NWKA AOTY (angler of the year)

I did the math...No way I can win from my island using last years numbers Id have to take a trip off island and travel 1 days drive for other species...Didnt you guys have Halibut last year on this? I will join though to be a part of it I can probably bug you guys for a little while anyways 

WWQCI,

Good to see someone from other than WA or OR playing this year.  Yes, we did have halibut last year, but we've attempted to trim the species list down to 10 and halibut didn't make the cut.  We're still refining the system so who knows it might show back up next year.

I'm sure you'll have a decent chance to dominate the rockfish, salmon, and lingcod sections.

I see that you've paid, just don't forget to also register on the AOTY site...
http://aoty.northwestkayakanglers.com/user/signup

Brian

All local water rules must be followed.  Ask yourself, could you have legally retained the fish?  If the answer is yes, then that fish may count towards your points.

So this just means legal caught according to regs...I dont have to kill the fish right? just take pics?

Yep, please catch photo release as often as you want.  We just need photos of you're fish against a measuring device.  A glory shot of you with your fish is also very nice to include.

Brian

How many points did you give last year for halibut? Why dont you just add it to the sturgeon points? Im gonna cry now 

How many points did you give last year for halibut? Why dont you just add it to the sturgeon points? Im gonna cry now 

That would have been a great idea.  Why didn't we think of that?   

-Allen

We did merge a few other species into groups this year.  However, people have already signed up and paid given the current rules.  Definitely something to think about for next year. 

Brian

We did merge a few other species into groups this year.  However, people have already signed up and paid given the current rules.  Definitely something to think about for next year. 

Brian

Yup.  I'm not advocating to change it.

-Allen

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Im sure someone has talked about this somewhere but I can't find it anywhere...The rules about going to shore to land a fish hooked on the yak...Im guessing its illegal...but confirm that for me...The fish must be hooked and landed without touching the shore?

And what about land anchoring? Like tying off to an overhanging tree or log jam in a river?

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Im sure someone has talked about this somewhere but I can't find it anywhere...The rules about going to shore to land a fish hooked on the yak...Im guessing its illegal...but confirm that for me...The fish must be hooked and landed without touching the shore?

Yep, you need to hook and land them in the kayak.

And what about land anchoring? Like tying off to an overhanging tree or log jam in a river?

Go ahead and anchor to what ever you want.

good questions & ideas ww. i'd like to see pac hal in the sturgeon category & cali hali in the ling cat.

Being from out east I think of the NW as being Halibut, Salmon and Steelhead...Im just a bit surprised one of these species got axed and noone found a way to include it...But thats the last complaint out of me...lol...I'll shut up now and fish I'm sure you guys put a ton of time into making this as fair and well planned...From what I see from last year it is a huge success and looked so good I had to spend my deflated Canadian dollar on being a part of it Glad to be a part of it in 2009...I just hope Im not relocated to out east until after the season...

Hey WWQCI, long tome no see! First AOTY member outside of OR and WA!!! 

Z

First AOTY member outside of OR and WA!!!

Almost,  I manged to get Jim "InSeine" to sign up last year and he's in CA and spent a lot of time fishing in ID while visiting family and OR when visiting me.