Impressive Showing for RI CAGers in CAG Big 4 National Tournament

Tony Carvalho was competing in his first
CAG Big 4 Tournament and came in 10th place
with a total of 102 lbs. Nice job!

Once again, RI carp fishermen put some impressive numbers on the Leaderboard in the annual CAG Spring Big 4 Tournament. This was a six week event in which nearly 50 members from all over the country entered their biggest 4 carp by weight.  The combined weight total would be the point total.  Coming in the top ten is a real big deal since we are competing against some of the best carp fishermen in the USA.
This year we had 3 RI members in the top ten.  Here are the results:
Tony Carvalho entered his first Big 4 Tournament and came in 10th place overall.  Tony logged a total of 102 lbs. even. That is an average of over 25 lbs. a fish! Note that all Tony's fish were landed in RI waters, a tough feat.
Todd Richer, a frequent top ten finisher in the past and big carp hunter came in 6th place overall. Todd's total was 113 lbs., 1 oz. Todd averaged just over 28 lbs. a fish,  and he had one huge common that weighed 33 lbs.
Finally, I came in 4th place overall this year.  My total was 118 lbs., 10 oz.. That is an average of over 29 lbs. a fish and was one of my better totals in recent years. My biggest was a mirror that weighed 31 lbs., 8 oz. I had two fish from MA, one from RI and one from CT waters.
I've always said that we have some of the best carp fishermen in the country right here in RI, and this year's results prove that once again.