What tournament

[Akhardwater]

So it appears that kenaijim deleted his tournament thread does anybody know if he is going to keep his word about not doing a tournament at Louise or was he just appeasing us locals. 

[akdube]

willing to bet hes doing some more leg work 

[jkw]

Someone should tell him the truth. There's no fish in those lakes and no one wants to waste thier damn gas money going there.

[kwackkillncrew]

Going up this comming weekend for the weekend.  Hope to catch a fish in one of the dead seas and break the curse.  Not sure what sea we will be on but if you see 2 Eskimos swing by for a beer

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the sighn was still up at sportsmens today.

[alaskaruss1]

Someone should tell him the truth. There's no fish in those lakes and no one wants to waste thier damn gas money going there.

No  fish in any lake unless  you know how to fish.  That's the reason why some of us fish and some of us catch. 

[Kenaijim]

Hey guys. Well the first day of the tournament went well. We have a tie for first place with 57 inches. We are not going to fish those radio active lakes up there. I got the message boys. So we will keep the fishing in the valley and close. I need some ideas, so lets talk.

[alaskaruss1]

Hey guys. Well the first day of the tournament went well. We have a tie for first place with 57 inches. We are not going to fish those radio active lakes up there. I got the message boys. So we will keep the fishing in the valley and close. I need some ideas, so lets talk.

Glad to hear that the first day was a success.  Kudos for the work you have put into the tournament. Easy for people to sit on the sidelines and criticize rather than pitching in and supporting.   

[Kenaijim]

I agree. It's too bad. I didn't deleted the thread. I don't know what happened to it.

[Kenaijim]

There will be no more talking on this site. We're done!!

[jkw]

Somebody's upset.

[Akhardwater]

Just to be clear I am all for a tournament and I think some pike action would be awesome.  For road accessible lakes Nancy, Long, and Memory have good fishing and would be great tournament lakes.  You should do the pike tournament in April when the pike are getting ready to spawn that's when they are the most aggressive.  I wish It could of fished the other day but family stuff got in the way.

[alaskaruss1]

Just to be clear I am all for a tournament and I think some pike action would be awesome.  For road accessible lakes Nancy, Long, and Memory have good fishing and would be great tournament lakes.  You should do the pike tournament in April when the pike are getting ready to spawn that's when they are the most aggressive.  I wish It could of fished the other day but family stuff got in the way.

Hopefully Kenai Jim reconsiders about the forum as it can be  very useful way to share the fun of ice fishing. Setting up a new tournament is a monumental task.  Always nice to see pike being taken out of our lakes.

[kwackkillncrew]

If you want to know more info on it just call him.  He wasnt trying to ruin any lake by doing this he was just trying to start up a catch and release tournament.  All of his plans for the tournament were never set in stone it was more to get people interested in it.  He likes fishing the lake trout lakes just as much as anyone else and would never try to ruin the lakes for the locals.  I talked with him the day after the first fishing day on big lake and he said that it was a success and that people had alot of great input.  Seems to be as the word is spreading that its a good time.  As for the forum being a good contributer. I feel it could be but any one that had any information on it has voiced the way they felt about it.  For this site i feel there arent to many "Locals" and the ones that are on here all the time said how they felt bout it.  Sounds like its turned into a valley type of tournament where they hope from lake to lake and possibly having a pike beat down.  I will be out at the next big lake one.  Who can complain about the chance to win prizes at a tournament you dont have to pay an entry fee for.  (unless you that jedi guy that just wants a trophy of recognition).

[alaskaruss1]

If you want to know more info on it just call him.  He wasnt trying to ruin any lake by doing this he was just trying to start up a catch and release tournament.  All of his plans for the tournament were never set in stone it was more to get people interested in it.  He likes fishing the lake trout lakes just as much as anyone else and would never try to ruin the lakes for the locals.  I talked with him the day after the first fishing day on big lake and he said that it was a success and that people had alot of great input.  Seems to be as the word is spreading that its a good time.  As for the forum being a good contributer. I feel it could be but any one that had any information on it has voiced the way they felt about it.  For this site i feel there arent to many "Locals" and the ones that are on here all the time said how they felt bout it.  Sounds like its turned into a valley type of tournament where they hope from lake to lake and possibly having a pike beat down.  I will be out at the next big lake one.  Who can complain about the chance to win prizes at a tournament you dont have to pay an entry fee for.  (unless you that jedi guy that just wants a trophy of recognition).

GREAT insight and input.

[JediMasterSalmonSlayer]

If you want to know more info on it just call him.  He wasnt trying to ruin any lake by doing this he was just trying to start up a catch and release tournament.  All of his plans for the tournament were never set in stone it was more to get people interested in it.  He likes fishing the lake trout lakes just as much as anyone else and would never try to ruin the lakes for the locals.  I talked with him the day after the first fishing day on big lake and he said that it was a success and that people had alot of great input.  Seems to be as the word is spreading that its a good time.  As for the forum being a good contributer. I feel it could be but any one that had any information on it has voiced the way they felt about it.  For this site i feel there arent to many "Locals" and the ones that are on here all the time said how they felt bout it.  Sounds like its turned into a valley type of tournament where they hope from lake to lake and possibly having a pike beat down.  I will be out at the next big lake one.

I heard it nothing but postive stuff about the event .... I know a member of one of the teams which is tied for the lead - his teamate manged a nice arctic char and he lossed a lunker at the hole that he said would have gave them a current lead.
 
I hope the event grows and generates more interest in ice fishing. I am confident that the organizer has good intentions. 

Who can complain about the chance to win prizes at a tournament you dont have to pay an entry fee for. (unless you that jedi guy that just wants a trophy of recognition).

Just to clarify for the literal people (not little people, LITERAL people)  - I am not interested in prizes or a trophy - I would really enjoy particpating in any competitive ice fishing event at any level - the challenge and essence of the experience would be enough for me.  I take no offense with you poking me.

I never complained about a ice fishing tournament on the previous thread which magically disappeared, I did suggest a can of worms might be opened by having the event at LL and those that regularly fish the lake wuld probably object to having an event at the location.

My comment about "bargin bin" prizes and inquiry about a "trophy" simply were meant to be taken as sarcastic humor. 

Just food for thought: I had a thread deleted previously - without any explanation - my thread was about sharing info about a casting call for media production company looking for ice fishermen. I can only assume that after going back and reading the user/member guidlines for posting content that I violated ice shanty policy some how.  Maybe a moderator deleted the thread? It looks like the thread about the same subject on Alaska Outdoors Super Site was deleted also?   

[BigFish_LittlePond]

Could also possibly be that this tournament was sponsored by Sportsman's Warehouse, which is not a paying sponsor/advertiser on Ice Shanty, and thus was removed so as not to provide free advertisement for a national chain sporting goods retailer... I could be wrong about that, but that's my hunch...