02-28-2023, 05:46 PM
Jim contacted me about this summers catfish contest, sure appreciate his interest and willingness to help out this year. I think we need to push off the starting gun until April 1st this year. Might be lucky if the snow is even melted by then in Cache Valley. Pretty sure the mid March start would be a little earlier than necessary, although I know some of you will be catching catfish during March, but I think it's best to wait until both teams have a chance to catch fish before we begin... It's a really long contest anyway and for the most part, very few winning fish have ever been caught in March... Not saying it's not possible, just less likely...
Next question for you, what can we do to add more interest in the contest this year. Seems like last year our northern team almost fell to less than the four people needed to post a team score. I know down south there seems to be more excitement and a lot of folks catching great fish. Maybe it was just a down year for the north on fish size, I know I didn't find many over 27 last year... Do you think the contest is too long? Should we focus on something different? If there isn't an interest in the contest we don't need to have one. But if you like the contest, please let us know. If you have suggestions, please let us know and we can look into making changes to the rules if needed... If you're good with how we've been doing it in the past, we can do it like that one more time... Thanks for all the years of support on this contest we're coming up on year number 9 I believe. I'll have to check my records, but I think 2014 was the first one I was involved with... Anyone ready for a torquey fight? It's almost time for the power to return... Later Jeff
Next question for you, what can we do to add more interest in the contest this year. Seems like last year our northern team almost fell to less than the four people needed to post a team score. I know down south there seems to be more excitement and a lot of folks catching great fish. Maybe it was just a down year for the north on fish size, I know I didn't find many over 27 last year... Do you think the contest is too long? Should we focus on something different? If there isn't an interest in the contest we don't need to have one. But if you like the contest, please let us know. If you have suggestions, please let us know and we can look into making changes to the rules if needed... If you're good with how we've been doing it in the past, we can do it like that one more time... Thanks for all the years of support on this contest we're coming up on year number 9 I believe. I'll have to check my records, but I think 2014 was the first one I was involved with... Anyone ready for a torquey fight? It's almost time for the power to return... Later Jeff
When things get stressful think I'll go fish'en and worry about it tomorrow!