I’m just having fun anyways. This is a good contest and keeps me out of trouble. ha ha.
So what is this years prize anyway? A personalized rod and reel combo that’s autographed by the great davetclown?
it is too far down the road to even sugest a prize yet. the contest is ending on a new phiscal year.
of corse I am ineligable to win, but plan on having fun with the compition… I’ve gotten wooped good the last couple years… LOL
I’ll see every one at the finish line, first or last place dosnt matter cause I am having a blast…
This weeks scores are in, and another dozen species were entered. 
Freshwater moves back in the lead for Biggest fish (longest) you wont belive the species nor would you beleive who brought it in… The biggest fish just keeps growing inch by inch…
yours truly closes the gap for 3 place in the freshwater division.
Do drop in on the 16 species contest and say howdy to our contenders and enter a species yourself.
Well that clown is still holding first place for the biggest fish!
you will never guess who has moved up in first place for the fresh water division. the fresh water division is running gill and gill!!! with just 5 points differance from first place to third place…
Our salt water dude is holding his own, scores of points ahead of the nerest competitor… but I hear that there are some salty dowgs with some pic’s on film waiting to be developed… and yet others who have not made it out to the great pond yet…
with 7 months to go its any body’s game… Dont wait till the last day to start entering! you can always upgrade your species if you catch a bigger one…
Did you finally get that elusive Northern? I’m off today despite my cough and sniffles and expected rain. I hear the cats are biting and I’ve gotta catch me a carp or two to add 20+ inches to my score. Plus I’ve gotta get that 30+ inch Northern that keeps getting off of everybody else’s hooks where I caught the one I post.
no not yet he is still on my list, but I did see a tinny one about 26 inches, wasnt much bigger than a hammer handle…
I wasnt fishing the lake I wanted to target pike on… I was fishing a lake that was best suited for bass… lots of shallow, lots of structure,
I know guys its been a couple weeks since my last report. Been vary bussy on the home front…
This dosnt mean that the contest has been slow… in the last couple weeks we have had a couple heavy hitters step up to plate with a had full of some excilent catches and moved right up to near half way to our first place contender…
Fresh water guys are holding the front still for the biggest fish (longest) by an inch over our salt water guys 
I know this record wont last, and I also know there are a few fresh water guys out searching for muskies, pike, stergeon and cat fish. I also hear that there a some salt water guys out looking for shark, tuna, cudas, halibuts, and stergeon… looks like this years biggest fish event will be a photo finish…[sly]
Good luck to all and dont forget to enter often and enter your shots on the wall of fame
Sounds like I’ve got a ways to go. Man, I haven’t been able to get anything to bite except hammerhandles smaller than the one I posted. Not even bullheads and carp like my hooks this year!
them carp have been just way to avtive this spring.
I have pulled in one cat (bullhead) she was bustin with eggs so I put her back after getting a picture…
I havent pulled in a pike yet my self… I have only seen one 26 incher that looked like a hammer handle. it was under the dock at the public boat ramp. (no fishing from the dock)
Lucky you. The rain has been hitting us at least every other day. The find don’t know what to think!
I am getting my share of spouts here…
after yesterdays down pour my front yard and drive way was submerged under a foot of water.
It went down in about an hour after I got home and unplugged the ditch so it could drain in to my back yard where there was two foot of water.
I walked back there today, the standing water was gone but the whole yard was like walking on a giant spunge…[:(]
Well it was bound to happen, the fresh water fish was knocked out of first place with a salt water fish… Great work guys.
since my last report we have had a score of fish enter the contest… Contestant scores are climbing, but still not so high that they couldnt be reached.
Still plenty of time to get your entries in… good luck.
It is mid term of the contest and there are 100+ fish already entered in to this years contest. salt water leads the pack with the biggest fish and the higest score but the fresh water game is holding its own.
http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/BIGF9582/default.htm The Ultimate 16 Species Fishing Contest 2004
I need to measure a trout soon..
I thought I had one in here, but I guess not!
I can do it! I know where I can catch a a 14 incher!
I saw you had some nice trout on the other boards, I was begging to think you had a monster hidden in a secret pond some where with your name on him, savin him for a special ocation…
i intend to be back in the running this weekend . we got rain , woo hooo !
as you know , work and puter problems have been slowing me down .
now it’s time to get serious , i’m gonna whip out the BIG 30 LB. B.F.T. TROLLING ROD soon .
lookout freshwater dudes and dudetts , i’m a GOING OUT FER SOME WHOPPER FISH SOON , YEEE HAAAA !
I don’t suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.I’M CRASY ABOUT THESE CONTESTS !!!
Well, that guest was me. My computer has broken down and
I have managed to get a tin hard drive to use until mine is
fixed or replaced. I am going camping tomorrow… so the computer can wait!
I need to go catch that nice trout to measure!
hope your efforts are rewarded…
I went out yesterday and managed to get a couple new species for the contest…
when I get the pics uploaded I will get them up, nothin as nice as a trout tho’…(javascript: addTag(‘:P’))
Well Dave, the creek was flooded, so no trout for me this week, but… hee hee!!! I get to add a few more inches.. I caught the biggest carp yet for me! 31 inches and 15 pounds of gorgeous carp! MAN, I love fighting those fish!!!
This is how it happened… maybe it won’t be allowed. My Step mother in law had a line in the water, and she was holding the rod when the carp took the bait (a bagel piece) When she felt it’s size, she gave me the rod and said “HERE, you bring it in!!” We have a few pictures of the fight between me and creek carp! I think this was the one that tried to kill me earlier this year!
I caught 2 carp this weekend, this was the second one! Dang, it felt good!!! Celeste was helping me here!
- Common Carp - Freshwater - 31 inches - caught on a piece of bagel - Ischua Creek, NY - July 17, 2004 -