Fish kisser...maybe I was raised differently but fishing has been competetive since the first time my sister and I fished together. And Dad always made it competetive "betcha I catch the next fish!" I do the same thing had a bet going with my 11 yr old son yesterday...whoever caught the next fish got to choose dinner location. I think its competetive for most of us, with that said here is where I hope all of this goes.

My ultimate goal is simple:

Have some guys that actually make their living doing this.

Have at least one tournament that First place is worth nearly $50,000.00

Have about 200 boats that are informed for every tournament and at least 100 enter

All excess salmon donated to local food banks

Catch and Release Sturgeon Tournaments

One weekend per year all tournament fishers participate in a habitat for humanity project

Massive end of the year banquet with "Top Rod" awards being presented hopefully with a major sponsor donation as a reward.

All of this happening while NSIA earns nearly $500,000.00 in the process. We as sportsman would then finally have our first well funded lobbying organization...can you feel the winds of change??

Jim

sign up for the tournament: sstourneys@yahoo.com