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| What are your plans for 2004? Are you fishing any Tourneys? Are you planning any trips to big fish waters?
I will be fishing the MWS with Sunshine, the Lake Erie RCL as a co, and probably the RCL leaque in WI. Hoping to get in the Merc Nats with Zach this year. I will also be going to LOTW for eyes and ski's the end of August for the 2nd Annual MF Sabaskong Bay outing. Other than that, there will be plenty of day trips on local lakes, and several to the Bago chain.
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | PWT East, RCL Walleye League at Green Bay and Winnebago, MWS circuit, and various guide trips on Winnebago. Will probably fit a couple more events in on Green Bay as time permits. And, fishing with my kids as much as possible!!! |
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| Jerry,
Of course, the kids! I should have mentioned that as my most anticipated trips. Thank you for slapping me up side the knoggin! Here's a little highlight of one of last year's outings with my Lauren.
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/
Edited by Shep 1/15/2004 10:46 AM
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Location: Menasha, Wis. | Wisconsin RCL League as a coangler.
Otter Street.
Spend more time on Green Bay, and explore a few new lakes.
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Location: Green Bay, WI. | Shep, did you sign up for the RCL League yet? I need a non boater (as they phrase it) Pat |
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| No, I haven't. We'll talk. |
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Location: Chicago IL. | I will be fishing the WAT ,GNWC, IWT, IL Governors cup. Thats 13 tourneys so far. It would be more but alot of dates overlaped. The team of Mannerino and Eaton plan on making waves this year on the rivers.(Thats our plan anyway)
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Location: blue mounds,wisc | john your gonna scare away everyone. hehehe
i look forward to fishing the WAT |
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| All the RCL's, the MWC at Spring Valley, and we're trying to fit in the MWC at Saginaw Bay and Chetauqua amongst our 200 Team Crown Royal promotions that we do in OH, MI, WI, MN, NE, ND, and SD. Rick and I want to have some fun and fish a few events together this year, that's why we are going to fish whatever MWC's we can.
When someone asks me where we are taking a vacation this year, I will most likely say, "HOME"!;-)
Needless to say, we'll be on the road a lot. I'm figuring close to 300 days. Whew...I get tired just thinking about it. LOL
Have a great season everyone! Be safe.
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Location: Combined Locks, WI | MWS, RCL League Green Bay and Winnebago, Merc Nationals and a few WWA and like Jerry said fishing with the kids but for now, now that we have snow it is time to fire up the snowmobiles and get in a little riding.
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So far have committed to the MWC Challenge including Saginaw Bay with Pete Huibregste. Thinking about the RCL Walleye League and/or some smaller events like the WWA or the TFM. |
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| Well, this year is starting to come together like this. RCL Lake Erie (co-angler), followed by a couple (3-4) MTT events (Mn. Tournament Trail), the Wave Wacker Invitational, then the Camp Confidence Classic fund raiser, and all before the third week of June, then the annual couples tournament out of Mac's Twin Bay on Mille Lacs, and then 1 maybe 2 more MTT events in July. Hopefully my wife and I will do well enough in the MTT's to qualify for the Championship on Lake of the Woods in September. Other than that, it is just guide, guide, guide. Hopefully I'll get a couple days off to go fishing!!! LOL
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| As for trips this year Huron in the fall and I would like to hit the Bay of Quinte. They pulled some big fish there last fall. More protected than Erie too. |
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Location: Rhinelander | Merc National, the WInnebago Walleyes board website tournament, and a couple Muskie events. I am headed to the Goon for two weeks this summer, which will give me enough time to hunt up some of the absolutley HUGE walleyes that live there. I usually am there for a week and spend all my time trying to put a monster muskie in the Frabill.
Thr Wabigoon OutdoorsFIRST outing is July 10th through the 17th on Wabigoon Lake in Dryden Ontario. This is trophy water for every specie of fish there, and the lake kicks out walleyes from 30 to 34" pretty regularly. It is a flowage, and is very fertile and full of fish. If anyone is interested in the trip, I will post more as I get pricing from the resort. It would be nice to get a Walleye group up there with the Muskie Addicts! |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | The Fox River Classic and the WI RCL League and any other Bago or Green Bay tournament, that won't get me in trouble with the wife and twins.
Anybody know how old childern have to be before you can put three more lines out for them? |
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| If they can reel them in, they can fish them. I've had both my daughter and son out when they were 3 and 4. Daughter caught her first eye on Bago when she was 4. |
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| BeFishin, when Shep says 3-4, he means YEARS, not MONTHS!!!
How are they doing? Keeping you awake at night?
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Location: Green Bay, WI | OK, so I'm a little early.
Zach has been sick since Monday and in the hospital since Tuesday. I think he has turned the corner, its a viral respiratory infection. Haley is doing great. |
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| Best wishes to the little fella. Take care. |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | Thanks Jack!
He came home on Sunday! |
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | Just put the final touches on my tournament schedule......
April 18th, Winneconne, Grand National Walleye Cup
April 25th, Winnebago, World Walleye Association
May 2nd, Winnebago System, Midwest Walleye Series
May 22nd, Green Bay/Fox River, RCL Walleye League
May 30th, Depere, Midwest Walleye Series
June 5th and 6th Lake Winnebago, World Walleye Association
June 19-20th, Winnebago System, Otter Street
July 10th and 11th, Lake Winnebago, RCL Walleye League
July 18th, Sturgeon Bay, GNWC Series
August 7-8th, Winnebago System, Fleet Farm Open
August 15th, Oconto, WI, Midwest Walleye Series
August 28-29, Green Lake, GNWC State Championship (hopefully)
October 10th, Winnebago, Midwest Walleye Series Championship (hopefully)
November 6th, Lake Erie, Walleye Central Bragging Rights Tournament
Sadly, I won't be able to do the Mercury Nationals this year because my daughter is graduating from High School that weekend. I wouldn't miss "her time" for anything.
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Location: Berlin | I do not have the complete schedule set in stone yet but it looks like the MWC Central and maybe the challenge, Merc Nationals, Otter Street, Fleet Farm, MWS Winnebago and any RCL league and WWA tournaments that are coming to bago. I will throw in a bunch of bar tournies also. |
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| Originally written by rangerpat on 2004-01-15 12:07 PM
Shep, did you sign up for the RCL League yet? I need a non boater (as they phrase it) Pat
Pat, give me a call on this. You know Petenwell? I hope I get the same boater(Dean) as last year, there! That's his home water! hehehe
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | I just added two more tournaments.
March 20th, Illinois River, Grand National Walleye Cup
May 23rd, Green Bay/Fox River, World Walleye Association
No fishing trips for me  I think I'll be busy!
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Holy Cow! Wish I had half your energy!
Here's wishing you success!  |
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | Thanks Rick,
It's not as grueling as it sounds. Some tournaments are the next day at the same location so they were no-brainers. Hey, I'm there anyways.
Others, I'd be fishing that location already because I'd be prefishing for an upcoming tournament. Again, why not enter a tournament that's going on if I'm prefishing that water anyways.
Hope it makes sense.
I probably just gave away some good strategy and will have more company in some of these tournaments as a result Hey, as long as they're WF folks, that's fine.
How about you Rick? Will our paths cross at any tournaments?
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I hope so Dennis!
Right now all that I have committed to is the MWC with Pete - and mainly cause of him. Otherwise, plan to sit down with Pete and figure on the rest of it to see if it fits. His job may restrict him from entering to many.
You have given me some good insight into managing the schedule and will buy you breakfast, lunch, and dinner should we meet at one of these tournaments!
Oh wait, lunch is out - we'll be fishing...
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | It'll have to be dinner Rick.
I never eat right before a tournament. Too many butterflies.
One of the main reasons that I do what I do is that feeling I get in my gut right before take off. Same feeling I had right before a sporting event when I was younger. I always tell my co-anglers that, and tell them that if they don't have that magic feeling they should. ZOOOM |
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| What do you think the turnout will be for that GNWC tourney in Winneconne. Last year they only had 17 boats. I think the weather was bad though. |
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Get the same feeling Dennis. Not sure how I got through that first PWT in Port Clinton last year. Had so many issues to confront and then with the thrill of my first ever big time tournament, it was amazing that death grip I had on the throttle actually engaged the engine.
Still to this day can't remember much of the happenings I was so excited! |
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | I'm expecting a low turn out at the GNWC tourney in Winneconne. It's the same weekend of the RCL League on Petenwell. That is unless the PWT boys who will be there prefishing decide to enter it because they'll be there anyways. Flip side is you know as well as I do that there are always local sticks on that system that enter any tournament they get a chance on.
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| RCL League Petenwell is the day before (April 17). Green Bay is May 22. |
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| Still the same weekend! |
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Location: Elgin, Illinois | I'm doing about 10 Walleye tournaments and a half dozen bass ones... THen any championships I might get into... |
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Location: Cupar, Saskatchewan, Canada | I'm gonna do three or four walleye tournaments and one young angler tournament. |
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| W.A.T. and Cableas NTC |
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| I get that feeling just sitting here thinking about it. Man is winter over yet? |
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Location: princeton Il. | I hope to fish everyday I can after ice out on the Illinois river before the MWC tourney so if someone is looking for a partner for a day give me a shout,your boat or mine dont matter. |
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Location: sheboygan,wisconsin | are you fishing the mwc stepman |
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Location: princeton Il. | yes, i fish with my dad and have all but the first 4 years in sv. my dad is 72 but as long as he can still get in a boat we'll keep it up. very fortunate to still have that special time fish or no fish. |
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| Zach! Merc Nats too! |
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Location: sheboygan,wisconsin | hey stepman you are one lucky guy to have your dad fishing with so long |
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Location: princeton Il. | the good lord willing hope to be alot longer |
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Location: Northern Illinois | may be doing some GNWC in Illinois this season. Am committed for Prairieland Series in Illinois. Good Luck WM |
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Location: Byron, IL | I am going to do the RCL Wis League as a Non Boater...I would like to do the WWA and/or GNWC as well, if I can locate a partner...
I had to take last year off due to raising a new puppy and taking care of a new house. I would like to make up for my lost time in 2003... |
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