Well this is what i came up with.

Now im aware that everyone that will join isnt able to fish for the same type of fish and we cant have musky and a perch in the same competition, so i figure i would split fish up into certain groups and the groups i thought of is this. Pike/Musky, Trout(all except lakers), Panfish(perch, crappie, blue gill, etc), Carp/Catfish/Burbot(eelpout), Walleye(including sauger, saugeye), Lake Trout/Steelhead/Salmon, Bass, Whitefish. Now if there is any other fish i should include let me know and what group they should be added to for a fair chance or if they should have their own group(i thought of pickerel but i dont know what group to add them too i would say pike and musky but they get alot bigger then pickerel so i was thinkin add them to whitefish maybe.)

Now everyone that signs up, signs up for a group and you must apply for at least three of the groups(ill explan why later). Your top three fish for each group will add up to a total length and the leaders will be determined by the most total inches of the three top fish. Now there will also be a top ice fishing angler and that will be determined by how many top 3 postions you have so for example if a person is 1st in two of the groups and 3rd in another they will have 7 points(1st=3points, 2nd=2points, 3rd=1 point) and another is 2nd in 3 groups he/she has 6 points. Now you can apply for more then 3 groups but only your top three positions will go towards the top ice fishing angler scoring.

So for a sign up thread i will post the groups up and you just put your name and what groups of fish you will be fishing for. I will then put your name in that group of fish. Then for the scoring thread i will keep the scores of each group and top ice fishing angler leader board, and you guys just add your pics when you get a new fish that can beat one of your already top three. So the thread would look something like this

Top Ice Fishing Angler

Phil from Maine......2 1st place, 1 3rd place=7points
JFergus7..............1 1st place, 1 2nd place, 1 3rd place=6points
Lethalconnection...1 2nd place, 1 3rd place=3 points


Trout

Phil from Maine.........21"+24"+23"=68 total inches
Lethalconnection......24"+18"+19"=61 total inches
JFergus7.................21"+17"+16"=54 total inches

So thats what ive come up with and i think it would work pretty good, and at least everyone has a chance.So lets hear some replys about this system, if there is enough good feed back ill throw the sign-up thread asap, cause ice is only a month away for me.