I got this idea from George Kramer http://kramergonefishing.com/2012/11/12/top-40-meyer-rated-californ... and I thought it would be interesting to see what everyone thought of the guys here in Washington State, voted by other fishermen though, not just by one person so the results are not subjective.
So here's how we'll do it:
I will keep track of all the submissions and combine the results and post the top 20 here on WAFISH in a couple weeks when I have enough information.
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I did have Hall/Turner in there.....I Pad must have deleted them
Treffry/Lippincott slipped through the cracks, and should have been in there
I will differ on Echternkamp/Kromm. Yes David has fished at a higher level than most all of us, and has a great track record on the river. As for Aaron, he is the most feared stick on Potholes/Moses. However, I'm basing my team off the ability to perform all over the state, not just the eastside. Have to draw the line somewhere. No doubt about it, they're great anglers, but there are a lot of great anglers left off my list.
I think it should be mandatory to put forward your own list, before chiming in on this thread. Not referring to you Dana, I read what you said.
I don’t fish NW or ABA so my opinion isn’t worth two cents...my opinion is based off results and guys I talk to...so it’s definitely a bias one=-)
I think it’s tough to argue against Hobbs and Wolsky...they flat catch fish on every body of water and are always in contention! Most of the other good teams have at least one guy who is great on a particular body of water...Specialists on Banks, Moses, Potholes, Washington, etc...I think Jordan was smart pairing up with Chad cause Jordan has the West side dialed in and Chad has the east side dialed...same can be said for Marcantonio and Matkowski.
Here are my top 10 teams in no particular order
Hobbs/Wolsky
Jensen/Smith
Hall/Turner
Gemmill/McMannis
Echternkamp/Kromm
Hogue / Lehrman
Treffry/Lippincott
Steiner/Lacey
Marcantonio/Matkowski
Doucet/Eidson
Ferry/Berto
My first stab included the following teams in no particular order after the top 7 and Tag thrown in there despite not fishing many tournaments he's still undoubtedly one of the best in the state. Hopefully he'll get some time free'd up to come throw down with everyone soon.
Ron Hobbs / Mike Wolsky
Don Hogue/ Ryan Brown
Chris Carpenter / Travis Glass
Mark Lippincott/Chris Treffry
Aaron Echternkamp / Dave Kromm
Paul Haul/ Jarrid Turner
Taylor Smith/Dan Jensen
Tag Watson
Dana Steiner / Steve Lacey
Tim Tadlock / Bret Nine
Andy Gemmill / Steve McMannis
Jake Boomer / Jason Bryan
Blake Lesher / Steve Lebsack
Jeff Abbott / Rob Flowers
Ron Mace / Shawn McConville
Gabe Lowe / Tom Librande
Chris Ferry / Nick Berto
Jordan Doucet / Chad Eidson - ***(Like Dana said, this is out of respect for my partner, I don't like to vote for myself either)
Greg Johnson / John Cooper
Tony Lind / Scott Lochow
Jordan, your list is pretty much what I had in mind, although not in the exact order I was thinking. I think the top 10-15 are pretty much no brainers. The rest of the teams can probably be swapped with at least 5-10 more teams. There are a bunch of talented teams that are pretty damn good and are a threat to compete everytime they put their boats in the water.
Jordan,
Good call on carpenter and glass. Would be a "Travisty" to leave them off. Probably a few other Oregon, and Idaho teams not getting the respect they deserve only because they don't fish ABA or NW regularly or at all....
Brandon Palaniuk, and his partner comes to mind.
I also wouldn't rule out Anderson, and Chandler. I love to vote for myself and have little respect for my partner. Really they are the perfect team. An eastern WA LMB obsessed online blowhard, the other a western wa sammamish dragging specialist who fishes with his shirt off better than most. I think we might take that #20 spot. We've never fished a tourney together so previous success isn't in the equation, but big things are on the horizon. We've caught several smallmouth over 3lbs on Moses lake during the Nixons marine invitational off limits period in late April so you can draw your own conclusions.
Here's my list:
Ron Hobbs and Mike Wolsky #1
18 other great teams
Snake and Zach #20.
I agree with Dana. We have some of the best fishermen around. If you look through the archives of N/W Bass and ABA fish-off's, you will have your info going back for years.
Bill
Jake,
I think you and Zach should move up 2 spots simply based on your ability to post funny shit that half the field probably doesn't even understand.
Jake "The Snake" Anderson said:
Jordan,
Good call on carpenter and glass. Would be a "Travisty" to leave them off. Probably a few other Oregon, and Idaho teams not getting the respect they deserve only because they don't fish ABA or NW regularly or at all....
Brandon Palaniuk, and his partner comes to mind.
I also wouldn't rule out Anderson, and Chandler. I love to vote for myself and have little respect for my partner. Really they are the perfect team. An eastern WA LMB obsessed online blowhard, the other a western wa sammamish dragging specialist who fishes with his shirt off better than most. I think we might take that #20 spot. We've never fished a tourney together so previous success isn't in the equation, but big things are on the horizon. We've caught several smallmouth over 3lbs on Moses lake during the Nixons marine invitational off limits period in late April so you can draw your own conclusions.
Here's my list:Ron Hobbs and Mike Wolsky #1
18 other great teams
Snake and Zach #20.
I'm not sure about the Idaho guys, but I know that Palanuik and Kaiser were once a pretty dominant team there too. In Oregon, I really only know of Carpenter and Glass who are flat out dominant it seems but am sure there are a few other good sticks down there that are deserving of the list. I would love to have some input from those guys as well.
Great input from some guys here, I personally think that the top 7 teams are pretty clear cut then the next 13 are all a toss up. I'd love to hear more specifics on some of the guys that fall in the toss up group to help rank those. Maybe some input from the top down - Ron...?
Jake "The Snake" Anderson said:
Jordan,
Good call on carpenter and glass. Would be a "Travisty" to leave them off. Probably a few other Oregon, and Idaho teams not getting the respect they deserve only because they don't fish ABA or NW regularly or at all....
Brandon Palaniuk, and his partner comes to mind.
I also wouldn't rule out Anderson, and Chandler. I love to vote for myself and have little respect for my partner. Really they are the perfect team. An eastern WA LMB obsessed online blowhard, the other a western wa sammamish dragging specialist who fishes with his shirt off better than most. I think we might take that #20 spot. We've never fished a tourney together so previous success isn't in the equation, but big things are on the horizon. We've caught several smallmouth over 3lbs on Moses lake during the Nixons marine invitational off limits period in late April so you can draw your own conclusions.
Here's my list:Ron Hobbs and Mike Wolsky #1
18 other great teams
Snake and Zach #20.
I'll give my 2 cents. I don't fish big tournaments and have so much respect for all of these guys that do, and to finish at such a high level consistently is impressive. I am fortunate to consider some of the guys I list here true friends and I want to point out that a lot of that has to do with this site...
Hobbs/Wolsky
Jensen/Smith
Echternkamp/Kromm
Hogue/Brown
Steiner/Lacey
Lippincott/Treffry
Gemmill/McMannis
Matkowski/Marcantonio
McConville/Innocenti
Hall/Turner
I left out a lot of good teams but I don't want to go for 20 right now.
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