2020 Vanity Cup

Lowrance Fishburn · #1 09-21-2020, 10:29 AM

Just curious to see if anyone here will be competing in the Vanity Cup at Tobin Lake Oct 3-4 this year? I am entered with my buddy from Nipawin whom is an excellent fishermen and very experienced with Tobin but I have butterflies in my stomach already thinking about the tourney. Usually the tournament attracts anglers from all over North America but obviously this year the 160 team field will be made up of all Canadian residents. This will be my first year in this tournament - 100K to the winning team.

If anyone is not competing and would like to share some wisdom, I am as always, very happy to receive any. Cheers.

Freedom55 · #2 09-21-2020, 01:12 PM

You put me on the fish and I'll put 'em in the boat. All I can say.

Free (except G.L.)

Lowrance Fishburn · #3 09-23-2020, 10:10 AM

Anyone?....Bueller?

EZM · #4 09-26-2020, 04:36 PM

Have fun with it. That's my best advice.

Have not fished that lake in the fall, so anything I tell you may be irrelevant.

You know what you are doing, and are a solid fishermen, so just get out and have some fun. Be prepared to present your offerings in different ways and see what they are reacting to - if it's not working - switch it up - don't invest too much time on water that doesn't hold active fish and presenting something that they are not reacting to.

Keep us posted ......... we are rooting for you.

Lowrance Fishburn · #5 10-06-2020, 09:50 AM

Well thank you for the positive encouragement EZM. It was a wild one this weekend up at Tobin. Pre-fishing was excellent and we hammered a number of overs (70cm+) and some perfect unders (less than 55cm). then when the tournament started we got off to a hot start, landing an over (73cm) and a couple unders in the first hour! We upgraded our unders a couple times throughout the day but were unable to find another over. At the end of day one, and some tough fishing throughout the tournament for everyone, we were inside the top 40 and less than 4 pounds out of the money...A big day on day 2 and we would have been golden....Alas, it was not to be as the fishing seemed to shut right off for us. Our spots were not producing so we moved, we tried different methods, the only fish we caught were red zoned including one 55 and 1/10 cm....bottom part of the tail juuuuuust over...so back she goes. heartbreaking. We caught a couple red zones and finally landed a decent eye for the tourney but was too little too late and we dropped to around the middle of the pack and that is where we finished. All in all a great experience though and one i wont soon forget...Been thinking about it non stop since sunday....lot's of what if's LOL. Way she goes.....Cheers.

Zip-in-Z · #6 10-06-2020, 11:50 AM

L.F. .... tks for the update, had a few similar experiences back in Mb fishin tourneys on the Wpg River near Pine Falls or the Red River near Selkirk. it's a learning & sometimes a humbling experience and there's always next year, at least you had fun and sounds like you did better than most.

The article didn't say, how many fish per team were weighed in daily?

Did the winners at least buy a round of drinks for those that stayed for the presentations ?

Cheers

D.

Googled the article, interesting read. $100K Winners were local boys with two day total was 48.60 pounds of fish. Second place from Bonnyville, took home $30K with 44.84 pounds.

Link .... https://www.nipawinjournal.com/news/...-in-the-region

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EZM · #7 10-07-2020, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Lowrance Fishburn

Well thank you for the positive encouragement EZM. It was a wild one this weekend up at Tobin. Pre-fishing was excellent and we hammered a number of overs (70cm+) and some perfect unders (less than 55cm). then when the tournament started we got off to a hot start, landing an over (73cm) and a couple unders in the first hour! We upgraded our unders a couple times throughout the day but were unable to find another over. At the end of day one, and some tough fishing throughout the tournament for everyone, we were inside the top 40 and less than 4 pounds out of the money...A big day on day 2 and we would have been golden....Alas, it was not to be as the fishing seemed to shut right off for us. Our spots were not producing so we moved, we tried different methods, the only fish we caught were red zoned including one 55 and 1/10 cm....bottom part of the tail juuuuuust over...so back she goes. heartbreaking. We caught a couple red zones and finally landed a decent eye for the tourney but was too little too late and we dropped to around the middle of the pack and that is where we finished. All in all a great experience though and one i wont soon forget...Been thinking about it non stop since sunday....lot's of what if's LOL. Way she goes.....Cheers.

We were all pulling for you BUT sometimes the fish don't cooperate and there's nothing you can do. I bet it was a exciting tournament to be a part of and probably taught you something.

Locals usually win these things. They get the benefit of fishing the lake in all conditions, water temps, times of year and know the lake better too.

Thanks for the update - I'm glad you had a blast.

walleye guy · #8 10-07-2020, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lowrance Fishburn

Well thank you for the positive encouragement EZM. It was a wild one this weekend up at Tobin. Pre-fishing was excellent and we hammered a number of overs (70cm+) and some perfect unders (less than 55cm). then when the tournament started we got off to a hot start, landing an over (73cm) and a couple unders in the first hour! We upgraded our unders a couple times throughout the day but were unable to find another over. At the end of day one, and some tough fishing throughout the tournament for everyone, we were inside the top 40 and less than 4 pounds out of the money...A big day on day 2 and we would have been golden....Alas, it was not to be as the fishing seemed to shut right off for us. Our spots were not producing so we moved, we tried different methods, the only fish we caught were red zoned including one 55 and 1/10 cm....bottom part of the tail juuuuuust over...so back she goes. heartbreaking. We caught a couple red zones and finally landed a decent eye for the tourney but was too little too late and we dropped to around the middle of the pack and that is where we finished. All in all a great experience though and one i wont soon forget...Been thinking about it non stop since sunday....lot's of what if's LOL. Way she goes.....Cheers.

never fished this tournament,so you are allowed to cull fish?