I have been going down and watching the weigh-ins each afternoon but I will be working today so I don't get to see the final place getters. I know there will be fish getting held back to the last day and I deffinately know of a couple. Just wondering if some one can post up the final place getters in each category?
Thanks Andrew
im sure the wilson boys will be there.
Aren't they supposed to be weighed in within 24 hours?Originally Posted by ON-THE-CHEW
Jeremy
"The underlying spirit of angling is that the skill of the angler is pitted against the instinct and strength of the fish and the latter is entitled to an even chance for it's life."
(Quotation from the rules of the Tuna Club Avalon, Santa Catalina, U.S.A.)
Apathy is the enemy
yes Jeremy, but this is the problem with fishing comps these days.
Well, the comps that involve monetary rewards.
phill
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Bream- 1.7 kilo's luke patterson
Whiting 43 cm m body
Snapper 9.19 k whitehead
Pearl Perch 4.07 j adley
Pelagic 28.36 b addley amberjack
Flathead 1.48 i sekulic
Tailor 2.4 r millar
Jew 16.2 g bell
Sweetlip 7.2 d dixon
Cobia 30.9 b kozien
The only leader weiged in the last day was the jew that was caught the night before, so it would appear NO winners were held over for the last day. cheers wayne.
Well time for me to have a whinge.
We got out and fished. Didn't weigh anything in as most of the categories were aimed at off shore fish.
One of my concerns was the level of consistency with regards o the draws and the winners. The rules for the comp were that all winners had to present their pass and their magazine. Yet several times people went on stage without one or the other and received their prize. Once it was even stated that this person was a sponsor and well known to the organizers, and yet he did not have his magazine.
The prize draws were drawn out and what could have been over in 2 hours, took 6hrs. The organizers 5 minutes were more like 30. There was even a concern raised by from some entered into the teams event, regarding accurate record keeping.
I enjoyed going to the weigh ins and meeting new people, but with the inconsistency in the rules and the length of time that they take to get through the draws etc, I am seriously considering staying away next year.
Harry
I love the sound of reels screaming in the morning
harry_ ho1
I agree with you mate..
1. the weigh in masters where a joke!..u could tell that they where inexperienced (apart from aldo)...we weighed fish every day and the NEVER marked our fish ..like cut the tail, so that it could not be re-weighed again..
2. the whiting section was for fish of 40 cms or longer, yet they didn't explain that the measurement was from the nose to the fork in the tail...why wouldn't you go to the end of the tail, as this is still part of the fish?.
i weighed in 2 whiting at 41cms on my ruler, but was only recorded at 39 cms under their rules....there was other guys behind me weighing whiting as well and they where not happy Jan!
3. the teams event..well no updates where provided as "it was to complicated for them"..comes back to experience on the weigh station.
4. why at saturday's weigh in did the weigh masters stuff around during the 2 hour weigh in, and then when it got to 6pm, trhe line up to weigh fish was about 20 metres long and they announced that if anyone doesn't want to weigh the fish, OR had a prize winning fish, that they can leave the line!
we have run the King of the Pin weigh in for the past 15 years and hardly have any issues...we are thinking of approaching redland bay club and offering our services for next year, as i know of many fishers that will not be fishing it next year if they don't get there act together.
Whiting,
I know a few things happened at the weigh in that were not in the rules. Some of the team s people complained about the lack of accountability.
Regarding the whiting, unless the rules said to the folk in the tail, then it should of been to the tip.
Also there was concern raised about when fish were caught. As per the rules, no one is suppose to enter a fish caught before the kick off of the event, yet how do they check when it was caught? There were people out there from Friday night, and some time before. Unfortunately, you have to rely on the honesty of the entrants, but with such big money on offer, honesty can be pushed.
Harry
I love the sound of reels screaming in the morning
harry_ho1
agree.
they should have spread the teams event monies over the first 3 place getters, not just for first..
i bought the length issue up with Aldo (head weighmaster) and questioned why it wasn't in the rules and he said "that is the way i measure fish"...pretty poor reason...they could have accepted our fish but now all they have left is a foul taste in some entrants mouths.
you cannot tell me that their WASN'T people fishing the reef on friday given the great weather and the forecast for the weekend.
i heard 1 team weighed in the same fish 2 days running!!..oh..well...if they can bend the rules and get away with it...why not?..i wouldn't...but when their is $$ involved, people do funny things...
We were looking to put a team in, but couldn't justify the entry fee for such a small return across 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
My other beef is that the majority of the fish are for offshore anglers. I have a boat, but I can't go out front and fish the deep holes. If they had an inshore and an off shore section, with defined fish for each, I am sure the numbers would be up, and Mr and Mrs average would weigh in a lot more fish, as would the number of kids entered.
We spoke to a couple at the draw, and they said, it is the same crews that win each year, and they are all off shore fishos.
Maybe it is time for a change, or time to get another comp up and running that covers the in shore fishos more over.
Harry
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I love the sound of reels screaming in the morning
I've seen a netted whiting weighed in at the King of the Pin. Thankfully it wasn't heavy enough to win a prize but these comps do bring out some riff raff.
Hi Leanne
Yes, there was one last year...but what do you do?...u cannot say, hey that fish has been netted..u r never going to stop people doing the wrong thing when there is money involved...but funny enough, some people still do the wrong thing just to win a trophy!!!!!!
my gripe wasn't about the fish..as it is part & parcel at fishing comps, it was about how the comp was run this year, as previous years, it has been great...
why is an Amberjack classed as a pelagic?
Leighton
Maybe cause they looked in a book and said it was, or to simplify the competition, and the reduce the different types of fish entries to manage.
either way, it is wrong, and there needs to be a better system or a vast improvement.
They said numbers were up this year, I would like to see the books. To me there was a lot less people there on Sunday this year for the final weigh ins and draws.
I love the sound of reels screaming in the morning
harry- ho1
last year the winning team was Team Wilson (consisting of the 2 Dixon brothers who are ex- charter deckhands..so they have a wealth of knowledge)....we ran second last year by 1 point....
this year..Team wilson changed to Cruisecraft and consisted of the following fishos (Darren Dixon, Troy Dixon, Brett Seng, Bob Cozien & Mick Laps)..
Some damm good fishos amongst that crew..which makes it extremely hard to beat..but..they did run 2nd...so goes to show u that the best team doesn't always win.
we finished 4th this year, as we could only get to the reef on saturday..
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