15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 320

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Catfish Pounds

430 -450

513

550

20 pts

4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 70

5

10

15

20

25

Largemouth Pounds

430 -450

513

55081 pts

9 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 12 12.5 13 13.502468

1012141618

Bowfin Pounds

430 -450

513 55041 pts

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 200

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Sheepshead Points

430 -450

513550

29 pts

3.7 3.8 3.9 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.50

5

10

15

20

25

30

Smallmouth Pounds

430 -450

513

550

100 pts

4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5 9 9.5 100

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Walleye Pounds

430 -450

513

55062 pts

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 180

10

20

30

40

50

Northern Pike Pounds

430 -450

513

550

37 pts

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 160

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Lake Trout

430 -450

513

37 pts

550

3.5 4.5 5.5 6.5 7.5 8.5 9.5 10.50

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Salmon Pounds

430 -450

513550

66 pts

2011 Updated Points Proposal

ColdwaterSalmon points are dropped from 71 to 66 to account for a major resurgence in the average

and outlier size. This brings the 430-450 window past the historical average but recent results suggest the average top 10 fish is growing. This puts the points in better agreement with the Lake Trout category below.

Lake Trout points are increased by 1 point from 36 to 37 points. This increase in points gives the outlier L.T. the opportunity to compete with an outlier salmon. Like

the salmon category, this puts the average Lake Trout at a slightly more difficult weight to achieve historically but recent results suggest that the average is increasing. The two changes for Lake Trout and Salmon bring them in pretty good agreement with each other.

CoolwaterSmallmouth points remain at the historical 100pts which is a good historical average.Northern Pike Points remain at 37pts. N.P. points could be increased to move the average

to the average pike size but there are already a significant number of outlier fish in the graph at the current point configuration. Increasing N.P. points would

create a difficult super bonus winning scenario for walleye and smallmouth.Walleye points are reduced from 70 to 62 to bring the 430-450 window to the historic

average. Note that this still leaves a significant number of outlier fish at 513 and 550 meaning that Walleye still stand a strong chance of winning the super bonus with the new point structure. If large walleye are registered in subsequent years, it may be necessary to revisit Walleye points and move them lower.

WarmwaterCatfish points remain the same at 20pts. The average fish and the outlier fish are well

distributed.Bowfin points are increased by 2 points from 39 to 41. 41 points brings the average bowfin

430-450 inline with the historical average and gives the outlier bowfin a chance at winning the super bonus.

Sheepshead points are decreased by 1 point from 30 to 29 points. This puts the average in good agreement with the historical average and moves the outlier lines to a higher fish weight. Note that the very limited data on Sheepshead means that this point structure may need further refinement as more Sheepshead are caught.

Largemouth points are decreased from 84 to 81 points bringing the average fish weight inline with the 430-450 point region. Additionally, the Largemouth pool is more consistent with the other members of the warmwater species.