Streiff Fishing Tournament was a BLAST!!!

[Scarface]

WOW what a tournament. I had a great time. The weather was great, very little wind, a great partner and we caught some nice fish. <P>There was a lot of “what if” and “if only we had” statements flying around the awards meeting. The no cull rule added a whole other level to the tournament strategy. It seemed like everyone I talked to had released some fish they now wish they would have kept and kept some fish they should have released. Hindsight is 20:20!!!<P> My teammate Brian and I had a strategy of nothing under 24” before noon and after that the goal was the simply get the four fish. We caught a nice one early in the day and put it in the well. A little later my partner caught a 22” and after a brief discussion of our plan…back it went. After nearly 2 hours without a fish we caught another 22”….time?? 11:50 am. After a lengthy discussion I convinced my partner that if we would keep this fish at 12:00, we should also keep it at 11:50. This was immediately followed @ 12:00 with a 24” and 12:10 with a 26”. Both were released. (I think I seen Widetrack cry) We also released a 16” and a 14”, looking for a pair of 18-19 inchers for the slot fish. Fishing hard all day on Lake of the Woods 2 walleyes 18 or 19 inches shouldn’t be any trouble.. right?? Wrong!!! We only weighed in 2 fish. Oh well... Live and learn. I still had a great time and look forward to next year.<BR>

[widetrack]

Scarface:<P>With a 29.5 in our well we were 1 bite away from winning. It was indeed painful<BR>to watch someone else pull up on our spot and land those fish. I thought sure<BR>the boat registration would be someone from Nebraska.<P>Walleyebuster:<P>Your streak is alive and well buddy! Thanks for fishing with a grumpy old bugger like me. 2 days of fishing and he catches a 26.5, 27, 29, 29.5. You are a heck of a fisherman. We made it through the Bermuda triangle twice with only your watch stopping, not bad!<P>Ripper:<P>Thanks for the visit the other day, it was a pleasure to meet you, and your dad. Congrats on finishing in the money!<P>Fisky:<P>Nice to get a chance to catch up with you. Sorry I had to cut our visit short, but my boy passed out, and needed attention fast. Thought I would explain why I just took off running like that...<P>Tuffboy:<P>Thanks for hosting the party again, it was a hoot as always... Good food, good company, lots of laughs.<P>Conway, Wade:<P>Thanks for putting on a great tournament. It was organized and run very well.

[Guest]

Widetrack,<BR>Nebraskans?!?! You could have called us N. Dakotan's and that would have hurt badly enough. We may have made some poor decisions, but at least we had decisions to make.<P>Anyhow, it seems as though we already may have a side bet established in principle for next year. Are you in?

[widetrack]

Big Easy:<P>I put a big juicy bait out there, and look what happened. You bit like a northern hitting a daredevil...<P>Nice to see you signed up.<P>I'll side bet you any day, any species, any corner of the lake!

[fiskyknut]

The Tourney was indeed a blast again this year, maybe a bit to calm though? We could'nt pop a big one, lots of 21's and 22's though! Funny cause I fished the same waypoints that I fished on the Wednesday before the tourney and that day we got plenty of hawgs out of there. Oh well, thats fishing! Thanks to Conway and the crew for a job well done once again.<P>WT, hope little WT's okay? Did'nt realize it was a kid, especially your kid. I figured it was an older person and you were helping out. Would have posted sooner but my keyboard went to cyberheaven last week and I did'nt pick up a new one till today....A good excuse to hit GFKS tackle shopping it was! 6 days without the internet....WOW!<P>Fisky

[Kingfisher]

I have been waiting to see the complete results of the fishing tournament. Is this information available?

[Scarface]

Kingfisher: Wade said they would post the results on their web site when I talked with him on Monday after the tournement but I see that hasn't happened yet. They have the results at the store or they will fax them if you sweat talk them a little.<BR>

[Kingfisher]

Thanks Scarface; Will be up there today--going fishen!!