1st Inaugural Lake Chemung Hard Water Tourney

[Lordofallthatswims]

My friends and I have decided to kick off the

1st Inaugural
Lake Chemung
Hard Water Tourney

When:
February 1st, 2009
Check in 8:00 - 8:30
Check out 2:30 - 3:00
Prizes awarded after
everyones catch is measured

Rules:
Entry Fee $20
Pan fish only
6" or larger
legally caught
must check in and out at correct times don't be late
I'm the host and I'm fishing too,
I'll start fishing when everyone checks in
I'll stop before check out to be ready for the first entrant


Prizes:

1st Place 50%
2nd Place 25%
3rd Place money back
Biggest Fish remainder

This is the official thread for this tourney.
please reserve a spot ahead of time so I can get a head count for the dnr in regards to lot usage.

I'm excited, let's have some fun.

[biggmatt]

count me in for two

[ehansen300]

Where is this located?

[bigrackmack]

Where is this located?
Howell Mi 48843.....Mack

[Chad Smith]

Looks like you figured it out. Good luck!

[Lordofallthatswims]

Where is this located?

Lake Chemung DNR Launch.

[LlipRipper]

Lake Chemung lies between Howell and Brighton on the north side of Grand River. Wilson Marina is on the south east corner of the lake. Sorry I don't know the location of the DNR launch.

[bigrackmack]

Off Hughes Rd which is off of Grand River......Mack

[Lordofallthatswims]

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=&daddr=42.580325,-83.835983&hl=en&geocode=&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=15&sll=42.579314,-83.835897&sspn=0.01501,0.027466&ie=UTF8&z=15



The launch is somewhere around here.

[InTheRiver]

count me in!! for 2

[Lordofallthatswims]

i requested 20 parking spaces at the boat launch. If there are more I will have a friend, that is not going to participate, shuttle people back and forth.

[zx10r2004]

Off Hughes Rd which is off of Grand River......Mack:yeahthat:wilson marina is on grand river and hughes

[Lordofallthatswims]

here are the trophies that will be handed out.

1st, 2nd, 3rd, biggest-fish, old fart, the baby

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/trophies.JPG

[aslongasitpullsback]

who's going to catch the car?

[Lordofallthatswims]

who's going to catch the car?


Those are what they came with, the new tops will be ordered today.

[steve1983]

i think its a cool thing you are doing!!!! hopefully everything goes good and i can attend it to!!!

[fractureman]

I'm in and a buddy of mine.

[tommy-n]

Just curious, how can you reserve 20 parking spots? do you apply for a user permit or something?

sounds like a great time, too bad I'm so far

[Lordofallthatswims]

exactly, if you are going to have an event you have to reserve the space with a number of attendees, a permit and a fee, of course.

[tommy-n]

Thanks, I never knew that:help:

have fun, sounds like a great time:)

[ehansen300]

Another stupid question...Is this a team thing or a single man or does it matter?

[Lordofallthatswims]

singles

[ehansen300]

Ok Thanks! Im in for 2 wheres the after party at?

[Lordofallthatswims]

I'll probably head to the Shark Club at 96 and D-19

[ehansen300]

Well I have no clue where thats at but we may go there too. Im way up in Mayville I dont get down that way much. Never fished in a tourney either so this should be fun im looking forward to it.

[treboryenaws]

Looks like ill get to celebrate with my 1st. Place trophy and then watch my steelers celebrate with their 1st. Place trophy. What a great day it will be.... Go steelers

[Lordofallthatswims]

Talked to Ron, owner of Wilson Marine, he is going to let us use the front parking lot for spill over and I have reserved my father-in-laws services to chauffer people back and forth.

Wilson Marine and Canton Auto Wash/South Lyon Auto Wash are now official Sponsors.

[bigrackmack]

I take it you don't watch foot ball?.....Did you know that is Superbowl Sunday?...http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/43 .........Mack

[ehansen300]

Wow I forgot all about that!! Gonna have to fly right home when were done I cant miss the super bowl!

[outdoor junkie]

Sounds like fun, except it's Super Bowl Sunday. And that is a full day event for my circle. Good luck all and have fun.

[Lordofallthatswims]

A bunch of friends and I are going to the shark club to watch the superbowl.

[Lordofallthatswims]

I am 100% aware that it is superbowl sunday. My eventual goal is to have an entire event with a tent (my buddy owns an event rental company), with heat (i work for a heating/cooling rental company), and big screens, on the ice, with food and drink. not this year, however, start small, so we will be going to Shark club, which has a hundred tv's and excellent food.

[inspector gadget]

I'll be there too. See Ya.:fish::help:

[William H Bonney]

I am 100% aware that it is superbowl sunday. My eventual goal is to have an entire event with a tent (my buddy owns an event rental company), with heat (i work for a heating/cooling rental company), and big screens, on the ice, with food and drink. not this year, however, ..........

Now,, that's a good idea!!

[SPITFIRE]

I am 100% aware that it is superbowl sunday. My eventual goal is to have an entire event with a tent (my buddy owns an event rental company), with heat (i work for a heating/cooling rental company), and big screens, on the ice, with food and drink. not this year, however, start small, so we will be going to Shark club, which has a hundred tv's and excellent food.
The weekend you have planned I have to work but what you stated here sounds awsome.

[Lordofallthatswims]

I'm trying to get a seperate website published. I used to be good at designing and publishing websites, however, it has been awhile, I'm 7 hours into this thing and I'm about to delete it. ARGHHH!!!!! I'm going nuts. If anyone who knows what they are doing and is willing to help pm me. I need a website to make sponsorship a little easier on me. it's not complicated, main page, rules page, results page, photo page, and a contact page. I'm about to pull out the book I got on tables and make something pretty crude.

[Lordofallthatswims]

The websit is DONE!!!!!! Take a look at the sponsors and if you use them, make sure you tell them you saw them here, it will go along ways come next year when I want to get some stuff to hand out to you guys. Everyone knows the state of the economy and it has been tuff to get some sponsorship. The sponsors we do have and will get are really stepping up to assist a first year tournament. GanMoun said they would no doubt have helped out in the past but this year there is a corporate policy not sponsor just so they can keep the doors open, they have offered discounts on anything I purchase for the tournament, and I thank them for that.


There is not a whole lot to the site but we haven't had a tournament yet either. Thanks in advance to everyone.


http://www.lakechemunghardwatertourney.com/ (http://www.lakechemunghardwatertourney.com/)

[Lordofallthatswims]

My friends and I are heading out to Lake Chemung and poppin a few holes in the ice this Sunday, January 11th. Its gonna be cold but if anyone one is interested in hookin up, we'll be there.

[aslongasitpullsback]

hey I looked at the web site
great job on it. one thing I saw there was no minimium size limit?
just a thought....
I might have to show up for this sound like a good time.....
it most likely be better than any super bowl party.... catching fish and eating good food!!!!!

[Lordofallthatswims]

Thanks, and I look forward to having you there. I am getting together with friends, and whoeverelse wants to come out to Lake Chemung this Sunday, to discuss all the rules, and they will be posted on the following Monday.

[RyGuy525]

No crappie??? Aren't crappie the reason most people fish this lake?

[Lordofallthatswims]

I can't believe I forgot that, it will be added when I get home. Thanks for pointing that out.

[Lordofallthatswims]

Modifications have been made to the sight to accomadate Pre-Registration, stongly recommended. This will help considerably the day of the tournament, making checkin times quicker. The site has a new look, a little better I think.

[Lordofallthatswims]

Buffalo Wild Wings of Howell has stepped up to sponsor this tournament. My hats off to them. Buffalo wild wings will also be the official after party location.

Here is the email Mark from Bdubs sent me.

Ben,
I just spoke with you about your afterparty and I was wondering if you guys were planning on staying for the Superbowl. If that is the case, we have a VIP program which you get offered extra beer and food specials, and extra tickets for the raffle, and limited guaranteed seating. We are also giving out gift bags to the first 50 VIP's in the door after 2:00. We are open to the public that day, we are not hosting a private party (i asked if he had a special event that day already). We have prizes such as a Miller Lite Nascar hood, poker chips and tons of other cool stuff for the raffle. If you or anyone else would like to sign up, we'd be glad to have you, so either email me names of anyone who would like to join. It's completely free to sign up. Any questions please call

Mark Kramer
Asst. General Manager
Buffalo Wild Wings
900 S. Latson
Howell, MI 48843
Cell: 810.923.0125

[Lordofallthatswims]

The directions have been linked on the website.

A buddy and myself went to the Ultimate Fishing Show today and handed out 800 flyers. Ron from Wilson Marine hooked me up with Henry, the show director, and he let us come inside and pass out all the flyers we had. Thanks Henry. We got a pretty good reaction. I expect to see alot of those guys at the tournament. If you guys are thinking of coming out, I would encourage you to pre-register, its going to be a shot-gun start, so if you don't have to wait to register, you can get out as soon as the horn sounds.

[Lordofallthatswims]

official rules have been posted.

pay special attention to rule #20.

[MAttt]

official rules have been posted.

pay special attention to rule #20.

It's hard to pay attention to it when you can't even read it.
All that cursive writing looks like chinese to me and most is
unreadable, at least by me.

Matt

[Lordofallthatswims]

Thanks matt, in my browser it doesn't look like that. I'll go back and take a look at it and change the font, when I get home. If there is anything else that looks a little messed up on your browser, please let me know, and I'll change it as soon as I can.

In the mean time you can hold the control button and use the dial on the mouse to increase the size of the fonts.

[Lordofallthatswims]

Hawkeye Electronics is our newest sponsor. They are donating a F33P Fish finder and a Sonic Laser Scale XP. Please visit our sponsors to check these toys out and remember the tough economic times we are having and these companies are still stepping up to support us. Our sponsors are checking this site as well, so if you have a comment for them please leave it here.

[Rooster_Smasher]

This sounds like a good time.

Silly question I hope,Can you use a quad ???

Just wondering, why only Pan fish ???

Rooster

[Lordofallthatswims]

Quads are welcomed. Depending on the number of registrants, we may ask that you drop your gear off and park truck and trailer at Wilson Marine at the corner of Grand River and Hughes, just for available parking purposes.

We think we can put together a fun tournament without putting too big a footprint on this lake in regards to fishing pressure.

[Lordofallthatswims]

We have a new sponsor!!! Pet Supplies Plus in Howell has generously made a cash donation that will be used to get you guys some more gear. Thank you Pet Supplies Plus in Howell!!!!

[tommy-n]

Even though I'm not coming I must say I envy your hard work, I'm sure it will be a great sucess:)

[bigrackmack]

Rule #8 Fish must be alive?.....You have to run every fish over to the weigh in before it dies?......What if your at the North end of the lake?.....Your sure making this a good event....Trying to talk my buddies into coming out....You gonna be able to make it to the meet and greet?......Mack

[Lordofallthatswims]

I've got a few buddies on quads and others on foot that will be going from contestant to contestant to record and mark live fish. I want to make this as fair as possible. I plan on it, but still don't know the time or place.

[Lordofallthatswims]

Even though I'm not coming I must say I envy your hard work, I'm sure it will be a great sucess:)
I appreciate that. It almost isn't work when your doing it for the fun.

[Lordofallthatswims]

Great news everyone!!! We have 4 new sponsors to announce!

Howell Party Store with a generous cash donation
Rosenau Powersports with generous donation of gift certificates
Pet Supplies Plus of Howell with a generous cash donation
Midwest Sport Shop with a generous donation of gift certificates


We also have come up with a Grand Prize, come visit the site and check it out.

[Lordofallthatswims]

I almost forgot, all promotion is paying off, I was interviewed by the Livingston County News and it will be printed on the 23rd of this month. They will also be out there to talk to you guys about ice fighin' and take some pictures. Pretty cool I thought.

[blutoe]

how meany ms guys fishen this?

[shawnfire]

am going to try and make it myself, you should mark all shanties with a orange flag or something so everyone knows who in the game

[shawnfire]

o.k i should have read the rules 1st hahahah take my son off he is not old enough... still going to try and make it tho sounds like a great time

[Lordofallthatswims]

am going to try and make it myself, you should mark all shanties with a orange flag or something so everyone knows who in the game

That is the plan, I put that in the rules so I can tag the live fish of the entrants and Wilson Marine may be delivering coffee and cocoa during the tourney and they will need to know where you guys are.

[blutoe]

hey loard how many regestrants have you gotten? just chrious...john

[Lordofallthatswims]

Twenty, but none of my buddies have registered and thats another twenty, and I am going to make an announcement early next week and hope to get another twenty on top of that. I expect 65 registrants, and hopefully 100 people show up. I'll have a better idea next week this time.

[fish24/7]

I'm in, should be a good time.

[catfishtom210]

I'm following this thread with interest as I'll bet a lot of guys are without speaking up. (Although I'll bet there are some fuming that Chemung is the lake!) ;-)

I was wondering if you were doing badges for the tournament? I know "we don' need no stinkeen badges" but they are a nice momento and could even become a collectible, especially if this is an annual tourney! :-) I wouldn't be surprised if someone on here has or knows someone who has a button machine.

I'll talk to my neighbor to see if he's interested.

[Lordofallthatswims]

I'm following this thread with interest as I'll bet a lot of guys are without speaking up. (Although I'll bet there are some fuming that Chemung is the lake!) ;-)

I was wondering if you were doing badges for the tournament? I know "we don' need no stinkeen badges" but they are a nice momento and could even become a collectible, especially if this is an annual tourney! :-) I wouldn't be surprised if someone on here has or knows someone who has a button machine.

I'll talk to my neighbor to see if he's interested.

That is a good idea, the badges, I will look into it but most of the sponsorship dollars have been spent.

If there are some of you guys planning on going, make sure you register or you will forego your opportunity at the grand prize.

I also want everyone to know, there is not a single dollar of profit on this tournament, all cash in will be prizes and cash out. All the promotion has been an out of pocket expense that I will not take from sponsorship money.

[Lordofallthatswims]

We have an announcment!!!

Tractor Supply Company of Howell has donated some nice gifts that will be used for door prizes.

Magic Touch Tattoo has made a very generous donation of cash that will be used to purchase gifts that will be used for door prizes.

Come check out the new sponsors and don't forget to register and qualify for the grand prize.

[Lordofallthatswims]

I had a comment today that someone did not want to pre-register because they did not want to prepay. I want to clarify that pre-payment is not required, the pre-registration is a tool that we use to prepare for this tournament, nothing more.

Matter of fact, I have received sponsorship offers from companies that will only give a donation if I give up everyones info, I have declined and thanked them anyway. Your information does not leave the tournament log sheet and will only be used to inform you of major happenings in the tournament and to send the official rules just prior to the tournament.

Thanks,
Ben

[mkarpov]

Matter of fact, I have received sponsorship offers from companies that will only give a donation if I give up everyones info, I have declined and thanked them anyway. Your information does not leave the tournament log sheet and will only be used to inform you of major happenings in the tournament and to send the official rules just prior to the tournament.

Thanks,
Ben

Good man. I'll try and see whats up with me for that day. Might just get out there, the drive may be worth it.

[Lordofallthatswims]

Excellant, mkarpov!


We have a new sponsor!
Advance Auto Parts in Howell will make a very generous donation of gifts to be used for door prizes. Thank you Advance Auto.

I also added a "specifics paragraph" to the main page right at the top. If you haven't been to the site in awhile, make sure you check it out, there are some time sensitive things you will need to know.

[bigrackmack]

Nice Grand Prize.....Lord.....a VEXILAR FL 12 PRO PAK......Gonna try to make it out.......Back up for ya......Mack

[Lordofallthatswims]

As Mack has pointed out, we have a new grand prize. Frabill was unable to deliver the outback in time for the tournament, so we decided to up the anti and provide one lucky, pre-registered, contestant a Vexilar FL 12 Pro Pak. Come to the site and check it out, click the picture of it and you will be linked to Vexilars FL 12 Pro Pak web page for all the details.

[Roosevelt]

How are we supposed to keep the fish alive? i know three people who want to go, but the keeping them alive part is turning them away.

[treboryenaws]

All of this sounds great! I'm not following the alive fish part. As stated, how aRe we keeping these fish alive? If its really cold, the fish freeze, and with so many people I could see a problem with fish dying before being "tagged"

[jigmanII]

All of this sounds great! I'm not following the alive fish part. As stated, how aRe we keeping these fish alive? If its really cold, the fish freeze, and with so many people I could see a problem with fish dying before being "tagged"

I think it is to keep the game, Honest.
I personally plan to keep mine alive in a five gallon bucket with a couple inches of water. He said they had to be alive, he didn't say they had to swim away.:gaga::evilsmile
Mike

[Lordofallthatswims]

There is a number of ways,

1. We are checking up on everyone, We have 6 officials who will be going from angler to angler all day to tag fish, you won't have to keep them alive that long. We will weigh-in dead fish as long as they are tagged.
2. Bring an extra bucket, doesn't have to be a big one, it can but doesn't have to, fill it with water, and plop your catch in there until we can tag them.
3. Build a snow bowl on the ice, put some water in it and plop your fish in there until they can be tagged.
4. Officials discretion will be used. If you were checked on 1/2 hour ago and you have 8 frozen fish, hmmmmm. If you were checked on 2 hours ago and have 10 frozen fish and 10 live fish then that is more believable.

We had to make a choice, either tag live fish by going angler to angler, or strip search everyone, the decision was easy. Its all in an attempt to have a fair tournament, in which everyone feels they have fair shot at the prizes.

[treboryenaws]

Totally cool. I was picturing weighing in live fish. Haha. Hey lordofallthatswims- I know I pre registerd but not sure if I gave you my email.... Let me know please. I'd love to trade in my fish lo-k-tor for a vex!
Bob swaney
(registered my bro Chris swaney but he can't Make it due to pittsburg being so amazing and having to plan our party)

[shawnfire]

pic of vex took me no were

[Lordofallthatswims]

I must not have saved it when I added the link, one moment please.

[Lordofallthatswims]

Totally cool. I was picturing weighing in live fish. Haha. Hey lordofallthatswims- I know I pre registerd but not sure if I gave you my email.... Let me know please. I'd love to trade in my fish lo-k-tor for a vex!
Bob swaney
(registered my bro Chris swaney but he can't Make it due to pittsburg being so amazing and having to plan our party)
You're in and I have your email. If your brother can't figure out how to setup for a party Saturday that he is hosting on Sunday, then he probably couldn't figure out how to get the fish out from under the ice anyway. :lol:

[Roosevelt]

Thanks for the clarification on the "keepin em alive". BTW, this is a great thing you've started here. Thanks for all the effort bringin it all together. I'm hoping myself and 4 more will be going.

[Lordofallthatswims]

Thanks Roosevelt, I am looking forward to meeting you. I have impressed myself I think, within two weeks, I have been unable to mention the tournament without having someone tell me they heard about it. My brother-in-law has customers that tell him they have heard about it. I'm getting refferals to the website from everywhere. This is going to be alot of fun, and I can't wait.

[SPITFIRE]

You have got around I see,I have had people on the ice and public places mention it to me.Looks like myself and a few others maybe coming also(got someone to cover my work shift).I will let you know in a couple days.
good job on organizing this puppy,hopefully you do it again next year too.

[Lordofallthatswims]

The more successful this year is, the easier it will be for years to come. If, in this state of the economy, we can pull this off, every year should be so much more successful. I don't know if you remember the winter fest on Walled Lake 15 some odd years ago, but it was a great time in the winter. With any luck, you never know.

[SPITFIRE]

Dont know if you mentioned it or not but alot of people have radios and you could pick a channel for the tourney.

[Lordofallthatswims]

You are correct. Channel 14 it is, I'll put it on the website this evening and send an email out to everyone registered.

[SPITFIRE]

Ok im registered let the games begin! :)

[srconnell22]

Ok im registered let the games begin! :)

for anyone else that is registered in this tournament...dont worry about this guy unless a mess of 6" bluegill becomes the winner. :lol:

[jigmanII]

for anyone else that is registered in this tournament...dont worry about this guy unless a mess of 6" bluegill becomes the winner. :lol:

I have fished with him and I think 20 six inch gills will beat him, as a matter of fact the way the fishing has been lately, I would take my chances with twenty 6 inch gills against the field.:lol:
Mike

[SPITFIRE]

I have fished with him and I think 20 six inch gills will beat him, as a matter of fact the way the fishing has been lately, I would take my chances with twenty 6 inch gills against the field.:lol:
Mike
laugh it up you clowns! :lol: and to get 20 keepers will most likely be the winner lol. No sonar for me(at least till I win the one in the tourney) and I plan on spanking the vexilar vixens into submission!(ya that u Scotty if hes man enough to register)

[blutoe]

just wondering i pre registerd and havent recieved confermation. maybe no big deal just wondering if iam in.........john

[Lordofallthatswims]

Couple funny things about this tournament.

1. My friends and I are hosting this tournament because there wasn't any around. Now its too big, so we can't participate, we have to regulate. We're not upset, we just had a good laugh about it the other night, we are even more excited now that it has grown pretty quickly since we convinced ourselves to go through with it only 20 days ago.

2. We are giving away a vex, no of us hosting this tourney have a vex, yet were giving one away.

3. You would think that in today's economy, it would be nearly impossible to get a sponsor, yet we found stretches where nobody told us no, some of those companies eventually told us no, but some didn't. At the local level, the support has been outstanding.

4. Wait till you guys see next year(I know, I'm getting ahead of myself). The response was fantastic this year. The traffic to the tournament site has been incredible, 2200 views form over 700 unique users, are you kidding me, this is a niche sport. That is almost going to make getting sponsors next year seem like going on vacation.

5. I promise to start working on this tournament a little earlier, I'm driving my wife crazy. She has been good about it, but I was supposed to finish up a wood stove I'm refinishing and instead worked on promoting and luring sponsors for this tournament. And the gas bill this month was like 300 bucks, so I got one of those 1 eyebrow up looks from her. Maybe I'll finish it up this weekend.

[SPITFIRE]

yes must keep wife happy to have play time.Also on the marriage license in fine print it states that you must learn two words "YES DEAR" ;)

[jigmanII]

First and foremost , THANK YOU for all you {LORD) and your buddies efforts.
Second, if I happen to win, I will sell you and only you that FL-12 for $50.00.
Karma;)
Mike
We gotta deal? :lol:

You know, I have been waiting for the "smack" talk to start. Let me just say, I learned a lesson today (on Chemung) from Jimmy Houston. Watch out boy's.

Btw. Lord it looks like it is time to start a new thread (last page??) Ah hell, I'll give ya the Vex. Got one, wanted the shanty.;)

[Lordofallthatswims]

Thanks guys for the appreciation. I am putting this computer away for the first time in about 3 weeks, and loading my truck with a shanty, auger, and bucket of reels and tipups. I'm stopping at the store to get a fifth of jack daniels. I am going to set up camp on a nearby lake, I'm popping the top off bottle, and I'm not leaving until I'm sober again. This is one of the luxuries of having a wife that works every other weekend on the midnight shift. I highly recommended finding one of those for every sportsman who haven't found "the one" yet.:evilsmile

[Lordofallthatswims]

I have sent an email to everyone that is registered for the tournament, if you did not recieve an email then:

A. Someone else registered for you. they received an email with all the registrants and will be able to verify wether or not you are registered.
B. You are not registered and must register through the tournament website found in my signature on this post. www.lakechemunghardwatertourney.com (http://www.lakechemunghardwatertourney.com)

Thanks,

Ben

[Lordofallthatswims]

Thanks guys for the appreciation. I am putting this computer away for the first time in about 3 weeks, and loading my truck with a shanty, auger, and bucket of reels and tipups. I'm stopping at the store to get a fifth of jack daniels. I am going to set up camp on a nearby lake, I'm popping the top off bottle, and I'm not leaving until I'm sober again. This is one of the luxuries of having a wife that works every other weekend on the midnight shift. I highly recommended finding one of those for every sportsman who haven't found "the one" yet.:evilsmile

I followed through this weekend, minus the Jack Daniels. I fished Chemung on Friday Night with limited success, I fished Thompson all day Saturday, lost all the poles to my portable shanty while pulling it behind my atv. I didn't find that out until I went back there on Sunday, unfolded the shanty to find they were missing. I scoured the ice and eventually found them all, talk about luck. Saw big fish through the hole, and a buddy of a buddy out there speared a 38 incher, nice fish. I've been having so much fun putting this tourney together that I forgot how fun it was to actually ice fish. All in all it was good to get out. See everyone in a week-1day. To my wife, who reads this thread often, I promise to work on this stove soon, probably not this week or the next, and I don't really have a day in mind, but it will get done, I hope.

[blutoe]

i put in 8 hrs at chemung brought home 20 mixed bag not real big not real small fished 5-30fow used live bait. in confident i will be able to weigh in some fish on sun weel see............john

[bigrackmack]

Tried to register at the site......is their a submit button or something that I'm missing to register?......Filled everything out but didn't see how to submit it.....Thanks..........Mack

[Lordofallthatswims]

That is the second time i've heard that, I can't do anything about it right now, but when I get home I'll look into it. In the mean time, if you would like to register, do so through the tournament email on the conact page.

[bigrackmack]

And here I thought it was me:lol:.......Mack

[shawnfire]

I could not email either but mike hough and possible ken mcdonough will also be going

[Lordofallthatswims]

I have sent a second email to everyone that is registered, 70 so far, for the tournament, if you did not recieve an email then:

A. Someone else registered for you. they received an email with all the registrants and will be able to verify wether or not you are registered.
B. You are not registered and must register through the tournament website found in my signature on this post. www.lakechemunghardwatertourney.com (http://www.lakechemunghardwatertourney.com/)

Thanks,

Ben

[UnderTheIce]

You guys mentioned a few days back about using Radios for getting Fish Tagged....is this still going to happen? If so ill bring my radio. I checked the website for info about radio channels havent seen anyting yet. Just wondering. :)

[SPITFIRE]

You guys mentioned a few days back about using Radios for getting Fish Tagged....is this still going to happen? If so ill bring my radio. I checked the website for info about radio channels havent seen anyting yet. Just wondering. :)
channel 14 is what he decided on.

[Lordofallthatswims]

Mike and Ken, I got ya registered.

Mack, I got you as well.

Make sure you check the website regularly. I know we have about 73 people registered, and we will have to do something about parking. We have a plan in place and are going to publish it on the site Wednesday.

[Lordofallthatswims]

Yes channel 14 is the tournament channel. Announcement coming wednesday.

[ehansen300]

Ive registered myself and my friend Arron. Is everyone bringing radios cuz I dont have one as of right now.

[lawnguy]

Me plus 2 are registrered. Should we plan on bringing large coolers seeing as it states only live fish will be recorded? Not sure how that would work on the ice

[UnderTheIce]

Ok thanks for the headsup about the radios. This will make things much easier for the people that have them. Instead of us walking around the lake trying to find an offical to get our fish tagged. I just gotta buy some new batteries now for the handheld lol


......Heres an idea.....Flags for the Shantys with possibly a Number on them....so when someone calls over a radio they can say...."Hey this is Shanty #5, i need two fish tagged." A little easier than hey im over here in the NE corner see me waving my hands etc. Its Just a thought. Doesnt have to be done though.

[SPITFIRE]

Sundays forcast looks to be a nice warm up ;).

[ehansen300]

we will also be attending the after party at bdubs:D

[Lordofallthatswims]

Hey Guys, this thread is great for discussion but everyone must check the website for updates, I can't keep up with both. If you have questions send them through the tournament email, I check it multiple times a day and respond to everyone.

As of right now there are just shy of 100 people registered. Everyone will get a flag. Officials will not have radios, we will be visiting everyone at least once an hour, make sure you can keep your fish alive for at least that long. I don't know anyone by their username on m-s, so if you are attending the after-party, you need to send me your name through the tournament email.

whew, business for this evening is accomplished. We did pick up a couple more sponsors that donated some nice gifts, check out the site and see who it is.

Later y'all----Ben

[Lordofallthatswims]

Real quick, I appreciate all the ideas, but we are only a few days away from the tournament, and those ideas would have been great when I asked for them a month ago, but it is a little late to implement anything that we don't have scheduled already. We did our very best to host a fair and fun tournament, we believe it is well thought out and made plans for every situation we could think of.

Let's all keep in mind that this is an inaugural tournament and I'm sure we will all learn alot this year and maybe even have to change things for next year. Patience, if required, and I don't think it will be, is greatly appreciated.

[Lordofallthatswims]

There are exactly 6 hours remaining for pre-registration.

[Roosevelt]

I registered yesterday and just sent ya a backup registration email thru the tourney website for 5 others and myself. I wasn't sure if the registration went thru cuz I didn't get a confirmation.??

[UnderTheIce]

i fished Chemung today for 5 hours....caught only 3 :(......I also tried three different areas of the lake

[SPITFIRE]

i fished Chemung today for 5 hours....caught only 3 :(......I also tried three different areas of the lake
welcome to Chemung :evil:.It goes that way sometimes.

[Lordofallthatswims]

hahaha, I fished there 4 times this year with a couple of buddies, in total 1 fish, but I haven't had any success to speak of anywhere else either, so I am blaming my pu truck, it is the one constant I comfortable blaming.

[Lordofallthatswims]

I sent another confirmation email out. If someone has registered for you and did not leave your email, ask that person if you are on the list. Right now there are 126 contestants. Is there a bigger tourney in southeast michigan?

[ehansen300]

I fished chemung on wednesday right behind wilson marine and slammed em all day long lots of nice gills.

[Lordofallthatswims]

Everything is packed up, the meeting for officials went well, everyone is on the same page, and I'm watch the sports edition of SNL Been a long day, but everything is ready. See everyone bright and early. I wanted to let everyone know that we have some small things to give away to contestants on a first come first serve basis, while the supplies last.
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!!

Oh yeah, 140 pre-registered contestants and the weather is going to nice, it looks like we should have a great turn out.

[bigrackmack]

Had a good time Ben.....Thanks for all the hard work to make this happen......Mack

[SPITFIRE]

Awsome day! and a well organized tourney.Looking forward to doing this next year and thank you for putting so much work into pulling this off.I have some pics to post later.

[Roosevelt]

I had fun too and thanks for putting it all together. Didn't win anything, but had alot of fun trying. I finally got all those 6" gills cleaned up and in the freezer.:D

[Lordofallthatswims]

Thanks guys for coming out. We all had a great time too. I posted the photos of the winners, and I posted the results. I going to take the dogs for a walk and probably post the rest of the pics tomorrow. That was way too much fun not to do next year. Registration begins in 10 months 29 days, mark your calender.

[blutoe]

Thanks alot Ben everything went great, very well organized. Got to admit i thought it was going to be a big cluster with aLL the people but you and your crew did and excellent job had a great time and looking forward to the next one..............john

[shawnfire]

had a great time so did the rest of my party no fish to speak of.... that where over 3 in anyway..... best day and the worse day hahahahahha

[Ricky Missum]

Everyone who worked the tourny was a real pleasure to deal with! Thank You Ben (lordofallthatswim) I hope that's right, for all the work into making this event happen! How you where able to put together a crew like that on Superbowl Sunday, hope it happens again many times in the future!

[fish24/7]

Great event Ben, you and your buddies did a great job. Thanks

Eric

[catfishtom210]

I had a good time yesterday too. I don't fish tournaments as I can usually embarrass myself for free but everything seemed very well organized and thought out. It really looks like a great foundation that you're going to be able to build on! This should have impressed this year's sponsors and will no doubt make it easier to get even more next year! Good job Ben and friends!

While the tournament is fresh in everyone's minds you might consider sending out an e-mail or doing a post asking for ideas and suggestions for next year. I know you had some ideas that came in too late this year. Also, you may have to ask for feedback like this or people might not express ideas for fear of sounding critical of the fine work you did here. I suggested badges earlier but also too late. This would be cool especially if the tournament is around for a while. If you do badges next year you might make up Inaugural ones as well for the guys (and gals) who fished the first tournament and come back for the second.

I also had an idea regarding the need to keep fish alive. If you gave each registrant a bucket with the tournament insignia on it they could keep fish in that and everyone would get a momento from the torunament. If you got them or had a decal in a distinct or bright color you could probably id tournament participants easier too. Or you could sell these if the cost of one per person was too much. I guess having to carry an extra bucket that day might be a hassle to some but you can always use a 5 gallon bucket and the 6 gallon ones are even better. BPS gets $10 for their 6 gallon bucket with a lid so I'll bet they cost less than a third of that.

Anyhow you and your team did a great job! I'm still amazed how quickly you put this together, the sponsorship you got, and how well it turned out! It's a good thing we have anal people in this world! ;-) Next year should be even better. BTW, I went back out and fished until 8:00 and I still have my flag! Not only did I not trash my flag on the ice (Ben) but I policed the parking lot before leaving since I was the last vehicle. You and your crew must have done the same because I didn't find anything left behind or trashed. Looks like we had some good sportsmen (and women) fishing the tournament!

[Lordofallthatswims]

I had a good time yesterday too. I don't fish tournaments as I can usually embarrass myself for free but everything seemed very well organized and thought out. It really looks like a great foundation that you're going to be able to build on! This should have impressed this year's sponsors and will no doubt make it easier to get even more next year! Good job Ben and friends!

While the tournament is fresh in everyone's minds you might consider sending out an e-mail or doing a post asking for ideas and suggestions for next year. I know you had some ideas that came in too late this year. Also, you may have to ask for feedback like this or people might not express ideas for fear of sounding critical of the fine work you did here. I suggested badges earlier but also too late. This would be cool especially if the tournament is around for a while. If you do badges next year you might make up Inaugural ones as well for the guys (and gals) who fished the first tournament and come back for the second.

I also had an idea regarding the need to keep fish alive. If you gave each registrant a bucket with the tournament insignia on it they could keep fish in that and everyone would get a momento from the torunament. If you got them or had a decal in a distinct or bright color you could probably id tournament participants easier too. Or you could sell these if the cost of one per person was too much. I guess having to carry an extra bucket that day might be a hassle to some but you can always use a 5 gallon bucket and the 6 gallon ones are even better. BPS gets $10 for their 6 gallon bucket with a lid so I'll bet they cost less than a third of that.

Anyhow you and your team did a great job! I'm still amazed how quickly you put this together, the sponsorship you got, and how well it turned out! It's a good thing we have anal people in this world! ;-) Next year should be even better. BTW, I went back out and fished until 8:00 and I still have my flag! Not only did I not trash my flag on the ice (Ben) but I policed the parking lot before leaving since I was the last vehicle. You and your crew must have done the same because I didn't find anything left behind or trashed. Looks like we had some good sportsmen (and women) fishing the tournament!
Hey Tom, didn't mean to falsely call you out, but I can't stand litter, so I'm sorry for hastilly calling you out. I'm happy that wasn't the case. We did a full scan of the parking lot and the entire lake, we found a few pieces of garbage, I don't know how long it had been but we grabbed everything we saw. All in all everybody did a great job and I am pretty proud to be associated with this group of people, sports men and women.

Those are some pretty good ideas and we are going to go through everything piece by piece. I am going to put a guestbook on the site this week and send out an email to request everyone sign it with comments. I am going to post some more photos, big fish and others.

Here is 1 idea, save announcing the first place winner for last. Oh well.

[Lordofallthatswims]

Everyone who worked the tourny was a real pleasure to deal with! Thank You Ben (lordofallthatswim) I hope that's right, for all the work into making this event happen! How you where able to put together a crew like that on Superbowl Sunday, hope it happens again many times in the future!


I have sworn by this and it has paid off tenfold,

Pick and choose your friends wisely. We are pretty close group, enjoy many of the same things, and every single one of them is stand up person. You gotta love 'em.

[Lordofallthatswims]

I have posted the Big Fish, Old Fart, Baby Fart photos. I need some help with the baby fart gentlemen, we never got his name. If you can help, let me know.

[MSUICEMAN]

i was out of town or i would have participated... i'll be sure to check it out next year.

[jacktownhooker]

I sent another confirmation email out. If someone has registered for you and did not leave your email, ask that person if you are on the list. Right now there are 126 contestants. Is there a bigger tourney in southeast michigan? maybe not south east mich but i was at a bigger tourny that day !! on devils lk near mis speedway irish hills that had 140 teams (280 people) and 10,000 $ 1st prize ! i think next year it will be at wamplers lk and jan 27 so try not to have yours the same day ! and a few of us can make it next year ! sounds like a success so congrats !!

[SPITFIRE]

Sunrise
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/Picture_01211.jpg
Time to sign up
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/Picture_0113.jpg
Tools I need for my aging body
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/Picture_0161.jpg
Hustle back to weight in
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/Picture_0136.jpg
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/Picture_0177.jpg
Bens kronies who were all over taking care of people
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/Picture_0188.jpg
Third place
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/Picture_0217.jpg
2nd place
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/Picture_0203.jpg
1st place
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/Picture_0197.jpg
Thanks again Ben for you and your buddies putting on a great outing.If you need any help next year let me know since I live there.

[MAttt]

http://www.lakechemunghardwatertourney.com/ (http://www.lakechemunghardwatertourney.com/)

Any pictures of the winning fish?
At over 10 lbs for 20 fish, that's pretty darn good imo
and I'm thinking they had to be mostly crappies to
get it up there??

thanks
Mattt

[Lordofallthatswims]

Spitfire, for sure we are going to need some help next year and I am going to hold you to it.:D

Matt, I am the photographer of the group, but I was busy weighing in fish, which means we don't have any pics of the fish, but if someone else does, I would love to post some of those on the websiite, so if someone else has them and want them on the site, please pm me.

[shawnfire]

Does anyone remember the news crew that was out there can't remember the name of the paper or the web site. By the way already looking forward to next year......... It was a great time and you guys did a great job. I just hope the 150 2 in fish i caught will grow bigger :lol:

[Lordofallthatswims]

Does anyone remember the news crew that was out there can't remember the name of the paper or the web site. By the way already looking forward to next year......... It was a great time and you guys did a great job. I just hope the 150 2 in fish i caught will grow bigger :lol:


It was Laurie Humphries from the Livingston County News. She said this weeks edition is full, but with some luck, we may have a front page spread next week.

I put a guestbook up, it would be great if you guys left some comments on the site. I think I am going to have to start paying for this site, with all the traffic, we've used up this month's free bandwith in the first two days, but that is a good thing. Thanks---Ben.

http://lakechemunghardwatertourney.com/Guest%20Book/guestbook.htm

[Lordofallthatswims]

http://blog.mlive.com/lcn/2009/02/howellarea_inaugural_ice_fishi.html

This is the link to the article by Laurie Humphrey. Some of the facts are wrong but who needs those.