Headed to Michigan
05-27-2009, 07:13 PM
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Headed to Michigan
K and Iare headingup to the Great Lakes Bowfishing Championship in MI this weekend. Looks like Joseph will be up there too. (not sure who his teammate is). So we'll be up there representing for Illinoiz.
Wish us luck. We'll need it.
Wish us luck. We'll need it.
05-30-2009, 06:50 PM
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RE: Headed to Michigan
Well day one is done and umm .... Saginaw Bay is kickin' K and I's butts so far. Really it's the wind and waves that making it tough.
We went out nearly2 miles from shore and still were hitting rocks. [
] We headed for some islands and we got there okay but couldn't hardly come back because the wind was too strongfor the troller and it was too shallow and rocky for an outboard motor. We didn't have much choice andhad touse the outboard to get back inand now 1/3 of the prop is scattered/scraped off into Saginaw Bay. [&o]
--Now I understand why there are so many airboats up here.
As for Team Extreme, they did pretty good with 806 lbs of fish. (we got 20 lbs [:'(]) Joseph did have biggest carp and gar when we left the weigh in but I don't know if he still has those two spots.
A couple of teams got over 1000 lbs. Impressive because the conditions are really pretty rough.
It's a good time tho'. Gary Brooks is keeping us extremely well fed and there's good company here at the motel.
Tomorrow theweatheris supposed to be rougher. More wind from an even worse direction and colder.
Still.... we havesome prop left... somaybe we'll get another 20 lbs of fish.
We went out nearly2 miles from shore and still were hitting rocks. [
] We headed for some islands and we got there okay but couldn't hardly come back because the wind was too strongfor the troller and it was too shallow and rocky for an outboard motor. We didn't have much choice andhad touse the outboard to get back inand now 1/3 of the prop is scattered/scraped off into Saginaw Bay. [&o] --Now I understand why there are so many airboats up here.
As for Team Extreme, they did pretty good with 806 lbs of fish. (we got 20 lbs [:'(]) Joseph did have biggest carp and gar when we left the weigh in but I don't know if he still has those two spots.
A couple of teams got over 1000 lbs. Impressive because the conditions are really pretty rough.
It's a good time tho'. Gary Brooks is keeping us extremely well fed and there's good company here at the motel.
Tomorrow theweatheris supposed to be rougher. More wind from an even worse direction and colder.
Still.... we havesome prop left... somaybe we'll get another 20 lbs of fish.
06-01-2009, 02:08 AM
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RE: Headed to Michigan
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Well day one is done and umm .... Saginaw Bay is kickin' K and I's butts so far. Really it's the wind and waves that making it tough.
We went out nearly 2 miles from shore and still were hitting rocks. [] We headed for some islands and we got there okay but couldn't hardly come back because the wind was too strong for the troller and it was too shallow and rocky for an outboard motor. We didn't have much choice and had to use the outboard to get back in and now 1/3 of the prop is scattered/scraped off into Saginaw Bay. [&o]
--Now I understand why there are so many airboats up here.
Well day one is done and umm .... Saginaw Bay is kickin' K and I's butts so far. Really it's the wind and waves that making it tough.
We went out nearly 2 miles from shore and still were hitting rocks. [
] We headed for some islands and we got there okay but couldn't hardly come back because the wind was too strong for the troller and it was too shallow and rocky for an outboard motor. We didn't have much choice and had to use the outboard to get back in and now 1/3 of the prop is scattered/scraped off into Saginaw Bay. [&o] --Now I understand why there are so many airboats up here.
