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Originally Posted by PAL
Need to keep up on it? How do you come to that conclusion?
How would anyone here have known about the nominations, and why should they care? I'm mainly addressing your approach. If you feel SoCal anglers should get involved, maybe you could say why.
If you look at YA, you'll see participation is highly regionalized to the southeast. The number of anglers who fish ankle deep water is probably ten or 100 times as many as those who have ventured onto big blue even once.
This is the third year YA has offered the Choice Awards. The first year, the results were... interesting to be kind. Last year was better, but still an exercise in ballot stuffing.
This is the first year YA has instituted systems to reduce spam voting. It has been a numbers game up to now - not even a popularity contest - with results that have little to no relevance for west coast or Hawaii-based kayak anglers. It may still be after this year.
I say this despite my respect for Mark and Adam at YA. I know and like them, particularly for cooking up the Boondoggles. They remind me of the NCKA parties started many years ago and going stronger than ever. A rocking good time. What took the southeast so long to catch on? 
Mark and Adam had the fortitude to launch this program despite the criticism they knew would come their way. They've improved it. But whether it is truly relevant to SoCal's kayak anglers is up to SoCal. You could say we should participate and see whether the results are any more representative. At least then we'd have good reason to reject them.
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Agree 100%, I think the idea is great and can bring yakers together, and WE should get involved.
When it comes to KEEPING ON IT.
I mean staying connected with the rest of the kayak community across the county since we all have the same in common, a madness...