Well, to say that we dealt with more than a breeze is an understatement.  Saturday was canceled due to sustained 25 mph winds and gusts to 35, from out of the NE.  Clear skies, but a building ridge of high pressure was the cause.  Too bad, because most of the WBC anglers appeared to have found fish.  Anyway, ten of us still wanted to fish, so we called up to Coulee Playland and asked about the wind there and they said it was fine.  Off we went, caravaning to Banks Lake.  Fishing there was fantastic, and Mike Wolsky too big fish honors with a huge smallmouth.  There are pictures.  Wait till you see it!!!  Sunday was not quite as windy, but it was blowing hard enough out of the East to put off most of my locations.  Chris Sergant was fishing with me as Ron H. could not make it.  We found two fish and ran into a bunch of other fish right as we needed to go.  Not what we had in mind for the Potholes Open, but oh well.  Not sure, as I needed to get home after weigh-in, but I think that Russ B. and Lyle did pretty good.  Averall, weights were down, but still a great fishery.  That was some of the worst wind I have seen in a long time.  The kidneys are still sore.  Had a great time with all of you fellas, the road trip to Banks was the highlight for me.  Thanks for the laughs.

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:

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

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

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

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!

Damn auto-censor!  Default settings in the software.   

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

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!!