so i know a few of you fished it.  maderos....snodgrass....how did it go!?

troy

Congrates to Mark Madaros on making the state team. Way to be!!

Congratulations Mark on doing so well thus far...I'm confident you will make the team.   We sure missed your funny sense of humor this weekend at Riffe...it's just not the same without you.

By the way, since you brought up the issue that the BASS Federation Nation will be fishing the Tri- Cities Aug 23-24 I would like to investigate the possiblity of our club changing our tourney to the week prior.  I checked the WDFW website and it appears there is no one scheduled on the Wallula Pool that weekend.  I personally would rather not have to fight for spots with additional 70-80 boats.  I know the river is huge and there are plenty of places to fish,but if we could have the river to ourselves it would be a lot more fun...just my opinion.  I realize we are back to the same issue of some people having already established vacation plans around our current tournament schedule but since there isn't any camping reservations to deal with due to Pasco, Kennewick and Richland's no camping ordiance... I figured the impact would be minimal.

I guess my overall bigger concern is why we continue to have these conflicts with the bigger events in the first place.  I thought that's why we sent representatives from our club to the conflict resolutions meeting back in January to prevent issues like this.  In the six years I have been in this club, I don't ever recalling us having to share the water with the big boys....I guess we've been lucky up until this year.

Your thoughts?

Bob

Daryl,

Only 24 boats for a BASS qualifier. That should be a cake walk. I remember competing against close to 100+ back in the early 90's.

Can you say uncrowded spots. Heck maybe I should look into fishing these again if they are actually organized? I remember when the FED actually screwed up the draws for partners and couldn't decide who had actually won the events.

Russ

The reason for the increase in conflicts is that beginning the 2008 tourney year, the WDFW now only allows two weekends per month of tournaments on each body of water.

Check out the page that has the 2008 bass contests: http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/fish/contests/2008contests.htm

With very few exceptions, there are only bass contests on each lake during a maximum of two weekends each month. It has been chaos for everyone. This is also why we have seen open tourneys dumped on top of clubs (Chelan in May).

The state is also going to require that the applications get in to them earlier than in previous years (Oct 1). If you don't get them in by the deadline, you have to fight for any leftovers after the conflict resolution meeting. The TD is going to have to be on top of this come fall.


( http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/fish/contests/index.htm )

"Fishing Contests
A fishing contest is defined as any event where six or more licensed anglers (age 15 and older) fish competitively for game fish and determine winners, regardless of the prize value. A permit is required by the department and the fee is $24.00 per permit (no more than seven permits will be issued to any one permittee during the calendar year). Applications for fishing contest permits may be submitted at any time of the year, but they must be received by the department no less than 30 days prior to the start date of the proposed contest. However, applications for fishing contest permits for bass and walleye contests must be received by the department by October 1 of the year preceding the year in which the contests are planned to be held. These applications will be processed simultaneously so all applicants have an equal opportunity to get preferred dates. Bass and walleye fishing contest applications received after October 1 will be processed on a first come first serve basis. Upon completion of a fishing contest, a final report is required to be submitted within 30 days. Please see the link to the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) that governs fishing events for more detailed information. "

Stu

very funny Troy.   Actually, it can be a valuable learning tool to see where some of the states best fish.  And with it being 24 boats, its not like it will be stacked up.

Mark

Both Jim and the guys from other clubs told me that they changed the rules this year and that there were a lot more conflicts. Smitty has lots of recent experience at these meetings.

Hey, Smitty. Could you confirm if things have changed on this front? Maybe there are more clubs and more opens, as well?

Stu

Congrats Mark on this year so far.

Mike