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06/21/08

OK, those of you who read this regularly know that this is where I come to piss and moan about something....Not the case today!  Did not win anything, but caught a limit +.  All small, but a limit just the same.  Been a LONG time for this guy!  Perfect day for fishing even with the couple of small showers we had.  Not enough to get out the rain gear, but enough to keep our fish going.  Caught A LOT of fish today, so even if they weren't big enough, we still were having a lot of fun!

Strange for me, only bit off twice by those fish with WAY to many teeth!  Not complaining though!!!!

Hope to see all of you (and hopefully a lot more!) at the Super Bass tournament on July 12th.  I will be releasing the boats, so be sure to say hello on your way by!  Till then!

06/08/08

I just love the Cadillac tournament!  Couldn't get bit on tournament day (as usual!), but found  A LOT of fish on Friday!  Expected to do better, but that is how it goes...As usual, the Pike cost me a lot, but that is to be expected there.  One of the best was this little bit....See bed....See fish next to bed...Pitch up to it and tease it just enough to bite.....Lost that rig in about a half a second!  Just another Lake Mitchell Pike out cruising.  Realized it about a half a second to late!  Beat the next one though!  Got it out of the water before he could catch it....Damn those things are fast!

The wind didn't help our plans any, but got to the spot we wanted to start...5 minutes later the first one is in the boat.  Gonna be a great day...NOT!  Next keep was right around noon.  (One of these days I will find a partner that can help as well!  LOL!!!)  Last keep for us.  Oh well, still love it up there.  Be sure to check the pictures.  Have some great ones of the sunset on Friday night.  Just beautiful (at least in my opinion!)

Hope to see you all at the Firecracker on June 21st.  Missed a lot of you this week at Cadillac!  Until then, HAVE A GREAT TIME AND CATCH A LOT OF FISH!

05/31/08

After all the limits that came in today, I decided I am the true definition of a real fisherman!  A jerk on one of the line waiting for a jerk on the other!  Just could not get a bite going!  Found a lot of fish, but either the wrong species or to small.  I told my partner that I bought the wrong kind of fishing license!  I bought an all species, and that is exactly what I caught today.  Should have told them I just wanted a Bass License!  Pike and rock bass....Could have had a limit of either.  Well, Cadillac is only a few days away....Hopefully we can do better there!  New cables on the trolling motor this year, so THAT shouldn't be an issue!  (That killed me at the Classic last year!)  Hope to see you all there, and I want to wish all of you just a little less luck than I hope to have!  By the way, don't forget that you can help me add to this page by sending your comments in the space at the bottom!

05/26/08

OK, what a Sh*t day!  Windy, rough, and now I am sore!  Found a couple of fish...(3).  Don't know where (or how!) the guys on top found fish, but boy did they!  Congrats!.....Next time, take me with you!  Was about 11 this morning before I found the first fish that we could put in the well.  Everything (except 1 smally) was deep.  Caught a lot of fish, but all about an 1/8 of inch short!  Everybody else told me the opposite.  Hope next week is better!  On the up side (as I told my partner) out of all of you that weighed fish, we had the smallest sack!  (I blame it mostly on him, he could not catch a fish!)  Not really....Was there a couple of times myself last year!  Well, about all for tonight...Tired!  Thanks again to Eric and Ben for helping out Phil and Scott as much as they could!  GREAT TEAMWORK!!!!  When you get down to it, that is what it is really all about!  SEE YA NEXT WEEK!

4/12/08

OK, I didn't get the planned changes finished for the site yet, BUT IT IS COMING!  Great turnout at the early draw today, even with the cold wet weather we had!  Sure wish mother nature would not tease us so much in early spring!  70 yesterday and 40 today!  Oh well, could be worse!  At least I don't have to go out and shovel rain!  See you all in a few weeks at the Memorial 100!

2/11/07

A lot of updates today! Check out the site and check back soon as our format is going to change! Hope everybody likes it!!!! See you in the Spring!

2/3/07

Damn Groundhog!  With the weather lately, I was hoping for an early spring...REALLY ready to hit the water.  Super bowl is on in a couple of hours, so this brings the end to this years football season...It will be missed!  Good thing Nascar is just around the corner to help with the winter Sunday blues!  See you all soon!

9/15/07

OK, it's official...Cadillac hates me!  I love going there and qualifying for the Classic was a HUGE bonus, but the lake hates me!  This spring, I run out of oil on the back of Cadillac, and this fall (in the exact same spot!) I break a trolling motor cable!  At a few minutes after 8 in the morning, I have no control of the boat!  Makes for a hard day of fishing when the wind is blowing!  On Friday, we found fish...nothing big enough to qualify for the big bass, but a solid 10 pounds or so, so we felt pretty good about Saturday.  Then it happened....Life goes on I guess!

I was hoping (especially at about 8 in the morning) that we would win the trolling motor...Not to be!  Congrats to Harrison and Colegrove!

For those that did well, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!  I still felt great about being there, and Steve and Sue put out some great food for us!  If you haven't stayed at Pilgrims Village in the past, you should reconsider! Great place to stay and outstanding hosts!

Make sure you drop a line to Russ for hosting one of the best tournament circuits in Michigan and also DON'T FORGET THE SPONSORS THAT MAKE ALL THIS POSSIBLE!

Check back through the winter, as there will be more updates here as well as on the upcoming season!  Have a great winter and I am looking forward to seeing all of you in the spring!

09/08/07

Well, at the very end of my time on the water, I found the fish that put us into the Classic!  4.37 lbs.! Biggest tournament fish for me EVER!!!  Caught the first fish, about 2.5 lbs., with-in the first half a dozen casts this morning.  An hour later, my partner put a clone of the first one into the well.  Struggled for a while after that, but wound up with a nice limit.  I was hoping for third big bass, but Mr. Van Dam put an end to that!  5.68 lbs!  Oh well, that is just great fishing!

For a change, my picture gets posted for something other than things like falling off my boat!

For those attending the Classic, I will see you there!  I will see the rest of you next year!!!!  Have a great winter, and be sure to check back as I will be updating the web site through the rest of the year!

One last comment on this tournament day...THANKS!!!  Many of you have given me advice throughout the year, and though I and my partner have been fishing this circuit for a few years, we are still novices.  Many of you have offered great advice and it has helped!  There is no better family than the BBT fishermen!!!  Willing to help at any time and for any reason!  Have a great winter (blah!) and look forward to the spring!

08/19/07

Must have been more tired than I thought last night!  Updated the Year To Date sheet this morning....Noticed that many of the "places" where out of order!  All is fixed now though.  Didn't help any...I still don't get to fish the Classic unless I happen to find the fish at the BBT 100 in Muskegon!  See you all in two weeks!

08/18/07

What a day!  Caught 4 early...One of them my partner even caught!  Could not find #5 though.  We knew this morning that we could not qualify for the Classic (actually knew that after White Lake) but hoped for the wild card draw!  Team 30 should have stuck around a little longer!  They got drawn, but YOU MUST BE PRESENT!!!!  Team 41 appreciated them leaving early!  They got the draw for the classic.  I just hope to be one of the 5 boats selected at the BBT 100 on Muskegon!  Fish all 5, catch a good limit, and go to the Classic!  Sounds EASY!!!  I just need to find the fish!

WHERE DID A 5# fish come from???  I am going to talk to Russ about the take off positions!  Next year, I want to follow who ever is finding the big fish!  I want the take off number right behind them!

The fog created by the boats this morning changed my plans a bit, but I think for the better.  We caught all 4 fish within a 100 yard area.  We let everyone else go by, then went to our 2nd spot and found the fish we brought in.  I never caught so many short fish in my life!  I quite counting, but it had to be between 40 and 50!  A lot of fun, but no $ in it!

Seen one boat jump on plane in the no wake.  He realized his mistake quickly, and shut it down....Been there, done that!  Just glad to see that even though they wanted to move they realized the mistake and did right by it!

BTW, even though we forgot to mention it at the weigh in, Team 39, VanDyke and VanDyke won the Lowrance fish finder!  Congratulations!  And if you don't need it, I am always up for donations!!!!

See you all in Muskegon in a couple of weeks!

08/11/07

Happens nearly every year!  Someone does not enter the optional big bass pot, and they get the big bass of the tournament!  This time, 2 teams lost out on money because they did not get it.  Live and learn I guess!

The Fox puts on a great event!  Right down to the hotdogs and soda's!  We really look forward to this tournament each year!

From the reports I was getting this morning, I was amazed at the size of the fish being brought to the scale through the day!  It sounded like nobody was on fish, but many teams today weighed in nice fish!  Congratulations to all of today's winners!  See you next week back on the Grand River for the final BBT Qualifier of the year!

08/05/07

What a screwed up weekend!  Many of you already know that my wife had surgery on Friday.  All went well and I was able to fish Saturday, but in retrospect, I should have stayed at the hospital with her!  Still, better off than many others....I once again feel the need to compliment the fishermen on the BBT circuit.  The courtesy and sportsmanship of 99% of you is phenomenal!  I have fished in many other tournaments where this is not the case!

I still feel like a magnet for a couple of teams....I find a spot (rather large spot, but I figure I should own that piece of the lake!) and two other teams wind up in the same area.  Normally not an issue, but I still can't catch a fish, and they come in (about 100 yards away) and I watch them both boat fish!  I know the right area, just not the right spots I guess!

Interesting morning...I had bought a new lure...Fish hits lure and breaks it off...5 minutes later, fish jumps out of the water, spits out the lure (minus the hooks) and sends it back to me...I guess that this is my sign!  Oh well...See you on the Grand the next 2 weeks!  Next week for the Fox 101 tournament and the following for the last qualifier and to find out who is going and WHERE the Classic will be held!

07/22/07

Start this with a big thanks to Norm! He knows why, and that is all that is important.

A little breezy out there, but not bad.  Broke the pull rope on my trolling motor about mid day, but was prepared and that only set us back a little (like it mattered!) 19.58 lbs.???  WTF? Take me with you next time!!!!  At any rate, CONGRATULATIONS to Rick and Curt!!! Great bag of Small Mouths!

Sorry for the late update this week, but the last few years we have camped just north of the lake and I don't get back until Sunday.  Worked really great this year! Had my 9 year old Grandson with us, and he and Grandma went out and caught about a dozen crayfish from a small creek at the campgrounds for an evening snack while we were out fishing.  Taught him how to cook them, and they came out great!

Two weeks, and we will see you in Muskegon! Don't forget, there is a feedback thread at the bottom of the page if you have something to say!

07/14/07

Boy am I glad I did not fish today!!!!  Storms in the morning and heavy wind all day!  Didn't bother me a bit to sit in the trailer and get things ready for weigh in!  Broken boats, everybody tired, and a young Scout catches a 3 pound fish at the dock! Gotta luv it!  (Make sure you check out the pictures link!)  Great weigh in today! Fairly fast and a great pay out for the number of boats we had! Both BBT and NBAA want your feed back on this tournament! Do we continue it? Are there any changes you want to see?  Send in your feedback and let us know!

07/2/07

Only 18 teams pre-registered for the Super Bass tournament???  With up to $10,000.00 available, I would have figured a full house!  If you haven't registered yet, do so quick to get a GREAT take off position!  Muskegon did VERY well for me this week, and I expect it will continue that way!  If we would have had a tournament July 1st, I could have weighed over 14 lbs! (My luck ain't that good during an actual tournament, but what the hell!) You all have a great Holiday and I will talk to you again soon!

06/25/07

A good friend of mine passed away Friday night after a battle with cancer...Please keep his family and friends in your prayers.  Juan Cervontes was just 2 days from his 50th birthday.  He will be missed by all those who knew him.

06/23/07

IT WAS AN HONOR TO HAVE A VISIT FROM AN ACTIVE VET TODAY!  THANKS FOR STOPPING BY AND SAYING HELLO TO ALL OF US!

What a tough bite for me today!  Looks like most others did well though!  Did catch 1 keep, but decided not to weigh it.  Rare for me, but being a 100, we decided just to let it go and say to hell with it!  Never caught so many cat fish in one day before though!  One of them will be dinner tonight!  About a 10 lb silver cat.  Rest were all brown, and I prefer the silver.  7 total on the day between me and my partner!  Though we caught a lot of fish, only one big enough to keep.  My partner was trying to set the record for the smallest bass caught during a tournament!  The smallest was less than 5"!  It was a big thing today when he caught a 13" fish!  All told, I am guessing at about 25 fish caught between us. 

I do need to apologize once again to one of the boats ahead of me!  When entering the no wake, I did not back off soon enough and damn near ran into him!  Just a light fog, but enough that I missed the buoy and almost got them.  After hitting some kids in an import pickup a couple of days ago, scared me more than them, but no excuses here...I just screwed up!  BTW, anybody want to donate towards my deductible on the truck????

As always though, the "scenery" on the Grand is well worth it!  Till next time, GOOD LUCK ON YOUR FISHING!

06/10/07

OK, the Year to date is up, and I fixed my screw ups on the score sheets. Nothing big, but thanks to those who point out my mistakes.  I don't mind if I make mistakes and others point them out, as long as they get fixed and everybody is happy!  I have been involved with this circuit for 6 years now, and still can't believe what a great bunch of fishermen we have here!  Anywhere from 150 to 200 on the water at any given time, and just a great bunch!  (Well, except see the bitch below!)  See you on the GRAND RIVER for the Firecracker 100!

06/09/07

Another Muskegon Tournament...Couldn't get ANYTHING decent today.  Brought 3 back with us, but only weighed 1 after rechecking them at the launch site.  Too close to call on the other 2!  Oh well, at least we weren't skunked!

OK, a little bitch here...You know, 99% of our guys are thoughtful, courteous, and damn fine sportsmen.  But there always has to be one that is not a very sporting at all.  I had a guy today that come running in on his big motor while I am fishing and sit down less than 2 boat lengths in front of me.  I had many others today that would come running into a spot that I was fishing and turn out as soon as they seen me, and I do the same.  Not this guy, I wound up and had to go around him...I really wanted to just hit the side of his boat with a chunk of lead, but couldn't bring myself to do it...

Looking forward to seeing you all at the Firecracker 100!

06/03/07

Another great year at Cadillac.  This is my all time favorite tournament of the year!  A long weekend away, and (usually) great fishing.  Some found the big fish, some didn't.  I didn't, but still had a great time!  A BIG thanks to Jun and Sandy Geertman!  Just GREAT people! (Not that there are not MANY others on our circuit)  I have to say thanks, because Friday when I was out pre-fishing, I made a run to the back of Cadillac lake, and had my oil warning come on.  No where there to buy oil that I am aware of, so I started back on the trolling motor.  Ran into them about a third of the way and they (thankfully) towed me back to the launch.  I know that many others would have helped if they had been around, but these two are the ones that did, and I just have to say THANKS!  Fortunately, it must not have messed up there plans too much as they still scored well in the tournament.

Storms rolled in Saturday, just shortly after the weigh in was finished.  Thank goodness it waited! It was really bad for a few there!  Drove home today in the rain as well, but all is good.  See you next week on Muskegon!

05/28/07

A great day...I didn't fall in, AND I caught a limit.  My wife fished with me today and not only caught the first keep of the day (5 minutes after we started!), but also used 2 of her fish at the scales.  Didn't win anything, but to start the season with a limit is still winning for me.  Actually debated on running today, but just never feel right about that.  I am still of the opinion that I should fish where the tournament is hosted.  One team would have cashed in nicely today, but was late...That hurts! Remember the check in time!  We are honest with everybody, and even though they did not complain, I have heard it in the past.  We are fair and honest on everything, and do our best to ensure everybody knows it!  Russ runs one hell of a good tournament circuit!  Hope to see you all at Cadillac next week!

4/14/07

OK, so been a while since I was here...Latest update:  Early Draw was today!  Same as last year, cold and breezy!  Two years ago it was so warm out no one wanted to be inside...Last two years its been hard to go outside!  Something new this year!  I found the perfect bait! Guaranteed to catch the biggest fish out there!  I have to believe it, it said so on TV and you know they would never tell you something that is not true!  Hopefully this year is at least as good as last...I am really looking forward to it!  Be seeing you all real soon!

1/20/07

The new year is here and away we go!  Won't be long now and we will be hitting the lakes again...I can't wait.  Hope everybody enjoyed the holidays and Santa brought you what you wanted.  A lot of updates to the website today.  News (cool stuff in there!), new sponsors, the 2007 entry forms, updated rules, and just enough to keep me busy for a few hours.  Other than that, not much to say yet this year, but check back often as there will be many more updates before the snow melts!

BTW, we have had close to 19,000 visits to the home page in the last 2 years and over 28000 to this page!  Thanks to all of you that take the time to visit here!  Remember that you can scroll to the bottom of this page and send me "anything" that you would like to see posted here!  Just make sure you read the "rules" just above the form!

Okay, now for your part.  If you have something to add to this page let me know.  There is a form below for you to fill out.  There are a few rules here as well though.  (Since this is my page, I can make the rules!)

First, if it is negative or if it is about a specific person, I am going to contact that party and get their side of the story before publishing it here.

Second, this has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TOURNAMENT as a whole.  We have a feedback page for that.

Third, if I don't get a legitimate name and email (or phone number) from the sender it will not be posted.

And forth, keep it clean.  My grandkids help me with this.  (Sucks getting old!)

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