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Northwoods Classic 2005
Well, now that all the hubbub has died down from the Mid-Tennessee, it's once again time to look
ahead to the NWC. It's going to be a little different this year. First of all, the date has changed. It is no longer being held the weekend after Labor Day as it has in the past. This year, the dates are August 26 and 27. I changed the dates for several reasons. First of all, I thought that with many schools starting just before/after Labor Day, that if we moved the date ahead somewhat, there might be some father/mother/son/daughter teams attending without school getting in the way. Secondly, after hearing some sniveling about "no bass in Boom Lake", I decided to move the tourney to Lake Mohawksin, my very favorite smallmouth lake. There has always been a bass tournament on Lake Mohawksin the same weekend as the traditional NWC, so by moving up the date, we get first crack at the lake. This is a quality smallmouth fishery and if you can't catch fish on Lake Mohawksin, you might as well take up golf. And finally, I'm going to be in Wyoming, at the top of a mountain, chasing elk for my television show. Last year I had to go later in the year and missed the elk rutting season, thus having a nice 3,000 mile round trip sightseeing tour. While I enjoy hiking in the mountains, it's hard to make an elk hunting show without the elk. Hence the tourney is getting moved. This move to a different lake will really change things very little. We will still have The Claridge Best Western Motor Lodge as the headquarters. Everyone seems to like it there, we get special pricing for the event and it's convenient for the rest of the festivities. We will still have dinner Thursday night at The Pub, Friday night we will descend like locusts on The Al-Gen for the BEST Friday Night Fish Fry on the planet and Saturday night we'll still have the award ceremony/feast at my place. The major change is that we'll have to get a move on earlier in the morning because there'll be a 25 minute drive to the landing. So mark your calendars for August 26 and 27. As in the past, pre-fishing is always allowed and even encouraged. Remember that this is similar water to Boom Lake as it is a dammed up impoundment of the Wisconsin River. It is roughly the same in size, somewhere around 1,800 acres and water color is stained. There are thick weeds, lily pads, wild rice, stumps, rocks, flats, shallows, relatively deep water and something for everyone. There are some largemouth in the lake, but I've only caught on four pounder last year. Like I said, this will be a smallmouth tournament. The event is open to all participating members of the ROFB and OutdoorFrontiers.com so if you hang out here, you're welcome to attend. It's a fun event, with lots of stories, laughter, fun and fishing. What better way to spend a long weekend? Mark your calendars and plan on coming to the Rhinelander/Tomahawk Wisconsin area in August. -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
Will not be able to attend this year but I hope everyone has a great time
and I hope Warren has fish at the weight in :) -- Chris S Replace com with net to email "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... Well, now that all the hubbub has died down from the Mid-Tennessee, it's once again time to look ahead to the NWC. It's going to be a little different this year. First of all, the date has changed. It is no longer being held the weekend after Labor Day as it has in the past. This year, the dates are August 26 and 27. I changed the dates for several reasons. First of all, I thought that with many schools starting just before/after Labor Day, that if we moved the date ahead somewhat, there might be some father/mother/son/daughter teams attending without school getting in the way. Secondly, after hearing some sniveling about "no bass in Boom Lake", I decided to move the tourney to Lake Mohawksin, my very favorite smallmouth lake. There has always been a bass tournament on Lake Mohawksin the same weekend as the traditional NWC, so by moving up the date, we get first crack at the lake. This is a quality smallmouth fishery and if you can't catch fish on Lake Mohawksin, you might as well take up golf. And finally, I'm going to be in Wyoming, at the top of a mountain, chasing elk for my television show. Last year I had to go later in the year and missed the elk rutting season, thus having a nice 3,000 mile round trip sightseeing tour. While I enjoy hiking in the mountains, it's hard to make an elk hunting show without the elk. Hence the tourney is getting moved. This move to a different lake will really change things very little. We will still have The Claridge Best Western Motor Lodge as the headquarters. Everyone seems to like it there, we get special pricing for the event and it's convenient for the rest of the festivities. We will still have dinner Thursday night at The Pub, Friday night we will descend like locusts on The Al-Gen for the BEST Friday Night Fish Fry on the planet and Saturday night we'll still have the award ceremony/feast at my place. The major change is that we'll have to get a move on earlier in the morning because there'll be a 25 minute drive to the landing. So mark your calendars for August 26 and 27. As in the past, pre-fishing is always allowed and even encouraged. Remember that this is similar water to Boom Lake as it is a dammed up impoundment of the Wisconsin River. It is roughly the same in size, somewhere around 1,800 acres and water color is stained. There are thick weeds, lily pads, wild rice, stumps, rocks, flats, shallows, relatively deep water and something for everyone. There are some largemouth in the lake, but I've only caught on four pounder last year. Like I said, this will be a smallmouth tournament. The event is open to all participating members of the ROFB and OutdoorFrontiers.com so if you hang out here, you're welcome to attend. It's a fun event, with lots of stories, laughter, fun and fishing. What better way to spend a long weekend? Mark your calendars and plan on coming to the Rhinelander/Tomahawk Wisconsin area in August. -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
So far, my plans are to be there. I think Joe mentioned bringing someone
with him, so I've got to talk Dave into riding up with me. Whatcha say Dave? How about a little information about the structure of the lake Steve? Is it shallow like Boom? Any trouble for Jerry this year? How's running on that lake? You know I'm a sissy in shallow water... "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... Well, now that all the hubbub has died down from the Mid-Tennessee, it's once again time to look ahead to the NWC. It's going to be a little different this year. First of all, the date has changed. It is no longer being held the weekend after Labor Day as it has in the past. This year, the dates are August 26 and 27. I changed the dates for several reasons. First of all, I thought that with many schools starting just before/after Labor Day, that if we moved the date ahead somewhat, there might be some father/mother/son/daughter teams attending without school getting in the way. Secondly, after hearing some sniveling about "no bass in Boom Lake", I decided to move the tourney to Lake Mohawksin, my very favorite smallmouth lake. There has always been a bass tournament on Lake Mohawksin the same weekend as the traditional NWC, so by moving up the date, we get first crack at the lake. This is a quality smallmouth fishery and if you can't catch fish on Lake Mohawksin, you might as well take up golf. And finally, I'm going to be in Wyoming, at the top of a mountain, chasing elk for my television show. Last year I had to go later in the year and missed the elk rutting season, thus having a nice 3,000 mile round trip sightseeing tour. While I enjoy hiking in the mountains, it's hard to make an elk hunting show without the elk. Hence the tourney is getting moved. This move to a different lake will really change things very little. We will still have The Claridge Best Western Motor Lodge as the headquarters. Everyone seems to like it there, we get special pricing for the event and it's convenient for the rest of the festivities. We will still have dinner Thursday night at The Pub, Friday night we will descend like locusts on The Al-Gen for the BEST Friday Night Fish Fry on the planet and Saturday night we'll still have the award ceremony/feast at my place. The major change is that we'll have to get a move on earlier in the morning because there'll be a 25 minute drive to the landing. So mark your calendars for August 26 and 27. As in the past, pre-fishing is always allowed and even encouraged. Remember that this is similar water to Boom Lake as it is a dammed up impoundment of the Wisconsin River. It is roughly the same in size, somewhere around 1,800 acres and water color is stained. There are thick weeds, lily pads, wild rice, stumps, rocks, flats, shallows, relatively deep water and something for everyone. There are some largemouth in the lake, but I've only caught on four pounder last year. Like I said, this will be a smallmouth tournament. The event is open to all participating members of the ROFB and OutdoorFrontiers.com so if you hang out here, you're welcome to attend. It's a fun event, with lots of stories, laughter, fun and fishing. What better way to spend a long weekend? Mark your calendars and plan on coming to the Rhinelander/Tomahawk Wisconsin area in August. -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
Not looking good for me either fellas, I'm on the Hudson River that weekend
:-( Is that one written in stone Steve? Warren "Chris S" wrote in message ... Will not be able to attend this year but I hope everyone has a great time and I hope Warren has fish at the weight in :) -- Chris S Replace com with net to email "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... Well, now that all the hubbub has died down from the Mid-Tennessee, it's once again time to look ahead to the NWC. It's going to be a little different this year. First of all, the date has changed. It is no longer being held the weekend after Labor Day as it has in the past. This year, the dates are August 26 and 27. I changed the dates for several reasons. First of all, I thought that with many schools starting just before/after Labor Day, that if we moved the date ahead somewhat, there might be some father/mother/son/daughter teams attending without school getting in the way. Secondly, after hearing some sniveling about "no bass in Boom Lake", I decided to move the tourney to Lake Mohawksin, my very favorite smallmouth lake. There has always been a bass tournament on Lake Mohawksin the same weekend as the traditional NWC, so by moving up the date, we get first crack at the lake. This is a quality smallmouth fishery and if you can't catch fish on Lake Mohawksin, you might as well take up golf. And finally, I'm going to be in Wyoming, at the top of a mountain, chasing elk for my television show. Last year I had to go later in the year and missed the elk rutting season, thus having a nice 3,000 mile round trip sightseeing tour. While I enjoy hiking in the mountains, it's hard to make an elk hunting show without the elk. Hence the tourney is getting moved. This move to a different lake will really change things very little. We will still have The Claridge Best Western Motor Lodge as the headquarters. Everyone seems to like it there, we get special pricing for the event and it's convenient for the rest of the festivities. We will still have dinner Thursday night at The Pub, Friday night we will descend like locusts on The Al-Gen for the BEST Friday Night Fish Fry on the planet and Saturday night we'll still have the award ceremony/feast at my place. The major change is that we'll have to get a move on earlier in the morning because there'll be a 25 minute drive to the landing. So mark your calendars for August 26 and 27. As in the past, pre-fishing is always allowed and even encouraged. Remember that this is similar water to Boom Lake as it is a dammed up impoundment of the Wisconsin River. It is roughly the same in size, somewhere around 1,800 acres and water color is stained. There are thick weeds, lily pads, wild rice, stumps, rocks, flats, shallows, relatively deep water and something for everyone. There are some largemouth in the lake, but I've only caught on four pounder last year. Like I said, this will be a smallmouth tournament. The event is open to all participating members of the ROFB and OutdoorFrontiers.com so if you hang out here, you're welcome to attend. It's a fun event, with lots of stories, laughter, fun and fishing. What better way to spend a long weekend? Mark your calendars and plan on coming to the Rhinelander/Tomahawk Wisconsin area in August. -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
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alwaysfishking wrote: Kids start school that week up here "go-bassn" wrote in message ... Not looking good for me either fellas, I'm on the Hudson River that weekend :-( Is that one written in stone Steve? Warren "Chris S" wrote in message ... Will not be able to attend this year but I hope everyone has a great time and I hope Warren has fish at the weight in :) -- Chris S Replace com with net to email "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... Well, now that all the hubbub has died down from the Mid-Tennessee, it's once again time to look ahead to the NWC. It's going to be a little different this year. First of all, the date has changed. It is no longer being held the weekend after Labor Day as it has in the past. This year, the dates are August 26 and 27. I changed the dates for several reasons. First of all, I thought that with many schools starting just before/after Labor Day, that if we moved the date ahead somewhat, there might be some father/mother/son/daughter teams attending without school getting in the way. Secondly, after hearing some sniveling about "no bass in Boom Lake", I decided to move the tourney to Lake Mohawksin, my very favorite smallmouth lake. There has always been a bass tournament on Lake Mohawksin the same weekend as the traditional NWC, so by moving up the date, we get first crack at the lake. This is a quality smallmouth fishery and if you can't catch fish on Lake Mohawksin, you might as well take up golf. And finally, I'm going to be in Wyoming, at the top of a mountain, chasing elk for my television show. Last year I had to go later in the year and missed the elk rutting season, thus having a nice 3,000 mile round trip sightseeing tour. While I enjoy hiking in the mountains, it's hard to make an elk hunting show without the elk. Hence the tourney is getting moved. This move to a different lake will really change things very little. We will still have The Claridge Best Western Motor Lodge as the headquarters. Everyone seems to like it there, we get special pricing for the event and it's convenient for the rest of the festivities. We will still have dinner Thursday night at The Pub, Friday night we will descend like locusts on The Al-Gen for the BEST Friday Night Fish Fry on the planet and Saturday night we'll still have the award ceremony/feast at my place. The major change is that we'll have to get a move on earlier in the morning because there'll be a 25 minute drive to the landing. So mark your calendars for August 26 and 27. As in the past, pre-fishing is always allowed and even encouraged. Remember that this is similar water to Boom Lake as it is a dammed up impoundment of the Wisconsin River. It is roughly the same in size, somewhere around 1,800 acres and water color is stained. There are thick weeds, lily pads, wild rice, stumps, rocks, flats, shallows, relatively deep water and something for everyone. There are some largemouth in the lake, but I've only caught on four pounder last year. Like I said, this will be a smallmouth tournament. The event is open to all participating members of the ROFB and OutdoorFrontiers.com so if you hang out here, you're welcome to attend. It's a fun event, with lots of stories, laughter, fun and fishing. What better way to spend a long weekend? Mark your calendars and plan on coming to the Rhinelander/Tomahawk Wisconsin area in August. -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
My daughters 13th birthday is the 26th, surely you can miss that little
tournament. "go-bassn" wrote in message ... Not looking good for me either fellas, I'm on the Hudson River that weekend :-( Is that one written in stone Steve? Warren "Chris S" wrote in message ... Will not be able to attend this year but I hope everyone has a great time and I hope Warren has fish at the weight in :) -- Chris S Replace com with net to email "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... Well, now that all the hubbub has died down from the Mid-Tennessee, it's once again time to look ahead to the NWC. It's going to be a little different this year. First of all, the date has changed. It is no longer being held the weekend after Labor Day as it has in the past. This year, the dates are August 26 and 27. I changed the dates for several reasons. First of all, I thought that with many schools starting just before/after Labor Day, that if we moved the date ahead somewhat, there might be some father/mother/son/daughter teams attending without school getting in the way. Secondly, after hearing some sniveling about "no bass in Boom Lake", I decided to move the tourney to Lake Mohawksin, my very favorite smallmouth lake. There has always been a bass tournament on Lake Mohawksin the same weekend as the traditional NWC, so by moving up the date, we get first crack at the lake. This is a quality smallmouth fishery and if you can't catch fish on Lake Mohawksin, you might as well take up golf. And finally, I'm going to be in Wyoming, at the top of a mountain, chasing elk for my television show. Last year I had to go later in the year and missed the elk rutting season, thus having a nice 3,000 mile round trip sightseeing tour. While I enjoy hiking in the mountains, it's hard to make an elk hunting show without the elk. Hence the tourney is getting moved. This move to a different lake will really change things very little. We will still have The Claridge Best Western Motor Lodge as the headquarters. Everyone seems to like it there, we get special pricing for the event and it's convenient for the rest of the festivities. We will still have dinner Thursday night at The Pub, Friday night we will descend like locusts on The Al-Gen for the BEST Friday Night Fish Fry on the planet and Saturday night we'll still have the award ceremony/feast at my place. The major change is that we'll have to get a move on earlier in the morning because there'll be a 25 minute drive to the landing. So mark your calendars for August 26 and 27. As in the past, pre-fishing is always allowed and even encouraged. Remember that this is similar water to Boom Lake as it is a dammed up impoundment of the Wisconsin River. It is roughly the same in size, somewhere around 1,800 acres and water color is stained. There are thick weeds, lily pads, wild rice, stumps, rocks, flats, shallows, relatively deep water and something for everyone. There are some largemouth in the lake, but I've only caught on four pounder last year. Like I said, this will be a smallmouth tournament. The event is open to all participating members of the ROFB and OutdoorFrontiers.com so if you hang out here, you're welcome to attend. It's a fun event, with lots of stories, laughter, fun and fishing. What better way to spend a long weekend? Mark your calendars and plan on coming to the Rhinelander/Tomahawk Wisconsin area in August. -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in
message ... Well, now that all the hubbub has died down from the Mid-Tennessee, it's once again time to look ahead to the NWC. It's going to be a little different this year. First of all, the date has changed. It is no longer being held the weekend after Labor Day as it has in the past. This year, the dates are August 26 and 27. I changed the dates for several reasons. First of all, I thought that with many schools starting just before/after Labor Day, that if we moved the date ahead somewhat, there might be some father/mother/son/daughter teams attending without school getting in the way. Secondly, after hearing some sniveling about "no bass in Boom Lake", I decided to move the tourney to Lake Mohawksin, my very favorite smallmouth lake. There has always been a bass tournament on Lake Mohawksin the same weekend as the traditional NWC, so by moving up the date, we get first crack at the lake. This is a quality smallmouth fishery and if you can't catch fish on Lake Mohawksin, you might as well take up golf. And finally, I'm going to be in Wyoming, at the top of a mountain, chasing elk for my television show. Last year I had to go later in the year and missed the elk rutting season, thus having a nice 3,000 mile round trip sightseeing tour. While I enjoy hiking in the mountains, it's hard to make an elk hunting show without the elk. Hence the tourney is getting moved. This move to a different lake will really change things very little. We will still have The Claridge Best Western Motor Lodge as the headquarters. Everyone seems to like it there, we get special pricing for the event and it's convenient for the rest of the festivities. We will still have dinner Thursday night at The Pub, Friday night we will descend like locusts on The Al-Gen for the BEST Friday Night Fish Fry on the planet and Saturday night we'll still have the award ceremony/feast at my place. The major change is that we'll have to get a move on earlier in the morning because there'll be a 25 minute drive to the landing. So mark your calendars for August 26 and 27. As in the past, pre-fishing is always allowed and even encouraged. Remember that this is similar water to Boom Lake as it is a dammed up impoundment of the Wisconsin River. It is roughly the same in size, somewhere around 1,800 acres and water color is stained. There are thick weeds, lily pads, wild rice, stumps, rocks, flats, shallows, relatively deep water and something for everyone. There are some largemouth in the lake, but I've only caught on four pounder last year. Like I said, this will be a smallmouth tournament. The event is open to all participating members of the ROFB and OutdoorFrontiers.com so if you hang out here, you're welcome to attend. It's a fun event, with lots of stories, laughter, fun and fishing. What better way to spend a long weekend? Mark your calendars and plan on coming to the Rhinelander/Tomahawk Wisconsin area in August. -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com Steve, I recently did a small tournament for an on-line community. What I did was pick the body of water and then check all the local club tournament schedules. I selected all other dates that were open and then posted a poll on my website to let people select the dates that were best for them. It was marked to "select all dates that would be open for you." Then we picked the date that the most people were able to attend. We still had a couple people who could not make it do to scheduling conflicts, but all of those who really really wanted to be there were able to make it. Perhaps something like that might be in order. You can't please everybody, but you might be able to get the most of the people that way. Just a suggestion. Bob La Londe www.YumaBassMan.com |
"Bob La Londe" wrote in message SNIP Steve, I recently did a small tournament for an on-line community. What I did was pick the body of water and then check all the local club tournament schedules. I selected all other dates that were open and then posted a poll on my website to let people select the dates that were best for them. It was marked to "select all dates that would be open for you." Then we picked the date that the most people were able to attend. We still had a couple people who could not make it do to scheduling conflicts, but all of those who really really wanted to be there were able to make it. Perhaps something like that might be in order. You can't please everybody, but you might be able to get the most of the people that way. Just a suggestion. Bob La Londe www.YumaBassMan.com Well, it's like this. I work full time at the Rhinelander Fire Department. I started OutdoorFrontiers Multi-Media LLC and am the host/producer for the nationally televised show, Steve Huber's OutdoorFrontiersTV. I guide a fair amount of time. I try to write articles for OutdoorFrontiers.com and edit those that people send to me. I try to maintain the website and build custom rods. I had a huge backlog of rods and I'm down to two left to build. I'm going to be in Africa on Safari in July, in Wyoming elk hunting in September, as well as whitetail and exotic hunting. It would be nice to have the luxury of giving options, but it's like this.... It's August 26 and 27 or not at all. -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
"Charles B. Summers" wrote in message ... So far, my plans are to be there. I think Joe mentioned bringing someone with him, so I've got to talk Dave into riding up with me. Whatcha say Dave? How about a little information about the structure of the lake Steve? Is it shallow like Boom? Any trouble for Jerry this year? How's running on that lake? You know I'm a sissy in shallow water... The lake is, as I said, very similar to Boom Lake, only not as nice. There are places that I don't even run on plane. It has shallow stump fields, it has rocky points and gravel bars, it has downed timber and expansive weedbeds. In short, it has a little bit of everything. Roughly 1,800 acres in size, part of the water is very river-like, the other part is pretty wide open with a few islands. There are channels into other bodies of water, and all sorts of stuff to fish. There's also stuff to run up on if you're not careful. I would suggest that boaters attending pick up a Fishing HotSpots map of Lake Mohawksin and I'll mark it with permanent marker to let you know where the dangerous spots are that I know of. -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
Bob La Londe wrote:
"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... Well, now that all the hubbub has died down from the Mid-Tennessee, it's once again time to look ahead to the NWC. It's going to be a little different this year. First of all, the date has changed. It is no longer being held the weekend after Labor Day as it has in the past. This year, the dates are August 26 and 27. I changed the dates for several reasons. First of all, I thought that with many schools starting just before/after Labor Day, that if we moved the date ahead somewhat, there might be some father/mother/son/daughter teams attending without school getting in the way. Secondly, after hearing some sniveling about "no bass in Boom Lake", I decided to move the tourney to Lake Mohawksin, my very favorite smallmouth lake. There has always been a bass tournament on Lake Mohawksin the same weekend as the traditional NWC, so by moving up the date, we get first crack at the lake. This is a quality smallmouth fishery and if you can't catch fish on Lake Mohawksin, you might as well take up golf. And finally, I'm going to be in Wyoming, at the top of a mountain, chasing elk for my television show. Last year I had to go later in the year and missed the elk rutting season, thus having a nice 3,000 mile round trip sightseeing tour. While I enjoy hiking in the mountains, it's hard to make an elk hunting show without the elk. Hence the tourney is getting moved. This move to a different lake will really change things very little. We will still have The Claridge Best Western Motor Lodge as the headquarters. Everyone seems to like it there, we get special pricing for the event and it's convenient for the rest of the festivities. We will still have dinner Thursday night at The Pub, Friday night we will descend like locusts on The Al-Gen for the BEST Friday Night Fish Fry on the planet and Saturday night we'll still have the award ceremony/feast at my place. The major change is that we'll have to get a move on earlier in the morning because there'll be a 25 minute drive to the landing. So mark your calendars for August 26 and 27. As in the past, pre-fishing is always allowed and even encouraged. Remember that this is similar water to Boom Lake as it is a dammed up impoundment of the Wisconsin River. It is roughly the same in size, somewhere around 1,800 acres and water color is stained. There are thick weeds, lily pads, wild rice, stumps, rocks, flats, shallows, relatively deep water and something for everyone. There are some largemouth in the lake, but I've only caught on four pounder last year. Like I said, this will be a smallmouth tournament. The event is open to all participating members of the ROFB and OutdoorFrontiers.com so if you hang out here, you're welcome to attend. It's a fun event, with lots of stories, laughter, fun and fishing. What better way to spend a long weekend? Mark your calendars and plan on coming to the Rhinelander/Tomahawk Wisconsin area in August. -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com Steve, I recently did a small tournament for an on-line community. What I did was pick the body of water and then check all the local club tournament schedules. I selected all other dates that were open and then posted a poll on my website to let people select the dates that were best for them. It was marked to "select all dates that would be open for you." Then we picked the date that the most people were able to attend. We still had a couple people who could not make it do to scheduling conflicts, but all of those who really really wanted to be there were able to make it. Perhaps something like that might be in order. You can't please everybody, but you might be able to get the most of the people that way. Just a suggestion. Bob La Londe www.YumaBassMan.com Or just let the host pick the dates that work for him. No date is gonna be good for everybody. -- ÐÏࡱá |
Understood! Africa, WOW!
Warren "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... "Bob La Londe" wrote in message SNIP Steve, I recently did a small tournament for an on-line community. What I did was pick the body of water and then check all the local club tournament schedules. I selected all other dates that were open and then posted a poll on my website to let people select the dates that were best for them. It was marked to "select all dates that would be open for you." Then we picked the date that the most people were able to attend. We still had a couple people who could not make it do to scheduling conflicts, but all of those who really really wanted to be there were able to make it. Perhaps something like that might be in order. You can't please everybody, but you might be able to get the most of the people that way. Just a suggestion. Bob La Londe www.YumaBassMan.com Well, it's like this. I work full time at the Rhinelander Fire Department. I started OutdoorFrontiers Multi-Media LLC and am the host/producer for the nationally televised show, Steve Huber's OutdoorFrontiersTV. I guide a fair amount of time. I try to write articles for OutdoorFrontiers.com and edit those that people send to me. I try to maintain the website and build custom rods. I had a huge backlog of rods and I'm down to two left to build. I'm going to be in Africa on Safari in July, in Wyoming elk hunting in September, as well as whitetail and exotic hunting. It would be nice to have the luxury of giving options, but it's like this.... It's August 26 and 27 or not at all. -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
Unless they're all retired, right Ron?
WW;-) "Ronnie Garrison" wrote in message .. . Bob La Londe wrote: "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... Well, now that all the hubbub has died down from the Mid-Tennessee, it's once again time to look ahead to the NWC. It's going to be a little different this year. First of all, the date has changed. It is no longer being held the weekend after Labor Day as it has in the past. This year, the dates are August 26 and 27. I changed the dates for several reasons. First of all, I thought that with many schools starting just before/after Labor Day, that if we moved the date ahead somewhat, there might be some father/mother/son/daughter teams attending without school getting in the way. Secondly, after hearing some sniveling about "no bass in Boom Lake", I decided to move the tourney to Lake Mohawksin, my very favorite smallmouth lake. There has always been a bass tournament on Lake Mohawksin the same weekend as the traditional NWC, so by moving up the date, we get first crack at the lake. This is a quality smallmouth fishery and if you can't catch fish on Lake Mohawksin, you might as well take up golf. And finally, I'm going to be in Wyoming, at the top of a mountain, chasing elk for my television show. Last year I had to go later in the year and missed the elk rutting season, thus having a nice 3,000 mile round trip sightseeing tour. While I enjoy hiking in the mountains, it's hard to make an elk hunting show without the elk. Hence the tourney is getting moved. This move to a different lake will really change things very little. We will still have The Claridge Best Western Motor Lodge as the headquarters. Everyone seems to like it there, we get special pricing for the event and it's convenient for the rest of the festivities. We will still have dinner Thursday night at The Pub, Friday night we will descend like locusts on The Al-Gen for the BEST Friday Night Fish Fry on the planet and Saturday night we'll still have the award ceremony/feast at my place. The major change is that we'll have to get a move on earlier in the morning because there'll be a 25 minute drive to the landing. So mark your calendars for August 26 and 27. As in the past, pre-fishing is always allowed and even encouraged. Remember that this is similar water to Boom Lake as it is a dammed up impoundment of the Wisconsin River. It is roughly the same in size, somewhere around 1,800 acres and water color is stained. There are thick weeds, lily pads, wild rice, stumps, rocks, flats, shallows, relatively deep water and something for everyone. There are some largemouth in the lake, but I've only caught on four pounder last year. Like I said, this will be a smallmouth tournament. The event is open to all participating members of the ROFB and OutdoorFrontiers.com so if you hang out here, you're welcome to attend. It's a fun event, with lots of stories, laughter, fun and fishing. What better way to spend a long weekend? Mark your calendars and plan on coming to the Rhinelander/Tomahawk Wisconsin area in August. -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com Steve, I recently did a small tournament for an on-line community. What I did was pick the body of water and then check all the local club tournament schedules. I selected all other dates that were open and then posted a poll on my website to let people select the dates that were best for them. It was marked to "select all dates that would be open for you." Then we picked the date that the most people were able to attend. We still had a couple people who could not make it do to scheduling conflicts, but all of those who really really wanted to be there were able to make it. Perhaps something like that might be in order. You can't please everybody, but you might be able to get the most of the people that way. Just a suggestion. Bob La Londe www.YumaBassMan.com Or just let the host pick the dates that work for him. No date is gonna be good for everybody. -- ÐÏࡱá |
I'm going to try & make it. Couple of different guys I need to ask to
come along. 3-4 days of fishing, smallies & largies in the water. Shouldn't be to hard talking someone into it. Also I must replace a guy at work that just quit or I'll be knee deep in #@*@^ by then. |
Ok Steve, see if you can give me some simple directions from Rhinelander, to
see if I can find this on my map... "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... "Charles B. Summers" wrote in message ... So far, my plans are to be there. I think Joe mentioned bringing someone with him, so I've got to talk Dave into riding up with me. Whatcha say Dave? How about a little information about the structure of the lake Steve? Is it shallow like Boom? Any trouble for Jerry this year? How's running on that lake? You know I'm a sissy in shallow water... The lake is, as I said, very similar to Boom Lake, only not as nice. There are places that I don't even run on plane. It has shallow stump fields, it has rocky points and gravel bars, it has downed timber and expansive weedbeds. In short, it has a little bit of everything. Roughly 1,800 acres in size, part of the water is very river-like, the other part is pretty wide open with a few islands. There are channels into other bodies of water, and all sorts of stuff to fish. There's also stuff to run up on if you're not careful. I would suggest that boaters attending pick up a Fishing HotSpots map of Lake Mohawksin and I'll mark it with permanent marker to let you know where the dangerous spots are that I know of. -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
"Charles B. Summers" wrote in message ... Ok Steve, see if you can give me some simple directions from Rhinelander, to see if I can find this on my map... Lake Mohawksin is located in Tomahawk Wisconsin, about 20 miles west of Rhinelander. Follow Highway 8 west to Highway 51 south. Or follow the Wisconsin River from Rhinelander, either way will get you there. -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
I am scheming any way I can to make it up there.Any way at all!
"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... "RATMAN" wrote in message oups.com... I'm going to try & make it. Couple of different guys I need to ask to come along. 3-4 days of fishing, smallies & largies in the water. Shouldn't be to hard talking someone into it. Also I must replace a guy at work that just quit or I'll be knee deep in #@*@^ by then. Man, I hope you can make it, you'll have a blast. And this will be in water that's more to your taste -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
go-bassn wrote:
Unless they're all retired, right Ron? WW;-) Even then - I missed the trip to Fla last year because of my Top Six. |
Everyone should diet first. ;-)
"Bass_Mr." wrote in message ink.net... I am scheming any way I can to make it up there.Any way at all! "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... "RATMAN" wrote in message oups.com... I'm going to try & make it. Couple of different guys I need to ask to come along. 3-4 days of fishing, smallies & largies in the water. Shouldn't be to hard talking someone into it. Also I must replace a guy at work that just quit or I'll be knee deep in #@*@^ by then. Man, I hope you can make it, you'll have a blast. And this will be in water that's more to your taste -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in
message ... "Bob La Londe" wrote in message SNIP Steve, I recently did a small tournament for an on-line community. What I did was pick the body of water and then check all the local club tournament schedules. I selected all other dates that were open and then posted a poll on my website to let people select the dates that were best for them. It was marked to "select all dates that would be open for you." Then we picked the date that the most people were able to attend. We still had a couple people who could not make it do to scheduling conflicts, but all of those who really really wanted to be there were able to make it. Perhaps something like that might be in order. You can't please everybody, but you might be able to get the most of the people that way. Just a suggestion. Bob La Londe www.YumaBassMan.com Well, it's like this. I work full time at the Rhinelander Fire Department. I started OutdoorFrontiers Multi-Media LLC and am the host/producer for the nationally televised show, Steve Huber's OutdoorFrontiersTV. I guide a fair amount of time. I try to write articles for OutdoorFrontiers.com and edit those that people send to me. I try to maintain the website and build custom rods. I had a huge backlog of rods and I'm down to two left to build. I'm going to be in Africa on Safari in July, in Wyoming elk hunting in September, as well as whitetail and exotic hunting. It would be nice to have the luxury of giving options, but it's like this.... It's August 26 and 27 or not at all. LOL, I wasn't criticizing. Just noticing how many people seemed to have issue with the date. I know how much work it is to host a tournament. -- Bob La Londe http://www.YumaBassMan.com |
Two things I want to do before I die.
1. Catch a nice smallmouth since I have never ever fished a "smallmouth lake". 2. Eat walleye,since I have always heard they are the best to eat. After that I would like to fish with Jerry Barton to see if we can fish w/out laughing our butts off ! Then just take me home Jesus! "Jerry Barton" wrote in message ... Everyone should diet first. ;-) "Bass_Mr." wrote in message ink.net... I am scheming any way I can to make it up there.Any way at all! "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... "RATMAN" wrote in message oups.com... I'm going to try & make it. Couple of different guys I need to ask to come along. 3-4 days of fishing, smallies & largies in the water. Shouldn't be to hard talking someone into it. Also I must replace a guy at work that just quit or I'll be knee deep in #@*@^ by then. Man, I hope you can make it, you'll have a blast. And this will be in water that's more to your taste -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
"Chris S" wrote in message ... Will not be able to attend this year but I hope everyone has a great time and I hope Warren has fish at the weight in :) That's too bad. It would be nice to have you up here again. -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
"go-bassn" wrote in message ... Not looking good for me either fellas, I'm on the Hudson River that weekend :-( Is that one written in stone Steve? Yep, it's written in stone. I took vacation from the fire department to get those dates and I can't change the vacation days. Plus, I'm going to be in Wyoming elk hunting the regular time of the NWC. -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
"alwaysfishking" wrote in message ... Kids start school that week up here Sorry about that. You coming? -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
"Charles B. Summers" wrote in message ... So far, my plans are to be there. I think Joe mentioned bringing someone with him, so I've got to talk Dave into riding up with me. Whatcha say Dave? How about a little information about the structure of the lake Steve? Is it shallow like Boom? Any trouble for Jerry this year? How's running on that lake? You know I'm a sissy in shallow water... BassMr could ride with you too! Wadda ya say Joe? -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
If I can survive a day with Randy, laughing our asses off, I'm sure you and
I can make it through a day. I especially liked remembering all of the old places we haunted in Atlanta. "Bass_Mr." wrote in message ink.net... Two things I want to do before I die. 1. Catch a nice smallmouth since I have never ever fished a "smallmouth lake". 2. Eat walleye,since I have always heard they are the best to eat. After that I would like to fish with Jerry Barton to see if we can fish w/out laughing our butts off ! Then just take me home Jesus! "Jerry Barton" wrote in message ... Everyone should diet first. ;-) "Bass_Mr." wrote in message ink.net... I am scheming any way I can to make it up there.Any way at all! "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... "RATMAN" wrote in message oups.com... I'm going to try & make it. Couple of different guys I need to ask to come along. 3-4 days of fishing, smallies & largies in the water. Shouldn't be to hard talking someone into it. Also I must replace a guy at work that just quit or I'll be knee deep in #@*@^ by then. Man, I hope you can make it, you'll have a blast. And this will be in water that's more to your taste -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
"Bob La Londe" wrote in message SNIP LOL, I wasn't criticizing. Just noticing how many people seemed to have issue with the date. I know how much work it is to host a tournament. I just wanted to let people know that this wasn't just an arbitrary change, that I too have scheduling issues. -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
"Bass_Mr." wrote in message ink.net... I am scheming any way I can to make it up there.Any way at all! Talk to Charles and/or Joe Haubenreich. -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
"Bass_Mr." wrote in message ink.net... Two things I want to do before I die. 1. Catch a nice smallmouth since I have never ever fished a "smallmouth lake". 2. Eat walleye,since I have always heard they are the best to eat. After that I would like to fish with Jerry Barton to see if we can fish w/out laughing our butts off ! Then just take me home Jesus! Oh, you should be able to catch a nice smallmouth on Mohawksin. Walleye? Eh, I'm not all that impressed with them. I personally think they're rather bland. But northern pike on the other hand, now that's some tasty eating, if you can deal with the bones...... -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
"Bass_Mr." wrote in message ink.net... Two things I want to do before I die. 1. Catch a nice smallmouth since I have never ever fished a "smallmouth lake". *** Hire Jack Dalzell as a guide for Lake Erie! 2. Eat walleye,since I have always heard they are the best to eat. *** I don't eat fish, but Rob Storm grilled some walleye for us at one of the classics, and it was great! After that I would like to fish with Jerry Barton to see if we can fish w/out laughing our butts off ! *** You can't. Plain and simple. If you're on the boat with Jerry, your sides are going to ache when you get home. Hey, Randy is another one. I almost fell out of the boat last time! Then just take me home Jesus! |
Bass_Mr. wrote:
Two things I want to do before I die. 1. Catch a nice smallmouth since I have never ever fished a "smallmouth lake". 2. Eat walleye,since I have always heard they are the best to eat. After that I would like to fish with Jerry Barton to see if we can fish w/out laughing our butts off ! Then just take me home Jesus! "Jerry Barton" wrote in message ... Everyone should diet first. ;-) "Bass_Mr." wrote in message hlink.net... I am scheming any way I can to make it up there.Any way at all! "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... "RATMAN" wrote in message legroups.com... I'm going to try & make it. Couple of different guys I need to ask to come along. 3-4 days of fishing, smallies & largies in the water. Shouldn't be to hard talking someone into it. Also I must replace a guy at work that just quit or I'll be knee deep in #@*@^ by then. Man, I hope you can make it, you'll have a blast. And this will be in water that's more to your taste -- Steve OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com Bass_Mr then you will definitely have to make it to Mohawksin. It is a smallmouth factory, and definitely the dominant species (over largemouth) in that lake. You will have a blast, I only got to spend a couple hours on it with Steve, but I got a good taste of what the lake has to offer! Chris |
Steve . . . do you do windows as well ? g.
-- God Bless America Josh The Bad Bear |
Haubenreich has a four door truck. Or if sissy-boy Dave finds another way to
weasel out of this one again... I'll have an open seat. Are you reading this Dave??!!??!!?? I know you are... quitch'er lurkin'. "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... "Bass_Mr." wrote in message ink.net... I am scheming any way I can to make it up there.Any way at all! Talk to Charles and/or Joe Haubenreich. -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
Bass_Mr. wrote:
I am scheming any way I can to make it up there.Any way at all! I'm giving it some thought myself. Those dates sound just right for northern Wisconsin. I am a little concerned that a left-wing, liberal ex-hippy with a canoe and a fly rod might not be completely welcome at a Classic. I release all fish immediately unless I happen to have the camera ready for a quick "hero shot", so I wouldn't join in the competition, but it would be interesting to put some faces to names and share a Budweiser or three. -- Ken Fortenberry |
Aww... come on Ken. It'd be nice to finally meet you and you're welcome to
fish out of my boat, but you have to release your tournament fish into the livewell. Well, at least until after the tourny. I've even got a real rod and reel you can use. LOL (Just kidding) "Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message . .. Bass_Mr. wrote: I am scheming any way I can to make it up there.Any way at all! I'm giving it some thought myself. Those dates sound just right for northern Wisconsin. I am a little concerned that a left-wing, liberal ex-hippy with a canoe and a fly rod might not be completely welcome at a Classic. I release all fish immediately unless I happen to have the camera ready for a quick "hero shot", so I wouldn't join in the competition, but it would be interesting to put some faces to names and share a Budweiser or three. -- Ken Fortenberry |
"Joshuall" wrote in message ... Steve . . . do you do windows as well ? g. LOL, you'd have to ask my wife. My hands don't fit a lawn mower, a rake or a vacuum cleaner. They do however fit a fishing rod, a gun stock or bow handle........ -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message . .. Bass_Mr. wrote: I am scheming any way I can to make it up there.Any way at all! I'm giving it some thought myself. Those dates sound just right for northern Wisconsin. I am a little concerned that a left-wing, liberal ex-hippy with a canoe and a fly rod might not be completely welcome at a Classic. I release all fish immediately unless I happen to have the camera ready for a quick "hero shot", so I wouldn't join in the competition, but it would be interesting to put some faces to names and share a Budweiser or three. You're certainly welcome to share in the fun. Whether you actually join in the tourney is totally up to you. Bob Rickard came up here for the first NWC and had a ball. He never set foot in a boat. -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message . .. Bass_Mr. wrote: I am scheming any way I can to make it up there.Any way at all! I'm giving it some thought myself. Those dates sound just right for northern Wisconsin. I am a little concerned that a left-wing, liberal ex-hippy with a canoe and a fly rod might not be completely welcome at a Classic. I release all fish immediately unless I happen to have the camera ready for a quick "hero shot", so I wouldn't join in the competition, but it would be interesting to put some faces to names and share a Budweiser or three. Hey! If you're a flyrodder, there's been a guy on OutdoorFrontiers.com that's been asking some flyrod questions. I'm not really up on that aspect of fishing so you might be able to help him out. Membership is free and I'm sure he'd appreciate the assist. -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
Steve Put me and the youngest (Alex) down as definite maybes..... Alex may have a conflict w/ an early school start (1st yr of college), and I have a friend in Missouir who wants to come up for a visit - so I need to see what dates he has in mind. If at all possible, I'll be there.....but, do I really have to take up golfing if I don't catch a SM? Jim On Tue, 31 May 2005 21:59:25 -0500, "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote: Well, now that all the hubbub has died down from the Mid-Tennessee, it's once again time to look ahead to the NWC. It's going to be a little different this year. First of all, the date has changed. It is no longer being held the weekend after Labor Day as it has in the past. This year, the dates are August 26 and 27. I changed the dates for several reasons. First of all, I thought that with many schools starting just before/after Labor Day, that if we moved the date ahead somewhat, there might be some father/mother/son/daughter teams attending without school getting in the way. Secondly, after hearing some sniveling about "no bass in Boom Lake", I decided to move the tourney to Lake Mohawksin, my very favorite smallmouth lake. There has always been a bass tournament on Lake Mohawksin the same weekend as the traditional NWC, so by moving up the date, we get first crack at the lake. This is a quality smallmouth fishery and if you can't catch fish on Lake Mohawksin, you might as well take up golf. And finally, I'm going to be in Wyoming, at the top of a mountain, chasing elk for my television show. Last year I had to go later in the year and missed the elk rutting season, thus having a nice 3,000 mile round trip sightseeing tour. While I enjoy hiking in the mountains, it's hard to make an elk hunting show without the elk. Hence the tourney is getting moved. This move to a different lake will really change things very little. We will still have The Claridge Best Western Motor Lodge as the headquarters. Everyone seems to like it there, we get special pricing for the event and it's convenient for the rest of the festivities. We will still have dinner Thursday night at The Pub, Friday night we will descend like locusts on The Al-Gen for the BEST Friday Night Fish Fry on the planet and Saturday night we'll still have the award ceremony/feast at my place. The major change is that we'll have to get a move on earlier in the morning because there'll be a 25 minute drive to the landing. So mark your calendars for August 26 and 27. As in the past, pre-fishing is always allowed and even encouraged. Remember that this is similar water to Boom Lake as it is a dammed up impoundment of the Wisconsin River. It is roughly the same in size, somewhere around 1,800 acres and water color is stained. There are thick weeds, lily pads, wild rice, stumps, rocks, flats, shallows, relatively deep water and something for everyone. There are some largemouth in the lake, but I've only caught on four pounder last year. Like I said, this will be a smallmouth tournament. The event is open to all participating members of the ROFB and OutdoorFrontiers.com so if you hang out here, you're welcome to attend. It's a fun event, with lots of stories, laughter, fun and fishing. What better way to spend a long weekend? Mark your calendars and plan on coming to the Rhinelander/Tomahawk Wisconsin area in August. |
On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 11:32:36 -0500, Jim Laumann
wrote: Steve Put me and the youngest (Alex) down as definite maybes..... Alex may have a conflict w/ an early school start (1st yr of college), and I have a friend in Missouir who wants to come up for a visit - so I need to see what dates he has in mind. Steve Looks like this hurdle may be out of the way - Mel is a Kasas City Chiefs fan, and wants to see them play Vikings in the Metrodome - that game is on Aug 12. Jim If at all possible, I'll be there.....but, do I really have to take up golfing if I don't catch a SM? Jim On Tue, 31 May 2005 21:59:25 -0500, "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote: Well, now that all the hubbub has died down from the Mid-Tennessee, it's once again time to look ahead to the NWC. It's going to be a little different this year. First of all, the date has changed. It is no longer being held the weekend after Labor Day as it has in the past. This year, the dates are August 26 and 27. I changed the dates for several reasons. First of all, I thought that with many schools starting just before/after Labor Day, that if we moved the date ahead somewhat, there might be some father/mother/son/daughter teams attending without school getting in the way. Secondly, after hearing some sniveling about "no bass in Boom Lake", I decided to move the tourney to Lake Mohawksin, my very favorite smallmouth lake. There has always been a bass tournament on Lake Mohawksin the same weekend as the traditional NWC, so by moving up the date, we get first crack at the lake. This is a quality smallmouth fishery and if you can't catch fish on Lake Mohawksin, you might as well take up golf. And finally, I'm going to be in Wyoming, at the top of a mountain, chasing elk for my television show. Last year I had to go later in the year and missed the elk rutting season, thus having a nice 3,000 mile round trip sightseeing tour. While I enjoy hiking in the mountains, it's hard to make an elk hunting show without the elk. Hence the tourney is getting moved. This move to a different lake will really change things very little. We will still have The Claridge Best Western Motor Lodge as the headquarters. Everyone seems to like it there, we get special pricing for the event and it's convenient for the rest of the festivities. We will still have dinner Thursday night at The Pub, Friday night we will descend like locusts on The Al-Gen for the BEST Friday Night Fish Fry on the planet and Saturday night we'll still have the award ceremony/feast at my place. The major change is that we'll have to get a move on earlier in the morning because there'll be a 25 minute drive to the landing. So mark your calendars for August 26 and 27. As in the past, pre-fishing is always allowed and even encouraged. Remember that this is similar water to Boom Lake as it is a dammed up impoundment of the Wisconsin River. It is roughly the same in size, somewhere around 1,800 acres and water color is stained. There are thick weeds, lily pads, wild rice, stumps, rocks, flats, shallows, relatively deep water and something for everyone. There are some largemouth in the lake, but I've only caught on four pounder last year. Like I said, this will be a smallmouth tournament. The event is open to all participating members of the ROFB and OutdoorFrontiers.com so if you hang out here, you're welcome to attend. It's a fun event, with lots of stories, laughter, fun and fishing. What better way to spend a long weekend? Mark your calendars and plan on coming to the Rhinelander/Tomahawk Wisconsin area in August. |
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers wrote:
Hey! If you're a flyrodder, there's been a guy on OutdoorFrontiers.com that's been asking some flyrod questions. I'm not really up on that aspect of fishing so you might be able to help him out. Membership is free and I'm sure he'd appreciate the assist. I took a look, your advice is spot on. I like these combos for a beginner: http://tinyurl.com/7n8qo Relatively cheap by fly rod standards, good quality stuff and Cabela's will load the right line and backing on the reel. I like the 4 piece models for ease of transport and for trout and salmon in Newfoundland you didn't steer him wrong by suggesting a 6wt. A little too much rod for most trout, in my opinion, and not quite enough rod for salmon, but a good compromise if he plans to buy only one rod for both. Another consideration is Newfoundland's game laws. If he plans to fish in Newfoundland he should know that there is practically nowhere in the province where it is legal for a non-resident to fish without a guide. Maybe he has relatives in Newfoundland or plans to fish only next to the highway, but you might mention it before he spends money on fishing equipment he won't be able to use without hiring a guide. -- Ken Fortenberry |
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