Angler of the Year 2023 (AOTY)

HOW TO SIGN UP

• (If you have participated before you do not need to sign up again.)
• Go to http://aoty.northwestkayakanglers.com/
• Click the "Sign Up" button and follow the instructions.
• If the state where you live does not require you to buy an adult angling license yet, you are Youth. Otherwise you are not.
• Signing up does not mean you are done! (See below)

HOW TO DONATE
If you would like to participate but cannot afford the donation, please see this thread:
https://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=22912.0

We are using the same donation method this year that we used last year:

• Donate directly to HOW by going here:
  • Northwest Washington Chapter
  • Southeast Washington Chapter
  • Portland Oregon Chapter
    
  • North Coast Oregon Chapter
  • Wasilla, Alaska Chapter
• Please donate $50 or more.
• PM me a screenshot of your receipt that clearly shows the date. If you need to email instead please send me a PM and I will give you my email address. Include your AOTY screen name! (I don't know all of you, even though I try, and also I'm horrible with names.)
  
• Give me a couple of days to activate you.

NO NEW RULES THIS YEAR
Same rules as 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.

GENERAL INFO
If you are interested in Angler of The Year but aren't sure what it's all about, check out previous years' threads and the AOTY home page:

• AOTY Home: http://aoty.northwestkayakanglers.com/
• 2022: https://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=23483.0
• 2021: https://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=22589.0
• 2020: https://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=21901.0
• 2019: https://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=21077.0
• 2018: https://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=20528.0
• 2017: https://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=18859.0
• 2016: https://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=16731.0

I don't know why but I love that there are 2 threads for all the events this year - two threads for AOTY, two threads for ORC, two threads for BCS. Keep people on their toes 

It is funny, and three for AOTY 23 if you count the sponsors thread.  Which to choose to post in?  I'm here so I'll go with this one.

Ok slackers , Kemfish and SD2OR just broke through the 1000 point bar and are running in a tight race to what I'm sure will be 2k.  Time to do some fishing.  I'm going to blow the dust (actually snow) off my PA14 and get out there today.  The Columbia is still sub 40 degrees but I think some big mama walleye might be active with tonight's full "Worm" moon, https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/worm.html.  Fishing under a worm moon for walleye has to be good luck, right?

I'll be really curious to hear how your full moon mission goes!

I've put in a bit of effort so far, just nothing to show for it. I've also gotten turned back twice now due to ice, so really looking forward to some warmer overnight temps.

Sorry about all the AOTY threads. The sponsorship one is probably more for me to keep myself organized, or to get around my lack of organiztion on prizes.

I am taking tomorrow off of work and I am going to go fishing. My initial plan when I scheduled tomorrow off was to be on the ocean. The ocean forecast has gone all sorts of sideways, so whatever.....

Going to try following where Cameron has been going. I just need to catch a fish!

Nothing to be sorry about.  Thanks for all the work you've been doing with sponsors.  It makes sense to have a thread strictly dedicated to them.

gotta bump this one so that people sign up! i finally did.