I've been fishing PFTS for three years & I already know I will be unable to make all of the events this year, but wanted to say I really like Dan's idea on dividing the prizes more, and I think the two biggest problems we face in attendance is weather & time. We don't fish the times of year most of us love to be on the water, so I agree with others saying we should have one or two in the afternoon instead of early morning, and those should be planned instead of launching in 30 degree weather with 20 knot winds at Perico around 6:00am (im sure all 30-something of us remember that morning). And maybe we could do either the 1st or last tourny of the month in the afternoon too, just for change of pace.
One thing many other sports do that may be worth a try is BFO's (Big Friendly Opens). Same day, once a week/biweekly/monthly, same place, people meet up, maybe $5 gets you in, winner takes all, maybe a small prize for biggest fish of the day, simple rules, name of the game is have fun, meet people & enjoy being on the water. Could have these year round if we wanted to. They could be open to anyone & if we exposed people to a smaller, simplified version of what we do, maybe it would give people the bug.
I'm still poon huntin, by the way