Tom -
here is my first cut at some perspective dates next year -
4/28 Cass (Dan Kimmel)
5/19 LSC
6/9 Kent
7/15 Cass sunday (7/28 a possibility as well)
8/18 LSC Wayne Carpenter
9/1 Kent Brian McCarter
Let me know what you think?
Jack
Jack,
Thanks for getting this started. The only issues I'd have would be Sunday events. I have to be back here at 2:30, showered and ready to go. So Sundays for me are pretty much impossible. If there's any chance we could avoid Sundays, I'd really appreciate it. Also, let's make sure boaters especially can make the majority of the events so we don't end up with too many nonboaters per event.
What would be the start time for the events?? Also, i don't think i'll be able to make to meeting. Work sucks :-\' Keep me posted.
-Kid
Usually we go at first light. But on Cass, we can't get in until 8 and on Kent, we can't get in until 7 (I think). When we do the St. Clair events, I have a good size house with an extra room if it would help for you to come the evening prior since you have a long drive. Something to keep in mind. We're pretty flexible with start times... depends on when guys can get there.
I'm going to try and make 'em this year Tom.
I have a 16' Tracker. So, I can be a boater on Kent.
I know nothing about Cass.
I definately can't be a boater on Clair.
I have conflicting dates with the first two events. Baseball has tournaments both days. Of course they are the only two saturdays that we play >:( The last four i might have to take you up on your offer Rev.
-Kid
Let's keep looking at alternate dates then. We should be getting other tourney schedules soon to start comparing to.
Fike, your boat is plenty big for Cass as well. Cass is bigger than Kent, but nothing to worry about for a 16 footer. Glad you'll be fishing with us this year!!!
theres always options to look at - we definately want to accomodate as many as possible:
notes to consider:
I tried to keep it to 1/month
april - weather if questionable except for last week
may is a busy month -
12th is th the DK open,
19th is scheduled (tentative)
26th is the holiday weekend
June- 2nd is possible alternative
9th is scheduled(tentative)
16th is possible
23rd is LSc opener -
30th is possible
July - 7th - is BFL and day before TBF State Champ(if we TBF affiliate)
14th is possible
21 - is x-roads for youth charity event
28 is possible
Aug - 4th possible
11th possible
18th is scheduled (tentatively)
25th DTW river BFL that day
Sep 1 scheduled (tentatively)
8th possible
15th BFL DTW river, ABA regional
22nd possible
29th possible
Oct wide open
I am trying to fit in an NBAA youth division on the east side here, but want to make the schedule fit aaveryone as possible. EVeryone chime in what works for each of oyu, and I'll compile it as best I can and repost.
Jack
I am excited to fish this year (more than last, for sure).
The June event on the 9th may conflict with a prior event going on that day for me. And I fall into the Sunday category as well. Other than that, I'm flexible. And I agree with whoever said that we need to make sure that boaters can make these dates primarily first. I'd hate to have a lot of nonboaters show up & have trouble trying to fish.
De Graeve
I won't be able to fish on April 14th, April 28th, May 19th, and May 12th. All other Saturdays are open for me. I appreciate you looking at my schedule. Getting excited already.
-Kid
Everyone may know this already, but I believe June 16 is the US opener on St. Clair and June 23 is the Ontario opener.
I can do 4/28 from the looks of things - is that the Saturday opener?
Sorry for the late reply, went up north to visit the in-laws Christmas day for a few days.
I'm going to be out of town on April 28th until May 7th so I know I won't be able to make it then. I'd really like to fish with Dan again but if no other dates work I guess it will have to be. :(
Mark
Sundays are also tough for me to attend. I can work with any Saturday we post as far as I know. Working on a Saturday should be my only concern. Unfortunately I will not know if we would be scheduled for a Saturday until the Thursday before. I would post any conflicts as soon as I would know. I am looking forward to fishing with everyone this season! I see we may have some new members fishing with us as well! It was a pleasure to meet the both of you at the DK Open and I look forward to fishing with you again! ;D
At this time I know of no Saturday conflicts for me exept I want to fish the Fish N Friends event in August. (whever that is) Dan posted it somewhere. Other than that, I will have a camping trip scheduled this summer, but I don't know the dates yet, so once we get our schedule figured out, I'll try to work around it. Same goes for my church annual men's fishing trip to Grindstone. I'll wait to schedule that to see when our club is fishing.
Thanks Jack for helping to work on this. U da man!
August 4 is the Fish N Friends event this year.
However, I will be away (as will some of the other guys in the club) August 3-4 for our church's annual trip to Grindstone City for a Salmon Charter. Every year this is an awesome time. We spend the night on Friday in their cabins (playing cards and whatnot) and fish Saturday. We always limit out on Lakers and/or Salmon. Then we have them cook some of it up at the restaurant that afternoon. It's always a great time and all the guys in the club are welcome to join us.
But that presents another weekend that we probably can't schedule an event since I know of at least 3 other guys in the club who fish the Grindstone chater with us every year.
So let's see where we're at:
April
14th - Kid gone
21st - Will the CIR season be open on April 21? This date might work. CASS - Dan Kimmel
28th - Dan Kimmel can do the 28th. But Kid and Mark can't. (how about 21st?)
May
5th - Mark gone
12th - DK OPEN St. Clair (most of us will be there) Maybe we count the DK as a club date?
19th - Kid gone
26th - is a holiday weekend since Memorial Day is on that Monday. St. Clair would be suicide.
June
2 -
9 - CLUB Kent
16 - (St. Clair opener)
23 -
30 -
July
7 -
14 - CLUB Cass ? (Instead of Sunday)
21 -
28 -
August
3 & 4 - Grindstone Trip so that won't work.
11
18 - CLUB St. Clair - Wayne Carpenter
25
Sept
1 - CLUB Kent - Brian McCarter
8 -
15 -
22 -
29 -
Thoughts guys?
Any dates are good for me, the work schedule is always up in the air though. I should be able to boat at Kent & Cass with my little 16'er. Thanks for putting this all together.
FOM has an event on Cass July 14, so that may not be the best date for Cass.
I look forward to fishing a few events with you guys this year!
seth V
Maybe move July 14 to July 7?
I can do April 21st, for May it won't be a big deal if i wasn't tagging along, or if mark doesnt care then i'm open on the fifth, whatever is more convinient for the rest of the guys. June 9th sounds good, July 14th or 7th are both fine. August 18th and September 1st are all fine.
-Kid
I am going to make this easy for you guys. Whatever dates you schedule I will be there to fish. As for the FOM event on Cass lake, they didn't have really big turnouts last year so I don't think their presence should affect us (especially since we are non-competitive). Looking forward to actually catching some fish this year (something I struggled with last year). See you guys soon.
That's true about the size of the field for FOM, but Kid is fishing that event, so we don't want to have a conflict. BTW- Kid, what's you're actual name? I'm sure you told me at the DK, but the older I get, the less I remember. DOH!
My Dad and I are looking forward to fishing as many of these as we can. Dont really have any preferences on dates, so far the ones that are picked work out pretty good. Cant wait to get on the water. Shane your not going to cry when you see your old boat are you?
Luke is my name. Just wondering how many people total are expected to be in the club this year?? Looking forward to meeting everyone.
-Kid
So far it looks like we're around 16 guys. Hope we have good turnout to the events.
Sounds good, are the number of boaters and non-boaters pretty equal? Also, is it a random draw that morning or will we know who we are fishing with prior to the events.
-Kid
Wow! Our club is growing quick! I am really looking forward to seeing Brian, his dad, and HIS boat! ;) I was only used to seeing it from the inside looking out. ;D What an awesome year this is going to be.
True Dat.... it's gonna be a fun year. I can already tell.
We usually do some sort of random draw, but try to also pair up guys to make sure they aren't fishing with the same people every week.
Not sure about the ratio. Off the top of my head:
Tom, Mark, Shane, Brian (Big Game), Jack, Joe, Rick, Chris, Seth are boaters I think. A couple of the boats are a little small for St. Clair, but will be fine for the other 2 lakes. Looks fairly even at this point.
Hi Guys,
I just found out I had the wrong dates that I will be out of town. I will be gone from April 20th till the 28th. Sorry for the confusion.
Mark
thanx for all the input guys - here is my second cut at this:
April 21 - not sure on C&R open, (no Mark or Jack)
28 - CLUB Cass lake w/Dan (no Kid or Mark)
May - we have a couple of options here - we can do LSC on the 19th (no kid, or we can do the 26th (holiday weekend) and do Kent lake.
19 [b]CLUB LSC [/b] (no kid)
26 proposed club Kent lake
June 9th Club LSC or Kent depending on May choice
July 21 Club Cass
Aug 11th - open date (no Jack)
18th - Club LSC w/Wayne (no Jack)
august is a busy mo - big ABA tourney on LSC on the 18th
consider moving it to the 11th
Sep 1 CLub Kent w/Brian McCarter
its getting close to being finalized - any comments?
Jack
Is anyone qualified for the NBAA Championship held during the Memorial weekend at Houghton Lake? Tom and I are alternates. I think we will be notified by March if there any spots left. Tom correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not optimistic about them needing alternates but we are the next team to go if needed. Tom whats your take on this?
Shane - the NBAA 2007 championship doesn't start till after memorial day - registration is Tue 5/29, with tourney the 30/31/1st. So, the 26th date should be ok unlless you are looking to go the weekend before?
Jack
Great! Thanks for the heads up. Maybe the 26th will work for everyone then.
Wow, it's so tough to accomodate everyone. But we're doing our best. The items in RED need to be decided. Register your opinion.
April
28th - CLUB - Dan Kimmel - Cass (No Kid or Mark) :(
May
12th - DK OPEN St. Clair (most of us will be there)
19th - CLUB - LSC (No Kid) OR
26th - CLUB - Kent - Holiday, but everyone can make it.
June
9 - CLUB Kent or LSC (Depending on May choice)
July
21 - CLUB Cass
August
11 - CLUB LSC - Day on the Lake w/Wayne Carpenter OR
18 - CLUB LSC - Day on the Lake w/Wayne Carpenter
Sept
1 - CLUB Kent - Day on the Lake w/McCarter
I vote for the following:
May 29 if we can in to Kensington Metro EARLY. We'd need to make special arrangements with them. Anyone want to handle this?
August 11 so Jack can make it. We need all the bigger boats on St. Clair we can get.
Oh, BTW - Did we already clear these dates with DK, McCarter, and Wayne Carpenter? I'm assuming so.
Rev, what happened to April 21st and May 5th?
Sorry 'bout that Luke... I was going off of Jack's list. On April 21, we'd be missing 2 boaters (Jack and Mark) which would be tough for a "Day on the Lake" event since they're generally so well attended. We need the boaters. On the 28th we'd only be missing one boater. Personally, I'm fine with the 21st or 28th. if Jack or Mark were able to arrange to be there. But I think Mark is out of town and Jack's fishing some other event...
Not sure what happened to May 5. Jack, was that not an option?? Originally Mark was going to be gone, but now it looks like he'll be in town. So does that mean everyone could make the 5th? If so, maybe we should do Kent on May 5 and do LSC on June 9.
Another scenario that might work would be if we could get DK to do Cass on May 5 (So both Kid and Mark can make the Day on the Lake event) and just do Kent in April. Sheesh...so much to figure out. ;D
haha okay well here is a proposal from me. Maybe you can write a couple proposals down and have everyone vote on them at the meeting. I won't be able to attend, but I can let you know which one i like best.
April 28th-Club Kent (Mark and I are both gone)
May 5th-Club with Dan Kimmel on Cass
May12th-DK open
June 9th-Club on LSC
July 21st-Club on Cass
August 11th or 18th-Wayne Carpenter on LSC (either one)
September 1st-Club on Kent with PB
With this schedule we will only have one event where everyone can't make it. (Pending future schedules)
That's a great idea. The only day I can make the show though is Friday during the day. I think Mark, me, Steve L., and maybe Shane are going. (Still need to check with Shane) But my guess is most guys have to work that day. Not sure what else we could do other than wait until the Feb 3 meeting.
I started a new thread just now since this one is getting soooo long. Hopefully it'll help eliminate confusion. Go check it out guys.
I'm fine right now with whatever dates get set. I can be flexible now compared to other guys with schedule conflicts.
De Graeve