Thread: MARCH 2011 - Tournament - conversation/discussion

I am also curious if there could be a thread to show sample pictures, to know what type of competition there is. Or maybe someone can just tell us what some of the previous winners had (if there were previous tournaments like this)

Originally Posted by Strahm

I am also curious if there could be a thread to show sample pictures, to know what type of competition there is. Or maybe someone can just tell us what some of the previous winners had (if there were previous tournaments like this)

Yep, no previous information. This is our first tourney. But here are sample pictures of fish:
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/virtu...ml#post1438298
Also, remember, each fish picture should be separate. I've been getting some entries in with all three fish taken together in one photo and that is wrong.

Strahm, this is the first time to try this on the site. My local lake still has some ice, and is flooded, so fishing there right now, is almost next to impossible.

first i have seen this, sounds cool! where are the pics enterted so far posted at?

They will all be sent to me, and I will publish them after the tournament. If I post them now, and there is a big batch, then no-one else will enter thinking they can't win. Also, I got like only one entry so far. I think everyone is waiting till the end date of the tourney.

Also, FYI. I'll still be out of town when the tournament ends. So don't expect immediate results. Right now I'm in Alabama fishing with the wonderful Shipahoy41. Story to come later.

thanks for the reply. good luck down there bud!

We only had 5 entries for the March Contest. There is no April contest. We'll have to discuss any further contests here.

All five entries for the March contest essentially do not qualify. The images are too small, the pictures are taken from wrong angles, there is no date, too few images, three fish on one image, it's all not really good. I will publish all those entries in a separate thread here today. They all will receive prizes anyway for their effort. And there are some really good fish pictures.

I really feel it's just too hard to judge, and too hard to manage this type of contest. It may be just me, but even going through these five entries is too time consuming with everything else I've got to do here. I can't imagine the effort to go through all the images if we had 20 entries. And it's not just that. There are emails to answer about the contest, and emails to send when something does not come through correctly, and user names to match. You also have to check closely so that an entry is not the same fish, entered twice. I just don't see how this can work with a lot of entries. Remember, I'm essentially a one man band here (excluding my mods, which I appreciate so dearly).

I really think simple photo contests are the way to go. You all post them here, and I have my family pick the best ones. That always worked out.