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[Jig-fisher]

That will almost pay for the gas you burn up chase them critters. Nicely done

Thanks Lance!

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Dude, you are killing it this Winter, especially these last two days, congrats. How many people were in this tournament and if you don't mind me asking, how much did it cost to enter it?

I don't know how many actually entered.  It didn't seem to be very crowded.  The entry fee was $100 for the 2 day event, but if you registered early, it was $90.  Not too bad at $45 a day.

Do they predrill the holes or can you fish anywhere on the lake?

They divide the lakes into 3 zones and then randomly draw and place you in a zone.  You have to stay in your assigned zone,  but that is a very large area and you can fish anywhere you want in that zone.  You can request to stay in the same zone as friends or family, but cannot fish side by side.  No they don't pre-drill, you drill your own, but you cannot start drilling until the contest officially starts, which was 7 am each day.  You also cannot use a shelter to prevent cheating.  It was put on in conjunction with the State Parks dept and the DWR.  They had biologists measuring the fish and parks and DWR law enforcement patrolling the areas. Being its first year, there were some changes to the original posted rules, and there could have been a lot better communication from the organizers, but I ended up liking the format. The rule change to allow a fish bag for use at Lost Creek was a good move so that you could measure fish caught in the slot..  Originally they were only going to allow fish over the slot to be measured, which would have resulted in 0 fish being measured.  

I'm sure it will be better organized next year and have clearer rules before hand.  The money payouts were really good for the top places.  There were also raffle drawings for some nice items as well.

I signed up for it because it fishes 2 of our local waters that I really like, and it is close to home.  Just gives me an excuse to go ice fishing and hopefully get lucky and win something.  I did pre-fish both lakes and I think that helped a lot.

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Wow, that's a nice payoff, and would make me want to do it again.  Congrats on some hard earned success!!

Thanks!