Potholes in July is good. I caught lots of fish there last year. I may even be able to run to the trailer parks in Royal City or Ot"hell"o and pick up a nice Jill...

Mike Stahlman said he could use one too..

Potholes or Roosevelt would be Pat and Mary's choice.

Potholes, Banks, or Roosevelt sounds good to me.  I plan on fishing it this year with my wife.  She likes sun.

Steve

I think Roosevelt or Banks is a great choice for the J+J. What Mike W. said.
It seems the sensus is to change. We need to look into this as soon as possible and have the info for the next meeting so we can vote.

Daryl

P.S. Stu you big baby. Lookout for the Dam, it may eat your boat. I bet you were having nightmares.

I don't think it's the fear of running Vantage (well maybe for some of us -- with good reason )  It's more about what Mike said.  We need a place that the gals can catch fish along with their guys.  I would really like to see the gals that don't fish regularly do well and have a good time, as that may encourage them to participate in more club events. 

I have looked at the WDFW 2006 contest permits, as I'm sure the rest of you have, and it looks like there are already 2 tournament weekends on Potholes in July (7/1-2 & 7/8 ) and also 2 tournament weekends on Banks for July (7/15-16 & 7/22-23).  Roosevelt does not have any tournaments scheduled for July according to their list at this time.  So if we stick with the current dates for the J & J tournament of 7/29-30--Lake Roosevelt would be the one available (of the alternate sunshine 8) lakes suggested on this forum)

This would be according to the Fishing Contest WAC 232-12-168 (5) (e) * No more than four weekend days per month nor more than two weekends per month may be scheduled on any water when contestants fish at the same time, and are allowed to fish from boats.

Are there exceptions to these Fishing Contest's legal requirements? I'm sure most of you know more about this than I do.

Andrea

I am a little hesitant to fish Vantage since I am such a rookie with the boat, but I am more concerned about having a low or no fish weekend if they aren't running water and staying at a loud party campground and having a crappy time on a weekend where my wife and I are getting a babysitter and are supposed to be having fun.

So, that's why we brought up this change idea, because several people expressed the same issues. I was the one willing to take the hit in the meeting to get the ball rolling. I don't have a problem with the ribbing to get the job done. (What am I saying, they'd tease me anyway...)

Spoke to Rumann today and he is going to call the F&W folks to see if we can make the change. I think the  odds are pretty good for Banks or Roosevelt. We didn't get to fish Roosevelt for the J&J last year, so I'm up for it or Banks again.


PS: Hey Daryl. it's funny that you mentioned it. I did have a dream - that my boat turned into a huge bright yellow banana and my wife was out driving it while I was stuck at home mowing the lawn and doing laundry. 


Stu

I want be fishing either with no boat, but I have fished Vantage many times when I had the boat, it is a great place to go, at least Carla and I thought so. I caught plenty of fish, and never really had any issues with skiers for the most part, no problems running..there is one area you need to be aware of, and there are a couple of camp grounds on Vantage..


Ted