The FishDonkey app is set up so that you take photos of your fish and submit them. They go to the hosts of the tournament and they verify them. We didn't have cell phone coverage so we had to wait till the tournament was over then drive to the dam area. It took a while but it was fun watching all the fish come in. You can look at the leaderboard and individual's fish. The goal was to get as many inches of fish as you could from all the species in the lake. The winners had cutthroats, tiger trout , and rainbows. No one got any tiger muskies, wipers, or walleye. One person got a dink chub. The top seven contestants got all three species of trout. The top five had at least 50 inches. The overall winner, Tysen Belnap, had 52.75" with a 16.5" rainbow, a 17.25" tiger and a 19" cutthroat. I believe that the longest fish was over 21". First place got $1000 cash, second got an Eskimo auger setup, and third took home a nice shelter. There was a big drawing at the end and my brother won a bucket with some jerky. A high percentage of the crowd won something. Over 120 people signed up and just under 100 posted fish.
I suspect that the one that they are holding at Strawberry on January 13 will run about the same. They call it the Strawberry Frozen Frenzy. The species that are eligible are chub, crawfish, cutthroat, kokanee, rainbow, and sucker. Everyone should get the FishDonkey app so you can see what's going on. It is set up so anybody can host a tournament. I've fished in three of them now and got second in one. Be sure to check out the Utah Ice Grand Slam. It runs from January 1 to March 30. The objective is to catch as many inches as you can out of 24 species. My brother and I have signed up and will be doing the BFT challenge at the same time. I hope some of you will join us. There is an 85-person max and up to $2000 in cash and prizes, dependent of course on the number of participants. The host expects to return most of the entry fees in prizes.
Hope to see you on the ice!
I suspect that the one that they are holding at Strawberry on January 13 will run about the same. They call it the Strawberry Frozen Frenzy. The species that are eligible are chub, crawfish, cutthroat, kokanee, rainbow, and sucker. Everyone should get the FishDonkey app so you can see what's going on. It is set up so anybody can host a tournament. I've fished in three of them now and got second in one. Be sure to check out the Utah Ice Grand Slam. It runs from January 1 to March 30. The objective is to catch as many inches as you can out of 24 species. My brother and I have signed up and will be doing the BFT challenge at the same time. I hope some of you will join us. There is an 85-person max and up to $2000 in cash and prizes, dependent of course on the number of participants. The host expects to return most of the entry fees in prizes.
Hope to see you on the ice!
The older I get the more I would rather be considered a good man than a good fisherman.