ABA 2012 West, East Dates

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Permalink Reply by Jordan Doucet on January 8, 2012 at 12:02pm

Hey Larry,

I say keep the summertime Lake Washington Tournament! I'm in favor of the schedule as is for 2012!

Permalink Reply by Marc Marcantonio on January 8, 2012 at 6:19pm

So am I.  Lake Washington fishes real big in August; Riffe will be who gets the good boat draw.  If you go anywhere else, make it big water like Sammamish or maybe the lower Columbia!  Let the club tournaments have Riffe.

 

 

Permalink Reply by Chad Eidson on January 9, 2012 at 7:38pm

I to vote for a summer Washington tourney...unless of course you want to move it to Moses

Permalink Reply by Chad Simon on January 10, 2012 at 6:06am

Larry,

If you want ABA to grow, obviously something has to change. The 1:3 payouts didn't work. I know you busted your butt last year going to club meetings, and promoting ABA, and that didn't work either. I vote for revamping the entire schedule. Let's face it, just like last year we already know who the top finishers will be at each event. I know firsthand, a lot of the old timers who stopped fishing ABA walked away because of the repetitiveness. I understand options are limited, but I'm ready for change!

 

Permalink Reply by Ronald Hobbs, Jr. on January 10, 2012 at 6:31am

I vote for riffe lake, I disagree with Marc about being a boat draw, also the lake is larger than Lake Sammamish, so should we let the club tourneys have sammamish as well? I think Marc just doesnt want to have to learn new water?  Sammamish why not one of the summer times on there instead of 3 on washington? I am also down for the lower columbia.

Permalink Reply by John Mark Minica on January 10, 2012 at 8:14am

I'm glad there aren't alot of people who know how good Riffe is. It's one of my favorite places to fish, probably one of the most scenic and peaceful big lakes we have, that also holds a ton of nice fish. So please, do leave it for the clubs.... 8) You guys wouldn't have any fun there anyways...

Permalink Reply by Bruce Beatty on January 10, 2012 at 10:26am

Larry-Please keep the current ABA West schedule the same.  If I wanted to travel all over the state I could fish ABA East Or Northwest!

Permalink Reply by Chad Simon on January 10, 2012 at 1:07pm

From a business prospective this is what I would propose:

Lake Washington March 24/25 in conjunction with the hawghunters tournies

 

Lower Columbia or Riffe Early June

 

Lake Sammamish Aug 4/5 in conjunction with the Evergreen tourny

 

 

 

Permalink Reply by Marc Marcantonio on January 10, 2012 at 7:13pm

Sammamish is August is certainly fine with me.  Never said I didn't like Riffe; Although I don't make it a regular stop since we don't have big tournaments on it anymore, I still have some tricks for that lake.  And Ron, you know you can't find anyone in this state that likes fishing new water more than I do.  I would love a circuit that changes the schedule and lakes every single year, so not wanting to learn "new" water has nothing to do with it.  Sure Riffe is big, and sure the bass population has spread, but you know it still fishes small.  I would rather fish Silver Lake than Riffe, and it fishes small too.

 

No matter what, if I am available I will fish any lake, and Ron you know this is true from when we fished together.  We fished tournaments on waters we never had been on before, like Tenmile, Siltcoos, Prineville, etc.  How many guys in this state ever do that? 

So bring it on; I will be there.

ciao,
Marc

Permalink Reply by Ryan Gates on January 10, 2012 at 11:24pm

washington, silver, lower columbia i think would be a great schedule.

Permalink Reply by Jordan Doucet on January 11, 2012 at 12:28pm

Honestly, I think this is a good conversation to have for next year :). I say ride it out this year then mix in maybe Silver, change some dates around like lake wa in the spring and sammamish in the summer, maybe even mix in riffe in the spring or something.