Big Congratulations to Arne!!!

[Iceman]

As of 12:01AM, the 3 day grace period for the first year long points based kayak fishing tournament is over. One of Arne's New Year's resolutions, last year, was to win the WCW. Arne pulled way ahead of the pack early in the year. It was surprizing to not see him leading at the half and very surprizing to have it come down to the wire with one decent fish between me, Arne and Brad.

Arne accomplishments include winning 4 monthly points totals, first white seabass, largest yellowtail (a kayak record) the biggest season's slam and winning the whole enchilada. I am just glad there won't be a raffle.

Congratulations Arne, you are a helluva gifted fisherman and a helluva nice guy. Proud to share the water with ya. I hope everyone enjoyed the year's excitement as much as I did. The momentum that Brad had towards the end was downright scarey. Congratulations, Brad on a great finish. Brad also had told me that he joined after catching his first 26 pound YT, that fish would have put him ahead of me. You can fish! Both you and Arne offering me bait in the last weeks of competition speaks loudly of just what a great community to be a part of. The fishing this past year was amazing quality, filled with alot of people's personal bested fishes. Epic. Let's do it again!

Andy