Hey folks....now that we are at the halfway point for the season we have to get our minds to thinking about the next years lakes........any ideas?
Try by month with an alternate and lets talk about 'em!

My choices are........
April-Draw............Lake Washington or Silver Lake.

May Points 1........Potholes or Lake Washington.
With Jamborree Memorial Day wknd.

June Points 2.......Chelan or Riffe Lake.

July-Jack-Jill..........Roosevelt or Potholes.

August Points 3....Col. Riv-Tri-Cities or Low. Col-Vanc.

Sept.Points 4......Lake Sammamish or Banks Lake.

Oct.Team Tourn....Riffe Lake or Lake Washington.

As you notice I have more West side selections this year as we have not visited them for points tournies for a couple years.

The only problem we have had is school is back in session in Oct. and the fall school sports has got folks staying close to home but, put some names out there and we'll see.

Hey guys and gals,
  Let us not forget that WBC is only allowed 7 permits a year which is the normal reason that these things get shot down.  The only way to get around this would be to go under another name to get another 7 permits a year and then, is it really WBC putting the event on?  Food for thought.   EX PREZ

Hmmm.... 2 tournaments and 2 fish-ins per month, plus club meetings, Jamboree, and Cast For Kids events?

Can you say "oversaturation"?  Not to mention the expense.

7 tournaments per year is plenty for a family orientated club.  There's plenty of open circuits and tournaments out there for you if you have a thirst for more.

As for picking lakes - it's a bit early to be thinking about that for me.  We don't vote on it until October anyway.

Just my .03

Russ,

Sounds like a similar format to the new E-50 series.... fishing off-limit water until the tourney begins... I love it! What better way to test your fish finding abilities than hold a tournament on a virgin peice of water. I'm sure everyone would learn alot, and have fun as well. Great suggestion!

Danny

Hard to "split costs" when your partner is your wife.

My point is, there's more to life than tournaments.  It be great to see original ideas, rather than more tournaments, different lakes for tournaments, or changes to tournament rules.  Now THAT'S a challenge!  If you want the club to do more, then do something new other than tournaments - what a concept.

You're right Rob, if this club focuses only on tournaments, I'm out... of the club, that is.  I mean, really, at that point the club becomes just like all the rest - offering nothing but tournaments and heated debates about tournaments.  B-O-R-I-N-G!

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy our tournaments but sheesh, if we're going to add something, I'd like to see this club offer a more diverse menu rather than more of the same thing.

Just my .82

I wouldn't even care if there wasn't any "winning money" involved. I just like the thought of fishing "with" the guy in your boat rather than against them. Now sure we try to get our backseater a limit, but we still want to beat him. Be more fun working together. Thought it would be "fun" not so much "competitive" to team up with another partner and fish against some other pairs for bragging rights over a season or series of outtings. "Tournament" doesn't have to mean cut throat, money winning competition. It can mean a fun "challenge". Maybe I'm just getting jacked to fish my first team "T" with a club member that has been a pretty cool guy in the short time I've known him, that I thought it would be cool to challenge other teams more than just once a year.  

We wouldn't need a permit if it was for bragging rights...........

And sorry if the ideas are geared towards some kind of competition. I thought thats some of the reason you join a club. There's only so much you can do with bass fishing. Even the fish-ins are geared towards competition...big fish. But we don't complain cause its 2 dollars. The team cocept can be as expensive or as cheap as we want it to be. It's our club.

I mean you want to catch fish and see who can paint them the prettiest???

I have been considering an idea, which is not a competition, but does involve getting out and fishing.

It might be a lot of fun for the club to approach companies and offer a "day-on-the-lake", where we get a bunch of members to show up with boats and take people from the company out fishing (perhaps for a $10 contribution, $5 for the gas and $5 for the club fund) and maybe have the company put on the BBQ. It would help edumacate the fishless, give the company a form of event for their staff, and maybe recruit new members to the club as well.

There could still be a competetive edge - which boat gets the biggest fish, or biggest 5 fish limit, perhaps Certificates issued......