Case of the Mondays - 2008 -

[thedude]

I thought last year was a good time. We had good participation and great payouts (IMHO) for a small tourney. This year i would like to have a set # of lakes to fish and set a rotation... so everyone knows where to go!

I would like to pick 5 lakes:

1. Big Whitefish
2. Little Whitefish
3. Bass Lake (NE Kent co)
4.?
5.?

4&5 are open for debate... a few options
Big Pine Island
Townline
Tamarack
Brooks
Murray
wabasis
lincoln
????

[sfw1960]

Good suggestions Justin , I may be looking to ride in back some of the dates - I still gotta pick a few KrustY buX back out of MikeY's pocket.... and between You & Brandon....
I guess I'd better go practice now....

:lol: :lol: :lol:


R

[waterfoul]

BPI for sure. Think we should give Camp Lake another try??? LOL!!!

Don't go to Wabasis unless you just want to give me your money at the ramp before we take off!! LOL!!! Might be fun to fish that lake against a different bunch of guys though.

[thedude]

not a prob ras. A set schedule will give everyone a chance to get all their "ringer" partners settled up before the season starts:lol:

Nothing against camp, there are lots of bass in that lake. When me and kush pulled up onto the flat we started at, we saw 2 4lb+ fish spook out into deep water... and then proceeded to catch a bunch of 10" fish.... only issue there is parking i guess.
And yes, i specifically left wabasis off the list... it would be ok for maybe a tourney in June, but the GM wed nighter just punishes that lake week in and week out and i think it really hurts the fishing there. Heck i put lincoln on the list before i did wabasis! lol.

[waterfoul]

See... now I would rather fish Wabs than Lincoln... I can actually catch a few fish on Wabs most nights but don't do well on Lincoln... but like you said it would have to be early in the season before it get's pounded.

No Reeds? :D

[sfw1960]

See... now I would rather fish Wabs than Lincoln... I can actually catch a few fish on Wabs most nights but don't do well on Lincoln... but like you said it would have to be early in the season before it get's pounded.

No Reeds? :D


It's that SUSPENDED thing again , huh Mike???
:lol: :lol:

REEDS???
Talk about no parking!!!
:D

[waterfoul]

Well, I guess I should add that I've only fished Lincoln two times... and once was with you .... at night... for walleye. The other was early spring when I wasn't supposed to be bass fishing!!

[sfw1960]

I'd like to add that the water was pretty cold and DIRTY if I recall........
We ought to try it when it's not been so riled up...lotsa nice sLiMeRs in there.....
:shhh:
Don't tell Brandon!!
:lol:

( I wish my Citica 100DSV would show up so I can fondle....)
:evil:

[waterfoul]

I'd like to add that the water was pretty cold and DIRTY if I recall........
We ought to try it when it's not been so riled up...lotsa nice sLiMeRs in there.....
:shhh:
Don't tell Brandon!!
:lol:

( I wish my Citica 100DSV would show up so I can fondle....)
:evil:

LOL!!!!

[sfw1960]

7.4 oz. of pure wh00paZZ winch powaH!!
I can hardly wait to set the hook on a 5 LB'er!!!

I might just reel in a lower jaw.....

:lol:
:lol:
:lol:

[GVSUKUSH]

I'm in for most nights as a rider, hopefully my wife doesn't have monday night Masters classes this summer....

[sea nympho]

I vote for BPI & Bill's Lake, since everyone will just say NO to croton;).

[waterfoul]

Croton? NO!!! (actually, it's just too far away for a monday night for me)

[sfw1960]

Croton? NO!!! (actually, it's just too far away for a monday night for me)


WUTEVER!!

"Mr. I ain't got a job & no place to go...."
:lol:

I know Brandon's got you gunnin' sKEErED!!
:yikes: :yikes: :yikes:
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'lll vote for kR0t0N ponD!!
:evilsmile






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[thedude]

ok here it is. We'll fish these lakes in this order starting the first monday on the season and will keep looping until end of the season.

1. Big Whitefish
2. Bass Lake (NE Kent co. )
3. Little Whitefish
4. Big Pine Island
5. Tamarack (Lakeview)


I'm also toying with something like a 'fun' classic.
You will have to fish all 5 lakes at least once - exception being you can fish 4 lakes and one of them twice as long as the one you don't fish is tamarack since it can be hard to get to after work.

I would like to do the classic on lake Templene on a weekend. Templene is a private lake and is an awesome fishery. Mark Zona lives on it if that tells you anything :). Only thing is that it is between sturgis and kalamazoo so it would be a weekend event. If thats too far we can always do it around here too.

[barry county jim]

Templene is not private just a "unique" launch site

[waterfoul]

Templene is not private just a "unique" launch site


Jim, I think thedude has access to a better launch. Correct me if I'm wrong Dude.

So we're starting on June 2. I'd assume we'll skip Labor Day right? Fish thru what date do you think? Don't want to hit templene too late in the season.

[thedude]

My dad's cousin is on the board there so i may be able to get access to the private launch. Thats the only one i knew of to begin with... where is the unique one? lol.

[barry county jim]

It's on the east side on the creek. Where the bridge goes over the creek guys put there boats in there.

[waterfoul]

Unique is right! But if it's good enough for the amish...

[sea nympho]

1. Big Whitefish
2. Bass Lake (NE Kent co. )
3. Little Whitefish
4. Big Pine Island
5. Tamarack (Lakeview)

Maybe should change name to "A Case of fishing Skinny-Water Lakes":yikes:

Go Croton!:evilsmile

Isn't Tamarack a long jaunt for the GR folks?

[waterfoul]

Maybe should change name to "A Case of fishing Skinny-Water Lakes":yikes:

Go Croton!:evilsmile

Isn't Tamarack a long jaunt for the GR folks?

Maybe we don't start that one till 6:30? It's an hour to that lake for me... and I like to fish that lake so I'll probably make a great effort to make it to that one for sure... assuming of course I find gainful employment by then.

[thedude]

i don't know why you want to fish croton so bad... i won't let you weigh in any pike.

[sfw1960]

I didn't see Hardy on the list either J....
There's a pile of nice sized bass in each body of water...:)
I think MikeY just whined a LOT To you....
He can't catch fish out of there....
:yikes:
LMAO!

[sea nympho]

I just like 1k-2k acre lakes.

Sometimes we have 8+ boats fishing 180 acres:lol:

[sfw1960]

that's 8+ boats POUNDING 180 acres...
:bash::bash::bash::bash::bash:
Give consideration to at least ONE larger body of water....

[waterfoul]

I just like 1k-2k acre lakes.

Sometimes we have 8+ boats fishing 180 acres:lol:


Yeah!! Bring on the combat fishing!!!

Can't catch fish out of Hardy? Not true... not true.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg171/waterfoul24/hardylimitMedium.jpg?t=1200942256

[sfw1960]

...
He can't catch fish out of there....
:yikes:
LMAO!

MAYBE I should have said:

He can't catch fish out of there....UNLESS Brandon guides him to them!!
:lol: :lol: :lol:

That was a pretty nice box that day....

So what about it??
WE have all winter to d!cker over this....
Spring Lake , Muskegon - Crystal (Carson City) , th' FrEEK , lake sMack-a-toileT ... shoot there's a ton or bigger water around.

SOOO????
:evilsmile :evilsmile

[thedude]

nothing against hardy, i actually like fishing some areas of that lake. On the other hand, not everyone who fishes this league has a boat that would be particularly safe on big or busy waters like hardy & croton when the big boats are running or the wind blows up.... i got caught out on the freek in 3'ers w/ my 14' boat once for instance and some guys fish smaller rigs than that. Also.. a couple of us could run dam to dam on hardy or croton in a reasonable amount of time and others can't... its only a 3-4hr tourney and i'd like to keep the waters accessible to anyone who wants to fish. The wed nighter on wabs gets 40-50 boats because of this reason.


All the lakes on the schedule have plenty of room for 10 boats to fish and not be on top of each other.. Besides, if i'm fishing 1k+ acres i'd like a littl more than a few hours after work to pick it apart. :)

[waterfoul]

nothing against hardy, i actually like fishing some areas of that lake. On the other hand, not everyone who fishes this league has a boat that would be particularly safe on big or busy waters like hardy & croton when the big boats are running or the wind blows up.... i got caught out on the freek in 3'ers w/ my 14' boat once for instance and some guys fish smaller rigs than that. Also.. a couple of us could run dam to dam on hardy or croton in a reasonable amount of time and others can't... its only a 3-4hr tourney and i'd like to keep the waters accessible to anyone who wants to fish. The wed nighter on wabs gets 40-50 boats because of this reason.


All the lakes on the schedule have plenty of room for 10 boats to fish and not be on top of each other.. Besides, if i'm fishing 1k+ acres i'd like a littl more than a few hours after work to pick it apart. :)

:yeahthat: AND a bag of chips!

[sfw1960]

Why ain't you runnin' fer guBneR Justin??
:lol:

I didn't ask for a bigazz bag of excuses........
:rolleyes:
Oh yeah... Hardy Pond is an Impoundment btw !!!
:p
So you TWO ... >>>>
:yeahthat: AND a bag of chips! (yeah you & your little dog too - LMAO!!!)
are saying that 1000-3000 Acres is just TOO DAUNTING for the seasoned bASSmasters and you'd surely crumble from the SHEER PRESSURE of having to produce in a LIMITED amount of time???
:lol: :lol:
I can see Mike will be turning "Pro" very soon - fishing 150 acre pools!
Don't encourage him here Justin!!
My ass hurts - and I can see this is going to be a very longgggg winter.
:dizzy:

[Ranger Ray]

Muskegon! No bass here. :evilsmile

[thedude]

lol. muskegon is probably my favorite lake to fish... even though she wasn't very good to me last year... i was able to pull two 4+lb smallies out of there at least. I've been known to make th run from Grand Haven to there just to avoid fishing on the river:lol:

[waterfoul]

SFW, you need to remember we are running these AFTER WORK so they need to be fairly close to where most of us live... the great Grand Rapids area. Muskegon is too far. Hardy is too far. Croton is on the edge of being too far. Even Tamarack is a haul which is why the "special" circumstances for it.

I fished Muskegon 2 times last year. Fished White once. Hardy twice. I aint skeered of big water!! Bring it on!

[thedude]

muskegon has way too many tournies on it anyway.. lol

[waterfoul]

muskegon has way too many tournies on it anyway.. lol


Yeah that Dude. Plus the outrageous ramp fees. Who would want to fish there anyway?? :D

[sea nympho]

:yeahthat: AND a bag of chips!

What's this? The freakin' peanut gallery weiging-in its' 2 cents?

Seems you 2 have won, for now...:rant:

...that is untill the next weekend tourney on hardy (or croton), when
the Sea Nymph will put ANOTHER whoopin' on the tag-team Tracker chumps!!!;):evilsmile:coolgleam:lol:

[waterfoul]

Bring it on Nymphoid.... bring it on!

(by the way, I thought we agreed not to fish AGAINST each other on Hardy anymore??? WE can mop up there!!).

[sfw1960]

SFW, you need to remember we are running these AFTER WORK so they need to be fairly close to where most of us live... the great Grand Rapids area. Muskegon is too far. Hardy is too far. Croton is on the edge of being too far. Even Tamarack is a haul which is why the "special" circumstances for it.

I fished Muskegon 2 times last year. Fished White once. Hardy twice. I aint skeered of big water!! Bring it on!
My what a wh!ny b!tch aren't we???(Did you FORGET I drive to GR 5 times a week MINIMUM??
:yikes:
Quit singin' it & start bringin' it !!!! SHOW UP ON THE 'BIG WATER'.

muskegon has way too many tournies on it anyway.. lol

So wuts a few more then???
:evilsmile

What's this? The freakin' peanut gallery weiging-in its' 2 cents?

Seems you 2 have won, for now...:rant:

...that is untill the next weekend tourney on hardy (or croton), when
the Sea Nymph will put ANOTHER whoopin' on the tag-team Tracker chumps!!!;):evilsmile:coolgleam:lol:

P-nut gallery INDEED! - EXACTLY what I thought when I read it...
Justin's own little personal bass parrot!! POLLY WANTS A SENK0!!!
:tdo12:
Bring it on Nymphoid.... bring it on!

(by the way, I thought we agreed not to fish AGAINST each other on Hardy anymore??? WE can mop up there!!).

Showin' your true colors there ,Mikey - and ALL of us know you're a p!$$-p00r sport when you get yer az$z wh!pped!!!
ALL the smack you talk??
You KNOW Brandon will want to take your money - and I'll be ridin' sh0tguN at times - calculation YOUR interest payments!!
:lol:

[waterfoul]

My what a wh!ny b!tch aren't we???(Did you FORGET I drive to GR 5 times a week MINIMUM??



Dude, my ONLY point is that many of the guys who fished the Monday nighters this past year don't get out of work till 4 or 5 o'clock. Getting home, hooked up, and on the road to a lake more than an hour away just isn't practical for MOST of the guys.

And you choose to drive that long commute ever day. I for one like the lakes Justin selected. All fish fairly well, all have produced good sacks in tournies we've fished at these lakes, and all are less than an hour from GR. I'm looking forward to the season with great anticipation. :D

[sfw1960]

Dude, my ONLY point is that many of the guys who fished the Monday nighters this past year don't get out of work till 4 or 5 o'clock. Getting home, hooked up, and on the road to a lake more than an hour away just isn't practical for MOST of the guys.

And you choose to drive that long commute ever day. I for one like the lakes Justin selected. All fish fairly well, all have produced good sacks in tournies we've fished at these lakes, and all are less than an hour from GR. I'm looking forward to the season with great anticipation. :D

IF I could get a job close to home making even $3/hr less I'd entertain it.
:)
I didn't say I didn't understand any of the reasoning behind some of the choices , but that doesn't mean I can't disagree with it.
Both you & Justin know Hardy & Croton harbor some dandy fish (all species too) and Kent county's largest body of water gets THRASHED every WEDs.
Reeds has HORRID parking but there's some bigazz greenies in there.
BPI isn't far from WORK so I'll probably be riding sh0tgun with Brandon or Justin - lookin' to get a lil of MikeY's money.
:evilsmile
Some of those lakes are a jaunt for me to run to , and YOU still owe me $15....
:lol: :lol:
I plan on collecting! EVEN if I gottsa p!ss some gas away to do it.....
Kinda like driving 50 miles for a free cup 0' coffee!
So you can see that me running to fish all five lakes would be a PITA for me .

1. Big Whitefish
2. Bass Lake (NE Kent co. )
3. Little Whitefish
4. Big Pine Island
5. Tamarack (Lakeview)
:fish2:

[thedude]

RAS - you're welcome to park your boat at my house for the BPI, Bass or Tamarack tournies, then you can pick it up on the way back from GR instead of gittin home first ;)

[sfw1960]

No live well in mine - just a club & ice box J....
:lol: :lol:
I plan on runnin' the net for some of you guys , since I don't suck at that.
;)
I gotta get after Brandon to get his tin inJuN welded too!
:yikes:

[waterfoul]

What does Brandon need welded??

[sfw1960]

What does Brandon need welded??
Cracks in the front gunnels

[sea nympho]

What does Brandon need welded??

Cracks at most of the major welds, from the torture-test in Canada last year. Storm blew in FAST, I was 10 miles (at least) from camp, waves 3-4 ft, & the sea nymph has A FLAT (almost) BOTTOM. No choice but 'balls to the wall'! My boat took a couple beatings that trip, the wx was terrible, and I'd just upgraded my Merc 9.9 to the Merc 25;):lol:

[waterfoul]

Good thing you had the bigger motor... especially with all the stuff you had in your boat!

[sfw1960]

I gave him sPuD's number to get it welded , You saw Justin's duck sled.....Duane did the work on that.
Now Brandon's going to have to beg $$$ from Momma!!
:lol:

[sea nympho]

[quote=sfw1960;Now Brandon's going to have to beg $$$ from Momma!!
:lol:[/quote]

:lol::lol::lol:

I'm not above that, BTW!

But my bro-in-law welds, so I think I can get it done on the free tip.

[sfw1960]

Hopefully he's got Aluminum welding equip.
You need to get 'er fixed - before ya tear up the hull man!!!
I bet you fix my bearings before ya get that welded!

:yikes:

[waterfoul]

Hopefully he's got Aluminum welding equip.
You need to get 'er fixed - before ya tear up the hull man!!!
I bet you fix my bearings before ya get that welded!

:yikes:


Huh!! No bet from me on that one!!!

[stickem]

How Many Boats Yall Have Ushally On Monday Nights?

[waterfoul]

How Many Boats Yall Have Ushally On Monday Nights?


Last season we had as many as 12 boats at one or two... and as few as 4 or 5 at a couple. I'd say we averaged around 8 boats per event.

[stickem]

sounds good..ne of you guys ever fish long lake tuesday tourneys?

[waterfoul]

Nope... not me. We did have a monday one there last year... it was a slow night and 3 fish at about 7 lbs won it.

[thedude]

yeah. long lake was a bust last year. I hear its good early, but it was definitley OFF when we were there! Its a haul for the GR and newaygo crowd too.

[waterfoul]

funny thing is though Dude... Dave and I prefished it the day before and had about a 12 lb sack between us. Caught some nice fish.

[Splicer]

i seen the list of lakes but what the price of the tourny?

[waterfoul]

EVerything you need to know is in this thread

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/showthread.php?t=221045

[stickem]

its ok early..but it has alot of tourneys on it so it gets over fished i was on a tueday tourney every week same old lake kinda boring got pretty tough at the end of the season..cought some big dogfish that won trash pot tho outa there...what kinda boats yall have...i got a 1989 pro16 foot bass tracker....old school..lmao..

[waterfoul]

Well, I run a very similar boat. 1988 Tracker Pro 17. Some guys show up with nice rigs... rangers... skeeters... etc... and we have guys fishing out of 14' alum. rigs pull starting their motors... the beauty of these lakes is that you don't need a big fancy rig to fish them. The boat doesn't catch the fish, or so I'm told! LOL!!

[stickem]

very true..the tourney on long lake my team was the only ones with a aluminum boat the rest were glass...but we still won a few times..lol

[GREENGRIZZ33]

Dont forget my 68 glastron...cant wait for next season

[thedude]

yep.. we have a guy that comes on occasion pulling a new 50k$ skeeter with a new 50k$ duramax and we got guys who bring their boat in the bed of their pickup... everyone is welcome. As long as you have a live well and all the legal safety equipment to be on the water you're IN.:coolgleam

[waterfoul]

Hey!! Whassup Grizz???

I still have my 72 Glastron if anyone wants to UPGRADE! LOL!!! Runs like a watch... nice and stable...

[sea nympho]

blah....blah...blah...... and we have guys fishing out of 14' alum. rigs pull starting their motors... :lol:!!

How many times I gotta tell you! The Sea Nymph is 15'10"!!!:rant:

...and my pull start can hang with your turn-key;)

[waterfoul]

Don't get your pull cord in a tizzy you nympho. Sheesh!!!

I was refering to Apple???? and the 14' flatbottom he fishes out of as well as Swamptromper.

Feeling a little inadequate Brandon?? I know the boat can hang... but can the MAN in the boat hang?

[sea nympho]

Feeling a little inadequate Brandon?? I know the boat can hang... but can the MAN in the boat hang?

Just looking at the Nitro Z-7, ME LIKE!!!:corkysm55 ME CAN'T AFFORD!!!:mad:

The Sea Nymph's put 13 seasons behind her so far, whats another 2 or 3 eh?

If the MAN in the boat couldn't hang, he wouldn't have beat you fishing SOLO when you had a backseater;)

[waterfoul]

Yeah, but my back seater was 15 and wouldn't throw anything but a senko that night! LOL!!!

Boat show? This afternoon?

[sea nympho]

Yeah, but my back seater was 15 and wouldn't throw anything but a senko that night! LOL!!!

Boat show? This afternoon?

ALL of your backseaters ONLY pitch senkos!!!:lol:

OK then, I wouldn't have beat you on Hardy when my backseater (sorry, SFW;)) caught NO keepers.

Boat Show you say? Only if you wanna go with 2, make that 3 kids!:lol::lol:

[waterfoul]

Call me... since you are on dial up and don't have your AIM open... I can't get a hold of you!

[msunolimit]

ALL of your backseaters ONLY pitch senkos!!!:lol:

OK then, I wouldn't have beat you on Hardy when my backseater (sorry, SFW;)) caught NO keepers.

Boat Show you say? Only if you wanna go with 2, make that 3 kids!:lol::lol:


Actually boss, I only throw senkos about 95% of the time...Ask Mikey...Pre-fishing Crockery Lake I caught a nice 3-3.5lber on a spinnerbait...C'mon now Brandon lol, like I said...about 5% of the time, I'm throwing something OTHER than a senko...:lol:

Question though, why throw something other than a worm when that worm puts a limit (that won more than it lost last season) in the livewell?

[waterfoul]

Oh great... here we go again! :rolleyes::rolleyes:


:D

[sfw1960]

ALL of your backseaters ONLY pitch senkos!!!:lol:

OK then, I wouldn't have beat you on Hardy when my backseater (sorry, SFW;)) caught NO keepers.

Boat Show you say? Only if you wanna go with 2, make that 3 kids!:lol::lol:

1 KEEPER , "wrong" species... YOU ATE IT!!!!

:lol:

No prob br0!:chillin:

[sea nympho]

Question though, why throw something other than a worm when that worm puts a limit (that won more than it lost last season) in the livewell?


WORD UP on that!!:D

[swamptromper]

I might actually be able to make the Monday nighters this year.

I just dont know what the boys baseball schedule is going to be??

Nor my work situation for that matter.

Put me down for interested and willing, just not so sure about able. :evil:

And just what is wrong with a pull cord motor that is older than me??? OK a pull cord motor with one speed. :lol: The boat is older than me now that I think about that.

I am planning on doing an EZ Eric number on the boat this spring, so ya'll watch your shnizits. :p

[waterfoul]

Maybe you should invest in a motor that's perhaps.... half your age maybe? LOL!!!!

[swamptromper]

Invest???? Define:


I acquired ownership of this floatation device for FREE... Well....small story involved. I was working on a house a few years ago (Which puts me outside of the limits for "best purchase in 2007 thread") Every day during my course of working this older guy who lived next door. Would strike up a conversation with me. Usually braggin about his golf score...anyway. Being brought up proper and all, respecting elders and such. During the time that I was working on my customers house/project this old man and I developed a respectable friendship. Time to shorten the story eh...I noticed he had a boat and trailer behind his garage overgrown with weeds. I talked to him about fishing... said he never goes out anymore. I asked him how much he wanted for the boat. He said I could have it. Not being a person that will take advantage of a lopsided deal I kept offering him money for both.

He refused...violently I may add. One day he asked me when I would be done with his neighbors house. Told him, that last day on the job he presented me with a bill of sale for boat and trailer. Said if I could get the thing out from behind his garage it was mine. I spent an entire Sat and Sunday cleaning his yard and mowing/landscaping. Most of it was needed just to get the boat and trailer out :D

After working on his property I told him I would get the boat ready and take him out fishing anyway. He was in tears...I guess he liked the work I did on his property??? :rolleyes: Swung by about a month later to take him out... his wife came out, said he passed two weeks ago. :sad:

She blessed me for making his last summer so enjoyable.

So crappy pull moter or not, I feel that the old man is with me every time I head out. He smoked cigars quite freqently, I try to have a cigar when ever I am afloat.

Besides, if I put a stronger motor on that thing Waterfoul will definatly be fishing me out of the drink. :D

[waterfoul]

Nice story Lance. Truely a nice story.

I didn't say FASTER... just NEWER. Perhaps one with more than two speeds (those speeds being ON and OFF). :D

[thedude]

hey man karma is karma.. i wouldn't touch that thing.. its got some checks to cash :)

[sfw1960]

hey man karma is karma.. i wouldn't touch that thing.. its got some checks to cash :)
Awesome tale Swamp.....
I'm surely with Justin on this , Mikey seems could use a few POINTERS from you on GOOD karma , if you search his posts you'll read a lotta "weee , weee , wee ; my luck is all bad" LMAO!!!
Don't change a THING!!! You got a co-pilot man!!
:coolgleam

[swamptromper]

Speeds being on and off....:lol::lol: You crack me up.

Yeh that is true tho...Mike came by after my gasline disconnected to see if I needed to be towed in.... To this day I wonder if that was an insult or if he was actually being helpful :smile-mad :D:lol:

Actually because of this, I am thinking of naming the boat "LEAKS N CREAKS" to rythm with "lakes and creeks"

I do have another motor, so much torque tho...plus I consider it loud. :yikes: If I consider it loud ... beware.

Maybe I will install it and BUZZ by you guys scaring YOUR fish away :evil::evil::evilsmile

[waterfoul]

No insult there Lance... :D Just wanted to make sure you were safe...

And if you find it loud the rest of us would probably find it obnoxiously loud!! Is it going to get the cops at the ramp looking for the airplane buzzing the lake???

[swamptromper]

Yeah, a veewwwrrry sslllooooow, llloooooww to the water airplane. I dont even think my boat "planes" on a good day. :D

Maybe I will install wings to the side for more lift....:rolleyes: :16suspect

[spiritofthewild_06]

Hi my name is Jorden and I'm a Bassoholic. I've been Bass free for too long to count but I'm ready to get back on the wagon... Ok now that I'm off the hard water I will be frequenting this forum more often. Me and ol' stick'em there are planning on fishing most of these case of the monday's tournies, (I'll be the one in the back of the boat bitching about how that dam pike robbed me again!) Gotta warn ya though fella's, I grew up on Tamarack so when we hit that lake ya better have yer game faces on!;):lol:

[thedude]

Hi my name is Jorden and I'm a Bassoholic. I've been Bass free for too long to count but I'm ready to get back on the wagon... Ok now that I'm off the hard water I will be frequenting this forum more often. Me and ol' stick'em there are planning on fishing most of these case of the monday's tournies, (I'll be the one in the back of the boat bitching about how that dam pike robbed me again!) Gotta warn ya though fella's, I grew up on Tamarack so when we hit that lake ya better have yer game faces on!;):lol:

i will have 16lbs on tamarack -of fish for sure.. some of them may even be bass.

[sea nympho]

...better check livewells...:lol::16suspect

[waterfoul]

i will have 16lbs on tamarack -of fish for sure.. some of them may even be bass.


LOL!! Maybe we should have a critter pot on Tamarack!

My buddy Rick and I weighed in about 13 lbs at the Hawghunters last summer... didn't even come close to the money. Watch out for Bassdisaster on Tamarack!

[stickem]

Hi my name is Jorden and I'm a Bassoholic. I've been Bass free for too long to count but I'm ready to get back on the wagon... Ok now that I'm off the hard water I will be frequenting this forum more often. Me and ol' stick'em there are planning on fishing most of these case of the monday's tournies, (I'll be the one in the back of the boat bitching about how that dam pike robbed me again!) Gotta warn ya though fella's, I grew up on Tamarack so when we hit that lake ya better have yer game faces on!;):lol:

shh jorden we need to keep ur secret a secret...to win duh!!!..you need to come over we can patch the boat up..bring some super glue and duct tape:lol:..you c we gotta keep a low pro on this fellas..lol ahhaha its ganna be nice fishing with yall this summer..damn i hope the gas prices dont go threw the roof..might get costly ttyl
rocky

[spiritofthewild_06]

shh jorden we need to keep ur secret a secret...to win duh!!!..you need to come over we can patch the boat up..bring some super glue and duct tape:lol:..you c we gotta keep a low pro on this fellas..lol ahhaha its ganna be nice fishing with yall this summer..damn i hope the gas prices dont go threw the roof..might get costly ttyl
rocky

Just thought I should give em fair warning!;):lol: So are we weighing how many pounds of weeds we catch on Tamarack too??

[bassdisaster]

OMG WHo is that, No i never fish Tamarac lake where is it again?

[spiritofthewild_06]

LOL!! Maybe we should have a critter pot on Tamarack!

My buddy Rick and I weighed in about 13 lbs at the Hawghunters last summer... didn't even come close to the money. Watch out for Bassdisaster on Tamarack!

You may snag a muskrat or two, they like to hang out around the cemetary!:lol: Oh, not that kinda critter eh??? All I can hope for on Tamarack is that I don't loose my best lures to the weed monster that's been known to devour entire tackle boxes!:yikes:

[stickem]

the critters like me fer some reason:yikes:

[sweetblu]

i vote for this thread to be sticky

[sea nympho]

I bet you fix my bearings before ya get that welded! :yikes:

:lol: true dat!!!

[spiritofthewild_06]

Looks like stickem and I won't be participating in the tourny after all:sad: If anyone's partner can't make it some monday, and you need someone, let me know!

[waterfoul]

Maybe we should start a "sub" list!

[thedude]

Maybe we should start a "I'm too chicken &#@! to fish against thedude" list.



1. Stickem




:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::evil::evil::evil::evil:
(just givin' grief man)

[spiritofthewild_06]

Maybe we should start a "I'm too chicken &#@! to fish against thedude" list.



1. Stickem




:lol::lol::lol::lol::evil::evil::evil:
(just givin' grief man)

Those were his exact words! He was like "Man thedude is just too good, there's no way we would even be in the same league as him"...and then he pooped himself:yikes::lol: Just kiddin, he bought a new bike so I guess he has to pay for that. It's all good though, like I said if someone needs a sub one night let me know. Waterfoul, PM'd ya back bud!

[sfw1960]

Maybe we should start a "I'm too chicken &#@! to fish against thedude" list.



1. Stickem




:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::evil::evil::evil::evil:
(just givin' grief man)

Shooooot Justin , I was kinda hopin' to back seat for ya a night or two - just so I could avoid the violent a$zwH00p!N'zz you're likely to be handin' down.....

:evilsmile

[waterfoul]

Maybe we should start a "I'm too chicken &#@! to fish against thedude" list.



1. Stickem




:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::evil::evil::evil:
(just givin' grief man)

Unless we're on Big Pine Island... then we are all safe from thedude!! He's always late to the ramp at that lake... :lol::lol:

[thedude]

you're all pretty safe just about anywhere :lol:

[sea nympho]

With "The Club" growing and all, I think pre-tourney livewell checks might be in order. :confused:

Last year was pretty small & laid back, this year I think folks will be coming out of the woodwork. That way everyone can be confident the playing field is level.

Not that I think any of you would cheat or anything...:16suspect:lol:

[thedude]

yep. i have a real scale this year and i also plan on having weigh-in slips/waivers also!

[waterfoul]

Oooooh.... a REAL scale! Sweeeeeeet. :D

So, is it Monday yet??


Question of the day:

What would you do with a million dollars???

[Bailipanga]

Oooooh.... a REAL scale! Sweeeeeeet. :D

So, is it Monday yet??


Question of the day:

What would you do with a million dollars???


That's an easy one...wouldn't care about the stupid gas prices anymore!!!!

[waterfoul]

That's an easy one...wouldn't care about the stupid gas prices anymore!!!!


EEHHGGHHGG!!!! Wrong!

[Bailipanga]

ok you got me I'd buy one of those fancy $50,000 bass boats!!!!:D

[sea nympho]

What would you do with a million dollars???

"The kind of chicks who double-up on dudes like me do!"

[thedude]

i would put it in the bank and let accrue interest for about 15 years... retire at 45 and then fish as much as i want. a million bucks isn't even enough to retire on these days.... ok so maybe i'd only put 900k in the bank and buy a nice legend LE21 and a new superduty twin turbo to pull it. :evilsmile

[waterfoul]

Gee... seems Brandon is the only one who's seen the movie....

[thedude]

seen it? i live it.

[waterfoul]

seen it? i live it.


So you're saying your a Michal Bolton fan???

[thedude]

i celebrate his entire catalog.

[glugger]

What do I need to do to view your website?
I get a blank page. :(

[thedude]

make sure you don't have javascript disabled... its possible if you're trying to do it from work, the company has disabled those settings.

i'm working on changing servers so i can do the site a different way that is less complicated.

[thedude]

ok, i've updated the site so it should be friendly to all now.....
also added points rules and a few other updates.

[glugger]

Looks good. Nice Website.
We will try to make it to some of those Monday nighters! :)

[spiritofthewild_06]

I'm still looking to fill someone's backseat if they can't find a partner...Oh wait, that just sounded really gay!:lol: Well you know what I mean...I'd use my 12ft. flat bottom but I don't think I'd be too competitive rowing from spot to spot!:yikes: I have fished Tournies before with my then stepdad, but I lost him and his boat in the "divorce", so I do know what I'm doing...sorta:tdo12:

[wolverines]

What is the link to the website glugger was refering too?

[thedude]

www.westmichiganbass.com

[wolverines]

This is what I wanted to check out...read something like this earlier in the thread.

"We will be limiting this years events to 15 boats per night. Participants who fished with us during the 2007 season will have priority over those who did not in the event more than 15 boats show up to any outing."

So your saying I get there a 5 o'clock, paid, and ready to fish...and somone running late gets there at 5:45 and is the 16th boat, but fished last year...I get sent home?

I have Mondays off and could probably make a few of these tournaments, but with that rule in place...I don't think it's worth the risk to pull my boat all the way to Tamarack for instance, wait till 5:55 or what-ever the cut-off is, and be told I can't fish...that doesn't sit well with me...

Am I understanding this rule correct?

[thedude]

we only had 7 boats or so last year, so it really shouldn't be an issue. The 15 boat rule is namely because most of the lakes have limited parking available. I should clarify that it is 1st come 1st serve, but if there are 4 open spots and 6 boats pull in at 5:49... i will give preference to last years members.

in hindsight, i might just change this rule and allow people to pre-register at registration for upcoming tournaments to reserve a spot if needed.
you can always call my cell and find out if there is still room also. in fact i think i will change that right now.

[waterfoul]

I don't see it being an issue at any lake we fish. Period. Come one, come all!! Donators welcome!!

[bassdisaster]

I will 2nd that, 15 boats would be a C.O.T.M. BASSDISASTER he he he!!!

[PWOG]

Bass,
See why i show early!! :D

[budarulez]

nothing against hardy, i actually like fishing some areas of that lake. On the other hand, not everyone who fishes this league has a boat that would be particularly safe on big or busy waters like hardy & croton when the big boats are running or the wind blows up.... i got caught out on the freek in 3'ers w/ my 14' boat once for instance and some guys fish smaller rigs than that. Also.. a couple of us could run dam to dam on hardy or croton in a reasonable amount of time and others can't... its only a 3-4hr tourney and i'd like to keep the waters accessible to anyone who wants to fish. The wed nighter on wabs gets 40-50 boats because of this reason.


All the lakes on the schedule have plenty of room for 10 boats to fish and not be on top of each other.. Besides, if i'm fishing 1k+ acres i'd like a littl more than a few hours after work to pick it apart. :)

thanks for thinkin bout us poor folk with baby boats:lol: i dont no all the lakes on the list but will try to learn them again this year and if nothing else i can donate with the best of them lmao:fish:

[boyerchris]

hey cnat wait till monday night hope to see all the faces from last year and a bunch of new ones to see you all monday night chris and apl hed:fish2:

[boyerchris]

hey justin you have been doing a good job setting this all up thanks for doing that for all of us fisherman that is a good idea and i think that it will work out a lot better so thanks for all the hard work and time see ya :coolgleam:fish:

[budarulez]

hey justin you have been doing a good job setting this all up thanks for doing that for all of us fisherman that is a good idea and i think that it will work out a lot better so thanks for all the hard work and time see ya :coolgleam:fish:

ok chris enough your nose is turning brown :lol::gaga:

[doox00]

anyone want to ride with me or need a rider for tomorrow night?

[thedude]

i just looked at the website and there is no rule about weather or what not if for some reson we are rained out will there be a make up date or will we just bypass that date?

we fish in the rain, i will cancel the tournament ONLY in the case of lightning or severe weather (which usually means lightning). if its canceled there will be no makeups.

[waterfoul]

Come on Jason... we're guys. Definitely NO makeup!!!

[thedude]

alll you guys planning on coming.. looks like a good turnout, so do me a favor and try and bring exact change.. whenever we have a lot of boats i'm always short on $5s. i'll have a few, but math is hard.

[doox00]

I still can't find a partner but I will probably just fish alone, so count me in.

[spiritofthewild_06]

I know you guys haven't even weighed in yet, but who took it???????? You boys are lucky my schedule is keeping me out of these deals till the end of the month!!!!!!!!!!!:lol: BTW, Justin, I passed you comming out of town tonight...I about whipped a uie and followed you up, but then a little voice inside of my head said I better not, I dont think my 4 yr old daughter would have liked it too much if I missed her gymnastics...and I dont think momma would have been to happy if she got a call from the instructor telling her nobody came to pick her up!!!!!!!

[waterfoul]

Well, MSUnolimit and I took 2nd... but heck if I can remember the names of the guys who took first.

[spiritofthewild_06]

Did doox00 find a backseater??

[doox00]

Did doox00 find a backseater??

nopers, I did not.

[spiritofthewild_06]

nopers, I did not.
Sorry bout the 100 p.m.'s I sent ya yesterday, been crazy round here for me lately.:dizzy: If you can wait for me for a few more weeks I'll team up with you!:)

[theeyes]

Took second with, what?
How big was first place bag?

[waterfoul]

First was 11.? and Dave and I had 10.? Difference was around a pound or so... winners had a really nice 4.2 pounder to kick them over us. Our big fish was 3.2ish I'm sure Justin will post the results when he gets a chance. Either here or over on www.westmichiganbass.com

Everyone seemed to have a good time and most people caught fish. Justin had things to give away to those who didn't place (gamma products). I think it went pretty well for our first one of the year.

ALSO, I mentioned it last night... but any COTM member who comes into the Grand Rapids West Marine while I'm working (which is most days of the week, PM me before you come in) will get 10% off their purchase. You must be a signed up COTM member for this, and you must deal with me in the store (so I can prove to the powers that be that I do indeed bring in customers! LOL!!!). Batteries, fuel line and connectors, cleats, trailer rollers, trailer winches/straps, just about anything your boat or trailer could need. The only thing I can't get you a 10% discount on is electronics... the best I can do there is 5%.

[doox00]

Where is next weeks going to be at?


thanks

[waterfoul]

Where is next weeks going to be at?


thanks

Bass Lake... kinda near Greenville... north and east a bit from Lincoln Lake.

Shawn... did you get a schedule last night? You can find it on the website if you need it... www.westmichiganbass.com (http://www.westmichiganbass.com)

[doox00]

nope, did not get a schedule, thanks for the link.. never would have seen it in your sig :)