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Location: Combined Locks, WI | Gordy, I totally understand what you are saying, but who says every year we need to start in March. I like variety, it wouldn't be all that bad to start in April once. Like I said this was my first year fishing the MWC and it was my first time to Spring Valley. I didn't fair well on tourney day but I enjoyed the fishery and will definatly go back. I also understand that winnebago gets beat up and I feel something needs to be done about that. Winnebago is my home water and if anyone thinks she is a easy place to fish, even for a local they are mistaken. I also understand it is difficult for many of the circuits to get events in Minnesota due to the lotery they have. I personally would love to fish an event there but if it is a logistics nightmare, well then lets keep going to places that fill, even it it means going to winnebago or spring valley every year. There are so many options out there, I think people just need to be open to ideas and different places. Someone will always have to travel and every venue will have the locals, who will be tough to beat. You can't please everyone, and complianing about it is just wasted energy that could be focused to something more positive. |
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Location: Rockford MN | Boy I don't know what to say. I guess I would would fish if 2 of the 3 events were 50 miles from my house also. Just wait to see how many of those guys fish this year. I won't be one of them! I would rather fish GOOD waters at good times. |
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| Gordy,
Your earlier post doesn't make sense. You say name a place you could go in June and have a good bite. Then you say you can go anywhere and catch 26 pounds plus better fish than at winnebago. So which is it? Can we go anywhere or are there no good bites in June. What do you mean by better fish? Winnebago fish aren't exactly bad, there are many fish in the 18-24" which are good enough for competition. Does always catching big fish make for a better event? Whether you are fishing smaller fish or big fish you still need the most weight over two days to win. |
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Location: Rockford MN | Please re-read
name a place they could catch fish in June, any place in the country! Where in the midwest is there not a good bite in June? Bago because it's BEAT to death by the time the MWC goes there. Like I said before, its a nice lake BUT they might want to try a different time of year! |
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Location: Chicago IL. | I think spring valley is a staple place for the mwc. But the miss river is on fire in march. Look at the weights and fish caught last march in the wat. I for one would love to see the mwc hit the miss river in march. It would keep alot of teams in it if you had a bad 1st day for weights. |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | I too would like to see a later start. March and any thing before April 15th, is a horrible time if you are in the tax business. |
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Location: Rockford MN | They do it because it's the 1st big event of the tour year and it fills in a day. They used to hold an event on the Miss. river in April but you can never tell what the spring will bring. They have closed the Miss. a few times at that time of year because of high waters and all the timber coming down. You just never know about the Miss. that time of year, can be awesome and can be shut down. I would'nt mind a early season stop on the Miss... it's a great place to catch monsters in the spring! I think it just scares them that they don't have a back-up plan if things were to go bad! |
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Location: Chicago IL. | Trust me,the IL is no better in the spring,if not worst. |
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| The IL rises faster, but also falls faster, it's flood conditions are rarely as extended as a similar high water scenario would be on the Upper Mississippi. That being said, fish on the Mississippi are more catchable during high water that fish on the Illinois. |
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Location: NoDak | as far as the DL tourney in July...I was under the impression that ND Game & Fish prohibited live release tourneys in July and Aug on this lake.... |
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Location: Berlin | You are right. I am sure they will not be releasing the fish for this tourney. |
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