I have attended a few of the MIFI, and loved every second of them ... well, most of them ... save for the aluminum hatch that is steady on the Holy Waters. The hardest part of the MIFI is its dates ... usually right at the 4th of July. If it were earlier, or later, without the extra idiots on the waters it would be far more enjoyable.
I had also noticed that in more recent years far less was said after the fish-in, and even fewer pictures posted, that could entice more people North.