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wow now thats an offer.  i dunno if i should accept of refuse, its almost like a double edged sword.  though i thank you for putting out that offer.  greatly appreciated!

i guess it all depends on what you will be throwing.  if you will be using jigs, you should take the bow, if you will be skipping docks / cover, again take the front.  now if you wanna move quick and run topwater all day, throw a buzzbait or a spinner, im game for that.

im really not a very tourney minded, but im all for a bit of friendly competition.  i for one, will be lucky to put 5 in the boat - all im looking for is 1.  im really in it to have fun, and see a great lake - and it looks i may have come across the right boat to do it in.

ill be doing my recon for that body of water, in order to sway things in our favor.

...  after all its not how much or how big you catch, its how big you smile for picture.

this is already sounding like a great outting.

Maybe trying to "scare" up business!

According to the Wa parks website, there are 2 budget cut proposals on the table.  The first one is a 10 million dollar cut, that does not involve the closing/mothballing of any parks.  The 2nd one is a 23 million dollar budget cut that includes up to 33 parks that could be mothballed.  One of the options on this 2nd proposal is to sell the parks to private companies, rather than close them.

So, there's a lot of IF's, MAYBE's, and SPECULATION's regarding the parks.  And it sounds like closing them is the very last option.  And Potholes in not on that list.

Best I can tell, at one point there were 40 parks on that list, but now it's 33.  So it's possible Potholes was on that initial list, but not any more.

Bottom line:  there's a very slim chance any parks will be mothballed.  Not worth worrying about IMO.

Maybe a stupid question, but Is this the Cascade where we are launching ?? 

http://www.mlrec.com/index.php?page_id=23

Sounds like a great campground to me, I just made reservations.  The lady said they are friendly to bass boaters, as long as you don't have a HUGE RV, you can keep the boat hooked up and pull it into the site and plug'er in.

Sounds like the same launch/campground that we are using.  There is only one cascade park on Moses lake, and the directions to your campground are exactly that same.  Dilbert and myself will be staying at Potholes state park, site 15 I think.  We have a few friends that are going to come and stay/play on the water.  I am looking forwards to my first trip into the dunes, anyone looking to be a guide? Neither of us have ever fished Moses so we may prefish on Friday and get a feel for the lake.  

NEW TERRITORY

I just got off the phone with the folks over there in the Moses Lake Parks Dept.  They have plenty of spaces left for reservations on the weekend of the 15th-16th.  A Master or Visa card will hold a guaranteed spot for $25.00 a night.  You will find O.D., April, and me in site 37 when you arrive in the 15th.

Smitty

AKA Dune Hopper

It is a nice campground Chris, and you don't have to drive for a half hour to get to the feeshin hole.

Smitty

AKA Dune Hopper

Just booked site 38 at Cascade. Looking forward to some good feeshing and great weather.

Russ