Syracuse.com - Final hours of Wild Carp Week Triathlon team event turns into war of attrition

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The final results of the team competition will be available early this afternoon. It's unclear at this point which team won the total weight category.

The final hours this morning of the 75-hour team event in the Wild Carp Week Triathlon turned into a war of attrition, with no clear winner at this point.

The top, two-person teams both have landed more than a ton each of carp since the tournament began at 7 a.m. Sunday morning. The contest ended at 10 a.m. today. FInal results should be released early this afternoon.

The front runner throughout has been the team of Robert Duprey, of Bratteboro, Vt., and his partner Dmitri Consolati, of Lee, Mass. But the team of Jason Edwards and James Hill, both of Atlanta, Ga. had a fast and furious night, catching fish after fish.

With about 45 minutes to go, the southerners were still in a frenzy, landing more than a half dozen fish.They were tired and weary, getting no more than four hours total during the 75 hour stretch..

"My big toe is mad at me. My back is killing me, but that's OK," said Hill. "Like I told my son, it's not about the money. It's the recognition."

About a half mile upstream, the scene at Duprey and Consolati's fishing site was a stark contrast. Both anglers sat in their chairs with a half hour left to go. There were no poles in the water and nearly a dozen carp in their bags tied to shore, with fish inside waiting to be weighed.

"We feel we've had enough. My feet are sore, my legs are sore. I've been these waders since Sunday morning. I haven't slept at all. We're beat up," Consolati said.

Duprey gingerly walked to help a marshall who was weighing and recording the weight of their fish. "I have a serious case of trench foot going on," he said, adding that he also had a "serious case" of poison ivy on his backside.

"Picked that up the first day," he said, adding he only slept for about five minutes, "and that's when I nodded off in my chair."

;Unofficially, Duke Stratchie, of Baldwinsville, still has the largest common carp at 38 pounds, 5 ounces. The largest mirror carp was turned in by the team of Barry McPeak and Gary Ruble, of South Carolina. It weighed 22 pounds, 10 ounces.

The team of Attila Horvath and Peter Sendula lead in the Big Four category with their four biggest carp weighing a total of 113 pounds, 13 ounces. That could change, according to one angler who said he has that beat.

Following the team competition, a Big Fish competition is scheduled on Thursday and a Big Four (weight of four biggest fish) competition is set for Friday.

Each competition will have individual prizes and a point system will determine the overall winner of all three contests. More than $25,000 in cash prizes will be awarded this week.

For more on Wild Carp Week and updated results, see The Wild Carp Companies website, the "Wild Carp Week" page on Facebook or email Bernhardt at [email protected].

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