Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: IronNoggin on August 17, 2010, 02:22:00 PM
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Voting has officially started and you can bang your vote in once every 12 hours. While I am of course biased, methinks the Winner should obviously be from BC... say... Port Alberni! ;D
Here's the Link: http://www.wfn.tv/ultimate-fishing-town/
Let's show those easterners what's up Ladz! ;)
Cheers,
Nog
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Sorry Nog, had to vote for Chilliwack but maybe it's the flossing capital too. ::) ??? ;D ;D
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LOL!
Port Alberni is IT! ;)
Springs to great size, some of the largest coho on our Coast, sockeye in abundance, chums if you're so inclined, and a magnificent run of steelhead all wander back to the local flow, right at your toes! Inlet fishing is HOT, and river fishing often Hotter! Halibut are just a tad removed, but can be had in the Sound at times, and a run to Ukee takes but an hour. The Sound itself is a marvelous place, and loaded with fish nearly all year!
Trout you say? Over 100 lakes within an hour's hop, including several that produce absolute Monsters, the type of Biggies you won't ever see near the Big Smoke! I'm talking Nahmint rainbows to 20 plus pounds, cutthroat to better than fourteen pounds, and Brown Trout in excess of 20 pounds! And yes, all within an hours journey! ;D
Then toss in sea run cutthroat, bass lakes an hour and change away (if you're into that) and a quick hop to the East Side provides endless enjoyment with the fly rod on pinks and cohos with the odd spring tossed in for good measure!
Yup, gotta be ol' Port Alberni! THE most diverse fishing, the most opportunities, and something available to SUCCESSFULLY target every single day of the year. Sorry ol' chum, anywhere even near the Big Smoke doesn't even come close to holding a candle! :D
And that folks, is EXACTLY why I live here!!
Regardless of where you vote for, just make certain it is in BC! We can't let Points East steal this away!! ;)
Cheers,
Nog
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Hmmm... I noticed that it does NOT validate an email address.
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Looks like I'm the only one to vote for Prince Rupert so far....
Guess I'm going to have to vote for Port Alberni just to make sure Chilliwack DOESN'T win.
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chilliwack
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chilliwack
(http://bestsmileys.com/puking/2.gif)
:D
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Only 424 votes behind Port Alberni :P
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Port Alberni gets my vote just to spite Chris ;D
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Chilliwack, where the corn grows and the sockeye flossed.
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I've fished Campbell River, Port Hardy, Port Alberni, Victoria etc..
Nog is right, Port Alberni is the Ultimate Fishing Town.
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Man, the last thing I wanna do is bring more poeple to this fine fishing community we have here. LOL.
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Man, the last thing I wanna do is bring more poeple to this fine fishing community we have here. LOL.
They are here by the hundreds, the good part lots of plucks to pick up. ; I escape it all by going to the Thompson at this time of year. ;D
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Its kinda stupid. You can vote as many times as you want by typing in fake Email addresses.
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AAACK! :o
Manitoba is now taking down BC! EEK!
Ya'll can vote every 12 hours folks! http://www.wfn.tv/ultimate-fishing-town/vote
Let's get together and stop the Eastern Wannabe Foolishness NOW! Cast your vote and help Bring This HOME! ;D
Cheers,
Nog
Edit to add: The FlatLiners got us by 150. Ouch!
Slough Sharks over Salmon and Steelhead? Go Figure! ::)
Keep them votes coming folks, we still gotta chance! ;)
Cheers,
Nog
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At this point it is basically a two horse race between Dauphin Manitoba and Port Alberni. The rest are not even really in the running.
Dauphin currently has the lead by ~ 500 votes. I was notified several dozen times by folks trying to enter votes from BC that the vote function was NOT operating out here from some time late last night to just a few minutes ago. Verified this myself over a dozen times before I lodged a query with the site. No apologies, no explanation, simply noted that the vote function (for us) was now up and running again? ???
Donno if that was a glitch or a fix, but we have some catching up to do! IF you want to see BC come out ahead of the Flatlanders, I would politely suggest you get your votes in now, and as many times as you can before the contest ends!
Go BC GO!!! ;D
Cheers,
Nog
PS: Have a listen to CBC at 5:30 pm for a rather interesting and related interview... ;)
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Wouldn't that be interesting if Port Alberni actually won.
"The biggest hole in Canada wins best fishing town"
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"The biggest hole in Canada wins best fishing town"
Nice Slag Robert ::)
Anywhere BC is Better than Manitoba! ;)
And Port is the ONLY one in the running...
Cheers
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Nice Slag Robert ::)
Anywhere BC is Better than Manitoba! ;)
And Port is the ONLY one in the running...
Cheers
Hey I'd come over there anyday for some of that Chinook fishing you rub in our faces each year, but I couldn't imagine having to live there year round.
Not to long ago, Canada.com did an article of the worst places to live overall in Canada. This is based on poverty, crime, scenery, etc, etc, etc, pretty much everything.
If my memory serves me right, Port Alberni was 3rd or 4th on the list of the worst places to live in Canada.
Another interesting note is that Vancouver Island hosts 3 out of the bottom 10 places to live in Canada.
Can you guess the absolute #1 worst place to live in Canada?? The article stated that the public voted Williams Lake the #1 worst place to live in Canada.
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I never been to Port Alberni but I voted for
I just want BC to win because it deserves it
let do not split the votes for BC towns
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Stay over there then Buddy! No room at the Inn here! :D
The Slough Sharkers have waaay to much time on their hands to vote rather than say... ummm... Fishing!
They are pounding it to BC! Ouch!
A little help here PLEASE! ;D
Cheers,
Nog
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Hmmmm... Seems like the opposition got caught cheating. Go Figure... ::)
WFN disallows 1,500 fishy Dauphin votes
You don't get ahead by cheating.
So says the World Fishing Network (WFN), which subtracted about 1,500 votes from Dauphin's bid to become Canada's Ultimate Fishing Town because of votes entered with false email addresses.
On Monday afternoon, Dauphin quickly flip-flopped from first to second in the standings and a post was made on the contest website's blog announcing the mass removal of fraudulent votes.
"For those of you keeping an eye on your votes or your competitions votes you may find that some towns have lost some votes which is not a mistake. (The World Fishing Network) is trying to keep the voting period as fair as possible and would like every town to have a fair and equal chance of winning. Please remember that you may vote with only one single email address per person and may only vote once every 12 hours with your email," the blog read.
Don Stokotelny of Intermountain Sport Fishing Enhancement, which runs one of Manitoba's best youth fishing programs in Manitoba and will receive the cash prize to put toward these programs should Dauphin win the title, was in contact with the WFN to find out why the votes were lost.
"Every week the WFN does a review on all the email addresses, checking whether they're legitimate or not. Apparently there were some people punching in whatever. Now they're doing more security to make sure they're all legitimate. We don't know who it was or where they were submitting the votes from, but we were told that shouldn't happen anymore," Stokotelny said.
Carla Wolfenden, the tourism and events co-ordinator for Dauphin Economic Development and Tourism, said the loss in votes was a disappointing setback for the town's campaign.
"It was frustrating, for sure. But I think the word is out that people need to smarten up. We've been shaking our fingers a little bit warning people to play fair," she said.
Dauphin, with 20,061 votes, sat second to Port Alberni, Sask.'s 20,194 votes as of Wednesday at 10:30 p.m.
But despite the loss of pride, Dauphin is still almost a shoo-in for the final round of voting.
Both cities are more than 14,000 votes ahead of third place Nipawin, Sask., in the West Region. The top two towns in each region make the final round of voting, along with four wild cards chosen by the WFN.
Wolfenden says the city is already looking forward to the finals.
"We don't want to seem too cocky, but we're getting ready to do some more campaigning. I'm excited. Even if we don't win, we've had a lot of fun doing it," she said.
http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/wfn-disallows-1500-fishy-dauphin-votes-101549248.html?thx=y
Funny thing though, I always thought Port Alberni was in BC, not Saskabush :D
Cheers,
Nog
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Go Alberni and Chilliwack. Good job Nog, on keeping the public aware of the contest and voting.
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Nice Slag Robert ::)
Anywhere BC is Better than Manitoba! ;)
And Port is the ONLY one in the running...
Cheers
Ah, but can you catch pickerel and jack in Alberni?? ;D I grew up 50 miles from Dauphin.
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Ah, but can you catch pickerel and jack in Alberni??
Thankfully NOT! :D
I grew up 50 miles from Dauphin.
:D Did you Really just say that out loud? :D
OK, explains lots. ;D
... Kidding! :D
Port made it through the Semi-Finals with 2,615 ahead of the competition from Dauphin Manitoba. Voting for the Semi's ended today. Thanks to Every Single One Of YOU that helped! We got the First Down!
The Top 2 towns from Ontario, West and Atlantic regions (3 Regions with 2 entries each) plus 4 "Wild Card" entries as determined by WFN will advance to the Final Round of Voting starting September 7th. Kinda wonder just who will be in the Finals, but hey, can any of them do what we can as far as Fishing ??? ::)
Back atcha with a reminder on the 7th Folks! Although we already did a fine job in Round One, apparently the job ain't quite finished... yet... ;)
Just making us show what we out here in BC are made of! 8)
Cheers,
Nog