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Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers June 1st, 2005 03:59 AM

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



Chris S June 1st, 2005 12:17 PM

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





Charles B. Summers June 1st, 2005 02:29 PM

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





go-bassn June 1st, 2005 04:02 PM

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







Heavy June 1st, 2005 04:16 PM

And your point is??????????????????????????????????????




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








Charles B. Summers June 1st, 2005 08:11 PM

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









Bob La Londe June 1st, 2005 09:11 PM

"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



Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers June 2nd, 2005 12:46 AM


"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



Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers June 2nd, 2005 12:51 AM


"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



Ronnie Garrison June 2nd, 2005 01:29 AM

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.

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