CRAA STEELHEAD TOURNAMENT MAY 10, 2014

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Anyone attending? I just registered myself and friends this morning.



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The format of the tournament is a catch and release style event where anglers catch Steelhead, measure them, photograph them and then release them back to the river. At the end of the day, total inches is what will win the grand prize and big fish of the day. What is great about this event is that it's set up in a fashion where experienced anglers are paired with inexperienced anglers so it allows for everyone that enters to have a fair and equal shot at winning the tournament. If you are new to fishing, new to the C River or just want to learn about Steelhead, then this is a great opportunity for you to get a guided day on the river from an experienced angler and a chance to win great prizes. Not only that, but you can meet some really great people who care about the resource.
Prizes are awarded as follows:


• Top three teams with highest total inches
• Biggest fish of the day
• Draw prizes (almost enough for everyone)!


Most importantly, the money generated by this event goes directly back into the watershed through tree plantings, hatchery maintenance and upgrades, and fish transferring. These and many other projects that CRAA undertakes are important to ensure a healthy fishery and well balanced ecosystem.
Our Tournaments are held on the first Saturday in May. For more details, log into the CRAA chat board.
 
Haha, I'm no pro.

I just registered my friends and I this morning and the derby is on Saturday. It was suppose to be last week but pushed on the rain date.
Try contacting Joesph to see if its not to late to enter.
[email protected]

I'm sure they'll let you in because it's for charity or just fill out the entry form and show up
http://www.craa.on.ca/tourney-registration.htm
 
It was a fun derby and I was lucky to be partnered with OFF's very own SHMOGLEY!

Fishing was slow and the best chance we had of winning was when Shmogley had a huge bow take his stink bait. From the look of the bend on his rod, you can tell it was a huge and fresh steelhead. But due to a hero drift, Shmogley didn't have a good hookset and the hook popped off :(

I was putting all my faith on my partner to catch fish...haha.

Here's what I had to contribute to the team...

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7g7AqxopMg[/video]


It was a fun event and I hope to comeback next year. It was great to meet and fish with Shmogley, very nice guy.
 
PUMP KNOWS said:
It was a fun derby and I was lucky to be partnered with OFF's very own SHMOGLEY!

Fishing was slow and the best chance we had of winning was when Shmogley had a huge bow take his stink bait. From the look of the bend on his rod, you can tell it was a huge and fresh steelhead. But due to a hero drift, Shmogley didn't have a good hookset and the hook popped off :(

I was putting all my faith on my partner to catch fish...haha.

Here's what I had to contribute to the team...

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7g7AqxopMg[/video]


It was a fun event and I hope to comeback next year. It was great to meet and fish with Shmogley, very nice guy.
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OK nice i caught about 4 of em today too. Hey who won the tourney?? Also how many fishes were caught?? I heard it was really really slow. fish was no where
 
Thanks for the report pump. Was there a large turnout?

Awesome being matched up with Shmogley! No first meeting awkwardness lol.

I was out east Saturday and it was slow too. Not sure what was up that day. Plus what fish we saw were battered to hell.
 
NaturehasIT said:
OK nice i caught about 4 of em today too. Hey who won the tourney?? Also how many fishes were caught?? I heard it was really really slow. fish was no where
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I'm not sure who won the tourney but longest fish was a 29.5incher. Fishing was very slow, I think the best chance we had was at first light. Shmogley did mention due to the clear skies and forcasted sunny day that fishing was gonna be tough.


Shawarma said:
Thanks for the report pump. Was there a large turnout?

Awesome being matched up with Shmogley! No first meeting awkwardness lol.

I was out east Saturday and it was slow too. Not sure what was up that day. Plus what fish we saw were battered to hell.
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From the list they posted, I think 50 people signed up but less people showed up. I'm guessing 30/40 people were there at the morning meet up.
Shmogley actually came up to me during the meet up and asked where I got my fishheads hat. Right then I knew he had to be a OFF member...haha. Also we weren't suppose to be partners but because our original partners were a no show, I asked if we could team up (At first I asked if I could partner up with a chick..haha). I wanted to go east but because of the lack of rain, my fav tribs would be very low and clear. I like to fish the east when theirs some colour in the water.
 
Hey nice to see this all posted up. was a fun day regardless of the bite action. ended up getting a nice brown during the after-fish lol so not a total loss ;)

some kids won, there was like 6 of them in a group. they went south when everyone else headed north. guess their instinct paid off lol..

i was torn between heading south towards the mouth or up north when we had about 2 hours left for the tourny. but i chose incorrectly.
all in all a good day and finaly got to meet Pump! been a fan of his youtube vids for a while now, so that was nice in itself

thanks for comming out whoever made it.
hope to see more OFF representing next year!
 
Shmogley said:
Hey nice to see this all posted up. was a fun day regardless of the bite action. ended up getting a nice brown during the after-fish lol so not a total loss ;)

some kids won, there was like 6 of them in a group. they went south when everyone else headed north. guess their instinct paid off lol..

i was torn between heading south towards the mouth or up north when we had about 2 hours left for the tourny. but i chose incorrectly.
all in all a good day and finaly got to meet Pump! been a fan of his youtube vids for a while now, so that was nice in itself

thanks for comming out whoever made it.
hope to see more OFF representing next year!
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Nice Shmogley. Wish u guys well next time around
 
I was in it, we were fishing dropbacks upstream of the downstream boundary by a few KMs , had 3 on, i lost mine. After a 4 minute fight it just blew up the leader when it head shaked and my finger was stickey on the CP rim. We probably had a fourth or fifth place fish at 25". Had a great day anyway, won a little draw prize and learned some stuff, even a new spot.
 
TheFishWhisperer said:
I was in it, we were fishing dropbacks upstream of the downstream boundary by a few KMs , had 3 on, i lost mine. After a 4 minute fight it just blew up the leader when it head shaked and my finger was stickey on the CP rim. We probably had a fourth or fifth place fish at 25". Had a great day anyway, won a little draw prize and learned some stuff, even a new spot.
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Good for u bud. Would be nicer if the fish could have stayed on and landed to topup the days fun.Better luck next time.
 
That's me at 0:25 on the far right on the road. We started at that spot you were at , 3 older guys of us on the fly, I had the pin too- we got nada...pizza was good and all for a good cause.
 
If I had known you guys were in it, we could've had a small OFF gathering.

The only reason why I knew Shmogley was because he came up to me during the start and asked where I got my Fishheads hat.

Right then and there, I knew this person was from OFF.

You guys liked the pizza? I thought I was gonna kill some pizza's when I got back but I wasn't a fan.

Maybe because I was so used to eating Domino's Pizza. USE Code: 50OFF for 50% off regular priced Domino's pizza.

Shmogley and I've been killing Domino's for the last couple of weeks...haha
 

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