Syracuse.com - Cousins win Wild Carp Classic on Seneca River (updated results, plus video)

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Wild Carp Week continues Wednesday with the start of the JGB Triathlon -- three, individual, day-long competitions that include the Big Carp Challenge (Wednesday), Watch video Cousins Dan Kelsey, of Attica, and Jason Long, of Batavia, promised they wouldn’t oversleep this time around.The two were the top-finishing team Tuesday in the 50-hour, Wild Carp Classic on the Seneca River. They bested 45 other teams in the competition which ended at noon.The two won $5,400 for having caught 57 fish weighing 956 pounds and 8 ounces. They will also get an additional $1,080 for having the biggest common carp — a 39-pound, 13-ounce lunker that Kelsey reeled in at about 9:30 a.m. Monday morning.As the tournament was about to end, Long jokingly recalled how in 2008 when they finished second in this competition they went back to their hotel rooms after the grueling competition and promptly fell asleep, missing the awards ceremony.Not this time, they promised. The two will also receive a $600 voucher toward a future Wild Carp Companies competition. Taking second was Kent Appleby and Bill Markle, both of Pulaski, who logged 45 fish for a total weight of 799 pounds, 4 ounces. They won $3,240, along with a $400 voucher toward a future tournamentFinishing third were Chris Jackson and Scott Russell, of Pennsylvania and Texas, respectively. They landed 40 fish, with a total weight of 784 pounds, 6 oz. They won $2,592 and plus a $300 voucher. They also won The Big Four award (total weight of four largest fish), earning $1,080 for their final tally of 129 pounds, 9 ounces.Leading early on and fading to fourth on the final day was the determined duo of Christine Stout and Justin Keaton, from Indianapolis, who drove 10 hours to Baldwinsville to compete. They caught 47 fish, totaling 765 pounds, 3 ounces.The biggest mirror carp (a species of carp with scales that some say resemble mirrors) was caught by the New Jersey team of Attila Agh and Matt Janiszewski. It weighed 24 pounds, 11 ounces. They won $1,080.Wild Carp Week continues today with the start of the JGB Triathlon -- three, individual, day-long competitions that include the Big Carp Challenge (today), the Big 4 Challenge (Thursday) and the Total Weight Challenge (Friday).For more, see the Wild Carp Companies Web site carp or click on “Wild Carp Classic” on Facebook.For more on the Wild Carp Classic, see Wednesday's edition of The Post-Standard.2012 Wild Carp Tournament Results

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