01-20-2008, 08:19 PM
I was at the ice tournament at Devils Creek. My son and I had a good time and I thought it was well run. I must have chosen a little fish hole because my biggest fish was a 14 1/2 in Kokanee.
It was interesting to see so many people have similar results as far as the fish being on or off during different times of the day.
Here are my results.
8:00-9:00 five rainbows four of them 10-12" one right at 14"
9:00-10:00 two 10-12" rainbows
11:30 one 14 1/2" Kokanee
1:00 my son caught a 12" rainbow
2:00 my son caught another 12" rainbow
All of my fish were caught on white paddle bugs although I tried everything in my box.
I did wonder with so much money involved (almost 3,000 to the winner and over 2,000 for second place) what is to stop people from using more than one pole in their ice house? Or for that matter what is to stop someone from catching a big rainbow at another lake and then pulling it out for the devils creek tourney? I am not implying that anyone cheated. I certainly do not believe that to be the case. I just started to think about the potential problems that would come up when operating a tournament that draws that many people and money.
I believe the biggest fish for the day was 19 3/4". Congratulations to the winners. It was good to meet you Wingnut. How did you do?
There was a very good family friendly environment there. Thanks to those who worked to make it that way.
Windriver
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It was interesting to see so many people have similar results as far as the fish being on or off during different times of the day.
Here are my results.
8:00-9:00 five rainbows four of them 10-12" one right at 14"
9:00-10:00 two 10-12" rainbows
11:30 one 14 1/2" Kokanee
1:00 my son caught a 12" rainbow
2:00 my son caught another 12" rainbow
All of my fish were caught on white paddle bugs although I tried everything in my box.
I did wonder with so much money involved (almost 3,000 to the winner and over 2,000 for second place) what is to stop people from using more than one pole in their ice house? Or for that matter what is to stop someone from catching a big rainbow at another lake and then pulling it out for the devils creek tourney? I am not implying that anyone cheated. I certainly do not believe that to be the case. I just started to think about the potential problems that would come up when operating a tournament that draws that many people and money.
I believe the biggest fish for the day was 19 3/4". Congratulations to the winners. It was good to meet you Wingnut. How did you do?
There was a very good family friendly environment there. Thanks to those who worked to make it that way.
Windriver
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