No way to photo the fish on a measuring board and toss them back? Won't all the bass people get upset of 20+" bass being kept!? Granted you'd lose the ability to compete in the tie breaker for weight.

Il personally be fishing alot around blaines area, il rig up a cooler in the truckbed and return all the fish. Bass mite be pushing it and I dont think id kill a pike but waley and trout mmmmmmmm.

We thought about that for quite a while and we feel we settled on the method that made the least impact on any species. We all know that once ice sets it won't take long to see bass over the 20" mark... That bar should be raised quickly. We will have a continually updated leader board, everyone in our shop knows how to make the necessary changes to our web site so the leader board will reflect the most up to date info as soon as a fish comes in the door.

What this means is that the night before you hit the ice, you can look at the site and see that for instance a 23" fish is in the lead, this means that you don't need to bring in the 22" fish you just landed. Take your pictures, kiss your fish and release it.While on the ice, if there are any questions, you can call the shop anytime during business hours (we are open 7 days a week) and find out what size is leading each category.

Is this a perfect system? No... We came up with this tournament to get the whole family involved, not just the hard core guys. We believe that the benefits to the fishing community outweigh the slight impact this might have on any species listed in our tournament.

Well make sure Dave doesn't bring in a big crappie that has been sitting in his freezer all year. :p

Hey... Anyone want a Scout Aqua-Vu????? That just got added to the list of prizes