05-02-2021, 06:54 PM
When I took my boys to the East Canyon Youth Tournament a couple weeks ago, we had this dilemma. I left it up to the boys. As long as they together figured out how to get the rods out (including downriggers), I gave them the choice to alternate landing or pick the two rods on their side of the boat. They picked to alternate. After a 3 out of 5 coin flip, 3 games of rock paper scissors and a short straw contest, Cameron won first fish. The first fish ended up being the biggest of the tournament, ha ha. Had no idea it would work out that way. Cam actually caught 3 fish that would have placed Cole, but that’s just how it worked out. I made them stick to owning the fish that was on their turn. I’m just glad we had twenty minutes to kill before the tournament started to figure out who went first. Hopefully we didn’t break any laws. I never thought about the legally of it. A CO would have to be having a really bad day to ticket you for that. Alternating is how they do it on the offshore tuna boats when they troll.