ML Fall 07 Skunk

Well I finally got the boat hooked up and headed to Mille Lacs. I arrived at the access around 5:30PM and barely had enough daylight to accomplish my mission. My mission was to head out to Indian Point and log the same waypoints in the new GPS that were in the old GPS. Normally you would not have to go on the lake to do this, but my old GPS has lines in the Liquid Crystal Display missing and so you can't see what the coordinates of a given way point are; So for me to have the same waypoints I would have to physically run over the same spots and mark them in the new GPS. There was no wind and so it was easy to just use the electric trolling motor. There were 8-10 bobber fisherman on Indian Point but they were all far enough to the south that I was able to log in all my points. By the time I was done it was dark. Since there was no wind and still quite a few of the bobber brigade around I decided not to fish Indian Point.

I headed into Casino Bay (Sha bosh Kung) and made a full pass out to Sherman's point and back. I didn't even have a strike. Finding my way back in to the access was a little hairy, but I got it done without to much trouble. I got in around 9PM.

I talked to two boats at the access. One had gotten a couple and the other was skunked.

So that's it for my first Fall 07 walleye trip, Skunked.

BP vs Duffman Week 21

I didn't get out and would be surprized if Duffman did, because it rained all week.

Week 21
BP 0
Duffman 0

Summer 2007
BP 6
Duffman 6

To be honest, I don't know if I will do any more bass fishing this open water season. It is the time of year I'd rather be fishing salmon in Sconi or Pig walters on Mille Lacs. I won't be fishing salmon again this year, but should be hitting the water hard this week for walleye. I bought a new GPS and will want to start getting my money's worth out of it. Hopefully this Magellan will hold up unlike the last two I had. It is a big ? as to whether or not the the Magellan Sportrack will allow me to mark the exact same waypoints on Indian Point. Unfortunatly the coordinates are unreadable on Sportrack and so the only way to reproduce the same spots will be to do it on the lake. Who knows if the Sportrack will work or not for me to do that.

Skoal Vikings!!!

Had to do a like Vikes blogging after the big Chicago Win. It looks like us Vikes fans are gonna have something to watch in this Peterson kid. Wow!

Still I am not very optomistic about the team this season. Sure they could easily be 3-2 at this point, but Tavaris has a long way to go and Peterson isn't going to be scoring 3 TD's a week.

I am up in the air about Coach Chilly tending to be more negative than positive. That was quite a collapse against the Bears inspite of the win. If we beat Dallas I would be quite shocked.

BP vs Duffman Week 20

I didn't get out, to bad today would have been a good day to fish. Overcast and calm. How about you Duffman?

It's possible that the Duffman has left the building because I know from fishing MN he was out fishing sometime in the past couple of weeks. However no report, no score!

Well Duffman has reported in and caught a fish for week 20, it's all tied up again. I don't know that I will fish for bass any more this season. The contest does run until the end of November 2.

Week 20
BP 0
Duffman 1

Summer 2007
BP 6
Duffman 6

BP vs. Duffman Weeks 17,18,&19

I got out and fished the 28th (Week 18) and 29th (Week 19) catching a 15.5" and 14" Largemouth's. So unless Duffman can top that, I've retaken the lead.

Week 17
BP 0
Duffman 0

Week 18
BP 1
Duffman 0

Week 19
BP 1
Duffman 0

Summer 2007
BP 6
Duffman 5

BP vs Duffman Weeks 15&16

Well since I have pretty much stopped fishing Duffman is now in the lead.

Week 15
BP 0
Duffman 1

Week 16
BP 0
Duffman 0

Summer 2007
BP 4
Duffman 5

BP vs Duffman Week 14

I didn't get out once again, so Duffman may have taken the lead.

Week 14
BP 0
Duffman 0

Summer 2007
BP 4
Duffman 4

BP vs. Duffman Weeks 12 & 13

Week 12
BP 0
Duffman 1

Week 13
BP 0
Duffman 0

Summer 2007
BP 4
Duffman 4

There is a BASS Major going on this weekend at Lake Dardanelle, maybe I will cover it tommorrow.

Fantasy Bass Update: Looks like the Potomac did the BP1 in as far as winning the MN Fantasy Bass League. I am behind the leader by close to 300 pts because of the Potomac. Overall for Dardanelle the results are ok, BP 1 has 3 anglers in the top 12 cut.

Elite Potomac Day Final

Congtatulations to Skeet Reese on the victory that almost certainly bags him Angler Of The Year honors as well.

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BASS Elite Potomac Day 3

Has Reese locked up AOY? Probably so.

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20,000/BpvD wk 11/Elite Potomac Day 2

The Bass Pundit blog has reached it's 20,000th visit. I think I average somewhere around 25 visits a day.

BP vs. Duffman
Once again this week I did not get out so if Duffman did it's all tied up for the summer. Wow what a contest. I think we have both fished only 1 of the weeks.

Week 11
BP 0
Duffman 0

Summer 2007
BP 4
Duffman 3

Pro Bass Fishing:
I was totally asleep at the wheel this week and forgot about the BASS Elite at the Potomac River. I didn't change up on the Fantasy Teams and am getting pretty much killed because of it.

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Fantasy Bass Fishing Notes:
Day1 was terrible. Day 2 saw quite a bit of improvement. Kennedy and Roumbainis who are on both squads are in the top 12 but those are the BPboys only top 50 guys. BP1 has 4 of 5 in the top 50. Hopefully Day 3 will be as good or better than Day 2.

The Million Dollar Man

Scott Suggs of Bryant, Ar is the first ever winner of a million dollar pay day in Professional Bass Fishing. He won it on his home lake, Lake Ouachita.

As it turns out I will NOT be a guide with G.E.M. Fishing Camp this week, therefore I won't have done it this summer. Maybe I will get out and fish this week.

BP vs. Duffman Week 10

Once again this week I did not get on the water so if Duffman did, it will be his week. And it is!

Week 10
BP 0
Duffman 1

Summer 2007
BP 4
Duffman 3

Wow I haven't been paying attention to the Bass fishing world. This week is the million dollar Forrest Wood Cup at Lake Ouachita. Click on BassFan for more info.

On the 35W Bridge Collapse:
Wow who would have thought something like that could happen without a major triggering event such as an earthquake or a bomb. Simply unbelieveable. I consider it quite amazing that more were not killed and seriously injured. In college I used to travel over this bridge quite often, but I haven't really had a reason to go over it in several years.

And to those who would use this as an excuse to make partisan political attacks or call for the raising of additional taxes. You SUCK because you have no shame!

Bass Major Onondaga Day Final

Fantasy Bass Fishing Notes: Well the day did not go as I hoped as Wolak really stumbled. I ended up with a 1,2,5 and 2,5,6. Kennedy had a dead fish penalty that relgated him to 2nd so BP1 really was unlucky today. The BPboys ended up with the 9th best line up of all players. Not bad, but not good enough for a prize.

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BASS Major Lake Onondaga Day 1

BassZone On the Water Blog...

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Fantasy Bass Fishing Notes:
If only the tournament ended today. I have a 1,2,3, and a 1,3,5 line up therefore all my top 12 guys are fishing the top 6 tommorrow. Hopefully Wollack can hold on, Kennedy can move to 2nd and then either Peter T or Lintner can come in 3rd. There is definitely a shot at my best score of the year and I think prizes are in play.

BPvDuffman Weeks 8-9/BASS Major Oneida

Yes the BP Duffman Challenge is still going on. I am trying my best to make things even by not fishing, but Duffman failed to get out week 8.

Week 8
BP 0
Duffman 0

Week 9
Duffman 1
BP 0

Summer 2007
BP 4
Duffman 2

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Fantasy Bass Fishing Notes: Maybe my best line up's of the year. Both teams have 3 in the top 12 cut. Kennedyx2 Wolakx2 Lintner Peter T.

BASS Major Oneida

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Eddy's Launch with Dad.

The only fish of the trip for us.

Dad on the way off of Sherman's Point.

The Story: The weather was sunny mid 90's with a slight wind. We elected to fish out of the back of the launch again and where fishing out of the Flagship which is Eddy's Biggest Boat. The Bait Boy said the Flagship was the biggest launch on Mille Lacs and probably the world.

We headed out from Eddy's on a long haul north to Sherman's Pt. We set down in 8ft of water and before you could say fish on some lady caught a keeper walleye and then a 2lb smallmouth. Sherman's point turned out to be more of a smallie than walleye or perch spot. Dad had the first bite and it was a nice smallie that jumped and broke dad's line. More than an hour later dad got another bite but didn't convert. Right after Dad's miss my bobber went down and I landed a walter. This was to be my one and only bite. All in all at Sherman's 6-8 smallies about 4 walleyes (3 Keepers) a few misses and 1 perch. At about 8:30PM we headed out deeper to try and nab some deeper water eyes. In this spot Dad maybe had a bite but I'm skeptical. Out in the deep water 2 walters came in and 1 was lost by the lady right next to Dad.

We were in right at 10PM. The other 2 launches were nowhere to be seen. All in all a nice night but I could have used some water to drink, the two pop's didn't keep me adequately hydrated.

BASS Elite Erie Day 1

Bassfan Story...

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There is no BassZone On the Water blogging this tournament.

Fantasy Bass Fishing Notes:
A rough day for BP1, it's gonna take a miracle on days 2 and 3 to get the team on solid footing. Bpboys have Hirosky, but after that it is pretty sparce.

FLW Detriot River/Elite Champlain Day Final!

BASS Champlain:
Congrats to Tim Horton on smoking the field!!!
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FLW Detroit River:
Congratulations to Steve Clapper on his dominate win!!!

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Fantasy Bass Fishing Notes:
It's a tie!
BASS Champlain Score, Overall Place, MN League
BPboys 352, 6127, 23
BP1 352, 468, 2

FLW: DR score, DR Place, Overall Place
1 Cyb'sBboys 855, 53, 276
2 BP's Dad 817, 147, 677
3 Bp's Mommy 704, 880, 454
4 Minnesocold BP's Boys 680, 1093, 333
5 BPObro 669, 1181, 171
6 Schmenzig Bassmen 651, 1356, 310
7 Bass Pundit 1 649, 1375, 532

I am not sure but this may have been the last FLW Fishing Challenge stop. If so it was a very mediocre year with BPObro being the best team but not even cracking the top 100. I think Cyb's showing at the DR was one of the only two Top 100 showings all year. Definitely an off year for the posse.