Hi all...it's official {Happy Happy Joy Joy}

I am hosting the winners (Lipripper, papa_d and joda911) of the past 3 years of BBPOTY Contests at Lake Chippewa (Flowage) in northern Wisconsin.

Sept. 17th - Sept. 23rd

Here's a map of the campground...currently, I have sites 17A, 18, 19 & 20 reserved. Several other BB Members are going to attend {COOL}.

http://www.lakechip.com/map.htm

Here's a map of where in Wisconsin we will be...

http://www.lakechip.com/directions.htm

Click on the map Red Star on the map to get a better idea where the campground is situated on the lake.

At this point 3 of the 4 sites are taken...I reserved the 4th in case anyone who is interested could come and have a place already available.

I will be happy to see you folks that have already confirmed that you're coming...and hope that more of you can make it! {COOL}

I'll be there.....it will be good to have a couple meets this year in Wisconsin

David, David, David, Are the folks supposed to guess the dates

Angry Bob NAFC Life Member Registered Smallie Fanatic

3rd Attempt to post;

Hey Dave:  I see you are going to be busy this year again with meets!!  Good Luck.  Question for ya:  What happened with the BBPOY for last year?

"Doc" Life Member NAFC Best Club Around Life Member VFW. Had 4,000 + posts under old ID

Good catch AB {EEK}

angry Bob wrote:

I think we're just gonna miss ya. I think we'll be up there the week before, but ya never know.

Right now we're eying up the 13th-20th probably on LCO but maybe we can hook up for breakfast or dinner some day.

Jim....my offer stands if you can make it.

Have you decided on your shoulder yet?

Counting the days to September {BIG GRIN}

71 days and counting

55 days and counting :-D

English Ned (Ian)....where's your email??? 

Lip's even got his cellphone charged

ONE way or another we're going to have a ROCKIN' goo time

Hey Cuz dat looks more like your Cellphone.

Oh and for those of ya'll who will be in tents watch out for them critters

Even though some might think so it wasn't because I lost all my post count as being the reason why I havn't posted much on this new BB well it isn't. It was because of the way City Hall handled the whole thing and because of the way this new BB runs but I'm over that now and will be posting more here now even if it still is harder than the old BB and I might have to change my style of eye's unless I can figure out a way to make them colored

Hey Cuz eye heard you have been taking dance lessons with your spare time now . HA HA

   There goes the neighborhood....again.  : )

Hey there Papa........maybe if you and Deb can get ready in time, we can caravan together on the 17th - I'll be leaving the first thing in the morning.

But you have to get in line for tent set-up.....lololololol

Dave.........this is a better photo

Wouldn't you know it...getdanet is the ONLY one fishing?!?!?! He just HAS to have a new "friend"

joda....with a guitar??? He'll end up just like dawsonb...

But Cheri....are you....fishing for...??

papa eye would be glad to help ya'll anyway eye can in my limited ability and bad knees and all. Humor all right eye love humor so bring it on . Just have to figure out how to post some of mine in here then look out  

Smillies and pictures are easy now just have to figure out how to link stuff again.

Well then it time to give this place a little class so move over cause DA BOYZZZ ARE BACK IN TOWN

Time to start the party   

Click this link if you'd like to check out some pics of the area and such....

http://images.google.com/images?hl=...amp;tab=wi

Check this for websites about the area....

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Chippewa+Flowage%22

You guzs look OUT intell has it the Dave is getting ready to show the BOYZZ how to FISH.................................

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...............................................Pete MADE ME DO IT..........................

http://www.chippewaflowage.com/map.... that shows fish crib on the lake and local bars http://www.smileycentral.com/?partn...xdm265YYUS" target=_blank>close to the campground which is #32 on map..  check out the fishing reports link.

Ifin your looking for some muskie action try: Musky Bay, Moss Creek Bay, around Popple island, Hay Creek Narrows, and Pete's Bar

LMAO Ed! That's timeless!

Thanks for pointing those out Jerry...I made a Word document (11 x 17) of that map and emailed to everyone...but I had yet to print it here and see those.

If there are any of you out there that would like a set of maps etc...what I emailed to all the attendees, PM me with your email addy and I'll get them emailed to you. They would come in 2 Zip folders.

29 days and counting on this one folks!

Just get there 'bro...and we'll help ya with camp setup.

Don't let Doc try to talk ya into NOT coming   

Hey MG -  aka camp site mate

Tom & I will be coming to the Chip on Wednesday. We cut a day off of our Labor Day trip so we could add it to this one. As I mentioned to Cali Dave we will be leaving home around 1:00 pm and should arrive to the campground around 4:30 or 5:00 pm.....Tom has half of his stuff packed already! We've never fished the Chip before so I think he's a little excited.

Laure

Hey there Mossbacks - aka - camp mates - just keep the nosie down over on your end - 5am comes pretty darn early (lololololololololol).....

I was very glad to hear (through) the grape vein that you were making it a day early...........seems I am too - I am heading up with the BOZY on Tuesday.

Never fished the chip = excitement - thats me too.........see ya all in a couple weeks.

papa... make SURE you read those files I sent to you  

How's this?

ALL the sites have electric and water!

Life Member David BB Linkmeister US Army '78-'85 West Coast Member of da EH! Team Kangaroo Kounty Razzer-in-Chief

You guys can track the weather from this page

NOAA Hayward WI 7 Day Forecast

Cheri

Big suckers on a sucker rig & float 50 to 60 foot behind your boat in and around Cranberry Bar and wagon wheel  history has it thats where the record was caught a 40lb plus & up area

slick's and bucktails have been producing 30in fish around fleming's bar

Good luck everyone, bring your longjohns it's getting cool out

Howdy Lipper,

It's good to see you're still kicking around.  The account of  your Alaska trip conviced me that I should go too.  I'll be riding a bike from Kansas to Anchorage in about 22 months.  Mindy and the kids will fly out of Wichita to join me in Alaska when I'm about a day out so they can share in an adventure.  Of course I'll be packin' rods and and an extra fuel tank for the ride through Canada 

How's those knees doing?????

JCT

Ok just got off the phone with joda and he said to tell all oyu boggers hi. Oh and MG he is going to be smoking up some of his salmon that papa raved so much about to bring along.

dave leave your ax at home we don't want you chopping up wood at 1:00 O'Clock in the morning keeping everyone awake. Us boyzz wouldn't do that. canepole who was that who came by your tent at La Crosse after midnight after being out catfishing just to check on ya'll to make sure you were sleeping OK.

We'll be expecting a TRIP LOG JCT

CUZ....WHAT axe???

Cuz denm to fine of looking Axs to be throwing in da fire

won't be long now. welp since me going to be getting up real early to go fishing see ya later. OH and a couple of joda's friends from BPS who has fished the Cip for over 14 years might be coneing up for a couple of days too. joda is going to call the camp and see what can be worked out for them to pitch a tent for a couple of days.

Remember your topwaters for the smallies on the Chip Mossies. The water is very stained and they'll hit them all day long. Don't be surprized to find them in spots you'd think would be largemouth water, like lilly pad fields. Good luck.

Yelp it won't be long now. Cuz you mak eit back to Wisc. yet.

Bob thanks for the tip and will them smallies hit a spro frog or a ribbit type frog or how about a 5" ribbit type frog .

Hey everybody!

Not long now! We've been sorting through all our gear trying to decide what not to bring...........looks like we even have the kitchen sink thrown in! Thanks for the pointers on the smallies Bob. We're bringing along our electric blanket so we should be toasty on these cool nights. Boy, camping isn't what it used to be! Who would ever think to bring along an elcetric blanket? Thank God and Tom E. for electricity!

The Mossies

  Don't forget the fridge, microwave, satalite TV, etc.........

Cuzz where you at you should be home by now depending on what time you left Cal. Hope your truck ran OK and you didn't have any trouble with it. OK joda is busting at the britches to get up there and go fishing and see all of ya'll again and we done made our battle plans on how to catch some fish and joda's friend and co-worker from BPS will be comeing up to fish with us too. cause joda marked allthem X marks the spots on the side of GDN's boat but then john washed the boat . HA HA Won't be long now. Hey I heard there were big kitty kat's up there in the CHIP also. HUMMMM

you guys have alot of fun now ya hear.

to bad i have to work. oh well i meet at a time. the gwinn meet is first.

i'm going to my 2nd. gt from the hunting clubs group of guys at the end of the month.

Ok all you boogers...hehehe!  Have a great time and be safe out there.  And you "Bushwackers" go easy on them "Boyzz"...I don't want to hear any cryin' because they been wacked! 

Thanks for the well wishes guys!

I made it home safely....and I just had a call from Rod Tosser and Deb that they are close to home also.

It was great to see them guys again...and we all had plenty of laughs while we were there.

But the wind almost blew us off the water the whole time we were there. I didn't even catch ONE fish. Everybody else caught a few...but not what we had hoped for.

I also had problem after problem after...with the trailer....and even flooded the motor a couple of times to the point it wouldn't start.

We'll have all the details for you guys in the next couple of days. At this point I have one sscasteel here for the night....and will TRY to twist his arm into staying a few days so that we can use our 14 day NON-resident licenses.

Glad to hear it was a good trip!  Dave's and MG's boat issues sond like me last year...I look forward to seeing the pics!

"HI - HOW ARE YA?"

"Pull up D.A. - Pull up - don't go towards the light" (read further)

Well, another Meet has come and gone. What fun these meets are - if you have never gone to one, your really missing alot. There is nothing more enjoyable then sharing a week of fun among friends. Tuesday I was up at 6am packing the van and getting ready to hit the road so I could meet up with Joda, Lipripper, and Getdanet in Madison so we could caravan to Davesett's place in Pepin. Boy it was sure great to see the Boyz again. Well as it seems mandatory that I have some type of boat/trailer problem with every trip - I wasn't disappointed by the boat gods. One the way up to Dave's, I hear this clink, clink, clink, clink, clink and I know it is the safety chain hitting the road. Ok, no big deal - pull over and hook it back on the van. Sureeee, sounds easy enough but first you have to have the chain to hook up in the first place..........I get back there and it GONE!!! Yep - GONE!!!!!!

Well we get back the road and finally make it to Dave's in time for supper - once there, we see that Steve had made the trip to Dave's safe and sound. Dave served us up some ribs and fixings - man can he make some mean ribs. A great supper and some laughs, we were off to bed. Once we all got up, we made a trip to the hardware store and got some supplies to repair the safety chain.

By mid morning we all were ready to start the NAFC convoy to Hayward. But wait - not so fast there buddy. Davesett joined the boat/trailer problem club with a trailer tire just about coming off just a few blocks from his house. Pulled over and found he was missing a few lug nuts - good thing the hardware store was just down the block.

On the road again, some lunch and a couple hours later - we made it to the camp ground. Wow - what a beautiful place. Our spots were right on the water, the trees just starting to turn to their fall colors, loons making their beautiful call, the water lapping at the shore - what more could you ask for? Camp was set up, the Mossbacks rolled in, and evening was upon us. Tom (Mr. Mossback) the honorary keeper of the fire - got us a rip roaring fire going. Getdanet honored us with a retiring of the flag ceremony - very moving.

We had a beautiful night with a great view of the moon and stars not seen when you live in the city (the pic doesn't do it justice)

The Mossboobs (in-side joke)

Thursday most of us got the boats in the water but that was about it - winds kept us on land. Papa and wife Deb pull.

Sunrise

Dave and getdanet getting their boats out

Ok, so that evening we come to the next new catch phrase that will be ever famous among the meet attendees, along with Turnip's "Hi - How Are Ya". Sitting around the camp fire, the sillys get the best of us and the laughs are non-stop. But the best laugh came when a dandelion like seed pod comes flotaing above the fire and the fire sucks it into the flames. After a couple comments and sound effects, Joda comments on what a seed pod captain (remember - I said we had the sillys) would be yelling to the person flying the pod - "PULL UP DUMB ASS, PULL UP - DON'T GO TOWARDS THE LIGHT"........OMG - we ALL laugh so hard!!!!!

Friday........

Dave and boat issues - causing the reenactment of the crossing of the Delaware (thats Joda paddling)

Saturday and Sunday.........but Dave wasn't the only one still having the boat issues as my trolling motor finally took it's last breath. But I was still able to do some fishing. Canepole and Lou roll in as well.

Got to share my boat with Joda

That perch could have had that walleye for a snack

Shared my boat with Lipripper - he got a couple nice smallies under a bridge

Monday proved to be too windy again to be on the water so Deb, Trev (the Tossers), and I went into Hayward to the Fishing Hall of Fame Museum. There you can find the worlds largest musky..........

Where you can climb up to it's mouth (Deb and I)

The view from it's mouth

Deb and I in it's mouth

Deb and Trev catching the big one

Hey Angry Bob - how about this for a smallie?

Trev found a bushwhacker or two... (looks like someone we know - ya, you Dave)

All and all, the fishing was pretty slow but the beauty of the area, the times shared around the fire, the food and friends......it was well worth the trip. I have never laugh so much or so hard then I did around the capmfire some of them nights as we shared stories, jokes, or just plain got silly. Heck - even witness a M&M bushwhack Davesett (I'll let Deb tell that story). Boy the week sure went fast - I know I missed some great points of the trip but I know everyone will have their say as they chime in.

I just want to take this chance to thank all of you who attended this Meet. It isn't everyday you can run across such a great group of people who I am honored to call my friends and family.

Papa and Deb - it was great to finally meet you both.

Dave, Joda, Lip, Mossbacks, John, Tossers, Steve - thanks so much for all your help to not only me but to all those who need help with tent set up (make sure you have all the parts - in-side joke), launching and shoring of boats, fixing of boats/trailers, meals, and so much more.

Canepole and Lou - it was good seeing ya, to bad you couldn't stay longer.

Mossbacks - thanks for keeping track of me on the water there and sharing so much of your know how.

And a special thanks goes out to Davesett for hosting a super great meet!

I am also happy that the good Lord saw fit to allow us all to get together and make it there and home again safely.

Can't wait til the next meet.

The meet was everything MG said it was and then some ,Thats some TACKEL BOX your driving Dave!!!!!! It was great finally getting to meet Papa D and his wife, Lipripper, Joda, and Getdanet. Great folks. Also got to see the Mossbacks, MG,The Tossers and of course Dave again. Yes it would have been great to have stayed but some folks have to (dirty word) Work!!  (not me)So Canepole and I had a short stay,but it was fun seeing everyone.MG yes the small trolling motor may have bit the dust but at least ya already have the cure fer it !!.Till the next time folks thanks for the memories.><)))))))))"> Lou

What a great trip! The wind may have been too much and the fishing may have been too little, but the fun was just right! It was great to meet Pappa and Deb, (and Rambo) GTN, Joda, and Lip. And really nice to see everybody else again. We all create a wierd mix of  folks but somehow we all manage to have a super time. Tom even managed to get bushwacked by GTN!

Thanks Dave for all your efforts. It will certainly be a trip we'll never forget. I'm still laughing at some of the crazy things we all came up with!!!!

If anyone reading this thread has never been to the Chippewa Flowage it's a must see. We've been on alot of WI waters but the Chip is one of the most beautiful bodies of water in the state.

Hope to see you all again soon!!!!

Yelp fun was had by all. It was good to see old friends again

and Canepole and steve too and make some new ones also

an

and Lou. It was a great meet even if the wind just about blowed us off the water. We had fun and caught a few fish OH MG here is the picture of that LMB ey ecaught on my Spro Black Widow Frog

Dave thanks for all that you did to mak ethis a great meet and for all the food and cooking you did along with everyone else who pitched in and cooked and brought all them sweet things to eat. One thing for sure about our meet you won't go home hungry.

Thats a pretty largie Lip - the coloring on her is different/neat. By the way, what kind of reel is that you were using?

I am here to tell ya Pappy, the Bushwackers and the Boyzz are alive and well!

Yes we did have a great time....even if the wind wasn't cooperating.

I put my pics into a Photobucket album....you can view them here...

http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/...e3/BBPOTY/

My DSL here at home is slower than snot on a doorknob in the Antarctic.

I hope everyone is well...and staying AWAY from the light!

Posted By on 13 Oct 2008 01:55 PM
Dee Plane, dee plane...Oops...wrong show. Nowe we need to figure out another meet even if it isn't a BBPOTY Meet. That would be very hard to pull off not having a decent BB as we once did. I'm game for anything reasonable for distance...Besides LaCrosse of course. That one is already written down in STONE here. Later all; Dennis & Debbie/Papa_d
Dennis/Papa_d