Standings 2019 Cat Contest

[SkunkedAgain]

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[#0000ff]Overall winner for the third year in a row Ahi1953 with a score of 95 inches in 3 fish... Congratulations John.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Longest overall fish ice_sled at 32.5" although it looked closer to 32.75"... Very nice fish Ben Congratulations[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Youth Winner Catslayer at 85 inches, great job nailing some big cats...[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Little kitten trophy will go to Josh.gaardvark at 4.5" an amazing feat to get a fish that small on a hook....[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Please wish all our champion anglers well on a season of great fish...[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Hard to not recognize Jig-fisher and Sharksugar101 who also beat the 90 point barrier this year... nice job guys.... [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]20 anglers between 80 and 89.5 points this year... solid group of very respectable fish, nice job and our highest female angler Mrs. J at 87.5 points fell at the top end of this group, way to go Violet...[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Well awards will follow on November 13 or 14th at Holy Smoke... Looking at 5:00 to 7:00 PM timeframe, still waiting to find out if Jeff can get staff in to accommodate us one of those evenings, he sounded like it will happen, but just had to make sure... Thanks everyone for participating and keeping this contest solid with such a high interest and participation rate it's really been fun....[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Oh forgot the most important number for the teams, bragging rights belong to team north for the top ten at 311 points to 303.5 points.... Our trial of top 20 bragging rights go to team south at 595 points to 594.5 points for team north.... Next year we will vote on which number we want to go with next year, top 10 or 20 fish... Thanks all.... Jeff[/#0000ff]
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[Tin-Can]

OUTSTANDING TO ALL CONTESTANTS !! [] [] [] [] [] []

This has been a real blast for the wife (TinCansMate) and me (Tin Can) . We have always loved to fish together, but the added aspect of the friendly competition and meeting some of our North Team members as well as our Southern "rivals" has made our times together on the water at Utah Lake and Bear River even more enjoyable.

Hope to see ya'll at the dinner. [fishon]
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[Piscophilic]

Great summary Jeff!

Thanks again for all you do to let us have more fun!

Congratulations to all those who had a great year!

The south will rise again, but we might all have to go up north and get our one out of area fish to do it[]
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[SkunkedAgain]

Thanks Jim and Forest, I’m really glad that you guys like this craziness. I’m really not a very competitive type person, but for some reason when it comes to the cat contest and ice challenge I get possessed to try and do well. Not that I want to beat anyone, but I want to push what I can accomplish. Hope it doesn’t ruin our enjoyment of a wonderful sport but it sure helps me get out on the days when I might rather be lazy. Thanks for staying interested and keeping others going by both of you guys posts. They have been a blast to follow even though I didn’t always have time to respond I made sure to read them. Even the full story not just the ES. Well I put the last hay in my shed this afternoon, got some to take to the neighbors and I’m finally done with the field jobs. Been a long busy summer I’m ready for ice season. Later Jeff
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[EyLayo]

Congratulations to the winners!
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