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Location: Potter, WI. | 4 fish for 35#'s won this tournament. We fished chambers. we captured 7 walleye and one super goat, missed one walleye we assume. weighed four for 23#'s and some odd change bite slowed from what we had going during prefishing. The changing winds didn't help our bite. We fished the tip of a finger that comes out on the NW side. biggest fish was over 7#'s . Had bigger fish going. Typical prefishing story. We were using 1 1/2 OZ. bouncers 40' back. Tequila sunrise blades and silver. bead color didn't seem to be a factor. Seen a few boats come and go. Wish we fished the other island..... |
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| Great job Robert Blosser and Joe Okada. You beat some of the best on the bay. Dan Palmer |
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Location: Chicago IL. | Way to go Joe.  |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | Hey Chris G. How bout a complete list of the results? |
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| Forget that request for a list of the complete results, Chris! Just the money winners will do. The toothpaste didn't work, either! hehehe
Had a good two days, regardless. Fished with Mexico Brian Stangel. We had a really good day Saturday, and our cinfidence was high Sunday morning. The wind change really screwed up our fish. Couldn't fish the way we wanted. But had alot of fun in the boat, and it's always good to see freinds at the weigh in. I'll be back next year! |
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| * CLAP CLAP CLAP *
Way to go, Joe!!! |
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Location: Appleton wi | I'd like to see a complete result list. Is swc site back up anyone know?cranky was there alot of traffic out there sunday?
Edited by eye Lunker 8/13/2007 6:45 PM
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Location: princeton Il. | Congrats Joe to you and your partner. A well deserved win against some great anglers. See you in a few weeks. |
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| Great job Bob & Joe. Glad to see you still have some tricks in the bag for big fish.
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Location: Potter, WI. | eye lunker, there was probably 6-8 tournament boats there till about 11 after that only 3 or 4 of us. the bite was slow. I know of 2 other boats that were there and the had 23 and 24 lbs. they left and came back. don't know if they caought there fish there or not. |
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| Channel 26 aires story on fish kill in Oconto, Blamming tournamnets and releasing fish in temps to warm for survival! fish are washing up on shore! Dnr says they are working on regulation for better regulation of tourneys!
Hmmmm. Should this have been a Catch and Kill tourney, this publicity never is any good!
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| tyee what tournament are you implying that casued this? |
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Location: Port Washington, wisconsin | Any popcorn left Denny? |
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Location: Fremont, Wisconsin | popcorn is gone, this looks like a beer drinkin fight anyhow. why did a jab need to be throwen? Tyee? |
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| No jabs are being thrown Denny! were there other events in this area this weekend? Just thought it be mentioned as I only know of this tourney up that way this weekend, it was at the Oconto launch I believe and the locals and reporters conveyed that it was more than likely from a tournament. The television Media reported it and not the internet media where many tournament people frequent. I brought it up only for people to realize that this is not the image that we need portrayed to the entire TV viewing audiance (average angler). If one person learns something from it then it will help all these (small local) tournaments establish better procedures to prevent this type of thing from happening in the future. In my opinion this should have been a KILL tourney! plain and simple! You tourney directors need to get these media people out to film the events and tell the whole story, These images of dead fish and tourneys being blamed is a sad truth and the whole story needs to be covered! You directors need to find a way to get in front of a camera before an event and promote your sport if you want it to grow!
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Location: Fremont, Wisconsin | OK can anyone find this video segment that was reported on this subject, online, so every may watch it as well? I cannot find it, and that does not mean it was not on there, I just cannot find it and would like to see what was reported before any further discussion.
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Location: Green Bay, WI | I called NBC 26 (920-494-2626) and talked to Leah in the news department. She said yes they did the story and that it is not posted on the net.
Basically she said the video showed some dead fish in the water and an interview with someone from the DNR. The DNR didn't know what killed the fish but the speculation was that it might have been related to the tournament that happend over the weekend.
I'm just the second hand reporter, if you want more, like the video call Leah. |
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| I'm not sure, but I thought there was a pontoon boat with a tank to take the fish out of the river. I do know the river was a lot warmer than the waters out in the bay. I thought I saw like 8 degrees higher. If the fish were released in the river, that certainly could further stress those fish. |
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Location: Rhinelander | You directors?
And how would that be, Tyee? The local TV affiliate stations are usually only interested in interviewing BIG money WINNERS and BAD news if they can find it.
Try calling a TV station and ask them to send a crew to do an interview with an event director. Unless they are covering the event already, most won't be interested. Where were those cameras at the final weigh in? Covering some social disaster story like a local tavern closing or Anna Nicole or something. |
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| Denney, What more do you want to know?
Do high temps cause higher mortality of a fish taken into posession to be released at a later time?
Do tournaments leave a negative impression on the surrounding community after they leave?
Is it illeagle to waste a resource? Can a tourney director be fined for doing so?
What else can be done to insure that these fish are not "wasted"?
All are legitimate questions and have been asked many times in the past, The DNR needs to establish regulations that protect this resoure, this sport is growing and there are "tournaments" out there giving the good ones a bad rap, they are not doing a very good job of policing it themselves! There have been great strides made but these little hiccups continue to happen.
Claudia did the story and it was specifically mentioned that the most likely cause was the tournament, they have not heard back yet from the DNR if it was from something else. (does this mean they are testing these fish? I don't know) I'm sure you can call and ask her more about it. From what I heard there were 30+ walleyes floating on Tuesday could have been more could have been less but the number 30 was mentioned and the high water temps in the area were more than likely the cause. The story is not on their website.
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| Steve, who do you want to know? Your in sales, of all people you should know how to pitch a story to the TV, Print, and radio media? If not give me a call for your next event, I'll send you a news truck!
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| tyee - 8/15/2007 9:44 PM
No jabs are being thrown Denny! were there other events in this area this weekend? Just thought it be mentioned as I only know of this tourney up that way this weekend, it was at the Oconto launch I believe and the locals and reporters conveyed that it was more than likely from a tournament. The television Media reported it and not the internet media where many tournament people frequent. I brought it up only for people to realize that this is not the image that we need portrayed to the entire TV viewing audiance (average angler). If one person learns something from it then it will help all these (small local) tournaments establish better procedures to prevent this type of thing from happening in the future. In my opinion this should have been a KILL tourney! plain and simple! You tourney directors need to get these media people out to film the events and tell the whole story, These images of dead fish and tourneys being blamed is a sad truth and the whole story needs to be covered! You directors need to find a way to get in front of a camera before an event and promote your sport if you want it to grow!
Good Luck
Tyee
Tyee!
For as much typing as you do on the internet maybe if you altered your delivery your good points wouldn't be overshadowed by the fact you shout at people!
Is this how you talk to your customers!
You make some good points sometimes!
Also .. saying "you people" or "you tournament directors" or similar statements is rude and puts people on the defensive!
Just thought you'd like to know!
People don't like to be yelled at!
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Location: Oshkosh, Wisconsin | The news media rarely covers a PWT or FLW event, yet you think a simple call to the TV station is going to get them to come out and cover the SWC's event?
Could it really be that easy? |
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| Point taken Dale, My articulation in print often gets shadowed by my thoughts before getting to my fingers!, I had no intention of shouting, and "you directors" should have been worded differently, I agree. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Brad, I don't think it's that easy it has to be sold, a story has to be told that people WANT to hear, unfortunately they only hear the bad things as Steve said, If the sport is going to grow we have to use them where it counts.
I think these bits and pieces (of bad publicity) could be used as leverage when we really need coverage like a PWT/FLW etc. Just a thought.
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