goose70
09-01-2009, 10:08 AM
The results are in and I win again for the longest fish!!:clap::fishing2::rockon: Of course, had Larry stretched his a bit more aggressively, who knows…..better luck next year, Larry.:pp Nobody entered an aggregate of three fish, so that money will go back to the SRRKC coffers (so, $50 to the longest fish, $50 back to SRRKC).
OK, kidding aside, here are a few observations:
Obviously, my 11.25” fish was a pretty lame winner, and we all had a tough time catching fish to meet the 10.5” minimum. I suggested that minimum because I did not want one person with a very large fish or two to also be the default aggregate winner by just adding any old medium fish. I thought that the aggregate should be won by someone who strung together at least three truly quality Perch. And as Shawn demonstrated last year, beating the 10.5” limit three times is more than doable.
Having said that, when nobody manages to enter an aggregate, it puts a damper on the competition. Part of the issue was only having ten participants (although they were of high quality:thumbup:). Another issue is the timing of this tourney. I think that a lot of folks were away on vacation for large chunks of the contest, and even those who were here were busy chasing the Chesapeake’s new August poster child, the Spanish Mac.:fishing2:
Lastly, at least in the Severn, weather and water quality were unusually bad, even for August. I fished under the dock lights three times in August, including last night. In past years, that would have easily produced at least three fish north of 10.5” and many dozens smaller than that. This year, it produced exactly zero….not even a follow (not that I could have seen a follow in the orange water). While I had some decent Perching in the main stem of Round Bay, especially near grass beds on a couple of trips this summer, the Severn above Round Bay and even the creeks off of Round Bay have been very poor. I hope that this is not a trend.
So, given all of the above, I will make an early proposal that, for next year, we consider the following alternative tourney dates:
June: Many people are burned out on Stripers by this point, the Croaker and Blues have yet to arrive up here in force, and it’s one of the best Perch months on the Severn.
September: Spanish Mac start the leave by mid-month and the water quality in the Severn tends to improve throughout the month. Barring a hurricane, it usually has the best weather of the year.
November: This is a time to catch some huge Perch and we could add Yellows to the mix. Stripers are still a focus earlier in the month, but fade away from the Severn by mid-month, leaving us with Perch.
Also, for this and other contests, I suggest that we reverse the winning percentages for longest fish and aggregate, since the aggregate typically is more difficult to win.
OK, kidding aside, here are a few observations:
Obviously, my 11.25” fish was a pretty lame winner, and we all had a tough time catching fish to meet the 10.5” minimum. I suggested that minimum because I did not want one person with a very large fish or two to also be the default aggregate winner by just adding any old medium fish. I thought that the aggregate should be won by someone who strung together at least three truly quality Perch. And as Shawn demonstrated last year, beating the 10.5” limit three times is more than doable.
Having said that, when nobody manages to enter an aggregate, it puts a damper on the competition. Part of the issue was only having ten participants (although they were of high quality:thumbup:). Another issue is the timing of this tourney. I think that a lot of folks were away on vacation for large chunks of the contest, and even those who were here were busy chasing the Chesapeake’s new August poster child, the Spanish Mac.:fishing2:
Lastly, at least in the Severn, weather and water quality were unusually bad, even for August. I fished under the dock lights three times in August, including last night. In past years, that would have easily produced at least three fish north of 10.5” and many dozens smaller than that. This year, it produced exactly zero….not even a follow (not that I could have seen a follow in the orange water). While I had some decent Perching in the main stem of Round Bay, especially near grass beds on a couple of trips this summer, the Severn above Round Bay and even the creeks off of Round Bay have been very poor. I hope that this is not a trend.
So, given all of the above, I will make an early proposal that, for next year, we consider the following alternative tourney dates:
June: Many people are burned out on Stripers by this point, the Croaker and Blues have yet to arrive up here in force, and it’s one of the best Perch months on the Severn.
September: Spanish Mac start the leave by mid-month and the water quality in the Severn tends to improve throughout the month. Barring a hurricane, it usually has the best weather of the year.
November: This is a time to catch some huge Perch and we could add Yellows to the mix. Stripers are still a focus earlier in the month, but fade away from the Severn by mid-month, leaving us with Perch.
Also, for this and other contests, I suggest that we reverse the winning percentages for longest fish and aggregate, since the aggregate typically is more difficult to win.