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

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"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

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"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

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"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" 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

"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

Hopefully next year
--
Chris S

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"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in
message ...

"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

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

"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

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