Okay here is the list of confirmed participants so far for the September 11, 2010 GreatLakesBass.com members' tournament - the Fall West DK Open on White Lake in Montague Michigan. (8am until 2pm, be there by 7:30am please). No drawing yet. I will do it as soon as I hear from a few more maybes. There is room at the moment for one boater to switch to nonboater, but I'm afraid to say do it since I always have a last minute change to two that puts me short.
Boaters
mikesmiph
Cy
Firefighter Jeff
TritonTR20
Genie
bassfan586
Bassin Bero
Eric
1javelin
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Non-boaters
djkimmel
mikeszr800
Veronica
bassassasin88
willybutch
TCook
stcroixnick
Man, that is a slim list this time, Dan. Why does everybody hate the west side? :'( >:( ???
:( so sorry that I can not make it to this tournament .. my father is very ill so need to stay close to home.. Good Luck to all Have Fun!!!
Quote from: mikeszr800 on September 04, 2010, 09:34:04 PM
Man, that is a slim list this time, Dan. Why does everybody hate the west side? :'( >:( ???
Mike, I really don't think it's so much they hate this side, just that there are a fair amount of tourneys and such going on. Ok, might be a little hate from what I saw on a previous post on White Lake. lolololol Shoot, I'm gonna make it, what more could you want??? LMAOOOOOO
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Good luck with your dad, Mary. Best wishes for your family. We will all miss you at White.....well, except for those of us you beat last year! LOL!
I don't really hate the west side buuuttttt.
after 2 BFL co-angler events where i never weighed a keeper. then last week spending 18 hours on Gun lake and finally catching 1 keeper which was better than 44 other anglers in the tourny I fished. I think I will be staying east of Lansing from now on. Plus I have a tourny on the 11th. good luck to all fishing. hope you all limit out.
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Crowded season with lots of choices. Money is tight. We shouldn't take things so personal. Some day this east vs west thing has to stop. The West side probably has more circuits and tournaments than the east side from what I see, making it very hard to pick a decent date with less conflicts. I'll be there no matter what and we'll have fun! It's fishing!!
But, Veronica is going to be at this one. That should make it the biggest draw in the State. And, she needs a ride, so I'm coming too.
I'll fish anywhere, east side, west side, doesn't matter. I do understand how it would be frustrating t drive over and not catch anything. Happened to me when I took my dad to LSC. But, I'm going back at the end of this month, and I'm going to have better luck. Our side of the state gets tremendous pressure. I was on my way to work a couple weekends ago, and came across a convoy of 5 or 6 boats getting on the highway at 5 a.m. They were all heading south, due to rain, and all had Indiana plates. We get beat up by everybody from surrounding states as well. I remember going to Fisherman's Landing a couple of months ago and it was full of Indiana and Ohio plates. Full, not just a handfull. But anyways, let's go do what we ALL here on GLB love to do, and go jerk some lips.
I would be there with bells on if I didn't have a tournament on that date. I have only missed one (I believe) DK Open since its inception. I am totally depressed about this missed opportunity. I would rather fish with you guys and not catch a single fish, than fish another tournament and catch a huge sack. Well........ somewhere in the middle. ;)
Sorry for backing out Dan, and the rest of the gang. In my case, it's simply a scheduling conflict. With the exception of the NBAA Overtime division series that I fish, this time of year (through Nov.) is the time when I do most of my tournament fishing. Has absolutely nothing to do with it being on the West Side.
Living in the Lansing area puts me about equal distance from either side.
Up until the mid, to late 90's, most of my fishing was done on the west side of the state. My two favorite bodies of water were the Grand River, and Muskegon Lake.
I fished Tri-State, so for those of you who remember, three out of five tournaments were usually on the west side. My old bass club was also quite fond of the west side (inland) lakes, so I also spent a lot of time on Cass, Gun, Pine, Thornapple, Crooked.
The club that I currently belong to likes the northwestern lakes, so I've also spent a fair amount of time in that part of the state. They like to fish the lake known for big smallies like Charlevoix (almost every year), Elk and Torch, Burt and Mullet (not quite west, but Crooked and Pickerel are), Leelanau.
I was actually looking forward to getting back to White (even though it would have been the first time in about 12 years).
I would normally jump at this since I have my boat back, but not really wanting to spend any money on fishing right now, college starts back up tomorrow and my best friend's first playoff game for semi-pro football is Saturday in Indiana, so that would make for a lot of driving I just don't feel like doing. I was holding out on chiming in until I knew whether his team made it or not, but since they did, I gotta go support my boy!! Have fun fishing though guys, should be a real doozy.
1jav
Id go in a heartbeat but Im taking my brother to KISS at DTE Saturday night.
Quote from: mikeszr800 on September 05, 2010, 07:20:56 PM
I'll fish anywhere, east side, west side, doesn't matter. I do understand how it would be frustrating t drive over and not catch anything. Happened to me when I took my dad to LSC. But, I'm going back at the end of this month, and I'm going to have better luck. Our side of the state gets tremendous pressure. I was on my way to work a couple weekends ago, and came across a convoy of 5 or 6 boats getting on the highway at 5 a.m. They were all heading south, due to rain, and all had Indiana plates. We get beat up by everybody from surrounding states as well. I remember going to Fisherman's Landing a couple of months ago and it was full of Indiana and Ohio plates. Full, not just a handfull. But anyways, let's go do what we ALL here on GLB love to do, and go jerk some lips.
Mike, if you lived in Indiana, wouldn't you fish here too???? Love the Ludington area, that's why we bought a trailer on Hamlin 10 years ago. :)
Room for one, probably two more nonboaters. Anyone want to fish?
Is mchesney fishing this one, by any chance? On my way home today, I saw a yellow and black Stratos 201 with a Yam 300 on it, and remembered that I saw his at LSC in May. Didn't know if he was a last minute facebook guy or not.
Never heard from him through any means.
wellllll were waiting. us east siders who did not go. hope you missed the rain.
It rained every second we were in the boat. By the end of weigh in, we were wetter than the fish were. At least it was a nice warm 55 degree day to fish in the rain all day. Brett and I had a blast though, and dinner afterwards was a hoot.
Completely miserable day out there, wet, cold, and very tough fishing. Fortunately I got to fish with Cy and still had a good time with him despite the conditions. We tried alot of things that normally produce on White with only two keeper bites for the first 4 hours. Although we did have a handful of bites where they would hit very hard and instantly spit it back out. Cy put a 2 pounder in the boat and I had a 3.5 throw my xr50 at the boat. We were running out of ideas and Cy decided to finish the day in an area that atleast I thought no way any largemouth would bite. Cy proved me wrong and he had 4 solid bites in an hour flipping and managed to put two in the boat. One 3 pounder and another 2 1/4, unfortunately the other two didn't stay buttoned but we got a good look at them and they were prolly over 3. Unfortunately I couldn't contribute to our sack but Cy showed me something new which made up for the bad day.
Quote from: TCook on September 12, 2010, 10:11:21 AM
Unfortunately I couldn't contribute to our sack but Cy showed me something new which made up for the bad day.
was it punchin the clown or shakin the baby?
He showed me how to shake the baby but didn't get any on it, whats this punching the clown business?
Due to a good rainsuit, I managed to stay dry all day. Mike and I caught a couple of fish right off, then struggled the rest of the day with only one more keeper and few short fish. Still good to meet some of the people here and had a good time.
I had a ball yesterday. I've never fished in the rain like that, and was REALLY happy that my 100mph GoreTex worked. I would have liked to have had a full limit in the boat, but we had a good time. It's cool that i can fish with someone from another state and learn something about a lake I can be at in 10 minutes. I did, however, have a disappointing moment. Around noon, we ran back to the first spot we fished, and started working it again. I got a really good bite, and when I set the hook, I got hit in the shoulder with the top 3 and a half feet of my rod. I was beside myself. So, if anybody wants to own a 2 piece Grandt spinning rod, we may be able to work out a deal. Just kidding, it's under warranty. Glad I bought it!
Unconditional Lifetime Warranty. ;D ;D
Quote from: MadWags on September 12, 2010, 05:15:46 PM
Unconditional Lifetime Warranty. ;D ;D
Was that an under the radar plug for Grandt? I think it was.
The first thing I'm going to say about this weekend is, thank you so very much to our host, MikeSZR800, and his beautiful family. We had a wonderful time with them Friday. Saturday, I woke up and taught his dog a new trick, ask Mike about it sometime. The one question I have of everyone, (Brian B, are you reading this?) is, does anyone know where I can buy a high quality insulated rainsuit in a childrens size? What do the juniors wear? I can find cheap little play suits for kids, but nothing like the 100mph. Please help. The rest goes without saying, she got wet and cold and the day was over. We had no idea how to catch a bass. We did see a very nice salmon landed by a gentleman. I got one little twitch of a bite on a Zipper worm but couldnt hook up. That had to be one of the worst condition days I've ever fished. I congratulate the winners, and everyone who stayed out there and tried. We thank Dan for having it, and will be back again. I just hope the weather is better next time.
Cabelas and Lands End are the only 2 good youth rain suits I know of. My son has the Lands End - it works ok, but I would like to try the Cabelas - they have a GoreTex youth suit for about $120 or so.
My pleasure, Mike. Hopefully next time you are here, you catch a bass, or several for that matter. Let me know ahead of time when you will be here next, so I can plan to get you out on the water.