SFBC Braggarts Fishing Derby
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sammyslabber
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Come on Trevor, lighten up your pockets,it would be a good PR! (your team name on the Banana cup) it's a good cause and in the long run you may benifit from someone else holding your banana...
Finished Business
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I think the guides should be mandated to enter the drinking contest....give some of us amateurs better odds if you boys are hanging over the gunnels chumming the water!! LOL
good times to look forward to in April. Thanks again organizers!
good times to look forward to in April. Thanks again organizers!
sammyslabber
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I would suspect the heavy drinking part of guiding doesn'ttake anything away from their apparent fishing prowess ... It only makes them crustier and more hungover
Karma-Kazi
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If there chumming the water they are right next to the rod 
Thats the ticket!
-KK
Thats the ticket!-KK
I didn't have a whole lotta free time this week to promote the derby. I did make it out to Sooke one day and made the best use of my time to get the word out about the derby. Just heard that the Prestige Hotel has given us something that is already to pick up. Also Eagle Eye Outfitters will sell tickets in Sooke and they will throw something at the pile. Bill down at Peetz will support the cause with something as well. A few of you from up Island have asked your local suppliers to help and have indicated they have prizes coming too. Next week I will have more time to hit up some of the bigger potential sponsors and see what happens. My company will throw in some boat size fire extinguishers. Hopefully some of the tackle guys will come through as they usually do. I do have a sponsor letter and itinerary sheet in word 7 if anyone up Island would like a digital copy to print off. If you know someone who might donate to the cause the letter will help you sell the derby to them. Send me a PM with your email.
scott craven
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Looks like the derby falls on the same weekend as the "Just for the Halibut" derby
April 20[SUP]th[/SUP] and 21[SUP]st[/SUP]: The 18[SUP]th[/SUP] Annual Just for the Halibut Derby. First prize is $7,500 cash, 2nd prize is $2,500, and 3rd prize is $1,000 cash. A hidden weight “Bonus” prize is sponsored by SG Power. Tickets are available at Island Outfitters, Pedder Bay Marina or Cheanuh Marina. Call 250-475-4969 for more information.
April 20[SUP]th[/SUP] and 21[SUP]st[/SUP]: The 18[SUP]th[/SUP] Annual Just for the Halibut Derby. First prize is $7,500 cash, 2nd prize is $2,500, and 3rd prize is $1,000 cash. A hidden weight “Bonus” prize is sponsored by SG Power. Tickets are available at Island Outfitters, Pedder Bay Marina or Cheanuh Marina. Call 250-475-4969 for more information.
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Deewar25
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where did that come from? Its usually that time in May.
Ward emailed me last week and said they were considering either the long weekend in May or the same weekend of the Banana Challenge. If this is a notice of their decision I guess we have to change to another weekend. The posters haven't Been printed, just have to change the Bar booking. I haven' t heard from Ward that they choose these dates yet. Is this officially up somewhere, their site?
scott craven
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"Is this officially up somewhere, their site?"
Yes, on their website
http://fishingvictoria.com/fishing-report-for-week-ending-january-27-2013/
Yes, on their website
http://fishingvictoria.com/fishing-report-for-week-ending-january-27-2013/
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Fish Assassin
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Will halibut be open in April?
I think it has to do with there only being the one good weekend in both May and April for Hali tides. When both Sat & Sun have long periods of slower currents. The weekend in May is the long weekend. I think they were worried that many people like to get away with families on the long weekends, so ticket sales would suffer. I also know they waited until now to announce picking the April dates so they could get a better feel on the likelihood of Hali being open in April. The recent Hali meetings have obviously given them hope that they will be open.
Little Hawk
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IMHO: Whatever is decided, it should happen soon as possible as the guys up-Island and those who have to book the time off, need as much advance warning as possible. Trying to gain a consensus on a Forum is next to impossible.
Again, good on you Rollie for weathering the storm while organizing this.
Again, good on you Rollie for weathering the storm while organizing this.
Osama Bin Hopper
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Ya that sucks. Nothing like picking a date working towards it and then having the steamroller announce... oh well. The fella I was hoping to fish with was busy with hali clients on the original weekend so I was looking to get on another boat, maeby this will work out better!! It's all for fun anyway.
Jeff
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