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Location: Southwest shore Bago | What are the gueses for weight this year. It starts Wednesday! |
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | 2 pound average.
Good luck to all AIM contestants. It's not often that I am happy that I am not participating in a tournament. This is one of those times. Stay warm, stay safe and stay focused. |
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Location: Fremont, Wisconsin | 53.97 and thats only because of the snow storm. |
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| The Pros have been pre-fishing hard for the last few days on the river. Because of the windy conditions on Wednesday river patterns will prevail.
58.5 pounds |
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Location: Menasha, WI | Remember they get to 'weigh' 7 fish per day. Tenth place in the Ft Fremont tourney averaged 2.88#/fish; multiply that by 21 and I'll say 60.4# to win it even with the tough conditions. |
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Location: Appleton, WI | I have to agree with Viking, If us weekend worriors can do what we did in Ft Fremont I would hope the "PROS" would be able to better that. I think 61 pounds will win. The fish are there in unimaginable numbers. And the pros have the advantage of talking to alot of the anglers at weigh in. They are very good rods to begin with, there equipment is second to none, then add some info from dennys tourny crew and these guys should clean house!! |
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Location: Janesville | i was just up there fishing last friday through sunday and fished the fremont walleye classic on saturday. we caught a ton of fish over 20 inches. we just didnt get enough of them on satuday. but im going to say its going to take about 65 pounds to win. |
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| I'll go alittle high #74.74 |
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Location: Laona, Wisconsin | 69.43# |
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Location: crosby MN | 65.5 lbs |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | 53.23 lbs to win. My info is telling me the bite is falling off some due to the water temps dropping. Like Sunshine I too am happy to NOT be fishing this event because of this beautiful spring weather!! |
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Location: LaCrosse, WI | 47.5 |
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Location: Badgerland | Ted Takasaki, 63 lbs
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Location: Badgerland | Since Day 1 is cancelled, revised guess is: Ted Takasaki, 42 lbs
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Location: Rhinelander | Day one has been canceled due to high winds, heavy snow, and cold temps. The AIM Advisory group conferred with AIM officials at 9:30 this evening, and determined the danger to the anglers and co-anglers due to the heavy snow already on the ground, sub freezing temps, and continued light snow and cold Wednesday was too high to fish.
Watch for updates and interviews with AIM officials and anglers tomorrow.
Personal note: This was a good call. it completely sucks out there....
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | Revised guess of 39.23 lbs. |
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Location: Menasha, WI | So do all anglers fish both of the remaining days? Or is there still a cut after Thursday?
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | Everyone fishes both days. |
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Location: Laona, Wisconsin | Revised 37.02# for two day total |
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Location: Rhinelander | Video:
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| Revised Guess- 41.75 pounds |
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Location: Fremont, Wisconsin | revised, 32.56 |
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| 42lbs. Someone will get 7 both days. |
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Location: Janesville | revised 40 pounds |
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| revised, #28.28. |
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| I was a little surprised they cancelled today. Aside from the few inches of snow on the ground, it was a decent day...but whatever.
Tomorrow will be 10 degrees warmer, but with more wind.
Friday: same wind and temps as Thursday, but with some rain too.
Will they still put the GPS trackers on the top ten in the field Friday?
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| 29 pounds |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | 40.3 lbs |
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Location: Berlin | 47lbs |
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| Can't speak for viking and cheese land but the weather here sucks... |
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Location: Rhinelander | It wasn't good here yesterday early at all, and was cold, windy, and flurries all day.
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Location: Rhinelander | The morning started off cool, but sunny and WAY improved over the last few days. The Pros hit the water after a 'day off' spent playing poker or working on lines, the rig, or some needed sleep. Optimism is high for a good bite!
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | Sounds like a very tough bite. I stick by my prediction. 2 pound average. That would be 14 pounds a day for the winner. looks like we will see a few zero's. |
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Location: Rhinelander | Word from the AIM on the Water crew is the bite was tough this morning. Water temps dropped into the upper 430's yesterday. |
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| I have heard two pros talk/write about getting their limits and then upgrading (one on WC's preview article and the other on Reel Shot's weekly video report).... What happened to the no culling law? |
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | They catch a fish, they take at picture, they release the fish. Upgrading pictures is not illegal or culling. |
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http://www.aimfishing.com/View-Article/3964/Lund-Mercury-Pro-Mark-M...
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| Just curious if there is no length restrictions? If I read the weigh-in correct a 12.75" fish was weighed? I know there is no size limit on the system but that seems a bit extreme for a pro tournament.
Edited by Team Burbot 4/22/2011 7:37 AM
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | Steve:
Are they using gps tracking? |
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Location: Berlin | Steve:
Are they using gps tracking? |
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| DITTO on the gps? is it not working they said yesterday it would be up
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| GPS Tracking? You don't need it. no one left the bridge (wink wink wink).
Sure would fill the bridge every night this week though.
This link is better than the GPS.
http://65.42.165.230:4021/cgi-bin/guestimage.html
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Location: Berlin | Not looking good for the tracking...What time was take off? |
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | Out of all the fishermen doing this tournament it would be JIMMY HUGHES that I would like to follow the most. He is superb under these kinds of conditions. It would be Rich S next if he was fishing it. wink wink |
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Location: Berlin | Not having a boat sucks  But thanks Dennis.
Jimmy will have a good day and get 7 no doubt. If he can manage a kicker is the big question. Knowing him I am sure he will. |
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| Its on now guys!
http://www.aimfishing.com/gps/ |
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Location: Rhinelander | The weather is a bit tougher on the final day, but most of the pros were actually thinking the clouds and approaching bad weather may improve the bite. Several of the leaders took the no-wake trip of up to two and a half hours, but Mark Martin is right near the bridge.
Images and video are up on the AIM website. |
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Location: Fremont, Wisconsin | I was at Gills landing till 10.05 am and not one boat made there way up and past Today. |
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Location: Menasha, WI | Anybody know how recent and up-to-the-moment the GPS tracking is? Looks like Jimmy has been working the bends below Chico's area pretty hard....
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | Below Chico's or above Chico's? 
I've seen him more above I believe |
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Location: Menasha, WI | Sunshine - 4/22/2011 12:53 PM Below Chico's or above Chico's? I've seen him more above I believe :- ) Well, there's a cluster if icons right in front of Chico's. I guess if they're marking the top of his drift he's below; if they're marking the bottom of his drift above. Stacker, can you see Nate Curell in front of your place?
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Location: Fremont, Wisconsin | I cannot see nate, he appears to be down in front of triangle and I cannot seem to find a boat ride to go down there. If I can soon, I will go shoot a video of these guys. It looks like they are all working above chicos except for plautz who is in chiefs big old hole below chicos. jimmy been there all morning, nate has made the hole hopping run looking for the school. Word is, and I get a lot of info, there is a school at the little wolf of 22 to 25 inch females and they are on there way. |
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Location: Berlin | Jimmy is on the bridge cam |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | C'mon Danno!!!! Take it home!!!
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Location: Berlin | I saw Jimmy just catch one on the bridge cam. |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | Jimmy likes it when he catches fish.........a Seinfeld reference...:) |
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Location: Berlin | I been using that one all day, bout time somebody caught on |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | LOL.........Plautz is heading back towards Winneconne......hopefully with a limit!!
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Location: Rhinelander | Kemos WINS..Martin second.
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Location: Berlin | Great coverage guys. I loved the on the water vids and GPS tracking. Weigh-in feed was perfect. I was stuck home with my sick dog both days and it this kept me busy. Thanks guys! |
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| Wow,
What a great tournament! Congrats on a great win Tommy! It's always very hard to win on the Winnebago system, and you fished a perfect tactical tournament when you consider the way the weather and conditions changed continually during the tournament days. And you were right about your observations on stage about tournament formatting. CRR allowed you to get that limit on day two and hunt for hogs for the rest of the day. I know that both Chase and I did the same thing, with early limits and it was very exciting going on the hunt, knowing that at any spot you could drop in on the big girls and blow the thing away! I can only imagine what it felt like when that 4 lber busted your jig on the third cast, and the excitement as you put each big fish in the live-well! In reality, like you said, you, I, and Chase along with quite a few other great sticks would have been sitting on shore by 10:00 in the morning with an average bag of fish. Many will take their shots at CRR, but once you actually fish an event as a true competitor you'll always appreciate the extremely exciting tournament environment that it creates. There is a reason that the big bass tours do not come up to these states and why the bass clubs in Wisconsin are trying so hard to get culling restrictions lifted for their tournaments. There is a reason that the BASS tour is so exciting... if Van Dam had to sit on shore at 10:00 in the morning, no one would watch....
Nice job buddy. Looking forward to FLW Erie next!
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Location: Fremont, Wisconsin | Not trying to hijack this thread but would like to expand on the comments by Gary on the CRR format.
I can tell you that there were guys that were watching the event this year with excitement. Guys that do not even watch tournament fishing, watched AIM. They were very interested in the fact that no fish were harmed in this event. They watched the weigh ins and found it to be exciting. You know what they were doing many times on friday, they were watching the GPS trackers and driving along the river to see if the boat on the gps was actually where they said it was. They liked watching the wraps on the boats and have found a bit of something to interest them in our sport. Keep up the good work.
Things are changing and I encourage AIM to do what ever it takes to hang in there till your plans come to fruition. |
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| Ya.. lol.. i was fishing thursday in oshkosh.. so we are on the mary-go-round and J. Beckel rolls in and starts pulling fish.. some guy fishing with his kid. having a hard time had to shout to Jason and find out what the heck he was doing as he kept firing fish over the side of the boat after taking a quick pic.. jason took a min to explain what the rules of the game he was playing were all about.. the guy smiled and said thats the first time he has herd of a tournament like that and he fishes the river almost every day.. i would also like to add that Brad Davis.. was also spotted and i watched him catch about a dozen walleyes in about an hour. short biters and he was up front two fisting the buggers! . I hope things explode for aim to get the fields full with more heavy hitters.. I know Davis was just up for a day of fishing.. but id love to see Harsh , and Fellogy,, Roach and the Old Band back togather.
Dont get me wrong , The big names showed up for sure .. just Love to see them all. and throwing in a small hand full of local heavy hitters to join Jimmy Heughs only would add to the show.. I hope Aim comes back to the Winnabaggo chain next year . Great show! |
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| oh Ya.. and as long as we are telling fish storys's
as we were fishing i picked up a faint sound of someone crying... so i took the boat down below the bridge... there was Tommy Skarlis.. (another heavy hitter) Just sobbing and crying... His Am partner just shrugged his shoulders and said Tommy has been like this for an hour or so!.. Tommy said he didnt know how to catch fish today... sniff sniff.. ... I asked him.. Do you know what bridge this is? He looked up at me as i handed him my hanky... sniff sniff.. i reminded him it was the Late great Gary Grey Bridge.. and his eyes lit up.... then i asked him what
Gary (Rip) would say if he saw Tommy Melting down like this and under his bridge?
Tommy said ... Sniff Sniff.. He would have been told to get the "H" out from under Garys Bridge and go up to his own honey hole( the Rat ) and Dig out some fish!
and that your not to good of a fisherman not to use a stinger hook! Sally!
I said ya... other than he may have dropped a few more F bombs when he caught you under there... Tommy smiled and blew a big snot bubble into my hanky!
i said Keep it.. and he fired that big outboard and Poof! he was gone.
what a trooper! and a GREAT MC!
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| First of all I am not bashing just questioning a decision? I have no problem with the crr format and I have fished an AIM event as a co. I think it's great for the system. I know it's your gig and I understand the no size limit on this system and the tough bite, but being an elite tournament and fisherman I would have thought 15"length would be the standard. To me it seems a bit of a reach to put fish on the stage. |
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Location: Rhinelander | What's legal on the system works fine for me. No one is winning with seven 12" fish, and the Pros who win win by catching the largest...not smallest fish. You know from fishing the events the Pros weigh in their 7 best. If the bite had held, the leading limits would have been all seven over 18". |
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| Congrats Tommy. Job well done. |
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