FAOTY 2014 fish entries and leader board

Fly Angler Of The Year 2014
a flies between friends friendly kayak fishing contest, which runs from.

February 1st, 2014 through December 31st,

2014 Species

Trout  7.75
Largemouth Bass 8
Smallmouth Bass 10
Spotted Bass 9
Panfish  12
Catfish  5.5
Carp  5.5
Shad  9
Steelhead  6
Salmon  5
Stiped Bass  5.5
Rockfish  8
Lingcod  5
Cabazon 8
Greenling  11
Surf Perch  12
Halibut  5

Bonus:
1/2 point per inch for a striped bass caught outside the golden gate
1 point per inch of salmon caught outside the golden gate

1. All fish must be hooked and landed from a kayak(paddle and pedal) with one exception:

1a. If it is deemed in the better health of an anadromous fish, (steelhead and salmon), you may beach your kayak, if, safe anchoring is not an option, and fight the fish from a seated position, but if it is not reasonable to fight the fish, to insure the health of the fish,  in this position, you may get out of your kayak and have an one kayak diameter area to play the fish out. Honor system.

2. Fish must be photographed on a standardized measuring device.
3. The nose portion of the fish must be touching the end of measuring device( mouth must be in a natural to closed position)
4. No pinching of tail
5, Entrance fee is twelve flies that you have tied yourself, if you do not tie your own, you have 11 months to learn  , all levels of skill accepted, or you may make a nominal donation to PIF
5a. All participants would post in this thread, http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=52403.0, what flies that they will be offering as their entry “fee“, at least the species’ that the fly will target(if you don’t know how to tie, you have 11 months to learn, or can buy or trade for your flies) before posting a fish.

5b. All sets of fly’s  will get a number, buy sign up position, and thrown into a pot.

5c. At the end of the year everyone posts a pic of their flies that they put in, and the FAOTY gets their choice of half of the entrance flies, then what is left will be given out by random selection by the following percentages;
 second place gets twenty percent
 third gets fifteen  percent
fourth gets ten percent and
fifth gets five percent.

Leader Board

Bwodun=72.0pts
               panfish 6in(72pts)

Mr. Matt=0.0

Bio-Bill=963.25pts
            smallmouth 15.75in(157.5pts)
            panfish 7in(84pts)
            striped bass 19in(104,5pts)
            largemouth bass 14.25in(114pts)
            shad 18.75in(168.75pts)
            spotted bass 12.5in(112.5pts)
            lingcod 24in(120pts)
            rockcod 12.75in(102pts)
Golfish=676.44pts
             striped bass 23in(126.5pts)
             lingcod 24.5in(122.5pts)
             rockfish 15.5in(124pts)
             shad 18in(162pts)
             trout 18.25in(141.44pts)
Rockroach=104.0pts
             rockfish 13in(104pts)
Jbaker=0.0

Novofish=443.0pts
                spotted bass 17in(153.0pts)
                smallmouth bass 15in(150pts)
                rockfish 17.5in(140pts)
Jimgosc=0.0

ScottV=1165.125 pts
           spotted bass 17in(153pts)
           smallmouth bass 13.5in(135pts)
           large mouth bass 21.5in(172pts)
           shad 18.5in(166.5pts)
           panfish 8.5in(102pts)
           catfish 26in(143pts)
           striped bass20.5in(112.75pts)
           rockfish 10.5in(84pts)
           trout12.5in(96.875pts)
 

I realized after the fish was released that the mouth was not totally closed. I figure I will leave it up to my fellow competitors whether or not the fish should be disqualified. The picture below has the smallmouth at 12.5 inches.

Looks good to me

as long it is in a natural to closed position its all good, and we have our first entry, nice bill, cameron

Nice Bill!!

I saw you paid for AOTY but didn't create an account yet for me to activate...go ahead and create one if you want and I'll activate it and you can play along there too if you want...

Just click on "Sign Up" on the AOTY page and fill in the few fields there and you should be good to go.

http://aoty.norcalkayakanglers.com/

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Thanks guys.

Way to get it going Bill!

17" spotted bass caught Easter morning at Folsom lake on my tied size 8 black wiggle tail, intermediate line 5 weight rod.

Nice Bass, Bio-Bill and Scott. Way to get on the leaderboard.

Good job, I'm 0-3 on the fly rod this year so far. Hope this will help. http://oregonflyfishingblog.com/2014/04/20/saltwater-rockfish-and-ling-cod-clouser-fly-tying-video-using-steve-farrar’s-blend/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter.
Anyone else bringing fly gear to shelter cove?

It kills me still that I didn't take a pic of my 18 or 19 inch smallie, but I'll get another one this weekend at Berryessa, I hope!

Good job, I'm 0-3 on the fly rod this year so far. Hope this will help. http://oregonflyfishingblog.com/2014/04/20/saltwater-rockfish-and-ling-cod-clouser-fly-tying-video-using-steve-farrar’s-blend/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter.
Anyone else bringing fly gear to shelter cove?

Ill be bringing mine, need to get it set up with shooting heads. I figure if Im casting, its going to be a fly so I always keep it in the hatch, velcro loop attachments keep it nice and out of the way.

17" spotted bass caught Easter morning at Folsom lake on my tied size 8 black wiggle tail, intermediate line 5 weight rod.

Nice spotty! that would be fun on a 5wt.

nice spot scott, must have been fun on the 5wt, cameron

Way to go Scott.