question: What skill is involved in fishing competitions? How do competitors distinguish themselves from one another?
comment: Your right, luck has a large part in your success but so does as individuals skill in setting up the hook properly and reeling it in with minimal resistance to increase ur chance of a successful catch. Sorry about the run on sentence.
passages: Section::::Career.:"Ridiculous Fishing".
   BULLET::::- Bill Dance – Bill Dance is an angler and host of "Bill Dance Outdoors", a fishing television series on the Versus channel.
  
  BULLET::::- Frank Parker Day – Frank Parker Day was a Canadian athlete, academic and author.
  
  BULLET::::- Michael de Avila – Michael de Avila is an American television personality, filmmaker, and producer from New York, New York.
  
  BULLET::::- John Dietsch – John Dietsch is the author of the book "Shadowcasting: An Introduction to the Art of Flyfishing".
  
  BULLET::::- John Gierach – John Gierach is an American author and freelance writer who formerly resided on the St.
   BULLET::::- Swords – "Swords: Life On the Line" is a documentary television series produced by Original Productions for the Discovery Channel.
  
  Section::::Fishing television.:Fishing television series.
  
  BULLET::::- BassTech – "BassTech" is an English-language fishing television series that takes the "Monster Garage" subgenre, and applies it to fishing vessels.
  
  BULLET::::- Beat Charlie Moore – "Beat Charlie Moore:" is an English-language fishing television series hosted by Charlie Moore that airs on the World Fishing Network.
  
  BULLET::::- Bill Dance Outdoors – "Bill Dance Outdoors" is a fishing television series hosted by retired professional tournament angler Bill Dance.
   BULLET::::- Charles F. Holder – Charles Frederick Holder was the inventor of big-game fishing and a founder of Pasadena's Tournament of Roses and the Tuna Club of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island.
  
  BULLET::::- Rex Hunt – Rex James Hunt is an Australian television and radio personality, and a former Australian rules football player.
  
  BULLET::::- Billy Lane – Billy Lane was an English angler and author.
  
  BULLET::::- Larry Larsen – Larry Larsen is a United States world-class freshwater sport fishermen and author.
   BULLET::::- Izaak Walton – Izaak Walton was an English writer.
  
  BULLET::::- John Wilson – John Wilson is a British angler who has been involved with angling television production for the last 20 years featuring on Channel 4 Television and more recently on the digital TV channel, Discovery Real Time.
  
  BULLET::::- Babe Winkelman – Babe Winkelman is a world-renowned Minnesota-based professional fisherman, first coming into the national spotlight with "Babe Winkelman's Good Fishing" television program, which was first syndicated nationwide in the mid-1980s.
   BULLET::::- Bank fishing - fishing from river banks and similar shorelines. Bank fishing is usually performed with a fishing rod and reel, although nets, traps, and spears can also be used. People who fish from a boat can sometimes access more areas in prime locations with greater ease than bank fishermen. However many people don’t own boats and find fishing from the bank has its own advantages. Bank fishing has its own requirements, and many things come into play for success, such as local knowledge, water depth, bank structure, location, time of day, and the type of bait and lures.
   2017 Summit Cup - Mike Iaconelli 
  
  2017 Challenge Cup - Jacob Wheeler 
  
  2018 Summit Cup - Skeet Reese 
  
  2018 Challenge Cup - TBA 
  
  World Champions
  
  2017 World Championship - Bobby Lane 
  
  2018 World Championship - Greg Hackney
  
  Section::::Events.
   Sport fishing competitions involve individuals if the fishing occurs from land, and usually teams if conducted from boats, as well as specified times and areas for catching fish. A score is awarded for each fish caught. The points awarded depend on the fish's weight and species. Occasionally a score is divided by the strength of the fishing line used, yielding more points to those who use thinner, weaker line. In tag and release competitions, a flat score is awarded per fish species caught, divided by the line strength. Usually sport fishing competitions award a prize to the boat or team with the most points earned.
   Fishing techniques include hand gathering, spearfishing, netting, angling and trapping. Recreational, commercial and artisanal fishers use different techniques, and also, sometimes, the same techniques. Recreational fishers fish for pleasure, sport, or to provide food for themselves, while commercial fishers fish for profit. Artisanal fishers use traditional, low-tech methods, for survival in third-world countries, and as a cultural heritage in other countries. Usually, recreational fishers use angling methods and commercial fishers use netting methods.
   BULLET::::- Kayak fishing - has a long history, and has gained popularity in recent times. Many of the techniques used are the same as those used on other fishing boats, apart from difference is in the set-up, how each piece of equipment is fitted to the kayak, and how each activity is carried out on such a small craft.
   BULLET::::- – "FNC: Uncut" is an English-language fishing television series spun off "Fish'n Canada", that looks at "what goes on when the camera is supposedly off, to reveal arguments, practical jokes and the everyday life of a fishing celebrity."
  
  BULLET::::- Fishing Australia – "Fishing Australia" is an Australian fishing television program, produced by WIN Television.
  
  BULLET::::- Fishing with John – "Fishing with John" is a 1991 television series conceived, directed by and starring actor and musician John Lurie, which earned a cult following.
   Section::::Anglers.
  
  Professional anglers who currently compete in Major League Fishing are B.A.S.S. or Fishing League Worldwide current or retired Pros, including Edwin Evers (fisherman), Kevin VanDam, Mike Iaconelli, Skeet Reese, Casey Ashley, Ott DeFoe and Randy Howell.
  
  Cup Champions
  
  2012 Challenge Cup - Brent Ehrler
  
  2013 Summit Cup - Denny Brauer
  
  2013 Challenge Cup - Edwin Evers 
  
  2014 Summit Cup - Kevin Vandam 
  
  2014 Challenge Cup - Kelly Jordon
  
  2015 Summit Cup - Scott Suggs 
  
  2015 Challenge Cup - Edwin Evers 
  
  2016 Summit Cup - Kevin VanDam 
  
  2016 Challenge Cup - Bobby Lane 
   Fishermen compete for prizes based on the total weight of a given species of fish caught within a predetermined time. This sport evolved from local fishing contests into large competitive circuits, especially in North America. Competitors may be professional fishermen supported by commercial endorsements. Other competitions are based purely on length with mandatory catch and release. Either longest fish or total length is documented with a camera and a mandatory sticker or unique item, a practice used since it is hard to weigh a living fish accurately in a boat.
   BULLET::::- Fish Warrior – "Fish Warrior" is a television series on National Geographic Channel hosted by Jakub Vágner.
  
  BULLET::::- Hook, Line and Sinker – Hook, Line and Sinker is an Australian fishing television program, produced by "HLS Productions" in Hobart, Tasmania and is hosted by Nick Duigan and Andrew Hart.
  
  BULLET::::- Lunkerville – Lunkerville is a television series dedicated to bass fishing enthusiasts across the U.S.A.
  
  BULLET::::- River Monsters – "River Monsters" is a documentary television series that airs on Animal Planet, hosted by Jeremy Wade and produced by Icon Films of Bristol, UK.
  
  Section::::Fishing television.:Other.
   A quote from a Toronto journalist (Canada): “this is a real TV fishing show that combines traveling and sports fishing, [...] and each trip, although motivated by the sport, is [first] a spontaneous adventure.
  
  Section::::Production.
  
  Two seasons have been produced and broadcast since 2005:
  
  BULLET::::- The first season comprises 13 episodes of 26 minutes: Cuba, Sweden, Guinea-Bissau, Nicaragua, Morocco, New York, Venezuela, Quebec, Costa Rica, Texas, Ireland, Louisiana, Ontario
   Sometimes considered within the broad category of angling is where contestants compete for prizes based on the total length or weight of a fish, usually of a pre-determined species, caught within a specified time (fishing tournaments). Such contests have evolved from local fishing contests into large competitive circuits, where professional anglers are supported by commercial endorsements. Professional anglers are not engaged in commercial fishing, even though they gain an economic reward. Similar competitive fishing exists at the amateur level with fishing derbies. In general, derbies are distinguished from tournaments; derbies normally require fish to be killed. Tournaments normally deduct points if fish can not be released alive.
   Outline of fishing
  
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to fishing:
  
  Fishing – activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping.
  
  Section::::Essence of fishing.
  
  BULLET::::- Fishing – trying to catch fish.
  
  BULLET::::- Fishing industry – any industry or activity concerned with taking, culturing, processing, preserving, storing, transporting, marketing or selling fish or fish products.
   Fishing video game
  
  A fishing video game is a video game series in which the player fishes. Usually they take the form of fishing tournaments. Many feature a wide variety of locations in which to fish, fish to catch, and fishing paraphernalia such as fishing rods, lures, and boats. Gameplay usually revolves around reacting quickly to an on-screen trigger that the bait was taken, along with some sort of button press sequence to reel the fish in.
  
  Section::::Fishing minigames.
   BULLET::::- Fisherman or fisher – someone (male or female) who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish, including recreational fishermen. Fishing has existed as a means of obtaining food since the Mesolithic period. Worldwide, there are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishermen and fish farmers.
  
  BULLET::::- Recreational fishing or sport fishing – fishing for pleasure or competition.
  
  BULLET::::- Environmental impact of fishing –
  
  Section::::Fishing tackle.
  
  Section::::Fishing tackle.:Fish hooks.
   BULLET::::- Bass boat – A bass boat is a small boat that is designed and equipped primarily for bass fishing or fishing for other panfish, usually in freshwater such as lakes, rivers and streams.
  
  BULLET::::- Farley – Farley Boats set the standard along the Gulf Coast for fishing and sport from 1915 to the mid-1970s.
  
  Section::::History of fishing.
  
  BULLET::::- Traditional fishing boats
  
  BULLET::::- Chasse-marée – specific, archaic type of decked commercial sailing vessel.
  
  BULLET::::- Fishing in Cornwall – Fishing in Cornwall has traditionally been one of the main elements of the economy.
   BULLET::::- International Collective in Support of Fishworkers – International Collective in Support of Fishworkers is an international non-government organization that works towards the establishment of equitable, gender-just, self-reliant and sustainable fisheries, particularly in the small-scale, artisan sector.
  
  BULLET::::- International Game Fish Association – The International Game Fish Association is the leading authority on angling pursuits and the keeper of the most current World Record fishing catches by fish categories.
   There is an intricate link between various fishing techniques and knowledge about the fish and their behaviour including migration, foraging and habitat. The effective use of fishing techniques often depends on this additional knowledge. Which techniques are appropriate is dictated mainly by the target species and by its habitat.
  
  Fishing techniques can be contrasted with fishing tackle. Fishing tackle refers to the physical equipment that is used when fishing, whereas fishing techniques refers to the manner in which the tackle is used when fishing.
  
  Section::::Hand-gathering.
   BULLET::::- André Goustat (1989–1998)
  
  BULLET::::- Jean Saint-Josse (1998–2008)
  
  BULLET::::- Frédéric Nihous (2008–2016)
  
  BULLET::::- Eddie Puyjalon (2016– )
  
  Section::::Popular support and electoral record.
   Although a player can only cast every 15 minutes (excluding the use of resources), additional casts may occur when a member of the player's crew (a Facebook friend that has been invited to join the player in the game) can take the player fishing with them. In addition to crew trips, players who invite others to use the application will become a captain for the invited player, and both the captain and the apprentice will receive one captain trip (a trip in which the apprentice receives some of the reward for the captain's catch) a day, provided the captain has been seen recently. Players who fish at least once on any given day will also receive automated "deckhand checks" for the remainder of that day.
   BULLET::::- John Wilson's Little Book of Knots (2002)
  
  BULLET::::- John Wilson's Greatest Fishing Adventures (2002)
  
  BULLET::::- The Definitive Guide on Where to Fish in Norfolk and Suffolk (2002)
  
  BULLET::::- John Wilson's World of Fishing (2004)
  
  BULLET::::- Another Fishing Year (2006)
  
  BULLET::::- John Wilson's 1001 Top Angling Tips (2007)
  
  BULLET::::- Sixty years a Fisherman (2008)
  
  BULLET::::- Catfishing: A Practical Guide - Foreword
  
  BULLET::::- 'The Biggest Fish Of All' by The Perchfishers (2011) - Contributor
  
  Section::::Other.
  
raw_presuppositions: Outcomes in fishing competitions are determined by luck.
raw_corrections: Outcomes in fishing competitions are determined by luck as well as individual skill.