State Championship Lake

[fear no fish]

Yesterday, the presidents picked Muskegeon Lake for the 2010 State Championship lake. The state championship is in September this year. It starts on the 23rd.
Tom

[JohnBoy]

My prediction will be that this is one of the biggest championship in years as far as numbers. The west side guys will show up in mass just like the TBF.

[markgoetsch]

Its good I guess but I'm disappointed to see both the TBF and MBFN both on the same lake.  Oh well at least I'll get to visit the westside twice this year.

[Frank-o]

Only 55 boats fished. I think there we 65 until the registration/banquet when they announced the 1st day was canceled due to bad weather.

[motocross269]

Having the Championship in late September hurt the numbers more than location....We went from having an average of 10-12 participants down to 4 in our club because of the late date...

[jgip087]

I agree that the late date hurts a lot of people. The same number of guys who fished last year were signed up to fish prior to the bad weather but dates the last two years have been a problem. Last year the date conflicted with the Stren and now its after school has started and some people have to work or stay home to get their children to/from school. Also, Muskegon is notoriously tough that time of year so I don't know what they were thinking! If it had been in the summer a ton of fish would have been caught and everyone would have been able to have a good time.