies after we?ve used them on FM, but not before. Currently this works the other way round, and understandably so, as it is the weeklies that pay the money and therefore call the tune. And this wouldn?t prevent anyone from competing for the weekly and annual award in the weeklies, for they would be free to submit their catch after it had appeared on FM.
Rather than it being done on a strict regional basis, the region would be just one consideration amongst others, ie, was the fish caught deliberately or was it caught accidentally whilst fishing for something else? In other words, all catch reports would be judged on overall merit, rather than just on size of fish. Obviously, exceptionally outstanding fish, size wise, would still be way up there on merit.
As always we want your views and your support in whatever we do. So let's hear what you think about this issue.