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Tournaments => Members MadWags Memorial Open Fishing Tournaments => Topic started by: dartag on March 16, 2014, 07:15:25 AM

Poll
Question: Propose changing the St-Clair format to a 1 fish event.
Option 1: Change to 1 fish weigh in votes: 2
Option 2: Leave it  5 fish weigh in votes: 22
Title: Propose changing the St-Clair format to a 1 fish event.
Post by: dartag on March 16, 2014, 07:15:25 AM


Hey Guys and Gals
If you have been at the Mad Wags DK St Clair Open  the last few years there have been a big increase members attending.  At the end while we all stand around telling stories.  Dan is off in a corner checking our sheets and doing the math.

I am proposing we change the format of the to a 1 fish event.  You only report your largest fish.  Normal Golden Rules for weight would apply.  I would supply a board where your weight would be posted when you check in.  

Please vote and let me know your thoughts.
Title: Re: Propose changing the St-Clair format to a 1 fish event.
Post by: 1javelin on March 16, 2014, 01:24:40 PM
How about someone help Dan instead and we keep it the way it has been? There's already a big fish prize and some people are there just to catch fish, not to hunt for a giant.

1jav
Title: Re: Propose changing the St-Clair format to a 1 fish event.
Post by: djkimmel on March 16, 2014, 01:51:43 PM
Up to all of you. I still want and hope it is about everyone getting a chance to just catch some fish overall. I'm trying to keep the event setup in a way that makes the most people interested in just plain participating.

I can almost always use some more volunteers. I'm not as fast with math as I used to be... Sometimes the handwriting is hard to decipher due to... well, bad handwriting, or sometimes it has been presoaked - gets a little runny... ;D
Title: Re: Propose changing the St-Clair format to a 1 fish event.
Post by: t-bone on March 16, 2014, 02:06:17 PM
I vote for keeping it and having a few volunteers to do the math for him.
Title: Re: Propose changing the St-Clair format to a 1 fish event.
Post by: Slipkey on March 16, 2014, 02:58:06 PM
I can volunteer to help Dan with totaling everything up.  Alternately, maybe we should just let Dan fish, shoot the breeze and enjoy the fruits of his many years of labor on GLB.  If anyone wants to volunteer to be TD, I'll be happy to help out with totaling things up.   
Title: Re: Propose changing the St-Clair format to a 1 fish event.
Post by: dartag on March 16, 2014, 05:03:57 PM
Keep them votes and ideas coming in.

Another thought would to turn your slip in like you would weigh fish.  we total it up and then and write it on a board.  OCBM does that on opening day ans it works great.

Just trying to speed things up and make some free time for DK.
Title: Re: Propose changing the St-Clair format to a 1 fish event.
Post by: bob o on March 16, 2014, 05:36:28 PM
not to throw a wrench into the game at half time but what about a three fish limit?
Title: Re: Propose changing the St-Clair format to a 1 fish event.
Post by: Waterfoul on March 16, 2014, 06:10:30 PM
One fish weighed in WILL end up with at least 2-4 guys with the same weight.  3 fish would be better, but I think if people are willing to help with totaling up the weights we should leave it at 5 fish.
Title: Re: Propose changing the St-Clair format to a 1 fish event.
Post by: Mojo on April 03, 2014, 09:31:30 PM
Quote from: bob o on March 16, 2014, 05:36:28 PM
not to throw a wrench into the game at half time but what about a three fish limit?

Sorry to come in late but I was thinking the same thing, with the caveat that each person in the boat must contribute 1 of those fish...... To make it easier, each person turn over their sheet and write their biggest fish weight (not inches) in big BOLD writing.

So imagine a 3 man boat - when announced they stand next to Dan and raise their sheet..... Boom .... Easy to add up, everyone participates....... Imagine a 2 man boat, 1 guy holds his card up and the other raises 2 cards up...... Boom .... Easy to add up, everyone participates.......

Dan I'll help write totals while you call em out and pick on them etc. And you can pick the criteria for tie breaker ...... Can we add this to the voting ? Call it the Mojo Threesome pick or something like that ????
Title: Re: Propose changing the St-Clair format to a 1 fish event.
Post by: TheFishinPollock on April 03, 2014, 10:07:48 PM
a mojo 3 some,  im not too sure i like that idea mojo LOL
Title: Re: Propose changing the St-Clair format to a 1 fish event.
Post by: Mojo on April 04, 2014, 01:02:42 AM
Quote from: TheFishinPollock on April 03, 2014, 10:07:48 PM
a mojo 3 some,  im not too sure i like that idea mojo LOL


Name it another name which implies all 3 boaters participate ? I cant help it where a mind went  ;D

PS: Call it 3 Bass AP format (all participate)
Title: Re: Propose changing the St-Clair format to a 1 fish event.
Post by: dartag on April 04, 2014, 06:25:21 AM
5 it is. 
Title: Re: Propose changing the St-Clair format to a 1 fish event.
Post by: djkimmel on April 29, 2014, 02:59:35 PM
5 it is. If most or all of you can mark you 5 biggest and convert the weights total, along with circling your big bass and/or writing it at the bottom all I could use then is someone to help double-check the math (there's alway one... ;D ) and a sorter to sort them in order.

And please! Remember to keep the sheets dry!! They're hard to read when the ink runs together!! :)

One additional thing - I may need someone else to print the weigh in sheets. My printer decided to die. Guess I wore it out. Probably be a few weeks before I can get a new one with the fax/scan stuff too. The weigh in sheets are two-sided but I usually just flip them over and run them through again. Let me know if you can print about 40 of them. I believe it is in Excel format.
Title: Re: Propose changing the St-Clair format to a 1 fish event.
Post by: LAPORTE on April 30, 2014, 05:26:01 AM
Send me the file Ill take care of the printing....
Title: Re: Propose changing the St-Clair format to a 1 fish event.
Post by: djkimmel on May 09, 2014, 06:53:12 PM
Thanks LAPORTE. I forgot to check back on this or to follow up... luckily, part of the reason I forgot is I came up with a temporary black-and-white laser printer so I'm all set for printing. Well... I actually need to do it yet... I'm going to have to set more reminders. :)