What kind of sponsorship $$$ is in wrapping your boat?

my guess is it's more of a contingency sponsorship

If you win while sporting their logo, they will payout x amount of dollars...but they supply the wrap free of charge

Lot of those sponsorships just pay parts of entry fees. Offshore entry fees can get mighty expensive. Others just give you a discount on their products. Very few actually pay the angler directly.

Also remember when you get this type of sponsorship you are expected to take company representatives fishing/hunting on an agreed upon number of days.

They are the worst

I'm here for the white oakleys

I would imagine they get enough compensation in some way shape or form that would offset the feeling of having a giant Huk wrap on the side of a brand new 42' Freeman.

Then again, for those guys that are hardcore I doubt it really matters to them what's on the side

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I don't get Huk popularity. Is it that great of a product. Seems like a "cool logo" company.

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I have a couple LS shirts that are nice but yeah it's still a pretty generic fishing apparel company. They sure do wrap a lot of boats though

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ogo sponsorships are more about sowing off a name brand that is willing to sponsor you as it is about the money they offer. At least in some cases

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This is very accurate, and a side of the fishing industry that I think few see or think about. In certain sects of fishing, there is value to anglers in being able to put a particular brand's logo on their boat or their shirt.

Not really referring to the "this fish made possible by xyz brand of bugspray" types . My friends and I talk about it often, but it seems as of late, it's become more important to look cool than to be a good outdoorsman.

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Then again, for those guys that are hardcore I doubt it really matters to them what's on the side

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This is also true. It's one thing to love to fish. It's another thing to absolutely 100% eat, sleep, and breathe fishing. To the detriment of other aspects of your life. There are a lot of anglers who are that serious about it, and if someone comes along and says we'll pay your entry fees if you wrap your boat with our logo, the answer would be pretty consistent among those anglers.

Wraps do protect hulls well. I've seen them come off boats after years, and the gelcoat still looked brand new. Personally, if I guided, I'd never wrap my boat. A lot of inshore fishermen bird dog the hell out of wrapped boats.

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janky boats.

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Ponchatoula

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fins and feathers?