wasilvers
Well-known member
The second annual WI/IL Tinboats.net group tournament is scheduled for JUNE 25, 2011 at Waubesa Lake (in the Madison Chain of lakes), just south of Madison, WI. Should be good fishing with a great group! Every tinboats member is welcomed to participate, you don't have to be from WI or IL There is plenty of camping available for anyone who wants to get there early or stay later. I’ll be arriving Friday morning with the family and staying till Sunday. The park details can be found here looks like great hiking, camping, and FISHING... (https://www.countyofdane.com/lwrd/parks/lake_farm.aspx/)
Confirmed Entry as of 6/23:
:roll: - bassboy17
- FishyItch
:LOL2: - wasilvers
- BYOB Fishing
- Outdoorsman
:LOL2: - Popeye
:LOL2: - trrads
:LOL2: - Hanr3
:LOL2: - TruckHuntFish
Maybe Interested:
:roll: - VBottom2283
- S&MFISH
:roll: - trophybass13
- rich99
Format – This tournament/get together will have something for everyone. Fishing starts at 6:00am and runs till 3:30pm. After the fishing tournament, we will hold a well deserved fish fry for anyone who wants to stay. Entry fee is only $20 per boat- payouts are 100%! Doorprizes are guaranteed! There are 2 divisions – Bass and Pan fish. Entry to the tournament automatically enters you in both categories.
Camping/Hotels – Camping reservations (just $25 for a spot with electric) are open and can be made online at the link above. I have reserved site #16. Available for that weekend are #'s 14,15,18,28,29 - all in close proximity to each other (good for keeping an eye on gear) and are electric sites with campfires allowed (some tent sites don't allow campfires).
I know not everyone enjoys camping out so if you want to stay in a hotel, just google Madison, WI hotels and you should be set
Maps
Other Information -
Contact Info - Contact me via private message or here to confirm entry - before the tournament I’ll send you my cell phone if you have any questions. You can register for the tournament up to the morning of, but if you are late, you might be left on the docks. Also feel free to post here if you want to let others know you’re coming.
To ensure we are not exclusive, we are opening this up to all tinboaters\family\friends who want to make the trip - as long as we stay under 19 boats, we are good to go.
Last year's winner was Matt from BYOB with this nice stringer of bass...
https://www.tinboats.net/forum/download/file.php?id=16431&mode=view/DSCF6968.JPG
Some pictures of the park
https://www.reservedane.com/images/pictures/80.jpg
https://www.reservedane.com/images/pictures/83.jpg
Some pictures of last year's gathering are in this tread...
https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13084&hilit=wi%2Fil+tournament&start=100
As always, this is subject to change at any time, for any reason. Hope to see you there!
Will
Confirmed Entry as of 6/23:
:roll: - bassboy17
- FishyItch
:LOL2: - wasilvers
- BYOB Fishing
- Outdoorsman
:LOL2: - Popeye
:LOL2: - trrads
:LOL2: - Hanr3
:LOL2: - TruckHuntFish
Maybe Interested:
:roll: - VBottom2283
- S&MFISH
:roll: - trophybass13
- rich99
Format – This tournament/get together will have something for everyone. Fishing starts at 6:00am and runs till 3:30pm. After the fishing tournament, we will hold a well deserved fish fry for anyone who wants to stay. Entry fee is only $20 per boat- payouts are 100%! Doorprizes are guaranteed! There are 2 divisions – Bass and Pan fish. Entry to the tournament automatically enters you in both categories.
- Bass – The bass portion is goint to weigh the top 3 bass only. To win ‘BIG BASS’, your biggest catch must be brought to the weigh in to be weighed, recorded, and released by a tournament official (me). I expected a lot of lunkers for the pictures!
- Pan fish – The pan fish portion of the tournament will be decided by the total weight of 5 (yes only five) pan fish. They must be brought to the weigh in alive and healthy where they will be weighed, recorded, and released (or kept for the fish fry). We might have a close race with just 5 to weigh! Pan fish will only count if it is a crappie, bluegill, sunfish, or pumpkinseed.
- BIG Bass – New this year is the sponsors edition of the Big Bass Costest. If you catch the winning BIG Bass on a sponsors bait or lure, you will win DOUBLE the amount in the Big Bass Pot 8)
As of this post, these are the lure and bait makers sponsoring Tinboats.net
Camping/Hotels – Camping reservations (just $25 for a spot with electric) are open and can be made online at the link above. I have reserved site #16. Available for that weekend are #'s 14,15,18,28,29 - all in close proximity to each other (good for keeping an eye on gear) and are electric sites with campfires allowed (some tent sites don't allow campfires).
I know not everyone enjoys camping out so if you want to stay in a hotel, just google Madison, WI hotels and you should be set
Maps
- A rough lake map can be found here - https://www.danewaters.com/pdf/waubesa_acrobat.pdf
- A google map of the area is here - doesn’t this just look like it holds a lot of fish - https://maps.google.com/maps?&ie=UTF8&hq=&gl=us&ll=43.02473,-89.312325&spn=0.02717,0.0842&t=h&z=14
Other Information -
- To bring live fish to the weigh-in, you must have some method to keep the fish alive.
- There is no horsepower limit on the lake.
- There is a lake access fee of $8 a day.
- If you’d like to come but don’t want to tow your boat, let me know and maybe we can hook you up with another tinboater for the day.
Contact Info - Contact me via private message or here to confirm entry - before the tournament I’ll send you my cell phone if you have any questions. You can register for the tournament up to the morning of, but if you are late, you might be left on the docks. Also feel free to post here if you want to let others know you’re coming.
To ensure we are not exclusive, we are opening this up to all tinboaters\family\friends who want to make the trip - as long as we stay under 19 boats, we are good to go.
Last year's winner was Matt from BYOB with this nice stringer of bass...
https://www.tinboats.net/forum/download/file.php?id=16431&mode=view/DSCF6968.JPG
Some pictures of the park
https://www.reservedane.com/images/pictures/80.jpg
https://www.reservedane.com/images/pictures/83.jpg
Some pictures of last year's gathering are in this tread...
https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13084&hilit=wi%2Fil+tournament&start=100
As always, this is subject to change at any time, for any reason. Hope to see you there!
Will