GTG Catfish Tourney Rules

I saw that everybody was getting fired up for the Get To Gether Catfish Tourney. Here is the tourney information from last year – I will edit out the dates so that nobody gets confused with this year’s event. I expect the rules will be similar this year:

The annual website Catfish tourney will be held in conjunction with the In-Depth Angling.com Get Together. As in the past, the Catfish category will play by their own rules.

Here is the deal…. Fishing hours will be from sunset on Friday, till sunrise. You may submit your best catfish in the following format:

Total length + girth in inches. For example. Measure the fish at it’s greatest length and at it greatest girth. (Girth is the widest spot around the fishes body usually just behind the head.) So a fish that is 40 inches long and 18 inches around totals at 58 inches. The highest total score wins.

To back up your entry we strongly suggest you take a digital picture and post it on this forum. Not a requirement, but you know how cat guys are! A fish without a picture is just a fish story.

You may fish ANY pool of ANY river or ANY lake you choose. You MUST submit your entry between 3pm and 4pm on Saturday, at Evert’s Resort. Please see me.

There will be an award for the best Flathead and best Channel.

Any questions, suggestion for rules changes, or anything else please post here. It’s YOUR tourney, so any changes to the past format will be considered.

Thanks, and hope to see you there.

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Jon Jordan

In-Depth Angling Field Staff

In-Depthangling.com Walleye Tournament Director

IDA Walleye Tour Entry Forms – Click Here

[email protected]

Phone: 651.343.9318

As mentioned, you can fish any river or anyplace else you want, as long as you get your entry in by 4:00pm on the day of the GTG. Last year only a handful of us fished the cat tourney and the results were kind of wimpy. A couple of those walleye guys caught bigger flats trolling than us cat guys did fishing all night.

I would recommend one rule change from last year’s contest: I would allow catfishing from sundown the evening before the GTG until contest shutdown at 3:00pm the day of the GTG. Then let the biggest fish win- PERIOD. The biggest flathead and the biggest channel wins – period. If one of those “Walleye” guys catch a bigger cat during the contest timeline then so be it. Last year those other guys lost out even though they caught the biggest fish – I say let the big fish win. That is my two cents worth.

Not to be a stick in the mudcat ( sorry)…But those guys have their own contest…and I think the guys that stay up all night for cat’s shouldn’t get bumped because they snagged one on a rap…

My 2 cents…(ps I’ll go along anyway it’s set up)

Steve.. just sent you a pm…although a little late…that’s what I get for taking a catnap…

PS…I know you’re going to hate me…but lets see the winning fish from last year…

Aught to help get some participation!

Which winning fish was that Brian. 1st, 2nd or 3rd?

I won the channel cat division last year, but that was before we got a digital camera so its sitting on a disk somewhere around here. But I can’t find it. It was only about a 5 or 6lb’er. If you remember last year right before the tourney it was rainy, wet, miserable weather and a perfect time to go cat fishin’ or so I told my dad. I tore my dad away from the free food and beer at dark and forced him to stay in the boat all night. Except he slept through most of it. The st. Croix rod is sure a nice one though.

perhaps i will strategically place myself out of town that particular weekend to fish less trafficed waters, like i have most other years, LOL. i would cry alot if i lost………seriously. probably toss out a few f-bombs here and there. hahaha

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Total length + girth in inches. For example. Measure the fish at it’s greatest length and at it greatest girth. (Girth is the widest spot around the fishes body usually just behind the head.) So a fish that is 40 inches long and 18 inches around totals at 58 inches. The highest total score wins.

To back up your entry we strongly suggest you take a digital picture and post it on this forum. Not a requirement, but you know how cat guys are! A fish without a picture is just a fish story.

You may fish ANY pool of ANY river or ANY lake you choose. You MUST submit your entry between 3pm and 4pm on Saturday, at Evert’s Resort. Please see me.

There will be an award for the best Flathead and best Channel.

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So we are basicly on an honor system at Evert’s on the report of the fish that we caught, and then we post a photo on here to verify the existence of the fish, and it was caught..

What if we are fishing pool 2 and we caught a fish.. do I need to drive all the way down there, or can I call it in and follow it up with a photo?

am I even on track to what I think I just read?

Is there any entree fee, whatever? Sorry for the questions.. I just want to know what I am getting myself into here.

Ok…NO ENTERY FEE

The contest is over at sunrise Saturday morning.
Post your picture between Sunrise and 3pm
Be at Everets between 3 and 4pm…for a beer..hand in your measurements to the Honorable Jon Jordan…and winners will be judged…everyone else will be whinners….

PS you can go to Everett’s earlier… and stay later…

Putz? You fishing eye’s or cat’s this year? Or both?

PSS…

There maybe a car pool of catters leaving from the St Paul area…

Steve…you going to post the pic of the winning fish from last year…or did you want Putz or Gator to post there’s?

Sorry Jon…because it’s a fun contest I see a lot of humor in this from last year.

Remember…no fish at check in time..From 3 to 4 pm at Everets…Jon doesn’t have anygloves…..

Be fore warned Briank, I will be winning it legitimately this year. Oh yeah, I will be cattin Friday night and tagging some walleyes Saturday morning.
Now if only I could find something to do Saturday evening….

Hey Gator,
What about a little Larry the Cable guy and a few brews for Saturday night. I will be celebrating(or should I say mourning) turning the big 50 that day. Care to tip a few and discuss Oahe?

OK. I am an idot. I can’t seem to find what the dates are.

OK, Brian – I know you are trying to humble us cat guys from last year. There weren’t many of us out last year – we need some competition this year. I was embarrassed with this entry and felt even worse when Putz showed up with a big cat he caught while walleye fishing and then they disqualified him. Hey Putz – YOU WERE THE CAT MAN LAST YEAR Here was the winning entry for the Flathead category. You gotta remember fishing was tough that night:

http://www.in-depthangling.com/forum/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/135864/page/14/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/365/fpart/1

Can someone engrave this years St Croix Rod with “Catfish Girl”

Please everyone read the rules…all Jon needs is ONE NUMBER …..lenght plus girth = X X is the number you tell Jon…Now fish at the check in…(Putz )

In all fairness the eye guys didn’t know the rules last year…maybe we should post the cat rules with the eye guys?

what means of catching cats can we use??…..does electrofishing count……….hahahahahah

a 32lb and a 20lber we got wednesday

Where?