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I think we are going to have several GOOD problems. 

Problem 1:  we have more than 15 interested teams, and I for one would like to get them on the water.  Which leads to...

Problem 2:  We do not want to take out DNR permits.  Splitting would be a solution.  But HOW?

Problem 3:  We have teams that want more nights but there are other teams that want to fish that can't make a big commitment of 10 nights or more.  That ties up the summer pretty solid.  Us hard cores fish anyway and would love to continue to do it, so how do we do that and still get these other anglers involved in a league or fishing more?     

One possible solution would be for us to offer people the choice of fishing the full league OR one of two smaller groups running 5 nights each, alternating Thursdays.  Like one group on Duluth waters that starts the first Thursday and another group on Cloquet waters that starts the second Thursday, and so on.  

This would let those teams that want to fish but can't fish 10 or more nights do it AND let us hard cores fish all the bass events.    

I think we should have trophies per Area and for the League Champions, plus the event winners (that was fun). 

What do people think?  I think there are more teams that would give league fishing a try, with an easier 5 week commitment.  This would be a win-win for the hard cores, the new comers, and the sponsors. 

Just my thoughts and the Multispecies group will be looking at the same thing this year.  I think this would solve the growing pains issues and get more anglers involved.  Hey I want to get as good as I can, and I want to fish against all the top anglers in this area, that's why I am in it.  Plus I love just getting out and going for it.  I think others would too. 

We will have to setup a fishing meeting soon to decide what to do and pick schedules.