2014 OSF Multi-Species Challenge!

[MuskieBait]

When Michael and I envisioned this challenge last year, the Ontario clause was included to achieve three objectives...

1) Make the playing field fair for participants by restricting it to "local" opportunities (ie, local being Ontario since majority of members here are from Ontario)

...and most importantly

2) To encourage members to explore new local (Ontario) fishing opportunities for new species

3) To encourage members to enjoy under-utilized fisheries

BUT...if a member from Alberta wish to participate, we can amend the rule (or make exception, whichever one is more reasonable) to allow members from other provinces (or even states) to enter species from their local locations. It would be required from the member to state their home province or state at the start of the challenge.

As an aside...

Last year I caught 103 new species...only two were Ontario species...and I probably caught over 70 species (conservatively estimate) that were not new species...some 40 of them probably from Ontario. I would have blew the challenge out of the water