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“Our whole Extravaganza committee came together this year to make what seemed impossible happen,” Brainerd Jaycees Chair Benji Thoennes stated in a news release. “The hard work and dedication that our committee had this year really shows how much we all love and cherish our community … We are simply happy to be able to give back to the community and provide some good old fashion outdoor fun in a year that has been full of many obstacles for everyone.”
Here are the three most notable entries in which northern pike dominated:
The largest fish caught this year was a 40.5-inch northern pike hooked by Chuck Betterman at 2:46 p.m. Saturday, which was good for a 50-quart Maluna cooler. Betterman, a Park Rapids native and self-described Ford guy, was fishing Potato lake when he caught his prize winner.
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“The first 30 minutes of the tournament was where it was slow. The technology was running slow, the app servers for the app were running slow, but we tried to communicate that all fish that were taken, photos were received on a consistent schedule, even if it didn t get uploaded until later in the day.”
“Then after that first bit, it ran pretty well,” Johnson added. “We were really, really happy with how the FishDonkey app worked. They were a good partner. We re really thankful they were able to tweak it to fit our style of a contest.”
One concern going into the 31st iteration of the Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza was cheating or tomfoolery, as the organizers describe it and how organizers could ensure the results were legitimate during a virtual event when judges couldn’t view the fish in person for themselves.
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“The first 30 minutes of the tournament was where it was slow. The technology was running slow, the app servers for the app were running slow, but we tried to communicate that all fish that were taken, photos were received on a consistent schedule, even if it didn t get uploaded until later in the day.”
“Then after that first bit, it ran pretty well,” Johnson added. “We were really, really happy with how the FishDonkey app worked. They were a good partner. We re really thankful they were able to tweak it to fit our style of a contest.”
One concern going into the 31st iteration of the Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza was cheating or tomfoolery, as the organizers describe it and how organizers could ensure the results were legitimate during a virtual event when judges couldn’t view the fish in person for themselves.
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“The first 30 minutes of the tournament was where it was slow. The technology was running slow, the app servers for the app were running slow, but we tried to communicate that all fish that were taken, photos were received on a consistent schedule, even if it didn t get uploaded until later in the day.”
“Then after that first bit, it ran pretty well,” Johnson added. “We were really, really happy with how the FishDonkey app worked. They were a good partner. We re really thankful they were able to tweak it to fit our style of a contest.”
One concern going into the 31st iteration of the Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza was cheating or tomfoolery, as the organizers describe it and how organizers could ensure the results were legitimate during a virtual event when judges couldn’t view the fish in person for themselves.
That, Thoennes said, and the fish still have to pass a good old-fashioned eyeball test under the supervision of experienced anglers.
“The Jaycees will be on laptops or computers or devices and verifying the fish pictures. So, if the fish looks sketchy or if they haven’t measured it right, we can technically deny that picture and have them retake it,” Thoennes said. “Most of us are fishermen. So we know if a fish looks a day old, if it looks dead, so we’ll be verifying pictures, and we have the full power to accept or deny any that we don’t like.”