I entered a decent sized pike, at least decent for me. When I signed up for the tournament at the start of the season I din't even focus on the prizes, or even who won. The whole contest is a great way to see some beautiful fish caught from all over the ice-country. Yeah, prizes are a nice bonus and thank you to the sponsors, but isn't the main reason you enter a fish "bragging rights"? You caught what you believe is a "nice fish" and want to show it to all your buddys on this site.