The Fluor Daniel Forest

Did anyone notice the picture from the Piscatorial Promulgations? The one with Wilson Hall in the background. It was a great shot that included a typical Fluor Daniel forest in the foreground. You know, the standard detail of four bright yellow bollards around each PIV or hydrant. No need to look at the big picture and see that a) three well placed bollards would accomplish the same thing or b) it's in the middle of a field so what are the bollards protecting the PIV's from? Naw, why use engineering judgement when a cut 'n paste would result in 16 or 20 yellow exclamation points in a field screaming "look at us"

Question: Carp Pros a Dynasty?

The question continues to come up: are the Carp Pros a true dynasty. Well, here's the margin of victory for the last four years.

End of Year Stats

Dancing Anglers

Has anyone seen this clip of dancing anglers? YoooZaaaa

http://www.jibjab.com/starring_you/receipt/328692

Event #5 Anti-Stats

Event #4 Anti-Stats

Has anyone seen those stats on the Piscatorial Promulgations site. All that "team work, rah rah, let's work together for the good of everyone is starting to grate on my nerves. So in response, the Angry Angler is pleased to present this different look at the stats.

Creel Value
Why show the team values when we really want to celebrate the indivdual achievement of over armed men (and ladies) against helpless creatures looking for lunch. Here's a much more interesting chart showing the creel values of each angler instead of each team. It's much easier to spot who is carrying who.

Department Rivalary
For the first time this year, the FESS/O group, er.. department managed to field two teams setting up an interesting interdepartment rivalary between the Crump Rangers of Engiineering and and Shull's Soilders of Maintence, I mean Operations. Looking at the stats and adjusting them to equalize the number of anglers, the FESS/E teams have outscored the FESS/O teams 781 to 115. Yikes, here's a chart:

Status Quo
I'm sure a lot of people try and figure out who is driven to perform during the tournament And why. And like a lot of things, the angling performance can be tied to one's status in the laboratory. For example, the Summer Students (aka "Casuals") tend to be laid back folks trying to figure thier place in the world and the results show it. The full timers (aka "Lifers") tend to perform at a level that shows they are in it for the long haul. And then there are the consultants (aka "MoMO$") that can fish better than the Lifers, but remain humble since one of the self absorbed full timers has to write a req to keep them around. Smart, very smart. Anyway, here's a chart that shows performance by status. Is anyone really surprised? Seriously, anyone?

Carp Pros 4 Ever
Is there really any doubt that the Carp Pros will win the tournament for a fourth consectutive year. Regular readers may recall that in 2005, Merle had an off day and landed only five (5) fish while Steve landed 27. The next week, Merle returned in force with a season high 60 fish while Steve landed a reasonable 45. Those two (2) weeks were the turning point in the 2005 Tournament as the Carp Pros went on to thier second consectutive championship. Oh by the way, the pond that Merle landed five (5) fish to Steve's 27: MI-10. The pond fished the following week: MI-60. As a warning, here's a chart that shows the lead by week that the Carp Pros have had on the second place team:

Video Ugh!

Have you seen the video that the Tournament Office posted. It's so sappy, maple syrup seems like water by comparison. Here's a better version using the same images.

My Mission

I am an angry angler. When I signed on to fish on Friday's I didn't realize the tournament was run by a mysterious group of pretenious engineers. And the mouthpiece for this rot is the Piscatorial Promulgations.

For the remainder of the tournament I will work to uncover and expose this hypocrisy and the evil behind it by using the same techniques and charts as the so-called "tournament office"

Let the games begin "Commissioner."