The Original North American Angler North American Angler 
 April 05, 20:50, 2025 USA

Organized by North American Angler 

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North American angler Pipi Pipi has crafted a great video clip of the entire tournament, so watch it, it's not to be missed, and it invites you to enjoy the unique style of fishing the Maumee River, and brings you closer to the hardcore anglers of the Central United States who open ice and hunt pikes. For those of you who don't have time to watch the Battlelog, just watch this video.

All Things Undecided Ask the Spring Breeze--Qi Jingchun 
Old Liu, the lifetime head judge of the North American Anglers Pike Bass Tournament, has asked. The date for the 6th Pike Bass Tournament was originally set in accordance with last year's very joyous 5th tournament, the notices went out and the anglers who signed up for the tournament vacated their vacations. As the date approached, there was a cold rain, a slight drop in temperature, and high winds. Should we change the date or go ahead with the tournament as planned? The whole North Fishing HQ was in a bit of a quandary.

The night before the tournament, Life is Gam's was setting up in advance. xing's restaurant was closed for the day of the tournament, reserving it for the pike tournament potluck.
That night, the Michigan spring breeze was strong, Liu Pingan stood in the sea of forest in the backyard, tilted up his outstanding forehead and gazed at the night sky. Spring breeze, if it is time to reschedule it, just say so. The night sky is like a wash, the pine waves whimpering, until the head blowing quite cool, the spring breeze did not say anything. So the old Liu decided, according to the original plan of the game! Participate in this kind of tournament anglers are fishermen in the pancakes rolled onions, roast duck see spring pancakes - war generals, the conditions are almost as good as fishing, air force more or fish, and then what the fish is not fish, the most important party to eat.

The old Liu a decision, we touch the dark downstream 

referee long old Liu it, usually extremely easy-going, occasionally special decisive, always very dashing, very contrasting personal charisma of numerous fans. So on the day of the tournament, half a company of old men, eyes firmly into the cold water halfway down the waist, zero degrees above and below the temperature, huffing a face of the west wind, standing in the river click fishing all day, eight or nine hours, and almost all insisted on finishing the tournament. The North American Angler's Sixth Annual Pike & Bass Tournament was another unsurprisingly successful event, simply because this group of anglers are all true hardcore anglers in the Midwest fishing community.

Lao Liu at the BW Fishing Sprawl 

Straight warm heart a bowl of noodles 
Close to four o'clock in the afternoon, crazy perch dragged stiff steps out of the water to the weigh-in station to finish the tournament, raging a day of westerly winds are still whistling, Riverside Orchid Grass Park Nuoda lawn looks empty, still outside activities are North American anglers of people. In the parking lot, I met a lady from the Department of National Resources (DNR) to do the counting. My companion Tian Jun unhooked the fish, and the lady got down on the ground and wiped her nose with the back of her hand while meticulously measuring and recording each of our catches.

Ms. DNR seriously measuring fish 

In the United States, the work of the DNR is to maintain sustainable natural resources, directly related to the interests of anglers, to put it more clearly, that is, there are resources in the U.S. water is not dropped from the sky, it is a group of people, including the DNR, in the management, development and adjustment of the rules and supervision. Whether it's a police officer (CO) or a statistician, he or she is the wind, rain and snow, unless very special circumstances, he or she is very polite, is a very respectable group of people.

North American angler Pipi Luu was already running the weigh station at this time. Front face from left: Jeff, Pipiru, Yi, Cold Wind, xing 

In the gusty wind, the young lady asked for some relevant information in a fine voice, Tian Jun answered one by one and patiently cooperated with him, and Crazy Bass stood on the sidelines silently shaking, a little distracted because from afar I saw that it seemed that the North American Anglers Tournament venue over there was in the middle of a relief effort to help the fishermen, with people lined up, with rising heat, and with pots and pans.

Pirate in line to receive hot noodles, pirates are pike perch competition many times won the strength of the host, today only get a 

Finally, received a hot food, a mouthful of soup under the belly of a warm stream, straight to the heart of the taste ah have wood, freezing and starving half a day of crazy perch all of a sudden have a sense of return to earth. Volunteers with a horse spoon Mizi and dandelion today in my eyes are like a fairy sister as exudes a holy light. This is a very special bowl of noodles, each one is crystal clear, trembling with life, the soup is swirling with brightly colored tender seaweed from Taizhou, Fujian Province, the flotsam of free-range eggs swimming gently, and on closer inspection there are also the small claws of Antarctic krill rolling around, so touched, this is the best instant noodle I've ever eaten in my life, none of them. So much so that later they told me that when I came late to share the ravioli pasta, I was out of ravioli, and shared a bowl of ravioli pasta without ravioli, and I was even glad that I didn't let the extra ravioli detract from the purity of what was the happiest noodle-eating experience of my life.

Eat to the hot noodles of the pirate eyes glowing 

life a life, heaven and earth against the travel. Most of the scenery photographed will never be turned over again, and most of the stories left in your heart will never be forgotten. So I don't have time to turn on the video when I'm in the middle of a fish, and I never pull out my cell phone when I'm watching the sea, for fear of being disturbed by these bits and pieces that will disturb the immersion of that moment. --Mad Bass 

Gao Shengqiang Tiger Crane double line starting style to light up two small short sword 

A whole day on the fish, Mad Bass or go to weigh, this is not the face of the big, this is a must, both is to light up the sword, but also respect for the game, the winners and losers is not important, we insisted on finishing the game, and the “finish”, is a very serious sportsmanship. It is a very serious sportsmanship.

Crazy perch in the hands of the attention of Pipilu report card 

people to almost, sweeping a large blank on the report card, the air force today quite a lot of ah. The hot noodles awakened a small stomach began to rumble, crazy perch and a little distracted. Xing family restaurant address I saved it, that is the North American anglers in the small temple in Maumai, this year's gathering there is a soul fried noodles, crazy perch gulped.

xing's restaurant is an important landmark for Chinese fishing in Maumee 

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the most bitter midnight coffee 

said fifteen hours ago, midnight Central Time, from the northern suburbs of Chicago fishermen Tian Jun and crazy perch in the rush to drive, crazy perch drank a large can of coffee was ready to drive a section of the car, Tian Jun moved a day of bricks is quite tired, to go to the game but Inexplicably excited, said what to grab the steering wheel, crazy perch can not grab him, had to sit in the passenger side of the staring at the hyperactive eyes with him chatting.

Tom, Yi, Xiaoyu, report to 

thirteen hours ago, has entered the eastern time zone, Tian Jun suffered, rest stops change hands.

Cornfield Old Chan (with a bandage on his right hand, racing with an injury), Ken, Eight Bags of the Week, There's a River But Not Thirsty, checking in. 

Twelve and a half hours ago, no one was chatting with the driver, Crazy Perch, Tian Jun was huffing and puffing with his mouth wide open, the coffee strength had worn off, and Crazy Perch was pinching himself on his thighs.

Old Americans Jeff and Logan Dawn check in 

Ten hours ago, Crazy Bass's left leg is probably purple, pinches his right leg instead, crosses Indiana into Ohio, Tian Jun is still huffing and puffing.

The sky is slightly bright, western cowboys, Leshan, standing in the water waiting for the day's legal opening time 

Nine hours ago, arrived in the city of Toledo, where a million pike perch and 100,000 fishermen make a pilgrimage together every year, the two of them ate breakfast while choosing the field, Tianjun's Apple phone intuitively gives the dynamic information of the wind direction, at this time the temperature is minus one degree, the wind is slightly south of the west, and the wind direction is basically the same as the direction of the flow of the Maumee River. Wind speed 24 mph (equivalent to 39 kilometers), gusts of 31 mph (50 kilometers), water level 580.5, the water level has been low for several days, the conditions JR fishing basically no chance, bluegrass fishing blowing people right side and a little blowing face, BW fishing straight blowing left side. It's too hard to blow your face in the front, so BW it is.

Old Liu's fishing friend Xu boat, arrived at the BW party field is ready to go down, the main one is not in a hurry 

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and see the long wind eighty miles 

two people rushed to the fishing ground, the opening pole has been for a while, the BW car field is almost parked, Maumi there are always a lot of anglers no matter what the weather in the morning will come to try their luck, there is a local, but also live in the faraway fishermen. Wear a bun draped on the field, Lao Liu said wearing seven layers is the moon landing, fishing six layers at most, today the crazy perch came in a hurry, only with four layers. Along the bank downstream a few hundred meters, the density of people in the river gradually become smaller, orchid island diagonally across the heart of the river stood two small rows of teams slightly lonely, less than a total of twenty people, with a cell phone to pull close to take a glance at the back of the head are really familiar. Owners good add line, so the Chicagoland Warriors two people into the water, wading carefully, came in a hurry clothes did not bring a spare, which to fall into the water, today on the waste.

Missing, Gao Shengqiang, down to report to 

halfway through the trip, I felt the strong west wind today, let crazy perch as if back to the first pike perch tournament eight years ago, that day the wind is even more windy, the wind speed of up to 50 kilometers, the day of the game, several contestants fell in the water, the temperature is higher than today's temperature of three or four degrees, the two combined conditions are about the same, and it's a little hell of a trial.

Scorpion, pirate, cold wind, street lamp, avocado, cody, bluegrass party field check in 

crazy perch while tripping the water while the heartache of the pi pi lu thirty seconds, for many years the pi big has been working hard, for all the North American anglers group of friends and the number of friends to draw lush pie, hope to catch the pike perch run the Chinese circle a little more lively, and also indeed fooled to come to a lot of fishing friends from various states. Look at today's situation is another obvious play dead match, the probability of fishing conditions tough, the results are dismal, and when the war record is released, most of this cake is going to be crumbled into cake crumbs, I do not know how many have been fooled into the heart of the fishermen will be persuaded to leave. Like Kitty, the female editor of Northern Fishing, who has been shouting about it for eight years and is still cautiously on the fence and too fine to do anything about it.

Kickin' it up, Peeperu arrives at the fishing grounds just after ten 

Ken catches a pike header in the opening minutes of the tournament 

Maui landowner Little River reports for duty 

Dodging the trajectory of the casting rod behind the anglers, he stands in the lineup, with Chief Instructor Derek on his right, Tian Jun downstream from him, and on his left, previous champion Eric and his girlfriend Tristen, who's the only female angler in today's contest.

Tristen, the only female angler competing in today's tournament 

Then on the left is Life is Gan, a row of people saying hello and drinking a mouthful of wind. The first time I cast the rod, I knew it was not going to be a good day to fish. The wind from the upstream direction was blowing the casting dashed line into a huge bow, which made the feel of the line all gone, and if I was slow in reeling in the line, the chance of the knot hanging up on the bottom right in front of the line would be greatly increased. Because the wind is strong, the imaginary line always exists more or less, and the feeling of the end of the bait becomes slow after tightening. The water speed is also much faster than it seems with the wind, and the effective bottom sweeping time is much shorter than usual. All these made the fishing difficult, but fortunately, all of them were veterans, and the strikes were all very low parabolas corresponding to the wind speed, and there was not much intertwining.

DeCai Republic came down to check in 

Crazy Bass fished for half an hour, by this time it had been open for about an hour and a half, Eric left to take a break with two on the line and everyone else was still basically empty, and bearing in mind that about half of this row were seasoned Maui landowners, the conditions for this kind of fishing were pretty grim. Taking a moment to look at my phone, I noticed that the pike perch leader of the day had been decimated by KEN Sr. of Indiana a few minutes after the opener, and the SUCKER leader award had been picked up by the old bear a little over an hour ago.

Eric opens 

Brother village Ren Wei reported to the next 

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intention high why need to fish, God to not need pole 

Soon Lao Liu came, did not take the rod, took a small toy with a handle clip cell phone, he is going to do live broadcast on the small red book today. The new anchor Lao Liu with his new toy to dislike the contestants one by one to interview, the neighborhood a total of these two rows of people, less than an hour to interview a circle, came back just in time to catch me on the fish. Old Liu told me that this circle down this row saw me this one fish, and during his interview, the row downstream on the four or five. After sharing the information, Liu slipped out of the water and went to the Bluegrass Island fishing area to continue his dislike. I was thinking that the fish downstream were heading upstream, and that this group of fish should pass by soon, so it was very promising.

Tie Zhigang and his son Joseph Tie father and son together 

After another ten minutes, I have a little situation here, handling the first fish, the rod holding hand wet, gloves in the gusty wind wet and cold, I may be because I did not sleep, the body's supply mechanism does not work well, than usual, feel little heat on the hand steam dry water, not long after the right hand is frozen. Insert the pocket back to warm up twice, wet gloves see the wind and speed freezing, or slow down, had to be close to the shore to warm hands.

Wang Dongqing and the old farmer is the oldest player in the race 

One after another along the coast, there are always people walking, are in the direction of the party field to go. The fishermen who try their luck early in the morning are usually so regular that they don't see the rabbits and collect the eagles, stopping in time to look for another chance. I guess this time the party ground has already been empty a lot.

Gui JZ, a first-time participant, reported at 10:00 a.m.

Komura Kan Yuan is the last player to go down to the field today. 

The wind is blowing downstream, and the vegetation along the shoreline is still withered and yellowed, but it's lush enough to block it, so once you go back to the shore, it's a sheltered haven, and you'll feel much better in your hands after a while. A few years ago, snow trekking in search of steel (steelhead trout) on the hands of frozen skin, a few fingers back of the skin is often cracked, and now rely on gloves. Tears are also frozen without paying attention, rubbing the eye corner of the eye stuck off a piece of skin, and now the skin there is always out of condition, think about it compared to the snow hunting steel, this open ice hunting shuttle weather is even a gentle. I've been looking through the tournament group and found that there are very few fish photos so far, just a few.

Jack at this time to get two 

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even the first sound of spring 
over the heart of the river two Canada geese in the wind flying chase, suddenly successive dive smashed into the water, quacking screaming resounded through the river, a mutual assault, do not know that in the fight for life, in fact, this is in the object. This scenario reminds me of the northeast comedian Song Xiaofeng skit in a poem: “a goose day ah heavenly flight, a goose after ah behind the chase, catching up with it does not ah do not speak, pressed to the ground a ah a hammer,” and now recall very vivid ah, this is definitely a life, there are observations ah.

The reed grows in the sky, the white dew is frost. I'm not going to be able to do that, but I'm going to be able to do it. -Poetry - Maomi 
Looking at the front of the Maomi river scene is a little bit pale, crazy perch also have a little bit want to make a poem, like Song Xiaofeng's verbal said, here and now the obscene poem ah! Ahem: the bald branch has not seen the red-coated sparrow (northern cardinal), the bottom of the grass has already caper green, the swan song through the west wind water, even is the first sound of spring. -- Crazy Bass 

Crazy Bass is wearing sponsor Kylebooker brand boots, has served nine games is quite new, very comfortable water shoes. The floating green plunge net provided by the previous sponsor is also very good 

In the eyes of the Canada Goose, today is the spring breeze, is the beginning of a love good day, after all, people goose fly to wherever comes with equipment - thick goose down. Crazy perch feel that they are really careless today, the body temperature is not right, keep warm obviously do not do enough.

Life is Gan's fish 

This bank touching fish holding poetry in fact, just a little bit of work, the river out of the situation. Derek and life is Gan's surprisingly successive fish, Derek is still very close to each other on the two. I think that wave came downstream a while ago! Crazy Bass rushed down the river in a hurry to stand back in the queue.

Zhao Kan caught a small pike perch, the fish gauge is fifteen inches, may need to be measured 

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There is always a piggyback 

Three or five strokes, I really hit the fish, very heavy feeling, familiar head, big pike perch ah! I'm excited, this is not small, this feeling must be two or three times the weight of the first one. All the way careful to pull close, the fish really not small, to the near can also be out of the unloading, I did not dare to lock tight point unloading, because the line of this bait hook soft, the results of the tragedy, there are still five or six meters to the eye, the big fish a force top unloading drilled into the Tianjun leg side, the middle of the two of us is only separated by Derek a person, pulling the immobilized, I guess it is the line wrapped legs, neither dare to pull hard nor dare to loose, stalemate for a while on the line no fish feeling, the I don't dare to pull hard or let go, but I don't feel any fish on the line. As a result, the fish ran away, the hook stayed on the body, Tian Jun water pants ankle hung a hook hole. This hole and then small, because there is water pressure, or can feel the water in the fast into the leg, Tian Jun had to go ashore to deal with the water pants, before leaving also comforted me, “the fish is quite big, fluttering my leg half a day” crazy perch full of low for a minute, this is the matter of the loss of the fish is also depressing, but also to the partners tied up with a hole, hey, today I also as a piggyback.

Derek caught a cute sucker 

There are a lot of stories of mauve losing big fish, and most of them are not just fishermen bragging, but really big fish are not easy to handle. Unless one is confident in the tackle, and the hook is sticking in a very strong part of the mouth, a violent hard top has a high chance of success. The problem is, do you dare to bet. Steady down easy to all kinds of night long dream more tangled people tangled line; violence, pull open hook, pull broken mouth lost fish is also the norm, the dilemma, how to pull their own choice, the fish lost their own cry.

Kick the ball bar in the BW insisted on fishing 

Another half hour fishing, crazy perch no catch, life is Gan's fish, he has three. Derek four, this row of other people dumb mouth. A few times to break the bait tied line, hands inevitably wet again, the body heat is also quickly taken away by the gust of wind, this time the whole person a little bit frozen, back to the bank second rest.

Hungry, cold, tired, brother village old river lying down in the bluegrass island of the rocky beach for a short rest 

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monks to drink water full, chivalrous woman occupying the mountain wind for tea 
crazy perch standing on the shore, shivering and brushing the cell phone, look at the bluegrass side of the photos sent up, I guess the fish is also very low, touched the half a day pockets, and only then remembered that the next scene stuffed to the field of the Tianjun a I felt in my pocket for half a day before I remembered that I had given Tian Jun an energy bar when I left the field, but I had forgotten to fill it myself. I could only drink two sips of mineral water to dilute the acid in my stomach.

The news in the race group showed that the weighing station had already been started, volunteers were already in place, and there were food and drinks on the table, which was heartbreaking. The weigh station is a large gazebo with a roof and no walls, just a few pillars, and right now the temperature is close to zero, with a wind blowing 40 kilometers or so. In today's weather, other women are holding English bone china cups with gold rims, sipping afternoon tea, eating snacks, and exchanging face-lifting techniques; our fisherwomen, however, have to drink a little westerly wind, wrapped in coats and jackets, and stand in the open air for more than three hours, moving things, putting on the fire, cooking ravioli, and weighing the fish to keep the order, so it is easy to maintain the order. Today's volunteers were Mizi, Dandelion and Mrs. Zhou Baobao. On behalf of the North American anglers, Crazy Bass would like to express our heartfelt thanks to them!

Sake Yishen in the bluegrass island fishing

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look at this day, the heroism of who together with me, the war a river heaving 
today really realized the brothers longed for the exclusive enjoyment of the Maui River ah, upstream, downstream, across the street, as far as the eye can see really all called the name of the large section of the river has been completely no other fishermen, only today's contestants.

Zhou Yidao, the old river in Gomura, stood quite deep in the bluegrass. In the background on the right side of the photo are two rows of contestants from the BW fishing grounds across the river 

But this fish fishing is obviously not good ah, today almost did not see mistakenly hanging car accident pike perch, the fish is not only inactive, the density must also be very low ah. The fish are not only inactive, the density is also very low, so I will go downstream to try my luck. Plans have been made crazy perch and downstream, downstream trips downstream a few hundred steps, activities on the body is also a little warmer, to the downstream row of players to add a plug. When the crazy perch arrived, Xiao Yu was on his fourth.

Young Xiao Yu is definitely a member of the central fishing circle tough, last winter, in Lake Erie pike tournament, with the shore fishing results of the countless old American playing boat, won more than 100,000 U.S. dollars in heavy prizes, see the article A fish won 100,000 knives Today his results finally locked in the four 

Downstream of this row of catch is also a big difference, but overall than the upstream row of people a lot better. xing has been fishing full, Yi also fishing full, there are a few people two or three, Chicagoland Warriors Zhou eight bags at that time is still air force, there are also a few is also air force. To my surprise, the old bear is also still empty, as the organizer, crazy perch clearly know the results of years of tournaments old bear, absolute strength ah.

Zhou Baobao, with his wife and daughter to fish, and then hard is also happy. Zhou Baobao's wife is one of the volunteers today, thank you very much!

Fishing for half an hour, even lost two fish, two are pulling a big half suddenly off, throw the first crazy perch a little bit blindfolded, and then throw the second crazy perch a little bit of understanding, this water is extremely strong flow of the tail, the fish pulled to the second half of the top of the current and the water flow of the powerful, rod waist hard obviously suffer big losses, no wonder the old bear curse, I am a rod hard, he is violent, in this have to be a curse. There are fish is good, again and again.

Fishing full of mauve landlord xing has arrived at the weigh station 

And then what happened? Then there's really no bite, not just crazy bass, but basically no bite in this row. Gusts of wind have become stronger, and the sky is getting more and more hazy, crazy perch shivering fishing, there are two times when the side position of the back of the wind when tying the line was blown by the wind and stumbled, the person has basically adapted to the freezing state, that is, the thinking has become slower, shivering while pondering, want to, want to go back upstream to a row? No, it's not a good idea. Moving blindly without any obvious reason is a pure waste of time. Hard fishing is like climbing a mountain, don't blame God for the lack of fish, persevere and the mountains will eventually echo, but I don't know when I will hear the echo, the time left in the tournament is not much. I was thinking of pulling out my cell phone to see if there was any information about the fish situation downstream, but Gan quietly came over from downstream. After I left the upstream, he had a hard time fishing, but still had the same three fish, and the fish situation in the upstream didn't improve, so he was thinking of changing his position. Later, Gan fished side by side with Old Bear, and both of them kept their scores until the end of the tournament.

Weighing in, life is Gan's very dissatisfied with their own results 

In a short while, Tian Jun also touched up, Tian Jun told me just now Lao Liu stopped the live broadcast, wobbling down the field, standing next to him, the fish was silent, a row of people are fishing very hard, just Lao Liu good mood, smiling up and down chat, but also on him on the fish. A moment of effort in full view of the pull two, everyone later fishing while looking at him. Crazy Bass imagined that scene and couldn't help but laugh. We know Old Liu too well, he has a thick skin, even if he is stared at by a hundred people, it will never affect his performance. His favorite thing to do in Maumi is to perform a show when the fish is low, then lend you the rod, use your rod to fish, and then give you the position, next to you to fish, these years so that the heart of a lot of fishermen, which also includes the crazy perch.

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He is always, uninhibited indulgence love freedom, hey 

This tournament is the old Liu first time in the small red book to engage in live broadcasts, the number of people concerned about the beginning of the number of small, however, full of energy, miso up powder, the day live ranking all the way to the thirteenth, to noon straight rushed to 254,000 attention, pressure a large number of rubbing the small anchor, proper day live! The potential of the crown, love to see the fishing people or quite a lot. As a result, the results of the noon of the old Liu could not endure, threw the small toys they want to over fish addiction, midway stop broadcasting, smiling fishing to go. Waiting until the afternoon awards and then live, the attention of many fewer people, change is that I also do not like to see a bunch of big man silly happy to award what awards. Old Liu probably did not hear the boot throwing that comic, two shoes can not just throw one, to throw, you have to throw a piece of the reasoning is not a deep understanding. Unfortunately, it was just one boot away from being the winner in the Little Red Book. North American anglers as a pure player organization, has been the same problem as the old Liu, a few editors said to fish, wailed and rushed out to run out, what articles, heat are thrown directly behind the head, the operation and those who focus on the operation of the number of the gap is too big, deep reflection.

Tian Jun's water pants are torn, one foot on the water to continue the game, cracked lips, trying to smile 

In the last hour, Zhou Baobao bravely on two, Tian Jun chopped another one. However, for the other competitors in the downstream row, as the light got dimmer and the gusts got stronger, it was really a bit of garbage time, with too few mouths to feed, and everyone getting more and more silent. It is said that many of the deepest philosophical thoughts of mankind are born in this kind of time when you can't fish even in a dead heat, observing everyone's face, this time is really a lot more philosophical temperament hey.

cody decimated two pike perch in the middle of the bluegrass field, and the usual liveliest bluegrass fishery was unusually empty 

Crazy perch shaking, reeling, and pondering philosophical questions at the same time. The fingers are numb, but the fingertips are sharp, the limbs are more rigid, but the brain is active again, how amazing! Schopenhauer is too pessimistic. Is life really just a swing between misery and boredom? It must not be! We have been forty children, although out of the end, but also has long been not confused for more than ten years, life, it is actually a test, even if the king of the old man, each you can only test once, the paper is handed over, the collection of the long river of time and light. Some people spend the whole second half of life efforts, just want to go back to modify the then that a wrong question. In fact, everyone has thought about how nice it would be if there were make-up exams. Don't think about it, there isn't. If you flinch, you'll miss it forever, and if you regret it, you can't go back. Why sport fishing this thing wind, sun, heat and cold often suffer people still fishing? Because fishing is a kind of life trial, like cheating, in advance through the questions, simulated exams. Ice hunting shuttle, heat smashing wolves, thousands of rods flying dog, trekking snow looking for steel ...... A few hell of a small mock test down, even if a fool hijacked after life eighteen times will be clear a lot of smart people are not clear questions: who I am, what I want to do, what is important to me, what can not be lost, these are in fact basically all the questions on the life questionnaire. You don't believe me? If you don't believe me, go fishing. Your life is too twisted, too rough? Go fishing. Your home is not comfortable, your wife is not gentle? Go fishing. Abused used to not be surprised, abused used to calm, abused used to learn to be grateful, abused used to love life.

Today, Maumi to slap call me, I, but to it to return the song: winter to Taipei to see the rain fish fish fish, dream is my only luggage Niko Niko Niko ......

Streetlight, Scorpion, Pirate, Avocado, cody, Old Shaw, Brother Village Lao Jiang, Bluegrass Island group of heroes out of the water to finish the race 

“Hey, hey, think of what, crazy big, go go go,” the voice of Xiaoyu let my tentacles reach out in all directions of the Yuan Shen from the Rotary Philosophical Meditation to return to the scene, in the vernacular, is almost cold and confused. It was about time and we both got out of the water with Ken. Everyone was landing one by one, and a bunch of players from upstream of BW were also out on the water, and the last hour or so was pretty trashy for them as well, with only Lao Liu pulling back three more fish in a dreary time of fishing.

The chief referee, Lao Liu, fished for about three hours to get five 

In the party field to unload a piece of equipment, Tian Jun asked me, why everyone else does not fish when Lao Liu line? What's his secret?

This is very clear to me, after all, with the old Liu stakes together eleven years Maomi River, so from the beginning to Tianjun old Liu's fish experience. "Any one fish reproductive migration, fish are not stay nest immobile, the overall are swimming upstream, pike perch is no exception, Maomi River is no exception, so from the macro, the river is the same for each station, the fish have to be in front of the eyes over again. But in reality, the fish spend far more time in comfortable river bottom structures that conserve physical energy, far more than any other location. So microscopically, the distribution of stopping structure, more or less and farther ahead and downstream, is vastly different for each spot, even if it's only two steps apart. The way of fishing in the Maumee River is basically to sweep the field downstream with the current, we all know that the upstream people always fish should be cast closer, and the downstream people always fish cast farther away, that is, they are all in the marked upstream and downstream on the fish in that piece of stopping structure. As for how much closer and how much farther, it's just a generalization. Old Liu, casting is more accurate than most people, he can precisely control the direction of the shot, and I want to cast twelve o'clock in this windy day, left and right can each error of forty-five minutes, so that's actually quite good. Plus near and far, I probably know more than playing four or five meters is a what hair, and the old Liu can fine control of a rod near and far difference of two meters.

At this time the weighing station has been lively, cody see people, street lamps to see the scale, dense river to see the lens, pirates to see the pot 

Although the Japanese lotus rod in his hands is not rare, but since he pouted off the rod head, nine feet into eight feet eight, this rod has become a sweeping dense evil, hard and light casting power, flexible waist pulling the fish painfully also do not lose fish. Coupled with the old Liu looks thin, the actual body fat than negative six, in addition to the head is full of muscle, evil lotus a throw, have to be farther than me a big block. So on the casting Lao Liu can be far or near, accurate sweep upstream four downstream three people can fish all the structure, the odds multiply by eight, and because of the different station sweep the same structure, the speed of the bait, stay time and angle are different, the fish's reaction is also different, so the old Liu no matter where he stood, it seems to be like fishing no one ever fished the place. Another thing is that if we throw too close to the upstream line, it is easy to entangle the upstream line, and if we throw far away, it is easy to be entangled by the downstream line. Old Liu has a good eye, he can observe the position of the upstream and downstream line more clearly, and he can control the line flexibly, so he can entangle the line less, and he can spend more time on fishing than others. There is also the old Liu have to give up, not in the bait drift to easy to hang bottom of the end of the course to do more stay waiting, hanging bottom is also less than others, this point is not difficult to do, the psychological problem, the more not on the fish hang more right, in fact, is because do not want to put away. The repeated tying of the fishing group is a big head of time, so that he has another one-third of the fishing time, so his total chances of catching fish is actually eight times one and one-eighth times one and one-third, although he is a person in the fishing, but equivalent to twelve people plus together the chances of catching fish, so that the old Liu is the BUG of the Maumi River. We have pliers hanging on our belts, and Old Liu has brushes, not just two."

Xiaoyu saw at a glance, brother village old Chen this string is not light 
A pass WikiLeaks, Tian Jun fell into silence, I pondered, is not what I said is too real, bad fishing friends of the Taoist heart? Hurry up encouraging PUA remedy. "People and people fishing qualification conditions would have been a lot worse, such as my eyes, BV below together with trout fishing, not once or twice, Lao Liu saw my fly was bitten shouted at me, fish fish fish! I'm still looking for the fly, so I'll just lift the rod when he yells. Today it is cloudy and windy, I can't see the line most of the time, mostly through the direction of the pull to determine what angle of the drift. This is a gap that can't be helped. But the work of the hand is in fact can be practiced, fishing is not afraid of poor understanding of the slow start, but afraid of no perseverance, do not learn. In terms of perseverance and persistence in fishing, you are better than me in this area, and you still come here every year even though you have suffered a lot. And fishing this thing you have been pondering, do not care how fast or slow is always progressing, you have to have confidence, the theory of understanding is a lot of practice, such as cutting like a consultation, such as cutting like grinding, I bet a few years later you are also a top six of the good hand." Tian Jun pondered, his eyes became firm. I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this Chicago expedition leader of mine relies half on his legs and half on his mouth, it's not easy to be a captain.

To be able to leave the water station and return to the shore, Zhou Baobao is very happy 

On the way to drive to the weighing station in the bluegrass park, we are still talking about the old Liu anecdote. Tian Jun always asks if it's true. The anecdotes are all true, of course. "Not only the Maumi River, Lao Liu this fishing bug in Cincinnati, there is a local carp fishing tournament held for many years, playing boat race for two people, he called a buddy to go to the fun, the two people get the boat that is a stumble, but will fish ah, the first time on the first time to take the title. Carp fishing that is old Liu's old profession, the second year old Liu and sneak to go, the boat played smoothly, fishing simply does not matter, the boss of the difference between the foreigners to see a what is called Chinese fishing skills. In this way, the tournament has become a group of people to put together money every year to Lao Liu bonus. Then the organizer finally got anxious, every year he won the championship, just a pair of foreigners, who would not be angry. Then there is no then, another year Lao Liu smiling to register, they said the game is canceled, Lao Liu said that next year, they said the game is permanently canceled. A long history of the tournament, just like this by the scourge of his lost.

Pipiru boss of the weighing station every gram must be compared, properly delayed by fishing fish boss 

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trials finally ended, out of the water are winners 

book to the beginning, said back to the weighing station, ate a bowl of noodles, people do not shiver, crazy perch and a group of hardcore to say hello, and the old U.S. friends logan and Jeff exchanging a few pleasantries, they are two dense landowners today also went to the Mecca, a one by one one empty. The two brothers first fishing BW field, fish conditions are not good to run to JR, still no catch, and then turned to the upper reaches of the Bluegrass Island, and the opposite BW water fishing Pi Da, life is Gan stood a river across the river, a few fishing sites turned a whole. Although the results are dismal, this up and down to seek, never give up is also quite touching.

The meeting is short, the river and lake years long, three old friends of the editorial department of the North Fishing get together 

Under the auspices of Pi Da, the statistical results are carried out in an orderly manner. This is a veritable hell of a trial, the actual report to the field of forty-seven contestants, only seven people fishing full six; fishing to five on the old Liu one; fishing to three or four of the four people, the results of one or two of the thirteen people, the remaining two dozen contestants are the air force or too few catches did not log the results. What is the strength of this group of players? More than half of a single out to the weekdays in Maoming, that is a group of people in the most beautiful cub ah, such a lineup out of such a report card, really miserable ah. Today is really win very hard, lose lose pants, today's dense good hideous, the game is so cruel yo.

The head referee, Elder Liu, once again turned on his little toy and live-streamed the hilarity of the weigh-in station. After some hard work by Pi Da and volunteers, the final results were all tallied and Old Liu announced the scores.

Sixth place in the sixth pike tournament total weight: Derek, the fourth champion, once again proved his strength as a chief instructor, congratulations!

Fifth place: Lao Jiang from Komura, exhausted to the core but still persevering to the end, two hits in a row in the last moment, he is the climber who heard the echo of the mountains, congratulations!

Fourth place: xing, the strength of the lush landlord, the master of the party small sanctuary, fishing full of no photos, dedicated to prepare for the party, congratulations! Thank you thank you!

Third place: Lao Chen from Komura, an extremely stable player, the mainstay of the Komura team, congratulations!

Second place: Andy, the Indiana team is full of fierce players, today he is the most fierce one, congratulations!

First place: Eric, the landlord of Maumee, the last champion, this year's back-to-back 

leverage strength, congratulations! Fished beside Eric for a while today and saw that there is really something different about his fishing style. The presence of the reigning champion is definitely a good thing to stir up everyone's spirits for the next edition and make the competition even more intense and exciting.

Biggest Fish Winner: Crazy Bass teammate Tian Jun!

A three-point-seven-pounder took home the biggest fish of the tournament, outpacing the second-biggest fish by more than half a pound. This is a great win for the Chicago team, congratulations! Chicago is a long way away and the turnout is always small, but the Chicagoland Warriors never missed a beat!

Pike Top Prize: ken, whoever gets this prize will be lucky all year long. 

Other Species Top Prize: Old Bear, with a big sucker, won a prize and became the first Air Force winner in the history of the Pike Tournament. 

Pope, Yi, Miko, happy to take a group photo. Yi is the only one who didn't get a prize among the seven people who fished a full limit today, but he was congratulated by the beautiful volunteers 

Tian Jun and the third champion Zhou Yidao, who ordered and donated all the trophies of the 6th Pike Tournament and all the previous winners' trophies, thank you!

The “24K solid gold” trophy is very heavy and Tian'er smiled like a flower. This champion fish says a lot, the female pike grows bigger, it's still early in the Maui Migration, all we caught today were males, the peak is still far away, which means there will be a long time of good fishing ahead.

Eric, the two-time champion trophy in hand, is very happy 

It's time for a group photo: Kickin' it, Zhao Kan, Lao Jiang, Zhou Yidao (holding the belated third champion trophy), and a little wine for the gods 

The North American Angler's Sixth Annual Pike and Perch Tournament was a great success!

Thanks to title sponsor Kylebooker for providing waders, boots, fly tying kits, and other great prizes, which will be selected by the winners in their individual sizes at a later date!