Catfishhoge

Mice job Mike, good report!

What an awsome event yet again!

Thank you goes out to Rich and the helpers who work to make this happen.

Thanks to Dreamweaver, Big Jon and the Fish Dog guy's, it is sponsers like these that make it possible to continue having such events as this.

I fished with Justin (thedude) and his buddy Steve. We left the dock at 4:15 and went threw the channel watching all the bait fish jump and holler HEY FISH RIGHT HERE! We didn't listen though and went through the piers and headed north. Got to Duck Lake and set lines right a 5:00 in 40 fow. Had our first fish in the net before daylight then picked away at the rest. The bite was fairly spread out the rest of the morning with only one double which we lost both of. We stayed between Duck Lake and the Montague pier and never went past 60 fow. Worked a few waypoints and managed to weigh 70.4 lbs of fish. We had a total of 8 fish and a few misses. Our best set up was the Mixed Veggies and the Lemon Ice (I think) on full core. Most of our fish came under 50 fow so the fish were right on the bottom. The water was so clear we were "Sight Fishing" as my crew mentioned! Thats right, in 50 fow you could easily see the botom!

Thanks to my crew, you fellas did a great job!

Thanks to all the participants, your money will be well spent and your food all tasted very good!

Thanks to Rob for making us such a fine trophy!

Matt, nice job on the second place! .8 is pretty darn close!

Congrats to the rest of the winners, nice fish for the minnow crew at 20 lbs!

Nice setup you have there, Rich. Those should come in handy come tournament time.

Done any trapping lately? My cat came up missing, and I thought of you.

So what I am hearing is Rich is a "Cat Trapper"? Must be a story there I have not heard!

Nice fish Rich, I have been wondering how the river is looking.

Push button that could be used with the same hand as the one used to send the rigger down. One hand operation! Then you could as mentioned just push the button to check depth, this would be a handy tool!

Rick

Makes no difference to me, I woll vote with the majority.

Diawa SG47LCA's are the ones I use also. I am adding two more this season!

Rick

Hey mister, I only had one event with no fish!

Thanks again to Caznik and the Trout Tracker, you boys did us another fine job all season!

This group seems to have great continuity and class, I am privilaged to be a small part of it.

See you all next year!

Rick

Rich

The fog here has been way thick so far this week. I would expect it to stick around for the weekend too. With this in mind, I will most likely be launching from snug harbor to fish. I would rather not run the length of muskegon lake in pea soup at night. I will keep you posted on the conditions.

Rick

Here is the way I see it. The guy fishing in the harbor should not have been using boards. Common sence tells me it is not a good practice. Riggers and dipsy's in close to the boat would be exceptable. Given that, the slower or trolling boat should have the right of way, the passing boat has a better chance at anticipating the coarse of the troller and should respect his lack of manuverability.

I hooked up with a passing boat this past weekend, we were both trolling the harbor. My dipsy hooked his rigger rod and the battle was on. I won with the fireline! Cut his line and passed by him to toss his plug to him. He appologized and I said "no problem, thats combat fishing". Really was no ones fault, it is going to happen when you put many trollers in a small area of water.

Rick

Place

Weight

Boat

1

210.10

Always On

2

209.90

Sheet Shooter

3

202.62

Spoon Fed

4

201.82

WoJoe

5

198.34

Waterdog

6

190.94

UngaBunga

7

189.60

Tale Chaser

8

189.16

Buck Fever

9

187.96

Betty Lou

10

187.70

Half Dozen

11

187.54

Plunger

12

185.50

Get Some

13

177.80

Lead Cutter

14

175.34

Ma-Jo-Ride

15

173.10

Bachelor 1

16

172.24

Happy Days

17

171.98

Tangled Mess

18

170.50

High Seas

19

168.06

Lethal Weapon

20

160.14

Reel Joy

21

155.20

Comp Time

22

149.16

Ratt's Pack

23

148.38

Bill Fish

24

146.88

Heavy Action

25

144.74

Classic Hits

26

143.58

Hop Aboard

27

142.72

4 Aces

28

142.40

Fit of Angler

29

140.46

Edge

30

140.38

Just Rite

31

127.46

Twilight Zone

32

123.04

Double Down

33

121.82

West Wind

34

119.90

Challe Mark

35

119.80

Likely Story - small fish 0.84#

36

118.66

Fin-attic

37

117.90

Brewster II

38

117.46

Hobo Jr.

39

113.02

Red Hawk

40

110.06

Strike Zone

41

108.02

Rip Runner

42

104.94

White Lies

43

102.86

Got-A-Bite

44

101.86

Deep Fry

45

98.76

The Boys

46

97.86

Low Budget

47

96.92

T Marie

48

96.86

Captain Jack

49

95.14

Wally's World

50

94.46

Jodi Lyn

51

93.68

Wicked Addiction

52

93.58

Red Stripe

53

90.54

Shameless

54

90.00

Partnership

55

85.76

Swamp Yankees

56

84.80

OK Fine

57

83.38

Little Hope

58

83.18

Bottom Feeder

59

79.78

Irie

60

78.58

Megan Anne

61

76.18

Persistence

62

75.38

Uneggspected

63

72.68

Drinking Rinken

64

68.76

Tangled

65

65.80

Terry Niebolt BLT

66

65.46

Moron - took big fish - 21.10#

67

62.20

Reel Work

68

61.68

Blue Fog

69

60.82

Reel Action

70

59.38

Poor Richard

71

54.81

Hopefull

72

53.58

Obsession

73

49.50

Little Beaver

74

49.28

Tenacious

75

44.06

Fly Time

76

43.42

Nate Nolstege

77

21.74

Bad Company

78

20.54

Memory Maker

79

19.68

Loose Cannon

80

17.02

Spanky

81

16.82

Hooked Up

82

0.00

Bite Me

83

0.00

Fish Magnet

84

0.00

Junkyard Dog

85

0.00

Mean Green

86

0.00

Oddesey

87

0.00

Sea Date

88

0.00

Sea Duck II

89

0.00

Small Wonder

90

0.00

Spoon Tang

91

0.00

Spoon Ful

92

0.00

Willie Coyote

93

0.00

Hit N Run

94

0.00

Unreal

Stepping up to the responsability of such an unintended thing is good. I commend the man for his action and thanks for posting about it. There are still positive minded people around that make things easier for us. My assumption is that he was disstressed with the fact and therefore needed to make ammends. It is great to hear about the good things people do in bad situations!

Rick

Yes, very good event to fish! The fishing should be good most any port.

Brian,

I don't think you should need to appologize, you said what most everyone in the leauge feels. The only rule that should be mandatory is to have fun! Rich has done us a very good thing by bringing us the oppertunity to be involved in such a great thing with peoples that enjoy it as much as we do. I for one think we need to keep things simple, that way I can keep up!

Rick

Tear em up Tom! I hope you fare well in the "Make a Wish" event.

Rick

Good job fellas!

Man, those top three spots are close but you can't count those 5th and 6th place fellas out. They are too good to wright off. This is anyones game to take. I think if you get on some good fish you better stay on them. Work those waypoints hard. Come in with a full box and show everyone your fish are bigger!

I voted for team Catfish, you need to have confidence in the capabilities of your whole package. Unfortunatly The Dude(Justin) who has fished all season in the league events with me will be out of the country for this last outing.

This puts me at a dissadvantage so I feel I should get say.....38 points added for training a new rigger monkey. Oh, and by the way, Sixshooter has a new "rigger monkey" to train also!

Nice job on the fish and thanks for reporting!

Welcome to the site!

Rick

Hey Steve,

Happy 50th!

Steve,

So sorry to here you got the itch! I have no cure as I never had the stuff.

You just need to be sure it is gone by the 15th. We have an issue of getting back in first place! Hope to see you then......itch free!

Rick

This motor has been sold, thanks to all for looking!

Rick

This unit is hardly used, low hours and in excellent condition. Runs like the day it was built. I am posting it for a friend who upgraded to a 4 stroke electric start. 8 Horse Mariner about 16 years old give or take, the looks will tell you it is a well cared for unit. Complete with 6 gallon tank and hose. If I had a need for one it would not be for sale.

Price is $600, test drive on request.

Any questions please ask.

Thanks for looking!

Rick

Steve,

Thanks for going along Friday. You sure did have the hot hand drifting those crawlers! We got to try that again sometime!

Rick

Thanks again to Rich and Larry, another very good job!

Man, that was a tough day of typical June fishing out there. We had three very short lived rips with no one home when we got to the rods. Tried everything and even some unorthodoxed settups. I was changing stuff so often I felt like Timmy!

Congrats to the winners, right now it is time to find some other fish to catch.

Thanks again to my crew, don't be discouraged!

Rick

Nice job on those perch Rock!