Me and a couple of co-workers at Bellsouth are starting a bass club (BASSSOUTH) that will fish 7 tourneys next year.  This is our first club and was wondering what is the maximum number of boats we should allow.  We are new to this and just don't want to overload ourselves.  Thanks for any info.

 sledgehammer, after looking at four different clubs one year, and not finding one I wanted to fish,  I decided to start my own. At our first meeting I think we had about eight guys interested. We kept it simple, simple rules, low entry fee, 100% payback. Because we were just starting out we limited ourselves to no more than 20% non-boaters (I'm a big believer of the need for non-boaters). By the end of the first season we had 24 members, and now I understand they're up above 100 members.

 I recommend you try to limit yourselve to probably no more than 12-15 boatrs to start. As time goes by you can reevaluate and adjust up as you see fit.

 One other thing you should think about is if you want to be a Federation club and if you meet all the requirements.

Feel free to IM me if you have any questions I might be able to help you with.

Aloha, Bill

Thanks for the info.  It will be an interesting and hopefully fun year.