Some more of you should be signing up. This is a fun contest whether you're super competitive or not(like me). It's a good yardstick of your efforts. I never had any interest in warm water fish prior to AOTY. Now I can at least scratch out most of the species every year. Last year I spent hours trying to catch yellow perch and failed. That's usually the low hanging fruit.

I got to visit with Drifter when I picked up my prize bag and got to talk about goals. He's got goals. I've got goals. I'm looking forward to getting out there soon and trying out some new waters and tactics. Maybe catch a yellow perch this time. You should definitely join up this year.

Regretting not entering this year, but promised the wife I wouldn't.
Already have a couple personal bests, and would be in a comfortable second place. Formulating strategies for next year....

That is an excellent point...

I did manage to make it on the GOAT last year, not sure if I'm still on there, or bumped off.

You guys just keep twisting my arm...

I always have trouble finding the GOAT board on the site, used the search function today, and the only result is this current thread.