Salmon Shootout 2011 in the box

[Surprise]

Winner Bill Bryden "Sea Bill" of Starksboro, Vt.

Official 24.5 inch 4Lb 13 Oz Landlock Takes the Trophy.

Caught on A Stinger "Pink Panties"



You all will have to fill in the proper Name if I have it wrong here. Al's assistant me, the Secretary was busy "yacking" . Sorry for any omissions or mistakes with names and boats. Please Correct them and me.

#2 was Don Rich fishing with who? 23. inch 4lb 10oz.

#3 was Tim Dubre fishing with who? 22.75 inch 4lb 8oz.

#4 was Jud "the Admiral/ Supercab" Swenor fishing on "Instigator" 23. inch 4lb 5oz.

#5 was (Peter)? of the Quebec gang fishing with who? 22.5 inch 3lb 12 oz.

#6 was Bill Lowell "Popster" fishing on "Pointer" 22 inch 3lbs 3oz.

Thanks to my fishing partner and State Official Weigh-In Specialist Al "Fishfarmer Moorhouse.

Paul Plant "Salmoneye" the Official Photographer and everyone else posting photos to share.

Thanks to Point Bay Marina, Todd Smith, Judy in the store, Ray and Adam in the yard for making our visit and afternoon special.

The sharing of some fine foods and laughs with all of you make this what it is. I wish I could have yacked with everyone more. I Look forward to some fine fishing and to seeing many of you on the lake soon and having a nice day lunch gathering somewhere.

Thanks Everyone it was a beautiful Day and with The Best Of Friends.

Fill in your own stories and pictures Here:

P. S. I can't wait for next year!
Randy

[Matt]

Thanks for putting this together, it was great, I had a blast! Can't wait for next year.

[Digitroll Fishing]

Big crowd! Incredible feed! Nice meeting some new folks and the old gang! Congratulations to Sea Bill the 2011 Champion! And the runner-ups: Thorny / Capt. Mick / Supercab who finished strong in the top 6 fish.

We burned 7 gallons of fuel today (new record burn) on the Digitroll making a one hour run up to Willsboro early as we started setting lines at 7:45 am. where it was red hot for me 10 days ago fishing solo. It was great having the shoot-out team of Don and Mike for the 3rd year. Thank you guys for riding on my boat and these guys are great company. Don continued his blistering pace on the star side of the boat continuing from last Wednesday. We boated a lot of fish today including a brown and nothing measured over 20" but that didn't hurt our spirits as we were in hunting mode all 5 hours waiting for that screamer. Trolled back to the Boquet river where we packed it in. Mike and Don had some great snacks on the boat today!

Just a great time and thanks again to Randy to running this event and all the folks that brought food and it was great company at the BBQ. A perfect weather day and I think the nicest day for our shoot-out of the 3 years.

R

[Salmoneye]

Pics of the winners, past and present:

TOP THREE FISH:



LAST YEAR'S WINNER PASSING OFF THE TROPHY:



ALL THREE WINNERS SO FAR:



I am uploading a ZIP file of all the pics I took...They are large, and unretouched...The entire file will be appx 350mb, so be warned...

I will post the link to the download site, and it will be available for at least 7 days...

Congrats to all that participated!

[raz]

Hats off again to Randy and everyone that makes this event happen.
What a great time...a world class fishery and some of the fisheries TOP anglers congregated together for a fun time. The weather cooperated and it don't get much better than that.

Congrats to Sea Bill for taking the top spot with a beautiful Landlocked, and congrats to all that had fun...(That should cover everyone!)
The food was outstanding, the folks were even better!

My partner for the day WFW and I had a riot. The fish cooperated as we landed 27 fish with 18 being the targeted Landlocked...just didn't manage a fish over 20". Thanks Cheryl for joining me and the fleet for a great day on the water!
Ben was in class for his Captains license and was sorely missed.
No pix as we were far too busy rigging and reeling!!!

Fish on everyone!

[Sleepswithdafishes]

Sounds like a great day was had by all!!!! Congrats to the winners!! Randy what a great idea you had !!! I cant think of another group of outdoorsman that as a group get along so well and love to share there knowledge and passion as well as this group!!!! One of these years I will make it over to the west coast of the state and have a ball with you all!!! Keep it going!! Sleeps

[Salmoneye]

OK...Here is the link to the ZIP archive of all the pics I took yesterday...

As stated earlier, they are large (4288x2848 pixels), unretouched, and the entire file is appx. 350mb:

http://www.filefactory.com/file/c218fd6 ... tout11.zip

Scroll down, and click "Slow Download", then fill in the 'Captcha' box that opens with the text as it appears...

The download will start in 30 seconds...If anyone uses the pics elsewhere, please credit me...

[Crazy Ivan]

Sounds like everyone had a great time. Nice to see Bill with that trophy!
Todd

[fishingmachine]

thanks to Randy and all the guys and gals that helped with all the great food.My fishing partner.Paul and I both had a great time on the water while landing a bunch of fish which included a legal brown ,several lakers, and 3 salmon. we had one very large fish jump and spit the hook, but I think it was a steelie,anyway. sure would have liked to get a closer look at it ,though.there's always next year.

[Ludo]

Hey,

I was at time at 7h00AM to hit the water and to get the biggest fish in my boat, but I had a huge fuel filter leak while I was quitting the boat ramp. I went back to the car, moved backward to the boat ramp, removed the boat from the water and tried to find a solution for this less than 120h motor.

Point Bay marina: Closed

Salmoneye stopped on the road to check what was the problem, thanks for trying to help.

Marina Plus inc (http://www.marineplus.us): the guy accepted to open sooner to help us. Here's me at work at 8:45 (instead of fishing):
Removing the defect part

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Work completed, Thanks Marina Plus inc.

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I've finally hit the water at 9:10, 2h later... better than nothing !

I've make some slow motion underwater video here: http://www.lakechamplainunited.com/foru ... f=17&t=565.

[Salmoneye]

I was just sorry I didn't have anything in the truck that would work!

I now have a few pieces of fuel line, and I always have lots of zip-ties!

[raz]

kudos to the folks at Marine Plus....glad to hear they got you on the water Ludo!!!

[tamiron]

Congratulations Sea Bill! It sounds like a great day and a beautiful fish. Now we need a repeat winner ... it could be you !!!

[Thorny]

Congrats Bill!!!!!! I thought Reggie was a SANDBAGGER. Man O Man.... He has nothing on you! A well deserved catch by a very good fisherman! THANKS RANDY!!!! This is by far the best event of the year on Champlain! What a great day, enjoyed by an outstanding group of Fisherman. It's shaping up to be a fantastic Frostbite Season on the water. Bundle up, enjoy and be safe!
Thorny

[Wallyandre (Andre)]

I would like to say a big thanks to Randy and all the others that help putting that event on our calendar.

A big thanks also to all the participants. It's always a pleasure and honor to be part of that marvelous event.

Naturally, I can't write this without congratulating the winner but also the 2nd and 3rd that were very close.

We are all winners!!

Fish on!!