First Annual Bomba Bros Ice Fishing Tourney

[The Dad Fisherman]

Link for license wasn't good...this one works

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/recre...nsing_home.htm

I have a couple of suggestions......Are you sure you want to do weight and not length...trying to keep them alive in the cold and then hiking a bucket of water across the ice to get them weighed in could result in a dead fish....especially if you get a really big pickerel or Bass.....maybe even do the Weight/Girth formula for each species.

What happens if I get a pike? Supposedly there are Pike and Muskie in that reservior. I would structure the awards more like

Biggest Bass (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Biggest Pickerel (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Biggest Crappie (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Biggest Perch (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Biggest Pike (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Biggest Muskie (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
****I doubt you'll ever give a 2nd prize for the last 2 but might as well offer it for consistency****

also one angler can only win 1 prize in a category, in other words if 1 angler has the 3 biggest Largemouth he can only get 1st prize, not all 3

Just some suggestions....you can do with them as you wish

[Raider Ronnie]

You guys going to sit around singing
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For some reason that sticks out in my mind from TFCTF night a few years back,
Maybe because you 2 sang that song most of the night !

[RickBomba]

Hey Kev,
Yeah, supposedly. You catch a pike or muskie and we will make it worth your while... I think that we'll keep the pike and muskies out of the competition, though (been out there a million times, never seen anybody catch one).
Fish should be ok of brought to the weigh station in a bucket, very cold+low metabolism should be ok if they are in a bucket (we thought about this one already).
Depending on how many people show, we should be able to structure the prizes differently (especially for the panfish).
I really hope you come!!! Maybe bring the kids, too!
Later,
Rick
I do like the clause that an angler can only win one prize in one category, though.

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by RickBomba

I really hope you come!!! Maybe bring the kids, too!

Looking good so far...Camping the last weekend in January and my smelt trip with my Bro-in-laws is looking like the weekend of the 16th.

as far as the kids....I'll be heading out around 3:30 to get there...they like ice fishing, but not that much