01-21-2008, 04:57 AM
Thanks to all who fished at this years tournament. It was a huge success with many nice fish being caught. 19 3/4" won and 19 1/4" took second. Both fish were caught in the last hour of the tournament. Fishing was much slower than last years tournament, however the size of the fish were much larger. Of the 14 $100 winners, the two shortest fish were 17". Last year 16 1/2" was good enough to split 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. As far as your concerns with cheating, We have tried to think of all the possible ways that people could cheat and make a rules to help prevent this. As you know, there are people, who may think about cheating when there is this much prize money. Hopefully that doesn't happen. We do depend on the eyes of all the people around to help keep people honest. As far as bringing in a fish from somewhere else, I think it would be very difficult to keep a trout alive long to transport it back to the tournament to be measured. You are right. It is hard to know whats happening inside someones tent and how many poles they might be using. The only way to solve that 100% is to allow everyone to use five poles. I just think that would turn into a mess. I we over 1000 poles in the water, imagine the tangled lines when a school of fish swims through one of the congested areas. Again, THANKS to all who fished, I hope you enjoyed it and we look foreword to seeing you all next year. I will try to have our web site updated tommorow with results and photos. As soon as do I will post a link.
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