How many fisherman can comfortably fish from shore on a 75 acre lake in a 6 hour tournament?

We get about 20-30 people out at our club tournaments comfortably but could probably fit a lot more.

Trying to plan a charity tournament from shore/boat on a 75 acre lake- trying to figure out at what number of anglers entries should be capped out

a 75 acre lake with 20-30 boats is a lot of boats.  Now if you are talking 15 boats with 2 to a boat that is still quite a bit but more doable.

 

I fish quite a few lakes in that size range and if i see more than 4 cars in the parking lot when i get there i usually go elsewhere. From the bank i would think if there is good shoreline access 20-30 wouldn't be a problem but keep in mind that boaters and shore people will probably want to fish some of the same structure which could cause some problems.

So 100 anglers from shore is too much for 75 acres?

So 100 anglers from shore is too much for 75 acres?

Yes.......absolutely.  My "home" lake in Wisconsin is roughly 70 acres only. Very small.  I couldn't imagine more than 30 guys fishing from shore to make it fair in terms of "space" given to each angler.  If it were a boat tournament, I feel that even 10 boats is a lot.  75 acres is not very big at all.

100 anglers is way to many. If you are doing a charity event you want this to be fun and not something that people say yeah I won't be doing that again.

If people are elbow to elbow nobody will have a good time.

It´s not about square footage, it´s about how much walkable shoreline you have. Acreage has little to do with how much you can fish it from, more walklable shoreline more anglers can fish it.

We host a highschool tournament on a 4-5 thousand acre lake and we cap it off at 50 boats. This year well bump it up to 75 but take that into perspective. There is no way you can get 100 angers out on that lake. I would say you turn it into a derby/ classic. 50 anglers go one day 50 the next. Top 15 from both face off in a final 30 angler tournament. 

Is this a bass tournament or a catch anything tournament? I've assisted with kids fishing derbies before and seen 50 kids on 2 acre ponds and everyone catching fish but most of those were catfish or bluegill. If it's a bass tournament 20 anglers would be a lot of people on a body of water that size for 6 hours even if it has a lot of fishable water. 

It´s not about square footage, it´s about how much walkable shoreline you have. Acreage has little to do with how much you can fish it from, more walklable shoreline more anglers can fish it.

I agree........when I fish from shore I'm always walking and not all of the shore is fishable.

As Sir Snookalot says it depends on the walkable, castable shoreline.  You definitely do not want the shore to look like this. 

 

This is ok for "bottom jerking" but not so much for casting along a shoreline.

 

It's a tournament that's being advertised to the alumni, community, students, parents, and families.Its for my catholic high school. It's for bass and bluegill and its 5.5 hours long on a Saturday in may and its for the biggest fish