Northwoods Classic 2004

We can always convoy from Michigan.

"Craig Baugher" wrote in message
news:r_9lc.11319$IG1.363426@attbi_s04...
I will really try hard to make it. I owe it to myself.

--
Craig Baugher
Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN!

Craig, we can make it a business trip. Do you have a $20,000 new pickup
lying around the lot?

Have everybody who comes to NWC cough up $1000. We toss it to Craig, he
brings a new truck as the "door prize". Odds are 1 in 20 you leave
with a new rig.

'course, it's probably illegal-- it's too good of an idea for it not to be.

Craig Baugher wrote:
I will really try hard to make it. I owe it to myself.

Will try hard, but may be a late entry if at all :-)

Have to go and get some sleep, my dad is dragging me off to the
cranberry
marshes in a few hours to try for some bass.

Get on up here. It's not that expensive to fish and usually there's
someone
willing to share a room to reduce costs. As far as time off, isn't that
what sick days are for?
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers

Oh it's no problem to bunk in, the real sticker comes with the days off. Got
a nice job, good pension, good pay, but NO sick days. Keep telling the boss
that it's just not fair that there are so many fishing days, but no sick
days to use during the season! Will do what I can to get there as I would
really like to meet the bunch of you face to face. (And brush up on stealing
ideas for fishing :-).

Crossing my fingers that I will be able to pull it together.

Cast far
Bob

Going to it give my best shot to be there. The drive to Red Gut Bay on Rainy
Lake June 16-20 must be almost as far Boom. I will bring my boat as well.
Joe Z.

"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in
message ...
OK, now that The Southern Classic is in the books, now it's time to start
talking and planning for the Northwoods Classic.

The NWC will be once again in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, the weekend after
Labor Day. This year, the dates of the NWC will be September 10 and 11.
Tentatively, I'm going to give you guys one more crack at Boom Lake, but
that's still open. I'll keep everyone up to date on the lake with plenty of
time to get lake maps from Fishing Hot Spots if you want.

Unlike the Southern Classic, the NWC is an individual tourney. That means
that the weight totals are carried over from Day One to Day Two, and the
three highest weights bring home cash, and trophies. There is a Big Bass
award. Also unlike TSC, there's a prize for the Largest Non-Bass caught.
On Boom Lake (and most other lakes in this area) there are some big muskies
and pike cruising around. The biggest muskie I ever saw was on Boom Lake, a
fish that easily was in the upper 50 to low 60 inch class.

The entry fee for the NWC is $50 for the two days, plus an additional $10
for the Big Bass award, $60 for you "non-math" types. All entry fees will
be returned to the contestants.

I'll be notifying you of accomodations, but I imagine that we'll be staying
at the Claridge Best Western Motor Lodge once again. I'll talk to the
manager to see about special pricing for all participants.

Practice begins as soon as anyone wants to get their butt to Rhinelander.
I'll see about rental boats for those interested as well. Last year, if I
remember correctly, it cost around $150 a day for a pretty nice rig.

Thursday night, there will be a pre-tourney meeting held at the Rhinelander
Cafe and Pub. For those of you that haven't yet attended, the food is
great, and the prices reasonable. Plus, they know how to mix cocktails
properly

On Friday, if you're a boater and you brought a companion that you'd like to
fish with, that's fine. Friday night, after the tournament is done for the
day, the boats are loaded and everyone is showered and cleaned up, we're off
to the Al-Gen Supper Club for their World Famous Friday Night Fish Fry. If
for no other reason, you really need to show up for the eating on Friday
night. If you can imagine, lightly breaded fish, french fries, cole slaw,
potato salad, pasta salad, potato pancakes and apple sauce, along with three
types of home baked bread, all served family style, all you can eat, for
$8.95. If you leave this place and you can still walk normally, I'll be
amazed, that doesn't happen very often. Friday night, we'll pair up the
boaters and non-boaters by random drawing.

Saturday night, after the tournament, we'll all meet at Hacienda Huber for
laughing, eating, laughing, drinking, laughing, awards, laughing, eating,
laughing, drinking, prize drawings, laughing, and a little bit of story
telling. Then we'll all sing Rugby Songs..... and maybe laugh a little
more....

So, start planning to keep that time open and make plans to attend the NWC.
Once again, I'll be building a rod of some sort for the first place prize,
another rod for second place, and there'll be a rod for Largest Non-Bass as
well.

All it takes to be qualified to attend is to be a member of the ROFB or
OutdoorFrontiers. And it appears to me that if you're reading this, you're
now qualified to attend. Don't worry about whether you're "good enough" or
not. Boom Lake has beaten up on some pretty darned good anglers and has
been pretty good to newcomers to tournament fishing.

In case you haven't figured it out by now, these tournaments are more of a
reason to get together and have a good time than about the competition.
Come to Wisconsin's beautiful Northwoods, have fun, put faces to names, meet
new friends and who knows? You might even get some fish!

Hey, if I can drag my boat all the way to Florida, there's no reason you
guys can't make it up here!
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

Oh I have the rigs - 02 GMC SLE Z71 Ext Cab, 5.7 V8, 35,590 miles or a New
04 GMC Sierra Reg Cab 1500 4x4, with 5.3 V8
--
Craig Baugher
Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN!

"Joe Z" wrote in message
...
Going to it give my best shot to be there. The drive to Red Gut Bay on
Rainy
Lake June 16-20 must be almost as far Boom. I will bring my boat as well.
Joe Z.

EXCELLENT! The first South Dakota participant if I remember correctly.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

Yup! ;-)
"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in
message ...

"Joe Z" wrote in message
...
Going to it give my best shot to be there. The drive to Red Gut Bay on
Rainy
Lake June 16-20 must be almost as far Boom. I will bring my boat as well.
Joe Z.

EXCELLENT! The first South Dakota participant if I remember correctly.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

There's fish in South Dakota ??

"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in
message ...

"Joe Z" wrote in message
...
Going to it give my best shot to be there. The drive to Red Gut Bay on
Rainy
Lake June 16-20 must be almost as far Boom. I will bring my boat as
well.
Joe Z.

EXCELLENT! The first South Dakota participant if I remember correctly.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

I'm in! When are you going to get there Randy?

Heavy


"alwaysfishking" wrote in message ...
I'm in.
"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
Funny you should mention this Stevo, I just broke the news to the wife
today - I AM THERE!

I'll be flying in early on the 8th & leaving sometime on Sunday the 12th.
Tell Gil & Bunny to get that spare bedroom ready, I'm taking up Gil on his
offer this time!

Now for my Boom Lake strategy. Based on the fact that I targeted bass
last
time & all I caught was that giant watch-a-me-call-it (what the h-ll was
that???), this time I've got my sights set on taking the top non-bass
prize
& all the fame & fortune that goes with it. This way I figure I'm a
shoe-in
to finally catch a Boom Lake bass!

I can't wait for September.

The weekend after I get back from Wisconsin I'm off to the Hudson River &
from there I'm off to Champlain for the Everstart. Bring it on!

Warren


"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in
message ...
OK, now that The Southern Classic is in the books, now it's time to
start
talking and planning for the Northwoods Classic.

The NWC will be once again in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, the weekend after
Labor Day. This year, the dates of the NWC will be September 10 and 11.
Tentatively, I'm going to give you guys one more crack at Boom Lake, but
that's still open. I'll keep everyone up to date on the lake with
plenty
of
time to get lake maps from Fishing Hot Spots if you want.

Unlike the Southern Classic, the NWC is an individual tourney. That
means
that the weight totals are carried over from Day One to Day Two, and the
three highest weights bring home cash, and trophies. There is a Big
Bass
award. Also unlike TSC, there's a prize for the Largest Non-Bass
caught.
On Boom Lake (and most other lakes in this area) there are some big
muskies
and pike cruising around. The biggest muskie I ever saw was on Boom
Lake,
a
fish that easily was in the upper 50 to low 60 inch class.

The entry fee for the NWC is $50 for the two days, plus an additional
$10
for the Big Bass award, $60 for you "non-math" types. All entry fees
will
be returned to the contestants.

I'll be notifying you of accomodations, but I imagine that we'll be
staying
at the Claridge Best Western Motor Lodge once again. I'll talk to the
manager to see about special pricing for all participants.

Practice begins as soon as anyone wants to get their butt to
Rhinelander.
I'll see about rental boats for those interested as well. Last year, if
I
remember correctly, it cost around $150 a day for a pretty nice rig.

Thursday night, there will be a pre-tourney meeting held at the
Rhinelander
Cafe and Pub. For those of you that haven't yet attended, the food is
great, and the prices reasonable. Plus, they know how to mix cocktails
properly

On Friday, if you're a boater and you brought a companion that you'd
like
to
fish with, that's fine. Friday night, after the tournament is done for
the
day, the boats are loaded and everyone is showered and cleaned up, we're
off
to the Al-Gen Supper Club for their World Famous Friday Night Fish Fry.
If
for no other reason, you really need to show up for the eating on Friday
night. If you can imagine, lightly breaded fish, french fries, cole
slaw,
potato salad, pasta salad, potato pancakes and apple sauce, along with
three
types of home baked bread, all served family style, all you can eat, for
$8.95. If you leave this place and you can still walk normally, I'll be
amazed, that doesn't happen very often. Friday night, we'll pair up the
boaters and non-boaters by random drawing.

Saturday night, after the tournament, we'll all meet at Hacienda Huber
for
laughing, eating, laughing, drinking, laughing, awards, laughing,
eating,
laughing, drinking, prize drawings, laughing, and a little bit of story
telling. Then we'll all sing Rugby Songs..... and maybe laugh a little
more....

So, start planning to keep that time open and make plans to attend the
NWC.
Once again, I'll be building a rod of some sort for the first place
prize,
another rod for second place, and there'll be a rod for Largest Non-Bass
as
well.

All it takes to be qualified to attend is to be a member of the ROFB or
OutdoorFrontiers. And it appears to me that if you're reading this,
you're
now qualified to attend. Don't worry about whether you're "good enough"
or
not. Boom Lake has beaten up on some pretty darned good anglers and has
been pretty good to newcomers to tournament fishing.

In case you haven't figured it out by now, these tournaments are more of
a
reason to get together and have a good time than about the competition.
Come to Wisconsin's beautiful Northwoods, have fun, put faces to names,
meet
new friends and who knows? You might even get some fish!

Hey, if I can drag my boat all the way to Florida, there's no reason you
guys can't make it up here!
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

I'm in, and willing to rent a boat from that same marina. The boat was
great, and so were the folks up there.

pat