Westren Outdoor News Trout Tournament! 4/14/12

[VineAssist]

Today was the Westren Outdoor News Southern California Trout Opener held at Irvine Lake. What an event it turned out to be! Prior to the even a strong "winter" storm barreled down with massive amounts of rain! Campers and fisherman in the line up did not let the storm dampen their spirits as the WON So Cal Trout Opener is one of the premiere events held at the lake. Fishing was red hot today with both stocker sized Trout and a couple of Trophies to keep things intresting! In fact three fish cracking the Double Digit mark where checked in today!
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Jason Mullen of Orange, a very familiar face at any Irvine Lake event, checks in this 13.4 Rainbow Trout he caught while trolling a CD 05 Rapala in the Perch Pattern. Jason ended up taking home 1st place in todays contest. His prize pack included RW's Alaska Trip for five days and six nights for the biggest fish of the event, A Okuma Safina combo, a Seeker Trout rod,Wiley X sunglasses, Global Fish Mounts $400 gift certificate, Foodsaver kit, $50 sport chalet gift cards, Seaguar Red Label Spool, Yo Zori lure kit and a Rapala lure kit!
Congratulations Jason on your tournament win!
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Dan Coll of Fullerton trolled a Owner Mirra Shad dipped in Bite on Garlic to land this 12.9 Rainbow Trout earning him 2nd place in todays tournament. For his efforts Dan took home an Okuma Safina Combo, Seeker Trout Rod, Wiley X Sunglasses, Plano Bag,$50 Sports Chalet gift Card, Seaguar Red label spool, Yo Zori lure kit,and a Rapala lue kit.
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Tim Lunksford caught this 10.6 Rainbow Trout while Troling an Orginal Rapala in the Black and Silver Pattern. Tim was trolling near mid lake when the big bow struck.
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Elaine Dickerhoff of Artesia with her 1st place Adult Female Division fish. The quality Rainbow dipped the scales to 3.12
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Elaine with a Crappie she caught fishing a Maniac Minnow in the Santiago Flats. The big papermouth went 1.7lbs!

A couple of shots of the venue today!
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Look foward to a post from Billy at Westren Outdoor News. I want to compliment everyone who took part in this event! It was an absolute blast to work and see progress! A lot of happy faces around the lake today. I would also like to thank Billy, Bradley, Ben, Chuck, Ashley and all the people at Westren Outdoor News for all the efforts they put into this event. They did a tremondous job today and their work deserves a little reconition.

Thank you FNN,
Jimmy

[Bebop]

A sad note on the Sea Eagle the first number that was called, the person was present he just passed out at the wrong time. what a loss

[Rooster]

Congrats Dan aka 5150Fishn. That sure is one beauty bro. Your always landing bigguns at the WON events. Congrats

[Big Daddy]

Great Job Dan way to represent "Team 57" Buddy Congrats

[Prowler_Tuber]

So happy for 5150, way to go bro

[olfishergal]

and to my friend Jason congrats on the first place win, not discounting the others, but just couldn't happen to a nicer guy

[Hitts0n]

Congrats to 5150 of Team 57 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Second place out of all of those fisherman!!
Dan the Man !!!!:Cool:

[troutdog]

5150 Dan-O with a piggy in hand, nice going out there!


TD

[cijaes]

Today was the Westren Outdoor News Southern California Trout Opener held at Irvine Lake. What an event it turned out to be! Prior to the even a strong "winter" storm barreled down with massive amounts of rain! Campers and fisherman in the line up did not let the storm dampen their spirits as the WON So Cal Trout Opener is one of the premiere events held at the lake. Fishing was red hot today with both stocker sized Trout and a couple of Trophies to keep things intresting! In fact three fish cracking the Double Digit mark where checked in today!
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa447/MEDIA4IRVINELAKE/P1050500.jpg
Jason Mullen of Orange, a very familiar face at any Irvine Lake event, checks in this 13.4 Rainbow Trout he caught while trolling a CD 05 Rapala in the Perch Pattern. Jason ended up taking home 1st place in todays contest. His prize pack included RW's Alaska Trip for five days and six nights for the biggest fish of the event, A Okuma Safina combo, a Seeker Trout rod,Wiley X sunglasses, Global Fish Mounts $400 gift certificate, Foodsaver kit, $50 sport chalet gift cards, Seaguar Red Label Spool, Yo Zori lure kit and a Rapala lure kit!
Congratulations Jason on your tournament win!
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa447/MEDIA4IRVINELAKE/P1050499.jpg
Dan Coll of Fullerton trolled a Owner Mirra Shad dipped in Bite on Garlic to land this 12.9 Rainbow Trout earning him 2nd place in todays tournament. For his efforts Dan took home an Okuma Safina Combo, Seeker Trout Rod, Wiley X Sunglasses, Plano Bag,$50 Sports Chalet gift Card, Seaguar Red label spool, Yo Zori lure kit,and a Rapala lue kit.
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa447/MEDIA4IRVINELAKE/P1050501.jpg
Tim Lunksford caught this 10.6 Rainbow Trout while Troling an Orginal Rapala in the Black and Silver Pattern. Tim was trolling near mid lake when the big bow struck.
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa447/MEDIA4IRVINELAKE/P1050512.jpg
Elaine Dickerhoff of Artesia with her 1st place Adult Female Division fish. The quality Rainbow dipped the scales to 3.12
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa447/MEDIA4IRVINELAKE/P1050502.jpg
Elaine with a Crappie she caught fishing a Maniac Minnow in the Santiago Flats. The big papermouth went 1.7lbs!

A couple of shots of the venue today!
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa447/MEDIA4IRVINELAKE/P1050510.jpg
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa447/MEDIA4IRVINELAKE/P1050508.jpg
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa447/MEDIA4IRVINELAKE/P1050505.jpg
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa447/MEDIA4IRVINELAKE/P1050504.jpg
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa447/MEDIA4IRVINELAKE/P1050503.jpg

Look foward to a post from Billy at Westren Outdoor News. I want to compliment everyone who took part in this event! It was an absolute blast to work and see progress! A lot of happy faces around the lake today. I would also like to thank Billy, Bradley, Ben, Chuck, Ashley and all the people at Westren Outdoor News for all the efforts they put into this event. They did a tremondous job today and their work deserves a little reconition.

Thank you FNN,
Jimmy

Thanks to w.o.n for a fabulous day Jason and I could not be any happier, Alaska here we come

[5150fishn]

Thanks to all for the props! Congrats to Jason for taking the win. And a special thanks to my bro Seechrisfish for being a great boat captain for the day and netting my fish! I landed my fish early at about 7:30 and couldn't weigh it in until noon. I was worried about it loosing weight sitting on ice at the tackle shop but it didn't loose much at all and the weight that it lost would not have changed anything. Original weight was 13.1# and only lost 1.5 ounces. Jason's fish was always bigger. Congrats to him and his partner on the Alaska trip. The Vine staff did a great job considering all of the challenges of the day and thank you to the WON staff for putting on this tourney. I don't know where the living in Fullerton part came from but close enough.LOL

[bruce watson]

Thanks to w.o.n for a fabulous day Jason and I could not be any happier, Alaska here we come

Did I hear right? Didn't Jason say something about a wedding if he won a trip to Alaska. Something about a honeymoon?

[VineAssist]

Looks like Jason has some work to do

[HBAR]

Besides coming up with a bunch of money for that trip airfare, rental car, meals, and fishing licenses are not included I KNOW!

[TimelessFSR]

And a special thanks to my bro Seechrisfish for being a great boat captain for the day and netting my fish!

I don't mean any disrespect by this...and I'm just looking for clarification. I thought for tournaments, anglers were supposed to net their own fish?!?!? Please advise....thank you :Smile:

[Bobber Boy]

I don't mean any disrespect by this...and I'm just looking for clarification. I thought for tournaments, anglers were supposed to net their own fish?!?!? Please advise....thank you :Smile:

Seriously? The way to landing a huge fish like that is to have a great net man to jump into action when you hook up on the troll!! Congrats to Dan and hats off to Chris for having the knowledge and ability to land that beast during an awesome and huge tourney!!

[5150fishn]

I don't mean any disrespect by this...and I'm just looking for clarification. I thought for tournaments, anglers were supposed to net their own fish?!?!? Please advise....thank you :Smile:

It is not like we were on shore and he waded out to net my fish. I fought the fish for quite some time and had it boat side a couple of times but it still made runs from me. When it finally was tired and next to the boat he netted it for me. If this is against any rules it is news to me. I have netted many fish for others and have seen it done hundreds of times and have never seen this issue come up. That would be like saying a deckhand can't gaff your fish you have to do it yourself. How would a child fishing in the tourney net their own fish while fighting the fish with the rod and reel in hand.

[TimelessFSR]

It is not like we were on shore and he waded out to net my fish. I fought the fish for quite some time and had it boat side a couple of times but it still made runs from me. When it finally was tired and next to the boat he netted it for me. If this is against any rules it is news to me. I have netted many fish for others and have seen it done hundreds of times and have never seen this issue come up. That would be like saying a deckhand can't gaff your fish you have to do it yourself. How would a child fishing in the tourney net their own fish while fighting the fish with the rod and reel in hand.

I'm not trying to take anything away from you man...I believe you did a good job with bringing the fish in. Plus, I wasn't at the WON tourney so please don't think I'm trying to gain anything.

However, I clearly remember signing up for a Irvine Lake master's qualifier tournament a while back, and I was told by the lady at the signup table that I was to net my own fish.

Again...it is not my intent to create any drama...I'm just trying to get clarification to what was told to me by a Irvine Lake employee, so I know going forward

[HBAR]

With recent turn of events that has taken place at Irvine if I were you I would make sure of what the rules are so that no one gets their panties in a bunch. I had a great net man last year when I caught my winning trout at this event, Tony again thanks. But to be clear he never went into the water to help me land my PB to date.

[5150fishn]

I'm not trying to take anything away from you man...I believe you did a good job with bringing the fish in. Plus, I wasn't at the WON tourney so please don't think I'm trying to gain anything.

However, I clearly remember signing up for a Irvine Lake master's qualifier tournament a while back, and I was told by the lady at the signup table that I was to net my own fish.

Again...it is not my intent to create any drama...I'm just trying to get clarification to what was told to me by a Irvine Lake employee, so I know going forward
No problem bro. It's all good.

[See Chris Fish]

Never even heard of that before.
I didn't set the hook and pass him the rod. I didn't chum the water. I didn't use more than 2 rods. I didn't just scoop up the fish without it already being on a line. We didn't snag it. That thing swallowed the lure.
Those are the main rules I know of. Nothing in the rules stated that someone couldn't net your fish for you.
I've caught fish on shore and in the boat while the patrol/security was talking with me and had others net the fish for me. They never said that was against the rules.

Perhaps in the Masters (haven't made it yet, see previous post why) they make you. Never heard of it,
though.
Can someone whose been in the Masters confirm/deny this?

[See Chris Fish]

Seriously? The way to landing a huge fish like that is to have a great net man to jump into action when you hook up on the troll!! Congrats to Dan and hats off to Chris for having the knowledge and ability to land that beast during an awesome and huge tourney!!

Thanks, John.
Activate: "Extreme Net Man"!!!!! LOL

[Big Daddy]

I don't mean any disrespect by this...and I'm just looking for clarification. I thought for tournaments, anglers were supposed to net their own fish?!?!? Please advise....thank you :Smile:

Your wrong and your clarified

[TimelessFSR]

Your wrong and your clarified

I don't mind at all being wrong. However, I am just asking that VineAssist, Vineline, VinePatrol or any other Irvine staff member state if it's acceptable or not to have someone net for you during tournaments.

[Big Daddy]

I don't mind at all being wrong. However, I am just asking that VineAssist, Vineline, VinePatrol or any other Irvine staff member state if it's acceptable or not to have someone net for you during tournaments.

I must have missed in your previous post where you asked for only (VineAssist, Vineline, VinePatrol or any other Irvine staff member) since I am 2nd in command I thought I would chime in. Forgive me Bro. and come and join us next week at the Vine for some Fun, fishing and some food at the Rib Cookoff. Go to the Rendezvous section and get some info.

[TimelessFSR]

No worries...hopefully I'll get a chance soon to check out one of the Team 57 events :Big Smile: