Week one is in the books, and it was a good one as far a league totals go. As a matter of fact, it was the biggest night this club has ever had on the Gull Chain in the history of record keeping. When it was all said and done, we had 216 points, which is by far the biggest number we've had. 190 points was the previous record set in 2016.
The water and air temps were in the mid 50's, the sky was overcast, and the wind was non-existent. Bass were shallow and hitting on just about anything from top water to wacky worms. Raps and other shallow running plugs caught fish too. The Walleye and Northern Pike seemed to be suspended at about 20 to 25 feet in water depths over 50 feet. Best way to get to them was a deep running crank bait, and the guys who located them, found some big fish. We had a Pike that was over 30", a Bass that was over 20", and a Walleye over 25". All of them maxed out the points for the individual species. For those of you that aren't in the league that might be reading this, rest assured all state regulations were followed as far as catch and release go, so don't be calling any tip line on us!
I personally think it's pretty brazen and totally inappropriate for a new team to be leading after week one. Just who do these upstart assholes think they are? The rest of us, including me and my net boy, have put blood sweat and tears into this league, and two guys named Jason and Brett can start out by putting 37 points on the board? So how do these guys come into this league and put up points like this? How did we old timers, especially Steve, allow this to happen? I don't have the answers, but what I do know is that it better not happen again next week, or the week after, or the week after that, or...well, you get my drift. But seriously, 37 points? If it happens again, they shall be forever known as team asshole.
I'm not even going to mention who came in second or third, because who gives a shit. If you want to know, you can read it yourself by looking at the point totals. Besides, if you come in second, all you are is the first loser. In the case of net boy and myself, we're the 9th loser, but that's better than being the 10th.
Our next event is June 6th from 6-9:30 on Pelican. We'll be using the Stewart's Bay Landing. Don't tell team asshole where that's located.
For the standings, click HERE.
For the event detail, click HERE
For the 2019 rules, click HERE.
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Get Ready for 2019!!
Hello fisherman! We had a pretty good turnout at our meeting a couple of weeks ago at Billy’s. At the meeting we finalized the schedule and the lakes we’ll be fishing, as well as a few changes to the rules.
The biggest change to the rules is in regard to dropping our worst point night. Instead of being scored on ten events, we will be scored on nine events, so if you miss a night, it won’t hurt you point wise. We will still payout to the ten event nightly winners as usual, but the total year end point winner will be based on their best nine events scores.
The second rule change is about how we’re going to be counting northern pike. The state wide slot of 22-26 inch pike must still be immediately released, so a picture of a fish falling into that slot on a bump board with the tail pinched and the measurement being nice and clear in the photo, will count at the end of the night for your points. We will not be awarding half points this year for pike under 22. Instead, we will go back to awarding one point for pike between 20 & 22 inches. We do ask that you keep up to 10 pike each for fish under 22 inches. We will keep a running total of how many pike under 22 inches you catch for the year, and the winning team will receive $50 to buy drinks for the rest of us.
Here is the schedule for the year:
May 23rd Gull 6-9:30 Zorbaz Access
June 6th Pelican 6-9:30 Stewarts Bay Access
June 13th Edward 6-9:30
June 27th Roosevelt 6-9:30
July 18th WFC 6-9:30 Lower Hay Lake Access
August 1st Woman 6-9:00
August 15th Rabbit 6-9:00
August 29th N Long 5:30-8:30
September 5th Rice 4-8:00
September 12th WFC 4-8:00 West Shore Dr Landing
May 30th Gull…June 20th Pelican or Edward…July 11th Roosevelt
July 25th WFC…August 8th Woman…August 22nd Rabbit
September 19th N Long, Rice or WFC
There are also 2 proposed Saturday tournaments from 8:00 to 5:00 on Leech. Dates are June 15th and August 31st with a $25 per team entry fee, winner take all. Those attending will also receiver 10 bonus points added to their yearly total. These two tournaments are not written in stone. We will decide when it get’s closer so we can see what the weather will be.
I don’t know what the yearly payout will be because I don’t know how many teams we’ll end up with. After our first event I’ll post the payouts.
I ask those of you that haven’t paid your $150 yet, please arrive at the landing on Gull by 5:30 with exact cash or a check written out to me.
I’ll post more updates as I think of them, but for now feel free to pass this information on to any possible new teams.
I’ll see everyone on Gull on the 23rd.
Brad
The biggest change to the rules is in regard to dropping our worst point night. Instead of being scored on ten events, we will be scored on nine events, so if you miss a night, it won’t hurt you point wise. We will still payout to the ten event nightly winners as usual, but the total year end point winner will be based on their best nine events scores.
The second rule change is about how we’re going to be counting northern pike. The state wide slot of 22-26 inch pike must still be immediately released, so a picture of a fish falling into that slot on a bump board with the tail pinched and the measurement being nice and clear in the photo, will count at the end of the night for your points. We will not be awarding half points this year for pike under 22. Instead, we will go back to awarding one point for pike between 20 & 22 inches. We do ask that you keep up to 10 pike each for fish under 22 inches. We will keep a running total of how many pike under 22 inches you catch for the year, and the winning team will receive $50 to buy drinks for the rest of us.
Here is the schedule for the year:
May 23rd Gull 6-9:30 Zorbaz Access
June 6th Pelican 6-9:30 Stewarts Bay Access
June 13th Edward 6-9:30
June 27th Roosevelt 6-9:30
July 18th WFC 6-9:30 Lower Hay Lake Access
August 1st Woman 6-9:00
August 15th Rabbit 6-9:00
August 29th N Long 5:30-8:30
September 5th Rice 4-8:00
September 12th WFC 4-8:00 West Shore Dr Landing
May 30th Gull…June 20th Pelican or Edward…July 11th Roosevelt
July 25th WFC…August 8th Woman…August 22nd Rabbit
September 19th N Long, Rice or WFC
There are also 2 proposed Saturday tournaments from 8:00 to 5:00 on Leech. Dates are June 15th and August 31st with a $25 per team entry fee, winner take all. Those attending will also receiver 10 bonus points added to their yearly total. These two tournaments are not written in stone. We will decide when it get’s closer so we can see what the weather will be.
I don’t know what the yearly payout will be because I don’t know how many teams we’ll end up with. After our first event I’ll post the payouts.
I ask those of you that haven’t paid your $150 yet, please arrive at the landing on Gull by 5:30 with exact cash or a check written out to me.
I’ll post more updates as I think of them, but for now feel free to pass this information on to any possible new teams.
I’ll see everyone on Gull on the 23rd.
Brad
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