OK - its that time to NOMINATE (not vote) for the 2011 Striped-Bass.com Angler of the Year.

Remember, NOMINATION, not voting part? Top nominees will be entered in a poll to determine who the S-B.com COMMUNITY feels the Angler of the Year.

Simple Rules:

* Angler needs to be a member with (at least) regular particularization PARTICIPATION (damn autocorrect) in 2011. Should be based on great angling, not soley on being a great S-Ber and and all around good fellow.
* Name only
* Member needs TWO nominations (nomination and seconded)

I'll take these names for nomination for this week and put up an anonymous poll after for voting. Member needs TWO nominations (a/k/a nomination and seconded). Winner to be announced at TFCTFN)

I've been slammed busy on a bunch of stuff but want to get this done ;)

Nominated so far:

Piemma
Rockfish9
Rappin Mikey
Nightfighter
Niko
PRBuzz
Slipknot
ProfessorM
BasicPatrick
D.Z.
Westportmafia

People with one vote that would need seconding:

Timmah
FishingFreak
Raider Ronnie

Unfortunately, RoyL, Biteme, and ChatamBlue30 don't meet the minimum posts for 2011


And for those seriously (or jokingly ;) ) putting my name it earlier I wasn't much of an Angler last year

I nominate John R. Not because he is a good fisherman. Because he is a great man.

I nominate John R. Not because he is a good fisherman. Because he is a great man.

Second!

Angler of the year
Negative - I am the only one that can be excluded :tooth:

Plus my angling exploits hit a new low last year. New LOW.

Piemma. Because consistency is the mark of a great fisherman.

Piemma. Because consistency is the mark of a great fisherman.

I'll second him. He's also well rounded. He fishes hard and fishes a lot from both boat and shore.

I'll second him. He's also well rounded. He fishes hard and fishes a lot from both boat and shore for BASS. he won't other species no matter how hard I prod
fixed it for you...

Plus he is old :smash:

I'll 3rd my former full-time and current part-time fishing partner

I recommend PRBuzz (Phil Buzzby), he is always willing to take people on his boat, he fishes just about year round as well as a variety of fish. i don't think he ever puts his boat away.

He also takes the time to help teach others new techniques and methods with great patients. He is also a great humanitarian, as he has cleaned up more trash from the ocean then i have ever seen, it could be a balloon or a random boogie board Buzzy is there!

He also puts up with ODMikes flatulence.

fixed it for you...

Hey, it's called striped-bass.com, not scup.com or tuna.com.

I'll nominate Nightfighter....He has brought many people to this site, has run the Cutty Trip for the past 6-7 years, has taken members from here out on his boat.

not to mention he had a great season last year and boated his first Fiddy..:kewl:

Angler of the year
Negative - I am the only one that can be excluded :tooth:

Plus my angling exploits hit a new low last year. New LOW.

You don't know low :fury:
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I nominate biteme, took a newbie under his wing, helped and still helps people learning to build plugs. Takes others out fishing both by boat and by shore. All the while putting up with Mr.striper. I mean that has to be worth something right there :)
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Rockfish9.

This fella is giving of his time to plugbuilders on multiple sites, but especially here, and to Plugfest.
There is not an off season for him. Contributes to the ice fishing forum and spoke to the PISC meeting on ice fishing tactics.
He produces year after year. Has numerous fifties to his credit. Does C&R these days. Never hesitant to share advice when asked, and he is the first one I solicit because he has the experience, time on the water, and has thought it through.
This year, last year, or next year. Doesn't matter. It is kind of an ongoing thing with Joe!

Rockfish9.



:agree:

:agree:

Me too.

rockfish 9, always helpful, builds great plugs, and for me the biggest part is catch and release, he had a great year from the pics he posted and was nice to see a lot of big girls released.

good luck to evertone who gets nominated

Thanks guys. It's really an honor to be nominated.

I will fish tautog and scup this year Bryan.

Thanks guys. It's really an honor to be nominated.

I will fish tautog and scup this year Bryan.

Scup? only for bait. go fluking!

Piemma --- Fished around 40 days (prob more) with him last year on his boat... Caught and released at a minimum 2 fish every outing, most days tripled that. Also had my first REAL year of success from shore due to his infinite wisdom.
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I would nominate Rockfish9 also. He is a great guy who always shares what he can with others and few have as many years under their belt of catching big fish consistently.

Nominated so far:

Piemma
Rockfish9
Rappin Mikey
Nightfighter
Niko
PRBuzz
Slipknot
ProfessorM
BasicPatrick
D.Z.
Westportmafia

People with one vote that would need seconding:

Timmah
FishingFreak
Raider Ronnie

I nominate Rappin Mikey

Second... Nightfighter......

Yeah,
I'll second Mikey.

I nominate Westportmafia
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There should be a poll for the least fish caught! If there is one!! I nominate myself.. LOL

I nominate biteme, took a newbie under his wing, helped and still helps people learning to build plugs. Takes others out fishing both by boat and by shore. All the while putting up with Mr.striper. I mean that has to be worth something right there :)
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I'll say should get an award just for admitting knowing Ernie.

I'll second it.

What about Niko? He's always fishing, putting stuff together and offering room on his boat to anyone on the site. Nevermind the free tuna steaks!
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What about Niko? He's always fishing, putting stuff together and offering room on his boat to anyone on the site. Nevermind the free tuna steaks!
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Second that.

I recommend PRBuzz (Phil Buzzby), he is always willing to take people on his boat, he fishes just about year round as well as a variety of fish. i don't think he ever puts his boat away.

He also takes the time to help teach others new techniques and methods with great patients. He is also a great humanitarian, as he has cleaned up more trash from the ocean then i have ever seen, it could be a balloon or a random boogie board Buzzy is there!

He also puts up with ODMikes flatulence.

Second!!!

Rockfish9.

This fella is giving of his time to plugbuilders on multiple sites, but especially here, and to Plugfest.
There is not an off season for him. Contributes to the ice fishing forum and spoke to the PISC meeting on ice fishing tactics.
He produces year after year. Has numerous fifties to his credit. Does C&R these days. Never hesitant to share advice when asked, and he is the first one I solicit because he has the experience, time on the water, and has thought it through.
This year, last year, or next year. Doesn't matter. It is kind of an ongoing thing with Joe!

Well stated. The time and money Rockfish9 has unselfishly donated to promote the sport of fishing and the art of plug building is definitely worthy of recognition. Several times this year he has forfeit fishing (no matter how good it was) in order to accept speaking/seminar invitations from our various groups and clubs. Many years ago you changed the way I targeted striped bass, and it has been paying off in spades for almost as long.

Thank You Joe for being such a great ambassador to our sport!

I would like to nominate SLIPKNOT

He is a very serious and dedicated angler
He is always willing to help new guys and share the fellowship of angling and plug building
HE is always great with children (including his own)
He is always helping in all forum activities
He is disgustingly humble
This list could go on for a lot more

I will nominate ProfessorM. Paul is a dedicated angler who used to fish a lot.He makes a half decent plug I'm told and I am hoping to get one for nominating him.I am sure this will make him cringe but he is deserving.

2nd the Slip nomination!
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Since Slip has been seconded, I'll second Paul M.

Nightfighter,
Just read that you took a fiddy last season.
Congratulations. Couldn't happen to a better
guy. Now next one goes back. Sorry I didn't
hear earlier. But better late than...... I forget.
JohnP

Ross!

Now next one goes back. JohnP

1st one went back :kewl:

Thanks for the kind words Patrick:hidin:
I didn't catch much last year so I'm not sure I am worthy, but thanks for thinking of me anyway.

If we are nominating still, I third Professor M :uhuh:

I nominate BasicPatrick. HE does a ton for the fish we love, and the stuff they like to eat.

I nominate Timmah... Not many guys fish harder, much less from the surf. He'll fish 6 nights a week from May to November till 3am, then go to work. Then do it all over again night after night. He releases almost every fish and would have released the fish he won the ditch troll contest with had I not said... DUDE you better weigh that! He is always super helpful to beginners and never once puts himself above another fisherman. He's by far the most humble fisherman I've ever known. He is always willing to take some guy he just met to his favorite spot. Not to mention he taught me pretty much everything I know about plug building.

[QUOTE=Rob Rockcrawler;927036]I nominate BasicPatrick. HE does a ton for the fish we love QUOTE]

I'll 2nd BasicPatrick.

I'll also nominate Dennis Z.

Nominated and at least seconded:

Piemma
Rockfish9
Rappin Mikey
Nightfighter
Biteme
Niko
PRBuzz
Slipknot
ProfessorM
BasicPatrick


Nominated:
D.Z.
Timmah
Westportmafia

Second DZ

I'll second DZ. He should at least be nominated every year, and should win at least one. Lots of helpful, educational posts over the years, and of the (very) few seminars I've attended, one he gave at the MSBA show a couple years ago about lunar phases sticks in my mind the most. Those on the list already, as well as the ones we haven't thought of yet are all very deserving also, and my hat goes off to all of them. :love:

:biglaugh: RIROCKHOUND beat me to the punch..

I would like to nominate the best all around fisherman on this site fresh water or salt and one of the nicest, easygoing people I know not to mention generous with his time, his knowledge and his friendship......Roy Leyva!!! He just plain gets it done!! :uhuh::fishin:

If this is S-B "Niceguy" of the year the list is long but if you want S-B "Angler" of the year......Roy is at the top as far as I am concerned but all those mentioned are very good fishermen and even better people!

I'll second WESTPORTMAFIA. Putting aside his penchant for tranny porn and his lack of personal hygeine, he's a damn good fisherman and puts in about as much time as anyone. He's also very helpful with others and when the fishing's slow, he's good for a few laughs.

Nominated and at least seconded:

Piemma
Rockfish9
Rappin Mikey
Nightfighter
Biteme
Niko
PRBuzz
Slipknot
ProfessorM
BasicPatrick


Nominated:
D.Z.
Timmah
Westportmafia

The ballot is getting crowded with some really GOOD & WORTHY candidates for S-B.com Angler of the Year. I am honored my 2 mates saw fit to nominate me however I think they just wanted another free ride.:) JR: I appreciate it if you would remove my name from the ballot.

Ill jump in for DZ. The Godfather of our area. Always on big fish, but rarely tells anyone about it.

If this is a popularity poll, I'll pass on nominations, but if it's truly and Angler of the Year poll, I'll second Larry's nomination for RoyL. The guy has more fishing accomplishments than pretty much anyone on the site. He should have been picked several times already.

I think the candidates should also contribute to the site on a regular basis.

Define contribute? Also who set the qualifying rules?
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I think the candidates should also contribute to the site on a regular basis.
Several of the past winners don't contribute much of anything here on the site. I think RoyL contributes more than some of them. Just not so much in the off season.

I nominate Fishingfreak.
He killed more fish this past year than a lot of guys here combined !
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I nominate Ronnie
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Define contribute? Also who set the qualifying rules?
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Contribute to me would be participating in discussions on a regular basis;maybe posting once a month would be a conservative suggestion.If you noticed,I did preface my suggestion with "I think" so please don't misconstrue my suggestion as a rule and understand that it is nothing against RoyL whose name I did not mention but he has 3 posts in the last calendar year. I just think an AOTY for SB.com should frequent the site and contribute more than Cowhunter.Not to mention freshwater exploits don't count.

So this is more of a "Good Ole' Boy" award than an actual "Angler of the Year" award. Do you "think" freshwater does not count or it just does not count??? Its a striper site?? Cod, tuna, shark, bluefish??? No count or....???? Maybe rename it "Striper Angler of the Year" with a sub-title "All Around Good Guy and Contributor with "X" amount of posts per year??? Not setting any rules though.....sorry I guess my nomination is the only one that is invalid......just strike it from the record JohnR. Just too silly in here sometimes.

I nominate Ronnie
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I'll 2nd that
A LOT of fish fell victim to his gaff !
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I'll second freak. And Larry stop being a drama queen. Roy is a hell of a fisherman just not a big contributer to sb.Com
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Shouldn't "Angler of the Year" be awarded based on what somebody did for that 1 year you are voting on.

in other words, who would you award this to, based on their accomplishments in 2011.

We could always award an S-B "Lifetime Achievement" award too.... for those who have a history of consistency in fishing and dedication/contribution to the S-B community.

Agreed, it should be for somebody who had a particularly good year, not solely based on somebody who is an all around great person and contributer, ya know?

I'll 2nd that
A LOT of fish fell victim to his gaff !
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RR has 2nd himself! FAIL or FOUL?

Good to see Niko, Buzz & Freak are on the list as I agree that the all should be. They all fish more than I could dream and with great results too across all kinds of species. I personally met Freak this past week and not only is he a great fisherman but a nice guy too (aside from tons of Cod and Bass a huge Mako at the end of 2010 and a slob Tuna in 2011).

There are a lot of guys on this sight that catch and don’t tell so it really hard to make a fair a worthy nomination in addition to the guys already on the list.

One guy not on the list that should be is Mark “chathamblue30”. One of the nicest guys around and willing to help anyone out. More importantly and the reason for a nomination, he consistently slays big fish in high numbers……….

I will run this until about noon today


Larry, what we have gone by in the past is a minimum of 15 posts for that year. By that definition Roy wasn't actively participating on the site last year. As far as Roy goes, he could very well be Angler of the Decade in my opinion. So if I voted on this (which I won't unless it is to break a tie) I very well might have voted for Roy. (ROY, post more, you might have been a shoe in :wall: )

BigBo, all of the previous winners posted / contributed sufficiently in the years they have one.

Ron - you can't second yourself, even if in jest.

Nominated so far:

Piemma
Rockfish9
Rappin Mikey
Nightfighter
Niko
PRBuzz
Slipknot
ProfessorM
BasicPatrick
D.Z.
Westportmafia

People with one vote that would need seconding:

Timmah
FishingFreak
Raider Ronnie

Unfortunately, RoyL, Biteme, and ChatamBlue30 don't meet the minimum posts for 2011

John,

so someone only has to post a little more frequently than once per month to be "SB Angler of the year"? Shouldn't they be contributing members of the sight? Asking someone to post once a week (50 posts) doesn't see to much to be considered for SB Angler of the year. There are people here who come on every day and answer the same questions month after month. Ask a question about a piece of equipment and they'll patiently come back and answer any question you ask or answer the question in a different way until your satisfied. And they're great fisherman. Respectfully asking you to raise the min. to 50 posts.
Thanks

Paul - i understand but there are people that we also meet up with out fishing or at events that are very active contributors to the site that just don't post much. I can think of a dozen awesome anglers that are always there to help out or go fishing that post 10 times per year.

Very tough line to walk as it is not zero sum.

Unfortunately, RoyL, Biteme, and ChatamBlue30 don't meet the minimum posts for 2011

Probably because they are busy fishing and not online like the rest of us :)

JR,

Raider Ronnie nominated Freak and Niko second him so it looks like Freak is in? If he isn't, I'll second him. If he doesn't need the second, I'll 2nd Ronnie so he doesn;t have to second himself :)

Probably because they are busy fishing and not online like the rest of us :)


:love:

OK Ronnie and The Freak are seconded. Anonymous poll will be next.