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[left]FINAL RESULTS 2013 10_19_13

Ok, at long last (sorry, tail tucked!) I have the FINAL results and tallys. I've actually been hesitating to apply the final formula, like waiting for Xmas day to reveal.

Gotta say - I LOVE this! Ya'll have been great competitors, you south have fought tooth and nail, and made a dominant amount of entries. It's just too bad some people are able to nab those monsters from the north!

Grand Total: It's a PUSH! Check my numbers, check my calculations, double check I've got all the entries in, PLEASE!
But - the Top-5 I'm seeing comes out at 151 each. And despite a lot of dominant 30+ entries from the south, I tip my catfishing hat to UTCatman, comes in with a 33.5" toad, one of two entries - to take the Largest Fish in the competition, while Boatloadakids with his cumulative score of 93 takes the overall lead for first place.

We have Danielc with a 31" Carp to nail that category. And I want to commend CatCarsen and Boatloadakids for their determination, and time spent on the water! CatCarsen is our YOUTH CHAMP, and will receive special honors and awards for his great catches and contributions. Thanks to generous donors.

It's been a long adventure, and I've been impressed with everyones civil and entertaining contributions. Thank you all for making it a fun contest to entertain. I'm still itching to scratch that 30 inch mark. It'll happen!

I'll work on getting prizes and awards out.
Open invite - anyone who entered and wants some BFT stickers, just drop me your snail mail. On the way.

I thank you all for being involved, being active, and making contributions to the contest. It's really encouraging to make it happen when folks are so into it.

MY VOW - next year, I will pound the pavement. Drum up more sponsorship, get more prizes to reward you all for your hard work.

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Great job UTcatman! Back to back in the house!
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Here's a graph of the collective entries.

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We need a LOT more than 17 participants if we want to make this bigger and better next year. Everyone, tell your friends..get this out in the open.

Nice job everyone. Congrats to the winners! Thanks Yote for putting this together.

Side Note: if I had remembered my entree poster on my fat 27" cat and thrown out that small 24", I would have taken 2nd place in the North. Still, that's not good enough. I'll get a 30"+ in 2014.

We'll miss Bama's presence next year.
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Thanks for all your hard work John, it was a long season this year and it is good to see that helped the South tie this year. Congratulations to Utahcatman on his big cat.
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Definitely a good time. Met some good people. I'm excited for next year.

Isn't Boatloadakids the winner?
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oh come on a tie!!!!! are you kidding me........ lets send it into overtime extra innings sudden death shoot out whatever...... gotta have a winner and a loser!!! its a contest!! not a race! need to come up with a way to settle it even if it comes down to rock paper scissors. there must be a champ
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indeed without more participants this contest would be better suited as an individual contest.... instead of north vs south
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I think I was too excited drooling over that 33.5 incher. You are correct indeed - for the Biggest Fish - we have UTCatman, for the overall individual best 3 - we indeed to have Boatloadakids claiming that mark.

I haven't sent out any prizes, so I'll be sure to reward both. Amazingly the team totals did tie out, BUT - if someone can find where I've missed a measure or an entry, shoot me a PM, and I'll reward you with a Wavefishing coupon!


Apologize for the mis-statement. BLK has worked very hard, and deserves his accolades!
Sorry I didn't make it out to my holes much this season guys !! Wish I coulda helped the north more ! Looking through my pics I do have a 29" I never posted but I'm assuming its now too late [:/]
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Now that was fun!! Sorry I'm late with my thanks and congrats -- been off in pursuit of the wiley mule deer.

Thanks to Yote for all his time and talent in putting this together. It has been a blast for me. I kinda feel like I have an advantage being retired and able to spend so much more time on the water that others do... but I can deal with it. Congrats to Utcatman on that toad he caught. Who knows what might have been if he had more time in his favorith cat holes.

I do agree with lavaman that we need more participants. I'll recruit a few more for next year. We in the South are movin' up on you guys. Look for the south to surge to a big win next year. Also watch for a new state record... yep, from Utah Lake.

By the way, check out the pic of my buck this year. Yep, I got 'em both.... well, actually my son-in-laws... or is that sons-in-laws?? anyway, the fellows that married my daughters actually got them.

Good fishin' to all.

BLK
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Nice bucks!!!!! hope the fish in cutler come back when they fill it back up!!!
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