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slimecoat · Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 1576 Location: Newington, CT.

I'm thinkin Lower Bolton Lake, the next date I have available to fish is August 3rd. I think the DEP will give us a permit for 20 boats there, 10 of ours and 10 of theirs.

We'll make it a trolling motor only tourney, that way no mater what size boat or outboard you have, the playing field wiil be level. 5 Fish limit, 2 man teams, no live bait, yada yada yada.............
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chuckc · Forum Police Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 1440

Just4fun · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 1389 Location: Saybrook

Will it be some kind of team format, or are you just having a regular tourney and inviting both sites?

(Also, if any of the money goes to the CTF site,..I would personally have a big problem with it!)
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Fish-head · Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 82 Location: Lancaster, SC

Chuck..... Laughing

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slimecoat · Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 1576 Location: Newington, CT.

I have a couple of ideas for the tourney format, and I am currently waiting for PM responses from other site members, but l am open to outside ideas. So let me know your thoughts on this tourney as to how you might want to see it run, or broken down.

Another issue that I thought about last night, is that the DEP will not issue us exemption papers for the size limits of fish in July and August on Bass Management Lakes. So if we keep this tourney at Lower Bolton Lake, we would have to make it a slot limit tournament, and I am against that, too much hassle and BS to deal with.

I would consider moving it to some other non Bass Management Lake, such as Long Pond. I am stuck to August 2nd or 3rd for dates, as my schedule does not allow me to run anything before this time. If you guys want to do this sooner, someone else can take the ball and run with it, and I'll take a back seat.

I also need to find out from the DEP, what lakes are available for these dates, we may just be spinning our wheels at this point.

Let me know what you think.
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admin · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:23 am Post subject:

ha! this could get ugly. go for it
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perfect hook set · Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1069 Location: Danbury

I could fish any local tourney as long as it wasn't too expensive and we launched in Danbury (candlewood).

ctfisherman has a Tourney soon but, I have yet to find a boater which is also a freakin issue

I am up for it if someone one wanted to let me borrow a pfd and a spot on their boat

Pick Candlewood Lake and maybe a sooner date

This may now work but, each site can have their own tourney and the anglers who place in the top 5 or 10 or 15 spots will compete against the other sites top 5 or 10 or 15 anglers...
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slimecoat · Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 1576 Location: Newington, CT.

Sorry, it's not going to be at candlewood, too far for me to travel, blame those damn oil mongers. The date is going to be Aug. 2nd or 3rd, unless someone else wants to run it, too much other stuff on my plate.

I'm going to contact the DEP today to find out what is available, I'll keep you posted.
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slimecoat · Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 1576 Location: Newington, CT.

Ok, I just talked to Bill Forman at the DEP, here are your options as far as lakes that are open for 12 inch minimum size limits on Sunday August 3rd.

Pachaug Pond - 20 boats allowed
Powers Lake - 10 boats allowed
Glasgo Pond - 10 boats allowed

Let me know where you would prefer to fish this event.

Personally my vote is for Pachaug, bigger body of water, and the DEP will give us a permit for up to 20 boats.
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chuckc · Forum Police Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 1440

why not the river?

slimecoat · Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 1576 Location: Newington, CT.

Bill Forman did not mention the river, and besides that's where our CTFishTalk field day tournament will be, at Haddam Meadows on June 29th. I thought you guys would like a change of pace. Besides, for me personally, I have 3 other tournaments on the river this summer.
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Just4fun · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 1389 Location: Saybrook

Better make sure that CTF doesn't have anything for that date before you go too far,....

My choice would be the smaller tourney on Powers just so we wouldn't have waterskiers and jetski's to contend with! Confused

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slimecoat · Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 1576 Location: Newington, CT.

Good thoughts just 4 fun. I,m not too concerned about the jet ski,s and water skiers, but could do without them just the same.
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slimecoat · Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 1576 Location: Newington, CT.

So I post a friendly bragging rights/ team format tournament thread on CTFisherman .com, and Mitch deletes my post.

Then I look in my messages and Mitch wants to know, what is the other site that I am talking about. I titled the post " Anyone interested in a CTFish Talk.com VS CTFisherman.com Team Tournament?"

Just to let you know, I've had to be really professional, and re write this post 3 times before I actually put it up. I'm biting my tongue so hard I've started to bleed!
Maybe Mitch expected me to get his permission to post a Tournament thread?

Maybe this tournament isn't going to happen? The ball is in Mitch's court!
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