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Re: Lets get it rolling WBC
Reply #7 - Mar 25th, 2007, 6:14pm      Team Bronco ABA report.

Saturday....  Rain, Wind, Rain, Wind, Rain Wind, lost cranking battery at 10am.  Didn't get a jump start until 11:30.  ( Thanks and a big shout out to Frank White for helping us.  You are the man).  Lost trolling motor batteries by 12:30 from trying to start big motor on them.  Managed 7 bites, 5 hookups and 3 fish.  It was so windy, you couldn't feel a bite.  By the time you had pressure I missed them.    Huge thanks to Carlos, YOU are the ultimate partner.  Carlos ran the big motor to keep us on one area while I fished.  Managed 2 fish on back to back casts.  
Jim "smitty" Smith and Larry got 2nd place with 10.something lbs.
We took 7th on Saturday with guts and determination and a never give up attitude.  Who needs a stinking trolling motor in 25mph winds.  NOT TEAM BRONCO

Sunday brought more rain early and wind all day.  Could only manage 3 bites and 2 fish.  But good enough for 5th place and some wood. " Plaque ".  Just out of the money again.  

We caught most of our fish in 27 to 35ft of water on rock with leadhead and plastic combinations.  Grubs, tubes, beavers, spider.

Can't wait for the Silver Lake tourney.  Should be a blast, and a new boat to fish out of Carlos.

Mark

A thanks go out to Russ Baker and Cris Blandi for coming to our weigh in's.  It was nice to see some of WBC guys out there supporting us and ABA

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Re: Lets get it rolling WBC
Reply #8 - Mar 25th, 2007, 6:26pm      Congratulations, Mark and Carlos! 7th and 5th in your first two ABA tourneys shows that you guys are in your element and can compete in that league of anglers.

Stu

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Re: Lets get it rolling WBC
Reply #10 - Mar 25th, 2007, 7:39pm      Great job guys!  Way to represent WBC.
SAYS
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Re: Lets get it rolling WBC
Reply #11 - Mar 25th, 2007, 7:59pm      Great Job to all!! I missed being at Silver, maybe the next one!

Weedwalker

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Re: Lets get it rolling WBC
Reply #16 - Yesterday at 8:55am      Thanks to all for the atta-boys and kudos for the performance of "Team Geritol/Viagra" at the ABA this past weekend.  It was a nice way to start the season, and picking up over $750.00 made it even better.  I gotta also pass a toast    to "Team Donco er--Bronco" for their initial baptism into the ABA.  They did quite well despite bad conditions on Saturday, that only got worse on Sunday.  I think they will develop into someone to watch as the year goes on.   Bring it on lads!
Speaking of bad  conditions, we caught our fish in 21-26'. Every fish we caught had to be fizzed and burped, as they were just coming up from much deeper water.  The fish that I caught pre-fishing in 9' -12' the previous week were nowhere to be found.  
Just so Weedwalker knows, I'm considering giving him a run for his club title of "Slimer King" .  I caught a very nice trout on both days.  Alas they escaped my skillet of hot grease, however.
For the folks at Silver Lk.  Congrats to all who participated into what has evolved into an extremely tough tournament every year in generally bad conditions, especially for "Green Fish".
I would also like to add that if I were fishing with my dog O.D. and he was shivering and wet from the cold driving rain, I too would pull off the lake.  I'm sure someone with children fishing as their partner found this a "no-brainer" decision. Realizing that Ex-Prez was partnered with Dave "The Chug-Bug" Jarrel, well-----? HA HA  

Smitty  

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Re: Lets get it rolling WBC
Reply #17 - Yesterday at 9:00am      Wow - just got back from a vacation and was excited to read all of these great posts!!! Congrats to everyone that did well over the weekend. I am so excited to get back on the water.

Chris.s (aka Sarge)

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Re: Lets get it rolling WBC
Reply #18 - Yesterday at 10:59am      Chris, nice pig!

Smitty, that is the way to start the season.  

Mark and Carlos, way to hang in there. Not to many people would have been so successful in that situation.

Larry and Stu, you guys made out like bandits.

It is good to see people having a good time.

Marc F.

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Re: Lets get it rolling WBC
Reply #19 - Yesterday at 1:40pm      i just wanted to say congrats to everyone who fished on saturday and even sunday.  saturday was terrible weather.  i was alittle worried about the washington boys cause ive heard some horror stories about that lake in big waves.  again congrats!

gotfive, the first time i took my new boat out i did the same thing. thought i flooded it.  sometimes its the little things  

troy

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