2006 DK Open----When???

[Skulley]

Hey Dan.....Any thoughts as to when you may have your annual DK Open?  My daughter and I are going to come out and fish.  After reading some of the threads from the old forum, it sounds like fun.  Are you planning to go back to Lake Ovid.  Never been on that lake but I hear there are some big largemouth there.  I guess I have a bad case of cabin fever.  Need a fishing fix.  Trophy bass computer game just isn't doing it for me.  I need the real deal.  Being an auto worker for DCX, I had today off and I went out to breakfast this morning with my daughter and she wants the spring to get here so she can try out her new rod and reel she got from Santa.  She is ready to fish and so is her Dad......

BD   

[dartag]

i want to fish it this year also...  seems like the new thing is to give away a boat for first place...  a new Ranger Z21 would be great...  although i am sure the entry fee would have to go up to 30.00 or something like that.

how about Cass lake for us easterners... 

ss

[Skulley]

Cass Lake, Orchard Lake, or any of the other good lakes in Oakland County would be good.  Hey, how about Belleville or Ford?  Better yet, what about Tipsico or the Pickney Chain (Portage Chain) or even the Halfmoon Chain.  At this point of the winter, I just want to fish................

BD   

[dartag]

never fished Tipisico but it is a pretty looking lake... 

[djkimmel]

I guess I better start looking at the tournament calendar and matching things up. We could do a poll for the lake after some more guys put up some choices. Ovid was fun. It's a drive, but we had people there from way up north and to the west too.

[dhuff]

I wanted to make it last year but it conflicted with other tournaments that I was in.  I would like to make it there this year as long as it dosn't conflict with other divisions I am planning on fishing.

[Revtro]

I'll be there.  We had a great time last year.  I liked the fact that is was away from home and I got to camp out for a couple of days.  Anywhere is fine with me Dan.

[Skulley]

It would be great to get thirty (30) boats there.? How many did you have last year Dan?? It could become one of the Premier Bass Tournaments in Michigan, Dan.? Everybody who is anybody would be there.

Imagine That!!!!!
BD? ? ?

[djkimmel]

For many reasons, it was tough to meet many of our needs. I think we had 13 members there that day. Things were a little bumpy, but overall, it seemed like we all had a good time seeing who was who and catching some bass. I got a great picture of everyone that was there on the old forum.

I'll do my best to come up with a lake and date with the least amount of conflicts. Probably best later in the year again, but that is up to everyone not just me.

Throw out some lakes and I'll check out the circuits anglers are talking about to see the date of least resistance.

[dartag]

how about Kent.  that is half way....... we could all tie our boats to POORBOY and fish as a big raft party...  i am partial to Cass since it is about 3 miles from my house..
so many decisions and it is only Jan....

think spring..

[McCarter]

I will second for Kent Lake or Cass Lake.  Both are great lakes with good largemouth and smallmouth populations.  Both have a ton of fishable water.  Both are close to home .

PoorBoy himself

[Cheetam]

Cass is cool if it is later in the season...Kent is always good regardless of date because of the 10mph speed limit.  If everyone hooks up to Poorboy's boat, then maybe someone can show him how to catch fish out there...

[McCarter]

i can catch fish out there, just not when anyone else is around.  im a loner Dotti, a rebel.

PoorBoy himself

[blakstr1]

Poorboy's Playhouse..the secret word for today is Kent Lake...haa--haa...  where did you get that bike Poorboy??   

[Cheetam]

"Tell 'em Large Marge sent ya..."

I love that line...but it got even funnier after discovering that my limo bus driver on my wedding day was a "husky" woman named Marge.  She kinda looked like a truck driver, and drove that thing like Gravedigger...no kidding...I swear we flattened a couple compacts on the way to the reception...

[Skulley]

All those lakes are good.? I think you could maybe try to do it like the first Bassmaster Classic where all the anglers were on an airplane headed there and Ray Scott did not announce it until then.? You could do it by email and let everyone know the day before.? Or just put a bunch of lake names in a hat and pull one.? Go with Kent, Cass, Belleville, Ford, Ovid, Tipsico (which is not that far from Kent), Whitmore, Fenton, Halfmoon Chain, Portage Chain, Lobdell, Orion, Lakeville, etc.? If you want a mix bag of Smallmouth and Largemouth then Kent, Cass, Belleville, and Ford best fit that.? All the rest are good largemouth lakes although there are smallies on Halfmoon and Portage.? There are so many.? All good.? So hard to choose.? Life is full of important choices............

[dhuff]

Most of them are all good lakes.  Just a matter as to what part of the year it happens will dictate which lakes are a little better.

[djkimmel]

Do you guys prefer to catch more 'McCarters' or bigger 'cheetams'...?

Or is it bigger 'McCarters' or more 'cheetam'...? I get confused.

Basically, do you prefer a lake with lots of bass, or a lake with a better shot at some big bass?

[dartag]

Do you guys prefer to catch more 'McCarters' or bigger 'cheetams'...?

Or is it bigger 'McCarters' or more 'cheetam'...? I get confused.

Basically, do you prefer a lake with lots of bass, or a lake with a better shot at some big bass?

one as close to my house as possible.  Cass because i can sleep longer... and lots of smallies...
kent because it is close to my work and i can practice after work..  or go watch Revto fish on lunch hour...

i know the Ranger Boat may be a little out of your budget but i can get you a deal on one of these...

i have contacted the dealer about the live well and cup holders..

[McCarter]

It depends on who you ask Dan.

If you ask jeff, then he would say more mccarters, but bigger cheetams.

But if you ask anyone else in the world, they all know that mccarters are big fish and cheetams are little bittys.

Unless you are refering to carp in which case a cheetam is a huge carp ( or dogfish ) caught on bass tackle and perhaps at one point in the fight thought to be a new state record bass.

                                                         
PoorBoy himself