Wow, so much to think about. I still like the catfish contest as is but the two-season is a good option too. I think that the all-species contest would be a lot of fun. I vote for using the exact same scoreboard we have always used for the ice contest. Which brings up a question: who's going to do all that work? I hate to see any single person worked to death with keeping up on everything. Are we going to have a how-long-it-is contest or just a species-caught one? Another idea from my wife: could we have a number-of-fish-caught aspect for the cat contest? She thought I should get some recognition as I was going out so often and kept keeping track of how many I would have to catch to get a total number of hundreds as my goal. That was bad writing but I hope you get the drift. This is not just about me--I think it would be fun to see what other people have been doing. This brings up another question. How do we keep the contest competitive without going overboard? Can't we just go on trust with what we post? There are many ways to cheat (one could take several pictures of the same big fish and post it 2 or 3 times) so why should a placard be necessary? I don't know the answer; that's why I put it out there.
P.S. I've thought for a long time that we might want to go to quarter-inch measurements in the ice contest, especially for the panfish where there are so many ties.
P.S. I've thought for a long time that we might want to go to quarter-inch measurements in the ice contest, especially for the panfish where there are so many ties.
The older I get the more I would rather be considered a good man than a good fisherman.