Third Place Finishers - Karl and Derek Kramer

Second Place Finishers - Says and Tracy

First Place and Big Fish winners - Glenn and Keri May

Everyone,

The Banks Lake Jack-n-Jill was a great tournament in some very hot weather, temps were in the upper 90's to 100 degree range, but everyone stayed hydrated and used sun screen liberally so everyone survived the temps.  Everyone caught some nice fish over the two days and Glenn and Keri really did well with 30.90 pounds and also captured Big Fish honors with a 3.64 pounder.  We didn't have a Saturday night potluck because everyone was in a different campground and it just made it a bit difficult for us to get together.

We had a total of four couples-teams/boats and I've already mentioned the top three finishers.  Greg Ruddell came in fourth place and just missed a trophy by about 2 pounds but brought in 9.39 pounds of bass over the two days.  Nice job Greg!

You'll notice in the below photos there are no trophies being held by the winners because I forgot to bring the trophies!  Boy was I embarrassed when I had to tell everyone at the drivers meeting.  There was nothing we could do about it so we just moved on and had a great tournament.  When I got home I realized how I forgot to bring the trophies.  We've been cleaning out our garage the last couple of weeks and someone put a dart board and a garbage bag full of clothes destined for Goodwill on the trophy box I had placed next to all the other tournament stuff, and it wasn't on my tournament list of stuff to bring.  My sincere apologies again to Glenn, Keri, Says and Tracy, and I will be getting them their trophies as soon as I can.

I got a little experience in being a tournament director, and after having done it, have a new appreciation for what it takes to put on a tournament.  I think the tournament went well with the exception of me forgetting to bring the trophies, stuff happens.

Thanks to everyone that participated!  It's always good to see everyone and hear all the stories that everyone brings to these events.  The more I participate in the club the more I realize that it's the club members that make this club so great!

Karl

Here are the results from this weekends Jack-n-Jill Tournament at Banks Lake:

1st place team = Glenn and Keri May with 30.90 pounds
2nd place team = Says Louangphakdy and Tracy with 15.77 pounds
3rd place team = Karl, Nicole & Derek Kramer with 11.17 pounds
Big Fish went to Glenn and Keri May with 3.64 pounds

I'll post pictures and have some other information Tuesday night.

My girlfriend and I will be there, but we will be staying at the state park, so no potluck for us.

Banks Lake Jack-n-Jill Tournament information
July 12 – 13, 2014
Launch Location: Coulee Playland
Sign up: 5:30 AM
Drivers meeting: 5:45 AM
Blast off: 6:00 AM
Weigh-in at 3:00 PM on Saturday and 1:00 PM on Sunday
Each Jack-n-Jill team will bring in their best 6 fish for the day.
I will be the tournament director.

Potluck – It appears there will only be a handful of people participating so let’s keep our Saturday dinner options open.  I will be in site #53 at Coulee Playland if anyone wants to bring their dinner and join my family.  Let’s see what everyone wants to do once we get there.

Temperatures for Friday and Saturday are forecast to be 95 and 100 with 0% chance of rain.  Please be sure to bring enough liquids and sunscreen to keep everyone in your boat safe and hydrated.

Please post in this thread if you will be attending.

My cell phone number is (425) 577-3772 if you have any questions.

See you all there,

Karl

Keri and I may make this one.

I have Verizon and I do at some places.

Does Banks Lake have good cell service? I have Sprint. I know Roosevelt doesn't so I was wondering how it is up at Banks.

Called yesterday and there are not more sites at Coulee.  I got lucky and just reserved a basic site at the state park.  I think SunBanks still has a couple of RV sites available.

OK, it is the 12/13th of July.  Sorry for the confusion, checked the permit.

I have to apologize, Says is correct, the web site is correct. When I started this thread I looked at the calendar on my smart phone and now can see I never updated my smart phone.  I personally checked the state web site: http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/contests/index.html.

Terry will confirm when he gets home and looks at the permits.

It still says 12th and 13th.

Y2SAYS wrote on 06/25/14 at 18:34:25:


It is July 19/20.  Sorry for the confusion, but the main page is still showing 2013 tournaments.

The current list is here...
http://westernbassclub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1386475737