Curt - NC

For those of you who won prizes, I have gathered names, email addresses, etc. and sent them to LPO yesterday. LPO should be sending out the awards via email soon. PLEASE BE PATIENT Thanks you!

How long you've been a member doesn't get taken into account when it comes to judging. Quality of finish is one of the factors that is used, as well as several others. Try again next year.

@T.Morgan @mdojet @Lisa McNeese @Ryan V @Funky Paint Lures @bigelures @Matt Thayer - RI @HappyHookerLures @Slow Town Custom Lures @Travis @FishDaddy401 @foxbites @Tejmohan Sawhney @Tim Johnso @T.N.T. Bass Bugs @MCiciulla @tjzman @gekhang Congratulations on taking a prize in the 2021 lure contest. Please send me a private message with the following three pieces of info, so your LPO gift certificate can be emailed to you. 1 - The email address you want it sent to 2 - Your First and Last name 3 - The state (or province) you live in This info is required so your prizes can be awarded. Please do not neglect to do this! Thank you in advance p.s. Please do not reply to this post with the requested info. Be sure to send it to me in a PM.

Here are the winners of the 2021 lure contest. As always, choosing the winners was tough. Keep up the great work! Best Custom Painted Hardbait 1 - T.Morgan - 2 - mdojet - 3 - Lisa McNeese - Best Homemade Hardbait 1 - Ryan V - 2 - Funky Paint Lures - 3 - bigelures - Best Wire Bait 1 - Matt Thayer - RI - 2 - HappyHookerLures - 3 - Slow Town Custom Lures - Best Soft Bait 1 - Travis - 2 - FishDaddy401 - 3 - foxbites - Best Fly 1 - Tejmohan Sawhney - 2 - Tim Johnso - 3 - T.N.T. Bass Bugs - Best Custom Rod or Reel 1 - MCiciulla - 2 - tjzman - 3 - gekhang -

The 2021 Coolest Lure Contest is now closed. I will be going through and eliminating any duplicates, entries that need to be deleted, etc. We will be judging during the next two weeks. I will post here with updates as needed.

You're welcome!

Blizzard, right?

Thanks for the clarification. I did know what DQ was referring to. I just didn't know exactly what you were referring to with regard to being disqualified. I checked the Wire Bait category and didn't see any entries there from you. If you had posted an entry and it's now gone, it's likely due to the photo (or photos) you entered not meeting the criteria of the rules. This would have caused it to be deleted, with no questions asked. As for being DQ'd permanently, no. You get another opportunity before the deadline for the contest. Just submit another photo of your entry, being sure to follow the rules

Not sure what you're referring to with the DQ. Can you clarify?

As a side note, please upload your entries in JPG format, not PNG. The system will not process PNG images, They will show up blank.

Oh, Dave... if this was only true

The gallery for the 2021 lure contest is now live. Please read the rules before submitting an entry! Every year I have to spend hours deleting multiple photos because people haven't read the rules or followed them. Please help me by following the rules. https://www.tackleunderground.com/contest-pages/contest-rules/ As a side note, please upload your entries in JPG format, not PNG. The system will not process PNG images, They will show up blank.

Hey gang, the 2021 Coolest Lure Contest officially starts at 12 PM (Eastern Time) on March1, 2021! Please be sure to read the rules before submitting an entry! https://www.tackleunderground.com/contest-pages/contest-rules/ Here's the info: Contest Schedule Lure Submissions: March 1 - March 31 Contest Judging: April 1 - April 15 Winners Announced: April 16 Prizes Awarded: April 17 Prizes The following prizes will be awarded for each category: 1st prize - $100 2nd prize - $50 3rd prize - $25 Criteria for Judging Overall Appearance Originality Complexity of Construction Quality of Finish More info here: https://www.tackleunderground.com/contest-pages/lure_contest.html Contest Rules are here: https://www.tackleunderground.com/contest-pages/contest-rules/

Hey gang, I had to perform a software update tonight that messed up the look of the site a little bit. Please bear with me as we work to restore everything to normal. It might take up to 48 hours to get that done, but the site is still usable in the meantime. Thanks in advance for your patience. Curt

I'm seeing a common thread here in these posts. That is "new users" who seem to have posted only in this thread, but nowhere else on the site, solely to promote their products. If you are a seller of these types of blanks, please don't use forum threads to promote your products. If you have products that you'd like to promote on TU, please sign up for a monthly agreement to advertise. If you don't want to spend money to promote your products, you can add a free listing for your website here: https://www.tackleunderground.com/website-links/ Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

@Gardnaaa No worries. Just wanted to make you aware of the site policies when it comes to photos in posts

@Gardnaaa The baits look great! In the future, however, all photos need to be posted in the gallery section of the site, unless they are being included in a post to demonstrate a specific technique or ask a specific question. Please keep this in mind in the future

If you receive an email that appears to be coming from Tackle Underground that is asking you to validate your account immediately, absolutely DO NOT OPEN IT OR CLICK ANY LINKS IN IT. This is a blatant scam and an attempt to get you to enter your username and password into a bogus system. I received one of these myself and have attached a screenshot of what it looked like.

OK. Here we go. 1 - Click "Edit" immediately under your post. 2 - Click the actual photo. It will turn blue. 3 - Hit the Delete key on your keyboard, or right-click on the photo with your mouse, and click on "Delete". 4 - Click "Save" at the bottom of your post. That's it. The photo should now be deleted.

I'm attaching this so I can create steps for deleting it.

Glad to hear it!! I made a change to the settings that is site-wide, not just for one or two specific members.