Solar Eclipse Fishing Tournment

Solar Eclipse Fishing Tournament
Monday August 21st, 2017 CT (-6 UTC)

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Participating is easy!!!
Post screenshot of catch in this thread.
Big Fish datestamp must be on 08/21/2017
Winning fish will be verified ingame so keep fish until end of tourney.
Mounting a trophy fish will remove the datestamp.


Biggest fish and smallest fish will receive a prize.

Congrats to the winners!!!
Biggest: Jimmy Houston 164 stones
Smallest: Vin Hemingway 14 stones






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Rules:
* The tournament will be held on Monday August 21st. All fish weighed in must have a datestamp on that date. (Note: datestamp is based on UO:R time, US Central, -6 UTC)
* Fish weighed in will be credited to the angler, not who turns. Anyone can submit fish for any angler. Angler must be present to claim winnings.
* Use as many fishers as you like. Again, fish is credited to angler marked on fish. (some players use more than 1 fisher)
* No sign up required! Simply post a screen shot of your catch but keep it for prize/award and... DO NOT MOUNT FISH. Mounting a fish will erase datestamp. Fish will need to be verified ingame to collect your prize. Only fish weight will only be recorded. You keep your catch.

Notes on Fishing:
Double-click on a fishing pole, then click on a body of water. If successful, you will catch a fish. You might catch something more interesting than a fish. Success with this skill also depends on the availability of fish in that specific area.
0-65 - On land you will fish up Magic Fish, and Normal Fish.
80+ - Sea Serpents (No SoS Message), Special Fishing Nets.
90+ - Treasure Maps 100 - Messages in a Bottle (aka MIB) / Waterstained SoS Message
95+ - You can reel in Big Fish which can be used to make Trophies via Taxidermy Kits.
You can get to 100 skill/Grandmaster fishing from land. Once you have attained 95+ fishing, acquire a boat. They are player-made (check player vendors, forums, or IRC). You will need a boat to get offshore into deep water to catch Big Fish.

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You know I'll be there...

As will I!

Yay! My one day off from work!!!!

[00:02] <Zyler> first fish weighed in wins 100k

Congrats to Forrest L Woods for winning 100,000 gold

Good start to the tournament! Within my first few minutes of fishing, got a SWK!

Three SWK in the first hour of fishing! Got a good feeling 'bout this tournament.

There seems to be an oddly high number of krakens this tournament. I had two myself when I started.

No SWK yet for me, but I'm just happy I caught my usual unintentional Dolphin at the start! It's happened to me the last two tournaments I entered, so here's hoping it's good luck.

My crew would be wearing their shiny new Dread Pirate Hats from @wylwrk's AMIB cache I bought, but I couldn't obtain CBDs for them yet. Next tournament they'll be rocking those bad boys.

I just killed a SWK, 1st of this tourny. I had 9 or 10 last tourny, not to far out of normality.

First catch of the tourney for me!

does this count?