Glenn
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Hey folks, I have some disappointing news to tell you. Charlie Ingram will not be able to attend this year, so the raffle to win a day of fishing with him will not happen. Unfortunately Charlie wrote down the wrong dates by mistake, and booked an engagement during the time of the RoadTrip. People are human, and humans make mistakes. It happens. Charlie just feels sick about this, and offers his deepest apologies. He wanted me to be sure to let everyone know he is deeply disappointed he won't be able to make it, as he's been looking forward to this since coming to last year's event.
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Sorry to hear that RW. I know you two spent a lot of time on the water together.
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I don't think there's a minimum post, but post 3 more times to find out. It would push you past 10 posts.
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It's Lake Sammamish. As for mounting "pressure", I wish it were that easy. However, there's several gigantic lobby industries and special interest groups controlling the funding and politics surrounding this. From commercial fishermen, to Native Americans, to environmentalists as well as many other special interest groups...it's all about the almighty salmon. And you have to throw in Canada and Oregon when you include the Columbia river, not to mention the power companies and farming industries. If each and every bass angler in Washington State united and made their presence known, they would be but just a tiny fraction of the size of the smallest special interest group about salmon. We just don't stack up.
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Well, you need to understand that Washington State Depart of Fish and Wildlife has gone overboard in regulating "fishing derbies", as they like to call them. They have taken extreme measures to make them all but illegal. First off, the WDOFW does not like "derbies" of any sort, regardless of species ("why" is open to interpretation). So they've taken measures to limit them as much as possible. Take, for example, on large lakes, only 2 weekends per month can have tournaments, and those are limited to 250 boats max. Smaller lakes have greater restrictions, such as a 35 boat limit. Second, Washington State believes all fish are invasive unless they're a trout or salmon. So there's very little - if any - management of warm water species. In fact, there are ongoing efforts to stifle warm water angling, and to even kill off warmwater species, in the name of the almighty salmon. For example, this year they imposed a single, barbless hook restriction on one of the most popular and best smallmouth fisheries in the state due to freshwater salmon in the lake. It was met with very vocal opposition from the bass community, but was flat out ignored. I can go on and on, but you get the gist. The WDOFW hates bass and tournaments, and would love nothing more than to see them go away forever. Thing is, it's backfiring. I know of several clubs that are simply forgoing the whole permit process and holding tournaments without them; and also taking it upon themselves to improve bass habitat in lakes in rivers (again, without permits) - thumbing their nose at the WDOFW in the process. Not that I approve of such actions, but I can understand them.
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I've already seen/held these baits. They're more awesome in person!
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