Our 1st Annual “Smoker of the Year!” Contest

Okay, contest time! As I’ve said before, I’m a huge fan of Angie the Fish Goddess’ Darkest Fish of the year page on Thefishingoddess, so I figured it was time to do a little one of our own…why let her have all the fun? So, because I just never get tired of seeing pictures of skanky fish, new for 2007 is our “Smoker of the Year!” photo contest in which we encourage you to send in pictures of the nastiest fish you’ve caught.



We’ve all done it — caught (and kept) a critter that was…well…let’s just say…not in prime shape for eating and justified it with the infamous line: “It will smoke.”

The winning entry will be picked by a completely biased panel of river rats, pirates an poachers and the “Smoker of the Year” will win a free fishing trip with me…(maybe for downer steelhead!).

To get things started, I give you this, the first entry in “Smoker of the Year!” This is a picture from my early days of guiding on the American River. Of course, to protect the guilty, I’ve altered the identity of my former client.

To enter, end me an email via the contact link on the homepage and then I’ll send you an email address to send the pictures to.

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