Okay, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for: Judgment Day…time to crown our first-ever Lord of Darkness; our first Sultan of Smoke, our Wizard of White Meat…our 2007 Smoker of the Year winner!!!
The first round of judging is going to be up to you. Scan through the following list of this year’s entries (be sure to look at all 20 of ‘em) and vote (in the comments section) for your top 3. At that point, we’ll sick our crack panel of riff-raff on it to pick the winner.
So, without further adieu, here’s a chronological look at the 2007 entries….
1. Coastal Chrome
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2. His Darkest Hour
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3. Self Explanatory
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4. Night Ranger
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5. Beauty & the Beast(s)
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6. Guido’ Steelie
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7. Better Than a Squawfish!
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8. Super Smolt
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9. Tarnished Chrome
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10. Walk Softly & Carry a Big Stick
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11. Come On, Get a Room!
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12. Blackened Chinnok: Good Vittles!
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13. Brains… MMM Good!
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14. Get a Grip!
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15. A New Leader in the Clubhouse
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16. Soldotna Fire Engine #47
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17. Takes One to Catch One
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18. Something Smells Foul
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19. Desperate Times
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20. I Think He’s Just Sleeping
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To vote, click on the comments section on this article above.
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#14 Chum, Ch-Chum, Chum!
Number 15 is definatley the best smoker its clearly the winner. 20 is not even alive, its sitting on the bottum of the river.
Hey J.D.
As dark as sherry’s fish was I still gotta vote for 15. Even my wife would have let that one go. LOL
Gotta vote for the wife in second, just to keep the peace.#5
Was 20 actually still swimming?
Jerry Lampkin
T.N.G. Motorsports
#20, This is no doubt a clear winner. Nice plump with no color. A perfect candidate for the smoker.
20 – looks like one of our Washington state smokers, the meat is always firm
2 – Nasty teeth!!
#20 – Looks like the fishing ghost of Christmas past
#1
15 – reminds me of a tlinkit girl i met in Kake, Alaska – really bad memory.
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DAY 3 SMOKER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS (FRIDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO VOTE!!)
(1) #20 with 13 votes
(2) #15 with 12 votes
(3) #3 with 8 votes
(4) # 1 with 6 votes
And everybody else looks to be outta contention…
#15
#1
#3
#15 … Come on … are you serious? Look at that thing … Filthy, decomposing, and happy to be touched … WINNER !!!
#20 This fish looks half smoked already.
#18 Look at all that pink meat
#20!!
Why might you ask? I had the unfortunate task of watching him come to life as he hooked him, the nervousness as he fought him through the rapids and the HEARTBREAK when he landed his first and only Salmon, not of 2007 but of his life! Can you imangine how he felt after screaming “FISH ON!!!! FISH ON!!!!” and then 10 minutes later walking back up the river to reveal this ugly guy. He hasnt been back on the water since….
#3 If she wins a trip I want to be deckhand for a day!
#15 Pure style all the way around
#1 Ick!
#20 would look great sitting in the center of the Christmas dinner table.
#2
DAY TWO SMOKER STANDINGS:
(1) #20 with 10 votes
(2) # 15 with 9 votes
(3) #3 with 6 votes
(4) #1 with 4 votes
And then there’s everybody else…
1st- 15# By far the winner, if it was me I would of cut the line, can’t believe he’s even holding that mossy back, plus the kicker is he has a smoke going!!
2nd- 3# Can’t beat that a down runner and a smoker!!
3nd- 10# Ninja style
15 – Feather River Springer!
1 – How was that thing still swimming?
11 – Leave that poor guy alone, we’ve all been there…
1st – #20 + deep fry with all the moss on it = stomach ache
2nd – #6 Because dude looks like Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite.
3rd – #16 It’s alsmost the same length as the the dude in the background
#20. Look like there is some great white meat for all you smokers out there.
#20
#3
#3
#20 with all the nasty moss on it
#4 gross
#14
1st – 20
2nd- 3
3rd – 13
#20, yo! Seriously, NUMBER 20. The rest aren’t even worthy of being called FISH. #20…. now THAT is a Smoker!!
DAY 1 SMOKER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS:
(1) #15 with 6 votes
(2) # 1 and #20 with 4 votes each
(3) #3, #4, #5 and #18 all tied with 2 votes
(4) # 6, #10, # 11, #14, #17 and #19 all have 1 each
Getting Skunked: #2, #7, #8, #9, #12, #13 and #16
1st – 15
2nd – 3
3rd – 6
#15- cheese, milt, a smoke, and a nice big yellow stringer hanging from a tree.
Plus the adipose even rotted away.
#1- no way a fish like that ate a kwikie
#4- poaching, proud, and spraying milt… awesome
1st – #15
2nd – #1
3rd – #4
The secretions are too great!!
Beauty and the beast
Walk softly
Desperate Times
Top Three are: 15, 1, 11.
the bullet holes in #20 makes it
Regardless of the head falling off, he turned into one fine smoke!
#20 – A little chewy
#3
#17
#20 looks pretty sad. That would be my first choice though.
Nuber #20 is the best!! Then maybe #1
CLEARLY IT HAS TO BE 14 OR 15 ,THE GRIN ON 14 GUY PRICELESS. BOOGIE
I know it said vote for 3, but come on…#15 is the clear winner. A nasty boot, and a money shot as well! What more could you ask for in a smoker of the year contest.
#3 is a close second, for other obvious reasons…
first-#15 because this guy most likely has fish tumors growing on his hands and this buck appears to be very excited…Yuk!!!! Plus the heater hanging from the lips is priceless.
Second-#3 She’s straight HOT (the steelhead).
Third-#4 What smoker? I don’t even see a fish!
First # 20, I think he is just sleeping
Second # 17, Sucker
Third #18,
20, 18, 5