Sign up NOW for catfish league!!!!

Mavzer and myself have ironed out the details for the catfish league we talked about earlier on FTR. I will post all the details tomorrow. I wanted to get started on a signup list ASAP though. So get a partner together and send me a private message with your team name (whatever you want to be called) so we can start setting it up.

Here are some of the nuts and bolts of the league:

-The first outing will start Friday May 3rd. Each “outing” will last from 12:01 am Friday morning and last till Saturday at 11:59 pm. (48 hours total). You can fish anytime during that period…..All 48 hours, or just a few minutes if you wish.

-Outings will be held every other Friday/Saturday starting May 3rd and going till Sept 6th, for a total of 10 outings.

-Your 3 biggest cats per outing will be counted for your total league points…..channel cat or flathead.

-You will have 3 ways to verify your catch. 1. Have another league boat see you measure the fish and have them sign their name on a slip of paper provided by me, with the length on it. 2. Take a picture with a digital camera that has the date displayed on the picure and send it to me via email. Any other picture will work provided it has the date on it and the picture is given to me before the start of the following outing. 3. Bring the fish to Everts Resort to have me verify the fish. (This can be done between the hours of 6am to 6pm, or later if i’m here).

-All fish will be scored based on length, not weight or girth.

-Teams can have a substitute if one member can’t fish that week, but at least one team member must be in the boat each outing.

-Entry fee is $30/team for the entire year.

-You can fish pool 3 OR 4.

-You can launch your boat anywhere you like. If you launch out of Everts Resort the launch fee will be only $3.

Prizes will include 100% cash payback based on number of entries, St Croix catfish rods donated by EFN, (Thanks EFN!!!)and reels donated by Everts Resort. The number of places receiving prizes will be determined by the number of entries.

-The grand chamion will be the team with the most cumulative inches of catfish (either species) at the end of the league. Prizes will also be given out for the largest flathead and the largest channel cat.

-All fish entered as “league” fish must be released. You may keep fish if you wish, but not the ones being registered as league fish.

These are the main details for now. Find a partner to team up with and send me a private message with your team name. This is going to be a great time. It’s not a big $ league, just a bunch of catfishermen/women who love to fish cats and have a little fun competition as well! Lets get this thing rolling! Start signing up now!

Any questions, feel free to PM me. Thanks.

The rules are pretty simple…. but sign up soon…. so we can get a guage if this is gonna be possible…

The rods are Very Nice and I believe the reels are going to be abu garcia ….baite casters.. a very nice combo…

Remember that this is for fun and it is VERY easy to manipulate results, we have come up with a couple different ways to discourage this.. however this is the 1ST YEAR and with anything new, improvement/modifications will be made as needed…. I encourage everyone to try and launch out of or meet at evert’s once in a while.. it is fun to talk cattin and meet new poeple, everts seems like a logical sight to meet have a beer/soda, fire on the beach or whatever….. so let’s get it on…. I am not sure if I/or steve should participate, (maybe as subs)I think that decision will be up to the guys that end up forming the league…..but I am sure we will participate in the beer drinking and bullshiting…. talk to you soon…..

MAVZER

Steve

If there is anything I can help you with let me know !!

Smitty

keep a tight line !!

I thought there would be more interest in the cat league… If you don’t have a partner or a boat IT DOESN’T MATTER the point of the league is to meet poeple and hook up to go cattin… if there is not enough interest within the next week we will have to scrap the league an try agian next year… so far there are only 3 entry’s we need at about 10…. otherwise the prizes can be put torwards the ftr get together….. I know this is walleye country but when we mentioned the league earlier in the year there seemed to be an interest…… hope to hear from some fello catmen…. they are really starting to bite…….

I would like to join, but pool 4 is over an hour drive from where I live and I don’t think I would be able to make it to all the meetings. Personally I don’t like the idea of having to go to a specific place for a 2 day event. Plus I don’t even know where that resort is. Sorry.

The same thing happened last year with the catfish get-together. Everyone was interested in it but when it came time nobody went. I think maybe people feel that they need to be a catfish pro to join a league or else they can’t commit time and money to it, I know as far as myself I wouldn’t be able to compete with the big dogs, I just don’t have the experience. I still think my original idea would be fun, and that is to keep a friendly contest going w/ the people at this board. All through the summer each person keeps track of their top 3 biggest fish (pounds or inches) for channel and flat, and then at the end you add them together for a total, we could also keep track of the biggest overall fish. This contest would require no entry fee or set meetings although anyone who wants to get something organized could still do that. All the stats could be kept track of on this board. The advantage with this is everyone can fish where they want, and when they want (and yet we would still have a leaderboard and an eventual FTR catfish champion). Well that’s my 2 cents.

I suppose we could just do a thing where you keep track of your 3 biggest cats of the summer and do it that way, but I don’t think we would want to give away $100+ rods or prizes based on the honor system. 99% of people would be honest, but the uncertainty of somebody cheating would just not make it fair. If we just want to see what people catch throughout the summer, that could be accomplished by a post titled: “What were your biggest 3 cats of the summer” Very simple! Maybe thats all we should do????

As far as fishing the same spot for 2 days…..maybe I was to vague about that. A person could fish any amount of time during those 2 days…….you could fish the first day only, the second day only, 1 hour only 1 day…….half a day either day…..etc etc…The only stipulation would be that you have to fish SOMETIME during that 48 hours.

It’s a great idea, I just don’t want to commit to something I can’t stick to!

A few months back there was a post about Fishing Goals. Mine was to learn the catfish holes in pool 2 and 3. I got a handfull of messages from folks with the same goals. I want to lean my home water this summer!! I got the Flat Bottom Jon and am ready to go. Sorry I can’t remember all who sent messages, think Mike R, Dirk W, and a few more like Dinosaur. Lets hook up and catch some cats! I’m shooting for Wednesday nights. See ya out there.

J.

Hey John, I don’t work during the summer so I’ll adjust my schedule to fit what works for you. Oh ya, its gonna be fun!

O.K the league is starting to take shape…. but we need a couple more poeple…. You DO NOT need a partner or a boat…. I have recieved a couple p.m.’s from poeple that are interested……. the major concern seems to be lack of a boat… or partner…….. remember the whole point of this is to meet poeple and get together to fish…… The entry fee is only $30 bucks for the year……. and you fish every OTHER weekend…… if you are have plans a certian weekend than you can schedule a makeup time to fish ….. no big deal….. I am sure many of you have stuff going on weddings, etc…. I know that I do….

so far there are about six teams ….. it wuld be great to have at least 10 for the first year……

Remember nobody is a Pro catman here…. and I know certain teams are going to be sharing a boat……

I will enter if I can get in a boat with somebody. If you want to team up let me know.

Bigtime,,, No problem…. there will be plenty of room boats …. I will give the league until wedsday…. to see if we get anymore applicants…. and then me and stinky will posts the members of the

1ST ANNUAL EVERT’S CATFISH LEAGUE

I can hardly waite to get started….. cya soon MAVZER

hey, watch it @55_ _ _ _.! Ya you!

count me in. Just let me know when and where and whos boat Im in.

Jon,

Get a hold of me for pool 3 cats…

Tuck

Here are the Teams for the 1st annual cat league!!!

1. Stinky (steve vick)

2. Dirk (chubby) Wassink

3. Mavzer

4. Bigtime

5. Jenny G

6. Avi

7. Henry Ford * obviosly teams some teams are

going to fish together,I hope

every one learns a lot from

each ohter this year!!!!

and Stinky stay out of my spots j/k

There is still some spots for anyone that is still interested in signing up…. try to let us know if you are interested by thursday….. good luck to everyone…. and have fun…

Here are the Teams for the 1st annual cat league!!!

1. Stinky (steve vick)

2. Dirk (chubby) Wassink

3. Mavzer

4. Bigtime

5. Jenny G

6. Avi

7. Henry Ford

8. Cyclone

Are we starting this weekend?

We are starting Friday May 10th. Want to give it one more week for more entries. Hopefully we get a couple more.

Anyone like to come with my team next weekend? We dont have a boat, but we got some great spots on the Miss (pool 4). Last year we had ALOT of cats over 25 inches….hopefully this year will be the same, although the low water levels have me a little concerned.
Let me know,
-e-

Mavzer… i talked ot my buddy that works at 4seaons and he said he would join wiht me if i did. i’ll get back to ya, let us know how this weeknd goes. THe water is startin to go down i think…. which is not always good, but i think ya should do allright. Just gota watchout for tehm “DNR Spawning Sites” they dont allow boat traffic or fishing until Mid/late May i think.

Catch ya later

mudcat…..

this weekend has been slow so far ….. Dirk a buddy of mine has had the best luck with about a 13,14 pd channel and a couple a bit smaller…. I registered one fish and lost some more….. AVi (katmann) also registered a fish but it is NOT to late to sign up you can throw out a bad week…. so I am not to dissapointed plus it isnot to late to sign up….. let me know when you can get out ….. I didn’t hear how the rest of the guys did so far…. black cat are you out there….???

I couldnt make it last night had some buisness to handle, but i would still like to jump in for the next date if possible.Let me know

NO PROBLEM BIGTIME…. I had a great time yeterday even though I wasn’t able to fish long….. hopefully I will be ablt to get out longer next time….. great bunch of guys….

I got a question…. so i ya dont have a digital camera, and cant make it to Everts with the fish, and there is nobody else around ya to verify it…… what do ya do? Would a video camera work possibly?

I think that would be fine…. I don’t think with the guys we have in the league…. we will have to worry about people bieng dishonest…… hoepfully you can get out with a couple different guys in the laegue once in a while as well…..it is kinda fun for people to learn to “tactics” “tricks” from each other…..

Sorry all, I’ve been having computer problems for the last week or so and I wasnt able to get to the boards. I went out Friday for 6 hrs……1 cat 12 inches long…..Not that great of a night i must say, but the water is still cold so I have hope…..