RIO Tourney Update

As many of you know and participated, the City Park Big Bass Rodeo was this past weekend, and while Bass were caught and weighed, not one Rio (the fish we were after) was caught. So while no one is is at the top of the Big Rio category, Ryan put himself on the board with a keeper bass, as you can see to the right, it is giving him quite a strain trying to hold it up for the picture.

Also, we happened to have a scale on hand and we weighed the beast...... and at .54 lbs we now have a top bass, see the pictures below.

First Fishing Reports

Well everyone, we have our first fishing reports of the season. Will caught a bass in City Park as can be seen in the picture to the right. He claims he caught a second on, but there is no photo evidence, Will send me a pic of the other (or both together) and you get another ten points. By the way, how did it taste?

Jesse robbed the cradle for ten points by apparently keeping and consuming a fish that would not qualify as a meal for my 3 year old niece. So I hope you're happy Jesse, you are now at the top of the Point Whore ratings for padding your stats
(of course you are now tied for first place, which is better than pretty much everybody else.) I could not post a pic of Jesse's fish because of the format it was sent in, but you all should have the e-mail. So here is the point as they stand of today:

Will.....10
Jesse....10
Ryan......0
Brock.....0
Brian.....0
Nick......0

Monday Report

Well, I just got back from fishing City Park with Ryan. All the girls, Cassie, Kristy, Emma, and Heidi had a good time relaxing in the beautiful weather. Ryan and I however, could not buy a fish. I thought one of us would catch at least 1 Rio or Bass to put the pressure on for the big fish challenge, but alas, not a fish was caught. So we leave another weekend pointless...Although I heard Will may have kept a few bass at some point this weekend, so we may have a midweek update. We'll See.

The big rio challenge will take on a whole new meaning on the 27th of this month, with many of the competitors of this league competing as teamates for the Bucket Full of Rios Challenge, so we will definitely have some updates at that point.

-Brian

Fishing Report and Standings

Well, I made a trip down to Grand Isle on Monday, expecting Monday morning to be like Sunday, Sunny and warm with broken clouds. It ended up being windy, cool, and overcast. I did get to take out the new canoe, though, which was difficult in the wind until I shifted some things around, then it was quite efficient. No fish were caught, but I did catch every school zone between Harahan and Grand Isle….twice.

As of now, after my failed trip and Will’s trip of non-edibles and others who have not reported any catches up to this point, the standings are as follows:

Brian.....0pts
Will......0pts
Ryan......0pts
Nick......0pts
Brock.....0pts
Jessie....0pts

Rules

Guys - below you will find the rules. I changed them only slightly, adding Rio to the Big Fish awards and deleting the redundancy in the species differentiation. By the way Rio only counts for the Big Fish Award, it does not count toward total points. If ya'll have any suggestions or rants, use the "comments function" of the website. Also if you want to create a google account (Nick you already have one)(I don't think you need gmail)you can become a follower of the site, whatever that means. Anyway, the rules...

The Gulf Coast Club’s
Blind Pelican Fishing League

Rules

1. Season Dates are as follows:
Spring – March 1 – May 31
Summer – June 1 – August 31
Fall – September 1 – November 31

2 Paddlecraft or Bank fishing only.
2a. Mothership may be used to transport a paddlecraft only, it may not be used to transport to a bank fishing location. Fish only count when caught 50 yards or further from the mothership.

3. Only fish which are kept for consumption are counted for points (see points structure below)

4 Reports, with photograph(s) of catch should be submitted to the webmaster as soon as possible following the catch. No more than 10 days after trip. At least one photograph of entire catch is required for points, but more photos are encouraged along with a trip narrative.

5. Points system is as follows:
Saltwater Freshwater
Red/Drum 10pts Bass 10pts
Flounder 8pts Sac-a-lait 8pts
Sheepshead 6 pts Catfish 6pts
Specks 4pts Gaspergou 4pts
White Trout 2 pts Bream 2pts

Bonus 1 – Slams
A slam will be any combination of 3 separate species caught in 1 trip. This will double the value of 1 of each species on the slam

Bonus 2 – “Board Game”
This bonus will be a series of fish caught in consecutive order in one season. The species will be(in order): Bream – Speckled Trout – Bass – Flounder – Redfish Points will be award in the following fashion:
1st 25 points
2nd 20 points
3rd 15points
4th 10 points
5th 5 points

6 Species differentiation:
Bass will include both largemouth and spotted(Kentucky), but will not include striped, white, and yellow bass.

Bream will include bluegill, redear, goggleye, longear sunfish, red bellied sunfish, pumpkinseeds, etc.

Catfish will include Channel cats, Blue cats, Flathead (mud) Cats. Spoonbill catfish will not be included.

7. Big fish awards. Bass, Redfish, and Rio will count for the big fish awards. A photograph of the fish on a scale with the wait visible is required for consideration for this award. The fish that weighs the most will win in each category. If the fish will not be kept for consumption the photo must be taken on the boat, so prepare accordingly.

Entry fee will be 20-25 dollars per fisherman, per season. And payout is as follows:
Out of 100 dollars per season:
40 to the season winner
25 to the Angler of the Year
10 to biggest red
10 to biggest bass
5 to biggest Rio
10 to the Award if we want one

Welcome to the League

Welcome to the Blind Pelican Fishing League. Take a look around, soon there will be a plethora of fish pictures and fish stories and a running tally of points to keep up with. We are heading into the first nice weekend of the year, so I am expecting a big push at points this weekend. Tides are about a foot, with low tide about 8:00am (in Caminada Pass). So rig the paddlecraft boys, and charge the cameras - lets see what the first trips of the season bring in.

I am trying to set up a system where ya'll can comment on each post I make, so we can communicate about each trip posting - we'll see......