Hey guys we don't have permits in hand yet but we did get the nod that the following schedule was good.
March 28 & 29 Lake Washington
April 25 & 26 Banks
May 30 & 31 Silver
June 27 & 28 Moses
July 18 & 19 Potholes
August 22 & 23 Lake Washington
September 4 & 5 Banks Championship
We will verify after we get permits but I think we are set for 2015!
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Nope, now just have to compete with the potential of 100+ boats prefishing for NWBass championship!
Looking forward to it and the rest of the year schedule.
Angie Dover said:
Hi!
Our date change to Sept 11th and 12th on Banks Lake has been approved!!
We don't have to fight the Labor Day crowd :)
Good Job Angie - can't make everyone happy indeed. I've got no issues with the schedule and championship, and I happen to really like how it's on a Friday-Saturday to leave Sunday for travel. Great work getting it moved to Banks - some variety is definitely good!
I am very appreciative for the efforts of our tournament directors, especially when it comes to scheduling. They get an ear full from every side of the argument. Working closely with Stiles last year was humbling and aggravating at the same time. 90% of the time, anglers are pushing for a schedule that fits their last best finish on some body of water. Guys who fail to do well at one lake at a certain time of year, usually have 19 different excuses for why they want to be somewhere else. I heard a bunch of that at the last year's ABA championship on the River.
The bad news is, many of the river-haters pushed for Banks last year, and they're going to get their wish. My prediction is the enormous amount of pressure will make Banks flat miserable in September. Day 2 of any major event there is downright tough, and when you stack the championships together, with no off-limits for the ABA, catching 5 the final day will be a serious accomplishment.
The good news is that we're all in the same boat. So we'll just deal with it. Plus, this schedule will cut one travel weekend out of September for most guys, as we'll be able to pre-fish for NWBass while at the ABA.
Thanks again Angie, Jeff and Stu. If this weather keeps up, we'll all be pre-fishing in February.
My point about scheduling is that the Washington State Bass Federation has been using the same weekends for years with the intent of limiting conflicts. Even without knowing where we will fish, everyone knows when our dates will be. We also go public with our preferred locations for the next year in March so even that is available very early. The biggest problem that we all face is the WDFW two weekend per month rule that adds to the conflicts by limiting the available dates. We all have to work within the system as it is...
Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:
That stinks the Federation should have scheduled around the ABA events. I guess I don't have an option of fishing the Federation this year.
Hope you get my point Keith, not trying to insight controversy other than who should schedule around who, personally I wouldn't schedule around Federation and for you Federation shouldn't schedule around ABA.
Personal preference!
Keith Brooks said:I believe people have to make choices of what they participate in, some would choose to do both circuits if that was feasible. I myself was thinking about fishing ABA this year with my wife, that is not an option for us now.
Elephant in the room here is the updated entry fee and options. Since it's in place and a done deal are you able to share Angie?
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