Okay here we go to the Mecca of Washington's Bass fishing......(if you look at the weight totals from last year!) where an angler can go either way Largemouth...Smallmouth or both.
We do have some changes this year....
1). We are not staying at Sportsmans resort this year as we seemed to hold up the launch at Blythe far too long for others to use with the weigh-in.
So we will be going to Mardons where we can have the use of the dock to tie up boats and do an orderly exit from the lake.
2). With this change comes an issue where we have such a short time to set it up I have verbal reservations for 15 sites at Mardons Each group will have to call for reservations for there is a $25.00 amount required to make the reservation. (I did not have $325.00 handy to reserve them as a club) so the number is...
1 (800) 416-2736 and when you call or go online at mardonresort.com tell them you are with Western Bass Club and my name...Larry Sullivan and they can get you in the same block as the rest of us.
I will try to call as many folks as I can and I need the whole club to pass the word so everyone registers.
Remember...we have the full moon again on this tournament same as last year and the potential for some Hawgs is very good so lets get up for this one folks!
p.s. the sites are $26.00 a nite and a 20% discount for teachers/educators....firefighters-emts.....police and all military even retired but you must have I.D. to proove this to get the 20% off!

Slow down ...slow down.....as it stands we have the avail. of 30 spots and if it looks like we need them in the next few days they..(Mardons) said they can get them for us so they are being accomodating.... and as for the Walleye guys....we will all have to launch and if it means we get up a half hour early to get launched then we do that...I will get in touch with their tournament director when we get there to work out the specifics.....its not gloom and doom time...and anyways some folks motel it in Moses lake also since Mardons has no motels avail that weekend.

All I know Jeff is it is at the drive thru spots I think they said at Mallard and Poplar   Roads they have within the camping area. If you mentioned my name and Western you should have gotten the right area.

Larry,
Are you kidding me!! Mardon's has hardly any room for a 21' boat and their sites if buy the road is to tight for my rig. What was wrong with staying at the Sportsman and launching at the Dam. We as a club take no longer than anyone else. This is just going to split us all up.
The Sportsman is a better spot for all.
Just My Thoughts,
Russ

Larry,
It sounds like you've put quite a bit of thought into this and have everything handled.  That's good enough for me.

Looking forward to it.   

Hey Smitty,

You just set the new WBC record for most "emoticons" in one message!!! LOL.  Sorry that you won't be at Potholes.

Larry - one small idea. If you call the MarDon marina area off limits for the tournament, which happens at a lot of tournaments, then you won't have any issues at all about people fishing from shore. Just a thought. I think it would be nice to allow families to fish from shore.

Chris

What, Mardon's giant dock isn't big enough for you Russ?   

Smitty, I agree that sportsman's has much better camping/parking facilities.  But both places have mosquitos.

Can't say I'm a big fan of Mardons, but, Larry's got a tough enough position as it is without us giving him grief - you outta know that better than most of us, Russ.

Let's just try Mardon's this time and decide what we want to do next year based upon this year's experience.

Larry, may I suggest moving forward not changing venues so close to tournament time?  Just seems to cause a lot of ruffled feathers.

I understand with the Jack-n-Jill you have no choice, but barring that, I think you'd make it easier on yourself by setting up accomodations for the rest of the tournament season right now.  That way, you avoid any last minute scrambling.

Just a thought.