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Lake Whatcom Fall Open

Borderline Bassin Contenders will be holding their annual Lake Whatcom Fall Open on Saturday, October 27th, 2012. Driver's meeting will be at 7 AM sharp and blast off will be at safe light. I anticipate we will blast off between 7:15 and 7:30 AM. Please try to be registered with your boat inspected prior to the driver's meeting. I will be in the upper portion of the parking lot at Bloedel Donovan Park at 6 AM accepting entry forms and doing boat inspections as people drive in. I figure this should make things run smoothly. Entry fee is $100 per team plus $20 big fish. Entry fee is paid back 80% and big fish 100%. Payout is 40% to 1st, 35% to 2nd, and 25% to 3rd. We can have a vote at the driver's meeting to see if people would rather have weigh in at 3 or 4 PM. I have attached the entry form and rules to this thread. If you would like to mail your entry in early, PM me and I can provide you with my address. There have not been any issues yet with people just showing up on tourney morning with their entry forms. Also, please try to bring your own signed entry form to the tournament if at all possible. I will bring extras but hardly anyone brought their own last year and I used every last spare form I brought. If you have any questions, shoot me a PM. As it is every year, this tournament should be a blast and the fishing should be excellent! Hope to see all of you that can make it there!

Clarification on issues that have come up in the past, these will be handled at my discretion:

1) Each team will be allowed one re weigh. If you choose to re weigh, you must take your second weight regardless of what it turns out to be.

2) Carbureted two stroke outboards are not allowed on Lake Whatcom. You are allowed to have one on your boat and only run your trolling motor however. Therefore, Borderline will not tell someone whether or not they can fish based on their outboard. Also, it is impossible for me personally to watch everyone so I will not take any protests involving people saying someone was running an illegal outboard. However, if you do run a carbureted two stroke motor, you are subject to being written a ticket. There was no one on the lake enforcing this law last year but I cannot gaurantee this will be the case again this year. I haven't heard any news on whether they will be enforcing this law this year. If you do run a carbureted two stroke motor, understand that you are doing so AT YOUR OWN RISK. Borderline will not assume any responsibility if you are written a ticket.

3) Off limits - The lake will be completely off limits to all competitors starting 12 AM on Monday October 22nd until the start of the tournament.

FYI on Motor Regs:

January 1, 2009—The operation of all carbureted two-stroke engine powered watercraft on Lake Whatcom is prohibited, except: Watercraft powered by a two-stroke engine that is certified and labeled as meeting the 2006 or later model year US EPA emissions standards, auxiliary sailboat engines, 10 horsepower or less engines, and all electronic fuel injected two-stroke engines originally purchased before August 2004.

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Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Willie Parsons on October 8, 2012 at 7:18pm

I hope 40 boats show up this year and enjoy this awesome lake, I am on the fence about going but will probably get over my recent dismal outings by then and donate again. Thanks for putting it on again Parns.

Permalink Reply by Erik Faiola on October 10, 2012 at 7:38pm

Wish I could make it. Scheduled a trip to Clear Lake and didn't even think about the fall open which is one of a few tourneys I choose to fish and donate at. Good luck to all that make it out.

Permalink Reply by Mike Bess on October 10, 2012 at 8:38pm

Sounds like a fun tournament. Wish I still had a tournament partner...

Permalink Reply by Jon Sessler on October 10, 2012 at 8:43pm

Have you talked to Chad Simon?

Mike Bess said:

Sounds like a fun tournament. Wish I still had a tournament partner...

Permalink Reply by Mike Bess on October 10, 2012 at 8:45pm

My bar is set a little higher due to recent events.

Jon Sessler said:

Have you talked to Chad Simon?

Mike Bess said:

Sounds like a fun tournament. Wish I still had a tournament partner...

Permalink Reply by Tag Watson on October 10, 2012 at 10:20pm

Mike, just fish it solo. I'll draw you a map.

Mike Bess said:

My bar is set a little higher due to recent events.

Jon Sessler said:

Have you talked to Chad Simon?

Mike Bess said:

Sounds like a fun tournament. Wish I still had a tournament partner...

Permalink Reply by Mike Bess on October 10, 2012 at 11:26pm

Thank you Tag, that is very generous of you.

Tag Watson said:

Mike, just fish it solo. I'll draw you a map.

Mike Bess said:

My bar is set a little higher due to recent events.

Jon Sessler said:

Have you talked to Chad Simon?

Mike Bess said:

Sounds like a fun tournament. Wish I still had a tournament partner...

Permalink Reply by Nick Berto on October 11, 2012 at 5:43am

Will it be on a Conway Tavern napkin again?

Chris and I will be there and look forward to it.

Mike Bess said:

Thank you Tag, that is very generous of you.

Tag Watson said:

Mike, just fish it solo. I'll draw you a map.

Mike Bess said:

My bar is set a little higher due to recent events.

Jon Sessler said:

Have you talked to Chad Simon?

Mike Bess said:

Sounds like a fun tournament. Wish I still had a tournament partner...