Curt - NC Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 Below I have listed the winners of the 2020 Coolest Lure Contest! As always, choosing just 3 winners in each category was tough to do. Thank you all for participating, and congratulations to the winners. 2020 Coolest Lure Contest Winners Best Custom Painted Hardbait 1st - caricaburu - 2nd - cstorey29 - 3rd - bladesandbaits - Best Homemade Hardbait 1st - gastonfish - 2nd - Brandon Seutter - 3rd - CJM lures - Best Wire Bait 1st - Metalhead - 2nd - Limbo - 3rd - smallmouthchaser - Best Soft Plastic Bait 1st - hpssports - 2nd - bassy - 3rd - Atlas Lures - Best Fly 1st - Tim Johnso - 2nd - St. Maries flies - 3rd - Leonsebiatan - Best Rod or Reel 1st - tjzman - 2nd - Reset Reels - 3rd - jhicks22309 - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 Congrats to all. Wow.....some SERIOUS talent!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpssports Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 Awesome! Thanks..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian7394 Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 I’d like to suggest another category to your judging criteria. The current criteria is: Overall Appearance Originality Complexity of Construction Quality of Finish I know the combined expertise of the judges must be to the extent that they know what can function on the water. This takes into account ease of use, applied action, and durability. Granted, without actually having it in hand it would be difficult to thoroughly judge these qualities. But experienced anglers do purchase new items online because of perceived performance, a criteria I’d like to suggest considering with the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazLures Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Congratulations to all, extremely good talent!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Brian7394 said: I’d like to suggest another category to your judging criteria. The current criteria is: Overall Appearance Originality Complexity of Construction Quality of Finish I know the combined expertise of the judges must be to the extent that they know what can function on the water. This takes into account ease of use, applied action, and durability. Granted, without actually having it in hand it would be difficult to thoroughly judge these qualities. But experienced anglers do purchase new items online because of perceived performance, a criteria I’d like to suggest considering with the others. My son just read this and said, "Hey dad tell the members to send me all their lures to try out." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly voodoo Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 9 minutes ago, alsworms said: My son just read this and said, "Hey dad tell the members to send me all their lures to try out." Tell your boy if he comes and picks them up he can have my entry’s congrats to the winners. I am seeing a trend in hard baits the judges seem to like swimbaits and jointed wake baits 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Seutter Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Thank you for picking my lure as one of the winners! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian7394 Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 I am amazed at the talent of these submittals, especially the painting category. Congrats to all of the winners. You should be proud. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt - NC Posted April 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 7 hours ago, Brian7394 said: I’d like to suggest another category to your judging criteria. The current criteria is: Overall Appearance Originality Complexity of Construction Quality of Finish I know the combined expertise of the judges must be to the extent that they know what can function on the water. This takes into account ease of use, applied action, and durability. Granted, without actually having it in hand it would be difficult to thoroughly judge these qualities. But experienced anglers do purchase new items online because of perceived performance, a criteria I’d like to suggest considering with the others. @Brian7394 Thanks for the suggestion. In reality, without seeing video of each lure, it is extremely difficult to judge this aspect of any lure without actually fishing with it or having it available to test personally. With lots of years of experience, though, looking for certain qualities and design features of a lure, most of this can be judged without ever seeing a lure in action. So, in reality, this is already being taken into consideration. It was part of what I personally used to judge some of the baits. And I know that the people who helped me do the judging also looked at this. Thanks again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt - NC Posted April 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Brandon Seutter said: Thank you for picking my lure as one of the winners! You're welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt - NC Posted April 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 As part of the awards phase of the contest, I will need each of the winners to send me a PM with the following two pieces of info: Full Name Email address where you want the gift certificate to be sent The name of your winning entry Please DO NOT post the requested info here, but be sure to send it to me by way of a private message. @caricaburu @cstorey29 @bladesandbaits @gastonfish @Brandon Seutter @CJM lures @Metalhead @LIMBO @smallmouthchaser @hpssports @Bassy @Atlas Lures @Tim Johnso @St. Maries flies @Leonsebiatan @tjzman @Reset Reels @jhicks22309 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly voodoo Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Brian7394 said: I am amazed at the talent of these submittals, especially the painting category. Congrats to all of the winners. You should be proud. There is some real talent around that is for sure. Sadly most fishermen have no idea at what exists outside of the mass produced lures Now if only we can have more of theses guys join into the forum and share some secrets 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt - NC Posted April 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 5 hours ago, alsworms said: My son just read this and said, "Hey dad tell the members to send me all their lures to try out." Now there is a boy with heart! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian7394 Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Curt-RI I appreciate your response with consideration to “perceived performance” and I definitely agree with the difficulty in it. Maybe an easier way to describe this is to imagine yourself, as a professional fisherman, with all of these lure and fly pics at your disposal prior to a tournament with a wonderful cash prize. If you only had a handful to pick for the tournament, which ones would you pick, and ask yourself why? Therein lies the “perceived performance” criteria. If you already incorporate that into your decision-making, why not make that a category of that criteria. I also understand that this may be getting too involved with the general fun intended for the contest and to keep it more simply as the coolest “looking” lure contest. That is certainly ok (cool) also. Thanks so much for taking the time. You guys/gals are great in doing this. I certainly did not mean any ill criticism, just wanted to create more thought in the matter since we are all wanting to contribute thought-provoking conversation and ideas through this contest. All my best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt - NC Posted May 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Quote Thanks so much for taking the time. You guys/gals are great in doing this. I certainly did not mean any ill criticism, just wanted to create more thought in the matter since we are all wanting to contribute thought-provoking conversation and ideas through this contest. All my best. No worries! Ideas are always welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bass Man Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 Congrats guys!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt - NC Posted May 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 I am still waiting for info from the following winners! @cstorey29 @bladesandbaits @gastonfish @Metalhead @Tim Johnso @St. Maries flies @Leonsebiatan @tjzman @jhicks22309 Please send me your full name, email address and the name of your entry in a private message ASAP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunkerlunchbaits Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 Congrats to all this years winners !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman03 Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Amazing work! Love seeing all the entries, congrats to the winners! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reset Reels Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 This is an honor for me. Thank you very much! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted May 9, 2020 Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 Congrats to all...major talent as always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt - NC Posted May 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 PLEASE NOTE All gift certificates have been emailed to the winners. If you haven't seen yours yet in your inbox, please check your SPAM folder. I have had at least one other winner tell me that they found theirs in their SPAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reset Reels Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 My letter also was in spam. Gmail doesen't know what the good is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
