Ice contest 2017!

[Delawareriver]

Originally Posted by Chrisper4694

I just had a thought. Since the deadline to enter is closing in...if you gave each participant a unique random 4 digit number instead of a 'token' to display in the fish pic that would allow people to sign up later without being able to cheat. You wouldn't receive your unique random number until you paid up and then that number (printed or written on a piece of paper) would take the place of the usual 'token' and be mandatory in all pictures.

It would also eliminate people forgetting their token when going fishing as they could just write their unique number on a scrap piece of paper or something.

Just a thought.

I like it, was gonna add a date to the item for anyone that signs up late but the 4 digit number could work. Could use a sharpie on duct tape and throw it in the sled, if you forget could always write it on a paper. I'll think about it more

Originally Posted by ScowardNJ

So the cheap ass who doesn't cough up 20 bux before the deadline but watches this contest progress and gets lucky one day catchin a 51" ski in early March while jigging blue gills and decides to join late because he has it in the bag gets to take my $7 prize?

Nope not how it works, with what chrisper said no one would know what their 4 digit number is till I receive their payment.

Originally Posted by Mikey topaz

Lot of work... and im already confused... what happened to take a pic with fish token / measuring tape.... see alot of big fish come thru the ice this time year by the time u get evreything perfect and pic of fish and evreything fish will be dead keep it simple guys!!!!!

It is simple only major change is the bumper board because when we are looking at two pictures of a 39.5" pike and a 39.75" pike with the fish bump against anything flat will make it that much easier to make sure the right fish wins. You don't have to bump the fish but if it ends up being to close to tell between two fish the bumper fish will win.
I agree with keeping the fish out of the water especially the brutally cold days we gotta make sure we have everything ready. One thing I learned from saxmatt. Every flag (even if he thinks it could be a bait flag or wind flag) he gets he take his tackle bag that has pliers, jaw spreaders, boga, tape measure, camera, hook cutters, etc if you are prepared it will take less than 30 seconds to unhook, measure, and take pictures. If something hangs you up or its a brutally cold day use a boga or a firm grip on the tail and keep the fish in the water till you get things straighted out. I got a muskie several years ago that Matt has caught twice since than because using common sense and being prepared.