1st Annual King of the Cats Weeklong Shootout! (Contest open to all)

[Shamu]

Put me down for Sat. and I have to think about the second night.

[SteveD]

Darren -

Put me down for Wednesday, 13 August and Tuesday, 19 August. I've waited to watch the weather forecast - those days look like good weather right now so I hope the forecast holds up.

Steve

[DTro]

Will do Steve thanks.

Just a couple more days to sign up. I will accept entries/payments right up until I release the first control item Wed morning.

[Shack]

One more questions

If someone is lucky enough to fill all three spots of one species on the first 24 hour period, are they allowed to bump one or a couple if they get a larger fish of the same species on the second 24 hour period?

Quote:

Total Score of Length+Girth of the three (3) biggest fish caught during declared 48 hrs will be counted towards final total.

I am probably answering my own question here, but I assume it is a total of the three largest a contestant submits in the combined 48 period. So, lets say you catch ten fish of one species on the first 24 hour period, you take the three largest and submit by 8:00pm the next day. Now on your second 24 hour tour, you get another 10 fish of that same species. You pick the three biggest from that bunch and submit.

Now, Dtro takes these 6 fish of the same species and picks the three biggest out of the six?

I would assume it would work this way.

What brought this up was, I plan to target channels on my first 24 period and flats on my second 24 period. If I did get a bigger channel during flat fishing, I was wonder if that could bump one of my channels from the previous night if I get three or more? After I made this post I figured I can and I still posted this question if anyone else had thought about this or to find out if you enter your (3) fish of the same species the first night, you can not enter any more the seond. Thus making me think to only enter 2 on my first 24 period and leave a sleeper spot for my second 24 hour period.

Thanks Dtro!

P.S.

I take this as one has to enter via e-mail your fish by 8:00pm of each 24 hours period, not by 8:00pm of the the last day of your 48hour period:

Quote:

Fish may be submitted within 12hrs of the your delcared day ending (example your delcared day is tues, it must be submitted by 8pm WED) to [email protected]

So we should be sending two e-mails correct? One for each 24 hour period?

[DTro]

I think you got it Shack.

3 Biggest of each species. If you catch 3 (or more) the first 24 hour period, only enter the three biggest. Then enter any upgrades you get in the next 24 hr period.

and you are correct, fish need to be entered by 8pm following the day that you fish, not the end of the contest.

This is a 12hr "loophole", so please do not abuse it

[Shack]

Thanks Dtro!

Sorry for my confusion. I figure ask the questions now or find out wrong later!

[DTro]

Her is the deal, I'm going to take down the two main flathead dudes in this contest.

No brag, just fact.

let the money come home to Tom.

I’m assuming you are talking about the top two on the leaderboard Tom?

Might I remind you that LFC and I will be fishing together on Sat. Now you have two guys in the same boat, both of whom have been called out.

This can’t end good for you

Just as a warm up Aanderud and I each have a 40+ on the to do list planned for Thursday.

After that it’s all downhill.

[aanderud]

This can’t end good for you

Just as a warm up Aanderud and I each have a 40+ on the to do list planned for Thursday.

After that it’s all downhill.

Yeah, one of the fish on Thursday will be close to 50, I think. I'm not sure whose will be bigger yet. None of my predications last Friday came true, so I'm due.

[harvey lee]

But how will a 40#er or one close to a 50 beat my 2-50 pounders? I'm lost on this one. My partner has been out fishing for the past 2 weeks looking for the big mama's and he has located them.

Correct, she's all downhill from here on out.

Brain, are you baiting them with potatoes?

LFC, you may need a new partner to have any chance at all.

Inn all seriousness, good luck to you all.

[DTro]

It is on like Donkey Kong.

[harvey lee]

Boy, pretty fast with the posting. Looks like it only took 2 minutes to respond.

[DTro]

We have other plans for the potatoes. That’s the beauty of the schedule, we know when you will be out there. Don’t worry though, it shouldn’t hurt too bad.

They are just potatoes after all.

[Shack]

Boy, pretty fast with the posting. Looks like it only took 2 minutes to respond.

If anyone is due, I nominate my self .

Remember, all is takes is one great catfishing trip to upset this shoot out and run a person to the top of the leader board for the KOTC. One trip !

Just got’a find that trough, dip, shoot, or break they are running in this time of year. As my father told me “it’s in the details” .

One day, one day!! You all are going to click on this forum and the first thread you read will be “drum roll please” and it will be from me . 51, 49, 51 and a 20, 25, and 37.9. I predict this to be the day after the shoot out ends.

I figure I would start some real smack talk; it seems to help you guys .

[Scott K]

Gee Shack if you are going to dream, why not go big "60"

[Shack]

Oh, I dream that all the time, but I thought it would a little to much to put in that post

I am going 60 baby , but Toms two 50's might beat that. Notice I predict three right around the 50 mark

[DTro]

Now that, that is settled. Who's taking down the leader(s) of the other side of the board ??????

[hanson]

Uff Da... Where'd I put them hip boots. The **** gettin' deep.

[ec30_06]

I don't need to talk smack. I just going to go out and get the job done.

[Shack]

What did the five fingers say to the face?

"Smack!"

This is the trough that will be hot this weekend !

I am gett'in pumped and you got do that!

Now, the channels. Steve D, Dtro and Eddy will have to be the ones to beet. I will show 3 fish for sure and anything less than 12lb will be thrown back

[DTro]

I don't need to talk smack. I just going to go out and get the job done.

I was afraid of that.

[aanderud]

I am pretty sure Ed and I were sandbagging on Friday. We didn't want anyone here to know that we can catch fish, so instead we just went and sat in the rain all night and drank beer.

[harvey lee]

Geez, thats what we did too Brian.

[Larry FlatCaster]

I am pretty sure Ed and I were sandbagging on Friday. We didn't want anyone here to know that we can catch fish, so instead we just went and sat in the rain all night and drank beer.

Oh yeahhhhh..... well "we"... I mean "I" had a couple, my boat mate slept 5 hours..... we didn't have any rain and caught 5 fish... So what the E'll should I make of that.

[DTro]

One day left to enter. Hoping to see a few more throw thier hats in before the gun tomorrow.

I will release the first control item at 6:15am tomorrow in this thread.

[SteveD]

I'll be looking for that Control Item and then heading for the water. Weather report for tomorrow looks good. I hope to put some fish in the boat early and make you all chase rather than lead.

I'm using the "Hit them First and Hard" approach to this contest. I'm going to fish all day tomorrow - I'll be drifting the big water on the St Croix during the day and then drowning some bullheads in my flathead spots during the night. I'll post my results Thursday morning - I've got nothing to hide and I'm hoping to scare you all away.

In the words of the famous Catman "dtro" - “In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish”