They are gigantic and I can't figure out how to shrink them up a bit. I'll get it sooner or later.

Rob,
Those are some beautiful pics.  Please, Mark, don't take that the wrong way.  What I noticed most is that Mark is actually fishing the dam.  Waht everyone should know is that on Saturday, there were 7 foot swells crashing on the dam.  That would have been a sweet photo!!

Oh hear are some picts of Mark fishing the dam two weeks ago while prefishing. I posted a picture like this last summer for those that remember. notice where the sun is setting, over Frenchman's instead of North over the dunes like in the summer.

Wolsky's fish is posted in the general forum "Banks trip" along with the eyewitnesses who were there.

What the heck was I thinking when I told the Ragedy Ann story? Ooopps. Oh well, I guess it goes without saying.

Thanks all for being there to witness my Banks fish. One of my personal bests. Two years ago I got beer for the club for a 5.7# from Sarge. This one should be worth a keg....maybe more.

Good times and not a dry eye in the place.

Mike

Damn auto-censor!  Default settings in the software.   

As for the negative connotation on the word d**e, the bad version is generally spelled with a "y" and not an "i". That's the one that gets edited.

Stu

No matter how happy I try to tell myself that I did not go...I wish I was there with ya guys.....BRING ON MAY!

Someone post the Wolsky fish already, or say how big it was.  The suspense is killing us. 

Oh man you guy's are way too funny. I laughed my butt off all weekend! Good times! 8) Yeah I see Stu changed his forum Pic and it resembles ole Raggedy Anne and the BIG Fish! Anyway good call on the Banks mini fun tourney, Kirk. It was fun to go get on some fish. Can't wait for the club Potholes tourney in May! Thank's Rob for hooking up the site and the club house that was a good deal. And thank's Dave I know the wind was rough but it's always fun getting back in the dunes. Just try and stay out of those waves will ya. I'm still drying off from the one we plowed!  It was wicked!
Hey Russ, I told ya I'd school you at the Poker table! Ha ha! Good job on your top 20 finish though.

Carlos

I can see no reason to censor d**e,

"A d**e is an artificial earthen wall, constructed as a defense or as a boundary. The best known form of d**e is a construction built along the edge of a body of water, to prevent it from flooding onto an adjacent lowland."

That is the reference this club will be using and all of us know that in order to effectively navigate the dunes we have to know where the d**e is!   

BillB

Oh I see that now, Russ... I didn't realize the forum blanked the word d**e out.

Stu and/or Bill, would that be a good setting to change? I don't think anyone would misuse that word on this forum. It looks kind of corny...

Chris

Sarge,

Yes I typed d**e but it didn't show on my message for some reason.

Yes that was some of the best laughing I have had in a long time.

Hey Nick I see those beavers worked well for you guys.
Russ

Nice job Russ and Mark! That was a tough day out there for most folks... You had some good quality fish.

Thanks for the boat ride, Kirk! The bite at Banks was an absolute blast. Potholes was fun, too, but I wouldn't mind a little less wind next time. Are you listening mother nature? 

The club house at Warden Lake was freakin' obscene. I haven't laughed that hard in a while. Ask Rob M. about his 3 layers, Mike W. about Raggedy Anne, and Nick C. about smallie beavers. You guys crack me up. Oh yeah, I don't think we are invited back to the Sage Inn in Grand Coulee anytime soon. 

Chris


P.S. I looked up the word, "d**e" in the online dictionary, and these are the definitions:

****
1 : an artificial watercourse : DITCH
2 a : a bank usually of earth constructed to control or confine water : LEVEE b : a barrier preventing passage especially of something undesirable
3 a : a raised causeway b : a tabular body of igneous rock that has been injected while molten into a fissure
****

I've seen a couple people type d**e, but I think it's ok to type the full word. 

Kirk,

Was surprised to see all you guys bug out before the finally. Yes it was a tough bite, although Mark and I weighed in 4 fish @ 15.27lbs for 17th and a $100 check. Fished an old place I hadn't visited in a while and found a 5.02, 4+, and a 3+ within 10 feet  of each other. The 3+ was on a bed and the other two came out of the same hole. Then to get our 4th fish we ran to the d**e where we chased a 4+ into the bushes and Mark stuck his only fish in a bush.

Although the wind was challenging for the 2nd day it didn't bother those who were tucked in tight.

Great fun at Moses as well and with all teams,

Russ