Congratulations JoeDubC, '24 AOTY Winner

Angler Of The Year 2024 is a wrap.

Congratulations to JoeDubC on a great first place finish! Joe certainly put in a lot of work this year for that first place finish. Joe entered 28 scorable fish of 13 different species for a point total of 1684.0.
Joe I have your championship belt waiting for you!

A very close second place went to tommcdo. Tom entered 20 scorable fish of 10 different species for a point total of 1682.4375.

That’s less than 2 points separating first and second place!

Two other anglers were able to get 10 fish entered as well. Great job Pasha and that other guy! 10 species entered requires a lot of effort and knowledge.

Rounding out the top 10
JoeDubC – 1684.0
Tommcdo – 1682.4375
Threemoneyj – 1681.0625
Pasha – 1414.4375
Poopsmith – 1350.125
Corey – 1214.3125
The Kraken – 1118.1875
Speedystein – 1070.375
Jewli0n – 1060.0
Ghost – 953.0625

For 2024 we had 227 scorable entries covering 18 of the allowable 21 species.
Nobody was able to enter a sturgeon, steelhead, or white sea bass.
Only 1 pacific halibut was entered (great catch poopsmith), 2 surf perch entered, and 2 lake trout.

Big points fish 200+ points
Huge shout out to these 3 anglers for landing fish worth 200 or more points!
Sailfish: California Halibut 50”/250points!
Corey: Kokanee 19”/209points!
JJQ: California Halibut 40”/200points!

Great effort for everyone who entered fish. We will hopefully have 2025 up and running soon!

Belt and 10 species

Congrats, Joe!

Congrats Joe

Congratulation!!

Thanks to everyone that makes this possible. I did have to put in a lot more days to compete with the better fishermen. And though I started the year strong, I kind of wilted in the final quarter and both John (4 nice species in 1 day!) and Tom passed me. I was about 15 pts back. I was planning on going deep in Carmel for a 23" Bocaccio, but I wasn't sure about the conditions so switched to Monterey for halibut and sand dabs. Catching that PB halibut on the sand dab rig was a total (literal and figurative) fluke.
But with two weeks left, that was like being up 1 pt in basketball so I needed to pad the lead. I tried for an upgrade crappie at clear lake (catching a nice 28.5" no-count catfish instead) and then for pile or other perch over 12" in Richmond. Failing at those two was like missing a wide open 3 and giving the ball back to the other team with 8 seconds left on the clock. I kind of felt like maybe I deserved to lose at that point.  Luckily the other guys didn't score.

Congratulation Joe for the great achievement, and to all who entered their catches.   You're all winner for participating

Congratulations!

Congratulations Joe.

Congrats Joe! You definitely put in the work this year, as evidenced by your fishing log.  What a finish too - just a few points separating the top three, and several others within a one good fishing day striking distance. Great work! I'm looking forward to the 2025 season - I've got some ambitions and ideas brewing!

Congratulations Joe! You nailed it just at the right time. I thought I’d finally get a win this year but I couldn’t get the upgrade I needed to squeeze past you. Time for all of us to start it all over again. Looking forward to seeing everyone on the water.

tommcdo

Great job! Very close, indeed.

Congratulations Joe and all who participated
Thanks for sharing the stoke and stories that came with this years adventures!!

Great job, er’body! 

Congratulations JDC…..and double bravo for the fluke pun…..brilliant.

Congrats to you too Sonny, 50” is legendary.