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There are still some openings for the April 28th  Pond Jumperz "Electric Motor Only"   Bass Tournament.

LOCATION:  Lake Samish (Whatcom County)
DATE:  April 28th, 2012
TIME:  Boaters Meeting @ 6:00AM,  tournament launch at first safe light (~6:30AM)
FEE:   non-club members $45.00

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION:  
The use of outboard/gas powered motors is not allowed.  For this tournament, they may be attached to the boat but may not be used in any way.  This includes propulsion and charging of batteries.

Boat must be equipped with a working live well able to support the life of a three fish limit.


The Boat must display an approved Contest Banner.

This tournament is limited to 20 boats,  and there are about 10 spots left.  Get your registration in early to guarantee a spot.  Tournament  Rules and Registration as well as registration instructions can be found at
http://www.pondjumperz.com/documents.html 

Prizes awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for heaviest three bass limit.  There is also a Big Fish pot.  Cash & Prizes include donated items from Dobyns Rods,  Wholesale Sports and  Valley Sports and More. 

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Why are some of your guy's tournaments on such big lakes? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of the name "pond"? Lake Samish, Goodwin, Big Lake are far from ponds.

There are days I would even want to be on Lake Samish in my 20' boat. Didn't someone almost drown last year during your tournament there?

What has been your clubs mortality rate of fish so far?

Good luck!

Hi Nick, Thank you for your questions about our club.  Let me address some of these for you.

Yes, there was an unfortunate incident last year at Lake Samish.  I am happy to report that all parties involved are ok.   All of our members are adults and as such, they are allowed to make their own decisions about the safety of their personal craft on a given body of water  It was ultimately that angler’s decision to take the boat that he brought and fish on that lake.  Other anglers may have not made the same decision.

We appreciate and understand your question about the mortality of our fish.  There are some who think that because we are not in the big boats with the fancy gear that we do not care about the mortality of the fish we catch.  This couldn’t be further from the truth.  We have a lower tournament limit of three fish.  This allows ample room in our live wells.  Our 2011 season had 5 tournaments with a total of 34 fish caught and 34 fish released alive.

As for your question about the club name and such…  I will just let you “pond”er on that one for a while.



NickBerto said:

Why are some of your guy's tournaments on such big lakes? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of the name "pond"? Lake Samish, Goodwin, Big Lake are far from ponds.

There are days I would even want to be on Lake Samish in my 20' boat. Didn't someone almost drown last year during your tournament there?

What has been your clubs mortality rate of fish so far?

Good luck!

I think the concept of what you guys are doing is awesome, however I tend to agree with Nick in that there are alot of smaller lakes that either restrict gas motors, or don't have room to house 8-12 full size bass boats, trucks/trailers. That's where I think you guys could fill a special niche by having these events on smaller bodies of water such as lake cassidy, martha lake, beaver, terrell (up for debate), pine lake, the list goes on and on...

I know personally I would be much more apt towards doing these if they were on these smaller lakes since i'd get frustrated on a bigger body of water spending half my day on the trolling motor going from spot to spot, or trying to get to the smaller lake at Samish for example.  

I'm not trying to tell you guys how ti run your club, just some food for thought.

Jordan,  I see what you are saying and appreciate where you are coming from.  This is something I have heard from others who fish the larger tournaments like Nick and yourself do.  

I guess it really boils down to who is our target audience?  Our club is made up of new bass anglers looking to explore a taste of tournament fishing.  I would not expect any of the regular contributors/competitors of this site to be interested in what we are doing.  But for those guys out there lurking, trying to learn from the knowledge and sharing of this site.  That is where we are trying to fit in. 

   

Brian I tend to agree with Nick and Jordan on many aspects.  There are some phenomenal SMALL lakes around our state, and I just purchased a pond boat just for that reason.  Sadly I have NO room in it for a livewell, but I think that your club would benefit from hitting at least a couple electric motor only lakes or lakes with a real limited access that only small trailers can use.  This would allow for ample fishing time to move around the whole body of water.  Like Jordan said I can picture a bunch of guys going out at blast off and spending 20 min on their trolling motors going to spots on the south or north tips of lake Samish.  Safety could be something to really consider as well especially if the club is not adequately insured... 

For every one running the club down. you should grow up its not your club to say what we should fish or shouldn't fish, and if you think your so much better then us put your money where your mouth is not your gas tank

I think what what Robert is trying to say is...  If you find yourself in a position where you have a opinion about where our club should or shouldn't fish our tournaments,  then by all means we welcome you.  The club meeting is the first Tuesday of each month at the Mount Vernon Round Table Pizza.  Dues are $45 a year.  With that comes the ability to  voice your opinion and make a difference in the choices we make as a club.

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Robert Mann said:

For every one running the club down. you should grow up its not your club to say what we should fish or shouldn't fish, and if you think your so much better then us put your money where your mouth is not your gas tank

My input comes purely from a standpoint of wanting to see your guys' club succeed, and I'm just offering my input as an opportunity for something for you all to think about. If back before I had a bigger boat this opportunity was around I would definitely be active in the club, and to be honest it still appeals to me now, but not as much as if you where fishing lakes that only electrics could be on. No running down here fellas.

As far as putting my money where my mouth is and driving to Mount Vernon to go to your meetings, the very same dollars for gas to get up there are the same dollars I would put in my boat, so that's probably a no go. Figured this was the next best opportunity to try to help.

Enjoy your season and best of luck

Jordan, I understand where you are coming from.  I have no problems with your suggestions and comments.  

I support Brians events/club 100% period  !!

Our bass community stands a very big chance at benefiting from these events  in the long run imho .

As brian mentioned above , these anglers are merely looking for a "taste" of a  tourney envirorment for the most part. Yea some guys might not have big boats or own a ton of gear but too me that really doesnt matter with these events or anglers , thats not what its about in there club .  

Looking at it for what its worth these guys are just a group of anglers that simply pick a lake and show up too fish just like any other Bass club and nothing is wrong with that guys .

With that being said , could we possibly see some of these same anglers feeling confident enough to show up too events like TBF / B.A.S.S. Qualifers , Club opens , NW bass, etc  in the future ? (I think so )

Every angler has to start somewhere in this sport , but the altimate goal should center around the fact that people like brian is  playing big role in growing the sport instead of worrying about trolling time from spot to spot . real talk !! 

Brain as i mentioned before , my schedule doesn't allow me to fish most of your events but you can count on me showing up to atleast one this year bro :) and I will continue to offer my sponsor support  and i encourage you too stay commited your clubs mission/ goals our state depends on it bro !

 

Dez "The sophomore"  

 

 

 

 

 

BBD,

You're missing the point here bro. The question wasn't aimed at whether or not this club is good for our sport, i think we can all agree it most definitely is. The suggestion Nick and I have discussed and are pointing out is that there are TONS of great opportunities for this club to grow by fishing some of these smaller, not as well known lakes in our area that are virtually untouched by bass anglers. There's no doubt that the quality of anglers in this club is great, I see guys like Robert Mann (NW Bass angler w/Parnsworth and well known big bass dude up there), Tito (who does the BASS qualifiers and has fished some bigger FLW stuff), and more... I am simply suggesting that they have an opportunity that those of us with larger boats do not have to fish these smaller lakes that are virtually untouched, which to me is not only alot less intimidating (especially for newer anglers) when you're on electric only, but also a chance to fill a niche that the normal tournament guy can't.

Plus, I would venture to guess that by doing this, the big fish in these tournaments will be on average alot larger than what it may be on say washington, sammamish or even Samish. Just check out this photo from a small lake you can't have a big motor on recently caught by Loren: http://www.wafish.com/photo/first-oprah-largy-of-2012-8lbs-12oz?con...

Again not bashing on these guys just giving my input requested or not - because thats what we do here on WAFISH ya heard?

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