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They're all good Steve, thanks to you & Janet's incredible hospitality. I'd
go out n get skunked 2 more times (or was it 3?) just for the times I've had
out there again.

Now that I'm doing these FLW tournaments my finances aren't as loose as they
used to be, and I no longer get air miles (switched to the GMAC credit
card). My last wooping on the Potomac cost me about $2500.

They're fun when you make the cut, and fun when you don't, but they hurt
when you don't.

It's very comforting to know that Boom "turns on", at one point I wondered
if there was a quality population of bass in there.

I think next time I get up there I'll fish super-shallow, less than 2', and
see how that goes.

I'm so glad you all had fun, that's the name of the game.

Warren


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"WARREN WOLK" wrote in message
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Thanks Steve, I just ewanted the whole picture, nothing more.

Charles the best boat deals are traditionally right now, at the end of
the season.

It was interesting to fish Boom this year. We had totally different
weather conditions from one day to the next, yet many people brought in
keeper bass. Different patterns worked well for different anglers. I
couldn't buy a bite in the weeds, yet others were bringing in keepers that
were caught in the weeds. I found my fish in mid to deep water, relative
to Boom. Another thing I noticed was that just about everyone had a tale
of an encounter with a big bass.

You missed a good one Warren,
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
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Any comments on your patterns Gary? You seem to own that lake! Nice job
again...

Warren

"gwilber" wrote in message
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I also want to thank Steve and Janet for another wonderful tournament.
They work very hard at this and it always is enjoyable. I did find out
this year why Steve would make a poor accountant. Just kidding Steve.
I had the pleasure on the first day of fishing with Scott. It was fun
watching his excitement as he caught bass and his "I'm not a losser"
dance after he boated his second keeper. Thank you Scott for
distracting Chris the second day although all I asked him to do was
mess up Chris's tackle. That brokeback bass fishing stuff must have
been his idea. I couldn't want to win bad enough to do that to anyone.
I can just picture Chris's face as Scott kept telling him "Gary put me
on bass, why can't you". The second day I got to fish with Steve's son
Jim. He kept everything in prespective as I saw my lead slipping away
with every fish that got off or broke me off. He kept telling me "I'm
having fun!". It was exciting as we were on fish but just couldn't get
them in the boat. We still ended up with two each although we both
could have limited out if our luck had been a little better. I will
never forget watching Joe make custom prototype spinnerbaits for people
out of the back of a minivan. Joe, I'll let you know how it works in a
couple of weeks. I had a great time and was happy to see Steve win
this year. Hope to see everyone next year.

WARREN WOLK wrote:
Any comments on your patterns Gary? You seem to own that lake! Nice job
again...

Thanks Warren but I'm hardly an expert on Boom. The great thing about
this year was that I caught a limit the first day and only had a 2 oz
lead over Ronnie. In the past everyone had a chance of winning the
second day because no one was catching fish. This year it was just the
opposite. Enough fish came in that lots of people were grouped up
pretty tight. Steve came back and won after being in 4th place the
first day. We still weren't catching them like the local experts.
Jason fished with us the second day who is a local pro and said in the
open that was held out there that all the lead teams came in with
limits and had around a 3 pound average per fish. He said you would
need 18 -19 pounds with a 6 fish limit per day to have a chance at
winning the tourney. I know the fish are out there and it seems that
every year we are doing a little better at finding them. And you are
right that even if you don't catch alot, Steve makes it worth your
effort to come anyway. Good Luck at your tournaments!

Thanks Gary, though I think you are being a bit modest (great tournament
etiquette, btw). Do, you think the increase in success rate is due to
increased angler knowledge of the lake, or to the lake simply being "on"?
It seems to me that the deeper waters of Boom Lake might be ripe for the
pickins if, say, a local or two were to invest the time of planting some
cover in various spots, here & there. Just a thought, I know it's the
secret of many locals in my area. Call me lazy, but I've never sunk a
brushpile in my life. Did sink an old toilet seat once, but I forgot
exactly where...

Warren ;-)




"gwilber" wrote in message
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WARREN WOLK wrote:
Any comments on your patterns Gary? You seem to own that lake! Nice job
again...

Thanks Warren but I'm hardly an expert on Boom. The great thing about
this year was that I caught a limit the first day and only had a 2 oz
lead over Ronnie. In the past everyone had a chance of winning the
second day because no one was catching fish. This year it was just the
opposite. Enough fish came in that lots of people were grouped up
pretty tight. Steve came back and won after being in 4th place the
first day. We still weren't catching them like the local experts.
Jason fished with us the second day who is a local pro and said in the
open that was held out there that all the lead teams came in with
limits and had around a 3 pound average per fish. He said you would
need 18 -19 pounds with a 6 fish limit per day to have a chance at
winning the tourney. I know the fish are out there and it seems that
every year we are doing a little better at finding them. And you are
right that even if you don't catch alot, Steve makes it worth your
effort to come anyway. Good Luck at your tournaments!

Now that it's been 3 years I definitely think I know the lake better.
I spend less time running all over the place and more time
concentrating on specific locations. As far as what the locals are
doing out there, Steve would be in a better position to answer that.
He is the only local that I know who fishes out there. They must be
doing something different as they bring in a lot more fish out there
than I do.

Gary

Gary,

From talking to Jason, he pretty much was doing what we were doing. It
was wood at one point for him, and then weeds. I know from other
conversations that the cribs do hold big smallies at times, and from
pre-fishing a couple years ago I did manage a couple really nice ones
from 10+ feet on crankbaits. Problem is I couldn't pin down a
concentration, but if I could have brought in 5 of the couple I caught I
would have had about 15lbs. So the locals just knowing when those fish
turn on, or move into certain areas , or where you can pick off one or
two of those big ones in a few different spots really makes the
difference. Steve was really the only one who spent any time around the
deeper water it seemed (sorry if I missed anyone else, maybe Joe H, and
Chris S. as well) and he brought in some pretty nice fish. If he would
have brought in a limit of what he had going both days he would have
stomped us. 14lbs for the number of fish he had was pretty impressive.

I had mentioned this to a couple people, but my plan for next year is to
disappear into some areas that are just not easy to get to. I mentioned
to Gary before we launched on the first day that I could kick myself for
forgetting my push pole, but I think that getting out of the easily
accessible areas (even though those areas could have easily produced big
limits based on the amount of fish we had lost on day 2) and really
getting back into maybe some of those sloughs and creeks could produce
some really big limits, or I could completely bomb and waste 8 hours
pushing myself around the weeds :-).

I really like that lake (flowage), and I am already looking forward to
next year. Matter of fact I may be up there this Saturday morning just
to check out some stuff I didn't get to look at during pre-fishing and
picking up a Stainless prop :-).

Chris
gwilber wrote:
Now that it's been 3 years I definitely think I know the lake better.
I spend less time running all over the place and more time
concentrating on specific locations. As far as what the locals are
doing out there, Steve would be in a better position to answer that.
He is the only local that I know who fishes out there. They must be
doing something different as they bring in a lot more fish out there
than I do.

Gary

I guess it's true what they say. "never bet against a man on his home lake"
Sure there are days when any decent angler can put fish in the boat if the
bite is on. However there is a distinct advantage to having fished a lake
over and over again.


For me, I tend to remember where I caught fish on similiar days, weather,
wind, water color etc etc. when Harry was up here with Jerry and we had our
mini tourney, the bite was no where near "on fire", but remembering where
and how I caught fish in similiar conditions had me and Jerry with about 20
fish to the boat that day and lots of those fish were taken in water already
fished by the other teams. We wound up beating the second place team by 5 or
6 pounds as we were culling by 8:30 am