*** 2016 ORC Tournament Format ****

Yep, click on the "Remove Vote" button below the poll.  After that you will be able to recast your vote.  Or wait 17 minutes and I'll start the run off poll between "Single Heaviest of Each Species" and "Best of 4 Slam".

Could we do just the top 2?  I think the single heaviest fish and single heaviest of each species may split votes/  Just a thought

Attached below are the results of the first round...

Single Heaviest Fish                      8 votes (12.7%)
3 out of 4 Slam                             4 votes (6.3%)
Best of 4 Slam                             30 votes (47.6%)
Singe Heaviest of each Species      21 votes (33.3%)


No one option received 50% or more of the vote so we're going into a runoff poll.

I've reset the poll with just the top two vote getting options "Best of Four Slam" and "Heaviest of Each Species".

Voting Ends in 5 Days



Here are the explanations again...


Option 1.) Best of 4 Slam.
For this slam you can enter one of each of the target species and their combined weight will be your slam weight.  We will be allowing partial slams for this, so can enter your best fish even if you don't catch all four species.


For example..

Angler A.   12 lb Lingcod, 14 lb Cabezon   =    26 lb slam  (ORC Winner)

Angler B.   10 lb Lingcod, 9 lb Cabezon, 2 lb Rockfish, 1 lb greenling  =  22 lb slam  (2nd)

Angler C.   7 lb Lingcod, 3 lb Greenling, 4 lb Cabezon = 14 lb slam (3rd)
 
Angler D.   4 lb Rockfish = 4 lb slam  (4th)


Option 2.) Heaviest of each species.
Here we will award top prizes for the single heaviest catches of each of the target species.   The remaining prizes will follow the single heaviest fish format.   This is fairly similar to format we used at last year's ORC.
Ranking...
1.) Heaviest of heaviest species and heaviest over all (winner of ORC 2016)
2.) Heaviest of second biggest species
3.) Heaviest of third heaviest species
4.) Heaviest of 4th heaviest species
5-10).  Ranking of remaining fish that didn't place in top 4.

Example..

Angler A.   12 lb Lingcod, 14 lb Cabezon   =    Biggest Cabezon & ORC winner

Angler B.   10 lb Lingcod, 9 lb Cabezon, 2 lb Rockfish, 1 lb greenling  =  Biggest Ling & 2nd

Angler D.   4 lb Rockfish = Biggest Rockfish & 3rd

Angler C.   7 lb Lingcod, 3 lb Greenling, 4 lb Cabezon = Biggest Greenling & 4th

Angler E.    9 lb Lingcod   - 5th

Angler F.    8 lb Cabezon - 6th..

Under Option 2 why doesn't angler A, get first and second?  He has the biggest ling and the biggest cabby.   In my book that is a royal shafting.
Best of 4 all the way.

Under Option 2 why doesn't angler A, get first and second?  He has the biggest ling and the biggest cabby.   In my book that is a royal shafting.
Best of 4 all the way.

Good point....  I was thinking just one prize per person.  Yes, I have Angler A as the ORC winner and winner of biggest Cab.. but really he's the ORC winner by having the biggest cab.


Best of 4 Slam is so much easier to figure out.

I would vote for single heaviest of each species if it were pre-defined what order they go in, i.e. heaviest rockfish is #1, then heaviest lingcod is #2, etc. But the way it is defined I see Nate's point. Best of 4 slam for me!

Under Option 2 why doesn't angler A, get first and second?  He has the biggest ling and the biggest cabby.   In my book that is a royal shafting.
Best of 4 all the way.

I was thinking Angler E under option 2 got the biggest shaft. He caught an 11 lb ling and was still bumped down to 5th... I think there's some nepotism going on with Angler B and the judges. Ha ha - just stirring the pot. 

Best slam is the way to go; it's what all the cool kids are doing these days.

I was thinking Angler E under option 2 got the biggest shaft. He caught an 11 lb ling and was still bumped down to 5th... I think there's some nepotism going on with Angler B and the judges. Ha ha - just stirring the pot. 

Best slam is the way to go; it's what all the cool kids are doing these days.

Yep.. Angler E did get shafted and that was a definite error on my part when making up fake fish weights.  I reweighed his fish and now it makes sense.

I was thinking Angler E under option 2 got the biggest shaft. He caught an 11 lb ling and was still bumped down to 5th... I think there's some nepotism going on with Angler B and the judges. Ha ha - just stirring the pot. 

Best slam is the way to go; it's what all the cool kids are doing these days.

Yep.. Angler E did get shafted and that was a definite error on my part when making up fake fish weights.  I reweighed his fish and now it makes sense.

It was just because "E" had it stuffed with lead and dead bait to get the weight up. After cleaning the weight went down.

The Slam is running away with it at the moment 12-0.

The Slam is running away with it at the moment 12-0.

17-1 now.

The Slam is running away with it at the moment 12-0.

17-1 now.

I was the "1"....just had to be different guy 

Vote has best of 4 running away with it! Will single heaviest make a comeback?

Voting is closed. 

The 2016 ORC will be using a "Best of 4 Slam" tournament format.