OK... So I think the contest this year has probably produced an avalanche of gripes, complaints, whines and flat-out excuses... I'm starting this thread for those of us who need a little space to vent. Put your best gripe forward!

I'll start. @#%$!&% FLOODS!!!!!! Granted, I can't blame all of my nearly total absence from the contest scene since June 2nd on the bad weather and massive flooding in Oshkosh, but I will put a lot of it there - cleaning up after 9 inches of water in my basement takes a good chunk of fishing time out of a person's schedule... Thank god I don't live across the street where the basement water level was 3 feet...

Hopefully now that the new boat is finally up, running, and ready to go (Props to Josh K - I couldn't have done it without him) we can get back on the water and back into action...