Conference wahoo::fishing

    Count me in, another Team event, right?	Don Mac
    

    Oh, yeah... this is a TEAM EVENT...that way Rick's son can clean
    some clocks too!  Sooo....bring your Timex, Rolex, or Casio.
    
    -Hj-

    Sure, why not. I'm a gutton for this type of punishment. I can 
    probaly get the back deck wizard to join us too...
    
    Room for us poor ranger types to launch, etc???
    
    Tight lines, Ranger Ron

    Yeap Ron, Rangers are common at Hopkington.  However, you probably
    won't be able to open that big Merc up, unless of course you'd like
    to have your Ranger referred to as the New Stump Jumpa - literally...
                                            

    
    The Back Deck Wizard is ready and winnin.  I'm a guton for that
    stuff too!  
    
    TBDW
    
    

    Hopkinton Lake + Ranger + Wide Open = STUMPA + JUMPA + PUMPA!
    
    Hopkinton Lake is a *V*E*R*Y interesting lake...lots of structure...
    weeds, pads, logs, underwater roadbeds, dropoffs (like 5' to 20'
    just like that!), channels, rocks, bridge abutments, and...oh
    yeah...stumps...stumps...and more stumps!  A proverbial bass paradise!
    
    The launch ramp is concrete and in pretty good shape...no problems
    launching a metal-flake monster.  It's also an ideal place for canoes!
    
    -Hj-
    
    PS - Gee, I wonder if "R/O" will reply to this note...I mean, he
    only asked me yesterday if we were gonna do another NH event.
    
    HEY RICK...in case you've forgotton (I mean, it's been sooo long),
    at the notes prompt, type "REP" and press <RETURN>.

     Is this just for DEC employees... or can a relative join me in
    winning?
    
                                Perry F.
                               ----------
    
    
    
    

    as long as one member of the 2 man team is a DECie, your all set

    How 'bout contractors? Close 'nough?
    
    Barry

    how about having a single tourny because i like to fish alone. if
    not maybe i can talk buzz into it.

    Naw...it's a team event, Ray.  I'm sure you can con Buzz into going.
    Of course, if you feel confident enough to be a "one-man team" and
    want to compete against two-man (er...people) teams, then be my
    guest.  It's a friendly competition, so I'm sure no one else would
    object.  Besides, you'd have the opportunity to clean DonMac's clock,
    in fact, anyone can do that...it's easy money!
    
    -Hj-

    Come on now Joe, being a member of ABC, Ray has a chance every other
    week to clean my clock.... 
    
    Don `still waiting to weigh a fish at a tourny' Mac

    Where is this mud hole, I mean pond that you folks plan to fish?
    Is it close to mass border?  I may be interested in going!  Or f*&^
    I would have to regester my boat in you &^%&*&(* state...
    
    Bassin Bob!

    
    	I would like to take part in this contest.  But I must first
    ask if newcomers are welcome, and if non-semi-pros are welcome,
    and if some one is looking for a partner, who, as you can see from
    the above statements, would not mind being with an amature.
    
    	If fishing with the group of people who participate in this
    conference is as entertaining as the conference, I think I will
    have a great time.
    
    Peter Sorrentino  (FXADM::sorrentino)
    
    

    Sure, Peter, plan to join us.  The more the merrier.  And don't
    worry about the rest of us...just because Ron has a Ranger doesn't
    make him any better a fisherman.  And DonMac fishes like a newcomer
    all the time, so you shouldn't feel out of place.  And so I don't
    leave myself open, I have been known to forget to put the plug in
    my boat before I launched ( of course, I just wanted to rinse out
    the bilge!) - just like a newcomer.
    
    If anyone out there is planning to join in the fun & games and doesn't
    have a partner - Peter is ready, willing and...well...let's leave
    it at that.
    
    re: the "mud" hole and Bass'n Bob...
    
    Bbo, Hopkintno Lak is bout 45 minutse north of Merrimck.  You go
    north up Rt 93 to rt 89 north, take exit 5 off 89 for about 1 mile.
    Right afta yu cross the brigde over the mud hole, you tak a right.
    At the end of the road, go left to the lunch rump.  Ya got dat? 
                          
    As far as a NH licensse goes, I've neber seen a warden out there,
    but tthats' up to you to decide...
    
    C'mon up...if you wants to see a REAL bass lake...not like that
    dumpy place called Monomonomonomonac.
    
    -Hj-

    you can count myself and buzz shepard in for july 18

    To date, here's the tentative list of participants:
    
    Joe "HoleShot" Tomas & Rick "Read/Only" Palmer 
    
    Ray "One-Man-Band" Desrosiers & Buzz Shepard
    
    Don "Clocks_Cleaned_Again" MacIntyre & Brian
    
    "Ranger" Ron Scholz & Gary "Back_Deck" Wiersum
    
    Perry Faucher & ??
    
    Peter Sorrentino & ??  (in need of a partner) [and a boat??]
    
     

    I'll be there in spirit ( a little spirit,anyway). I've been forced
    to have to spend two weeks on Cape Cod fishing for Bass, Trout,
    Stripers, Blues...
    Poor me. 
    
    Good luck Palmer. 
    
    Holeshot has a wicked right when he casts,so be sure you're ducking.
    Ask Holeshot about that new Shimano baitcaster he vaporized over
    my rod last year...

    Thanks, "partner!!"  Besides, Rick and I already talked about it
    and I told him I was gonna use my 9' fly rod and whip him if he
    got out of line...  
    
    BTW...I hope you need bug spray this weekend 'cause I'm gonna put
    essence of male mosquito hormones in the bottle!
    

    Although there seems to be a little slow getting people to register
    for this event, the list is still growing.  I'll update it in a
    couple of days.
    
    Rules will be about the same as they have in the past...simple.
    
    * 10 bass/boat limit
    * 10" min. size
    * "Catch 'n Release"
    
    * Entry fees:  $10 per boat  - Total Weight Pool
                   $ 5 per boat  - Hawg Pool
    
    Because I don't expect a HUGE turnout, the pot won't be real large,
    therefore, I propose that WINNING TEAM TAKES ALL for the total weight
    category rather than dividing it up into 2nd and 3rd places.  The
    HAWG POOL goes to the boat with the largest fish.  It's up to the
    partners to decide to split that pool or whether the person catching
    the hawg walks away with it.
    
    
Now, for the directions...

Assuming you live south of Concord, NH, travel north up Rt 93 towards
Concord.  Take the Rt 89 north exit off Rt 93.  Take exit #5 of Rt 89
(actually, the highway forks at this point and exit 5 is to the left).
About 1 mile after exiting off 89, you'll cross a bridge that goes over
Hopkinton Lake (often referred to as Stumpfield Lake/Pond).  Slow down
when you hit the bridge and take the first right after the bridge. Go
down that road to the end (just a short, bumpy road) and take a LEFT.
That takes you to the launch ramp...you can't miss it.


-HoleShot- Joe
    
    
    

    Well, Chris and I spent about 18 hours (yeah...that's right...from
    4:30 AM to after dark) on Hopkinton Lake this past Saturday.  Total
    take was about 14-15 bass (we lost count).  The largest bass boated
    was only 3.5lbs while the majority were 1-2 pounders.  I did manage
    to lose one that was in the 5-6 lb. category...but that was my fault.
    I was only using 6lb test line in the stumps (what a dummy!!). 
    After that, I immediately switched over to my new LamiGlas 6' HEAVY
    duty rod with 12 lb. test line.  Boy, what a difference in hook
    setting power with that rod!
    
    Soooo....for you people that haven't registered yet...don't miss
    out on this action-packed "mud hole" as Bassin Boob (oops) calls it.
    Although unconfirmed, I was told a 9lber was hauled out of there
    last month (teaser...)
    
    -HoleShot- Joe (who_still_hasn't_fully_recovered_yet)

    Slowly, but surely, entries to the 2nd NH Bass Bustin Bash grows!!
    
    
    To date, here's the tentative list of participants:
    
    Joe "HoleShot" Tomas & Rick "Read/Only" Palmer 
    
    Ray "One-Man-Band" Desrosiers & Buzz Shepard
    
    Don "Clocks_Cleaned_Again" MacIntyre & Brian
    
    "Ranger" Ron Scholz & Gary "Back_Deck" Wiersum
    
    Perry Faucher & ??
    
    Peter Sorrentino & ??  (in need of a partner) [and a boat??]
    
    Kyle Wooldridge & John Goodhart
    
    Jack Haggerty & partner
     
    

    What no read_only Palmer?
    

    Geez...not only can't Bob spell (or type...whatever), he can't read!
    
    Hey Bob...."R/O" is gonna be MY PARTNER!  We're using his boat so
    I get to play "Back-Deck Wizard"!!  Sooooo....watch out!
    
    BTW...you still haven't said if you're coming or wimping out!
    
    -Hj-

    
    
    T H E R E   I S   O N L Y     """ONE"""
    
    
    BACK DECK WIZARD!!!
    
    
    
    
    
    

    I'm sorry...you're RIGHT!!
    
    
    ...and THANK GOD!!
    
    
    
    (hummm...the "Trailer Jockey" is touchy, ain't he?)

       I hope this doesn't scare some of you, if not ALL of you from

showing up on the 18th.  I just spoke with Chris (Mr. Bass) Ryan about

riding shot gun for the LEGEND and he gave me the big nod!!  I, The Legend

of the Lakes will be there with my faithful and talented partner...the one

and only MR. BASS.  I would appreciate not spreading the word around....for

fear that every fishing and outdoor magazine writer will be there trying to

get an interview with the LEGEND...The Legend doesn't do interviews!!

I am 2-0 on the tourney scene this year....So bring your wallets and your GUNS

we're taking the money no matter what happens!!

See you there boys!!  I may have a few more Dec people that are interested!

There has to be a big pay off for the LEGEND to make an appearance;-)!


							
                                       And the winners are....Mr. Bass


                                                         and

                                               The Legend of the Lakes

    hummm....do I detect a slight challenge here??  This could get
    veeeeeery interesting!  Side bets could exceed the pot!
    
    Scared?? HA!  The only one you might scare of is DonMac.
    
    Anyways...looking forward to seeing you there!
    
    -Hj-

    mean to tell me i have to embarrass mr. bass again and this time
    in front of other decie's. this is going to be fun to watch mr.
    bass and the legend in a canoe together the legend will be ducking
    the cast of mr. bass all night and getting themself out of trees.
    you know that the biggest tree does not count (just kidding). just
    have your money ready because i do carry a insurance clause with
    me it's called smith & weston.

    hmmm... looks like Joe's trying to set me up here, so before he
    starts yapping about me being scared off... He keeps posting my 
    name on the list, but I've already told him that it appears that 
    I will not be able to make this one...  Can't blame him though,
    big names do draw crowds... Well, Mr. Legend, looks like you'll
    have all the sports writers to yourself, seeing as though I probably
    won't make it...
    
    Don "don't bother the bass" Mac

    	This could be very interesting. The Legend of the Swamps and
    Captain Hook in the same boat. Possibly a canoe no less. :-)
    
    	I'll never forget the time Chris, and Buzz and I went night bass
    fishing at Pawtuckaway. When we went to top water, Chris tied on
    an imatation field mouse. So I guess it was only appropriate that
    his first cast was into the midlle of a field. Adds to the realistic
    effect I guess. :-)
    
    	I'll have to see about putting this one down on the calendar
    after checking to see if my fishing buddy Ken can make it. It should
    be a lot of fun (and laughs).
    
    RAYJ
    
    P.S. The title is something that I'm sure Buzz understands.
    
    	

    NOW...IT'S GETTING INTERESTING!!  Not only do we have a few (I did
    say FEW!) good bassers, but we also have some good BRAGGARDS!  (I
    won't give names, but just read back a few replies....it'll be obvious"
               
    
    To date, here's the tentative list of participants:
    
    Joe "HoleShot" Tomas		Rick "Read/Only" Palmer 
    
    Ray "One-Man-Band" Desrosiers	Buzz "Bait" Shepard
    
    "Ranger" Ron Scholz 		Gary "Back_Deck" Wiersum
    
    Perry Faucher 			??
    
    Peter Sorrentino  			??  (in need of a partner)[and a boat??]
    
    Kyle Wooldridge 			John Goodhart
    
    Jack "Lavender" Haggerty 		partner
     
    "The Legend" Waters			"Mr Bass" Ryan
    
    
    
    It appears that Don "CAN'T bother the bass" Mac is WIMPING out on
    this event.  Obviously, he's succumbed to the tremendous pressure
    and realizes that the competition is going to be fierce and probably
    doesn't need the additional embarassment of checking in with a dry
    live well.  That's ok Don, "R/O" and I would feel real guilty taking
    your money.

    Its obvious to me Don Mac is the only sensible one in this file!
    
    He knows he hasn't got a prayer against Mr. Bass and The Legend.
    
    As for replying to the statements of Ray J and  Ray D.
    
    Well lets just say....We'll do our talking after the weigh in!
    
    The meadow mouse and the spook....Are ready to be launched.
    
    And remember...when you bad mouth Mr. Bass...your pulling my chain..
    
    watch out you don't get flushed!
    
    					          The  Legend has spoken
    
    
    

    
    
    this abuse is getting to me... let's see... the tournie ends at
    10pm, maybe i can get there by 9pm... i could just give holehot
    the cash the day before...
    
    ya, see, if ya check the REGISTER YOUR HAWGS HERE note, i have this
    bad habit of catching fish in the 6lb range after dark at
    hoptkington...
    
    don `BIG BASS' mac

    
    re.34
    
    Come on DM, you may alledge these 6#ers.  BUT they are still alledgedly
    caught during the week when der aint nobody round......
    
    Be there or be square.
    
    I need someone to help spread the abuse
    
    
    
    What the hell's the excuse anyway?
    
    TRBDW
    
    

    come on now, last years 6lb 13ozer is on the wall!!!
  
    my wonderful (remember she reads this once and awhile, hello dear)
    wife's birthday... even I have to put somethings above bass'n...
                  

    
    Happy birthday to Mrs. DM.
    If you brought her, perhaps we could get all this BS settled once
    and for all.  
    
    On behalf of the file,  HAPPY BD TOO U---HAPPY BD TWO UWE
    
    TBDW
    
    

    After note .27 I guess some real fisherman from mass are needed.
    BASSIN BOB AND Ranger 1 will be there...  Nothing like some nigh
    time hawgin.  I just have to convince the wife to go away, since
    I will also be fishing the naxt day as well in a tournament.
    
    Hay ranger ron and back deck are you two going the next day to
    singltary club tournament the next day?
    
    Bassin Bob 
    
    Look out Mr. Bass who ever you are some real fisherman are coming!!
    
    

    NOW...IT'S GETTING VEEEEEERRRRY INTERESTING!!  
    
    To date, here's the tentative list of participants:
    
    Joe "HoleShot" Tomas		Rick "Read/Only" Palmer 
    
    Ray "One-Man-Band" Desrosiers	Buzz "Bait" Shepard
    
    "Ranger" Ron Scholz 		Gary "Back_Deck" Wiersum
    
    Perry Faucher 			??
    
    Peter Sorrentino  			??  (in need of a partner)[and a boat??]
    
    Kyle Wooldridge 			John Goodhart
    
    Jack "Lavender" Haggerty 		partner TBD ?
    
    George "The REAL Mr Bass" LaMarche	Kevin "Hawg Hauler" McCarthy
    
    "Bassin Bob" Puishys		partner TBD ?
    
    "The Legend" Waters			"Mr Bass" Ryan
    
    
    I haven't had confirmations from eithet Peter Sorrentino or Perry
    Faucher yet.  Are you guys still planning to attend?  If so, who's
    your partner?
    
    It appears there's some confusion as to who "Mr Bass" really is.
    Following is some mail I received regarding impersonations...
    
                                      
From:	QUALTY::LAMARCHE "George Lamarche" 26-JUN-1987 09:07
To:	AIMHI::TOMAS 
    cc:	WORDS::RYAN,VENOM::WATERS
Subj:	HOPKINTON LAKE BASS TOURNAMENT

     JOE, THE REAL MR. BASS HAS BEEN INPERSONATED FOR THE LAST TIME. CHRIS
RYAN HAS USED THE NAME FOR THE LAST TIME. I AM THE REAL MR. BASS AND I WILL
LAY CLAIM TO THAT TITLE AT 10:01 P.M. ON THE 18TH ON NEXT MONTH. THERFORE 
MYSELF GEORGE "THE REAL MR. BASS" LAMARCHE AND KEVIN "THE HAWG HAULER" 
MCCARTHY WILL GLADLY ENTER THE HOPKINTON LAKE BASS TOURNAMENT. BUT I WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE ONE THING CLEAR WITH MR. RYAN ON THE RULES. TAMPONS DO NOT COUNT
AND CANNOT BE WEIGHED IN. OH! BY THE WAY CHRIS, MY WIFE WILL NOT LET YOU USE
HER ROD AND REEL!!!! SO YOUR GOING TO HAVE TO BREAKDOWN AND BY ONE OF THOSE
MORON RIGS THAT DON'T BACKLASH. I SAY NO MORE, THE CHALLANGE HAS BEEN ISSUED
WINNER TAKE ALL. SEE YOU ON THE 18TH.
    
    
    ...to which I received the following reply only moments later...(joe)
    
    
From:	VENOM::WATERS       "John J. Waters (The Legend) MKO1-2/F35 264-8978" 26-JUN-1987 09:21
To:	AIMHI::TOMAS,WORDS::RYAN,QUALTY::LAMARCHE,WATERS
Subj:	WE EXCEPT!!


George,  We except your challenge and look forward to taking your money

and the name MR. BASS  and giving the name back to the rightful owner!

Chris Ryan is a fisherman of great depth and skill in the sport of HAWG

HUNTING.  I have a problem with the name..the Hawg Hauler ....What in the

hell does that mean?!!  I am preparing for the fight of the century on the

18th....You will hang your head low when the Lengend and the REAL Mr. Bass

come in for the way in.  The Legend of the Lakes will be respected after

the 18th...FOREVER.  This tourney is brewing into a personal challenge

for the LEGEND and MR. BASS.

						WE'LL    BE    THERE

				             John (THE LEGEND) Waters
    
    
    
    So folks, it appears that there's more than just $$$ at stake here.
    Someone will walk away with the title of "Mr. Bass"!
    
    Also, it appears that Bassin Boob (oops again) has been humbled
    into making an appearance, however, it's not clear that he has a
    confirmed partner.  Is Bob planning to go it alone?  Does Bob really
    think he can compete against the likes of teams of ME and "R/O", or 
    RR and TBDW.  Hummm...don't ya just love his confidence!?!
    
    ONLY TIME WILL TELL...like George said...at 10:01PM on the 18th!
    
    -Hj-
    
    BTW...I was out on the lake Wed. nite and picked up a couple more
    2+lbers...BUT...I know the location of where an 8 lber is lurking...
    so beware!

From:	WORDS::RYAN         "Chris Ryan (Mr. Bass) MKO1-1/D17 264-0726" 26-JUN-1987 10:43
To:	VENOM::WATERS
Subj:	Must I say More Lamarche stole my personalized KNIFE!

From:	TPLVAX::DESROSIERS   26-JUN-1987 10:04
To:	QUALTY::LAMARCHE WORDS::RYAN
Subj:	MR BASS "ONE AND ONLY"

THERE IS ONLY ON PERSON CALLED MR. BASS AND THAT IS CHRIS RYAN HE'S HAD 
THAT TITLE FOR MANY YERS. HE'S BEEN TAUGHT BY ONE OF THE BEST AND THAT
WAS BUZZ "BAIT" SHEPARD. NO ONE CAN LAY CLAIM TO HIS TITLE WITHIN DEC 
HE IS THE ONE AND ONLY MR. BASS.

    JOE
    
    i will be on vacation the next two weeks if there is any change
    in schedule could please contact buzz "bait" shepard so he can
    let me know. it sound like a very interesting tourny and i don"t
    want to miss it.

    	I would also attend, but, I would need 3 things.  (1)a FREE
    round trip airline ticket, (2)a partner with a boat, and (3)not
    be on vacation fishing with my sons.
    
    	BTW:  It's getting deep enough in this note that I think I'll
    bring in my waders to read this one.  It's already over the top
    of my hip boots and the scoop shovel isn't working fast enough.

    Well folks BASSIN' BOB will be partner less!!!!  I don't need a
    partner to beat RR/TBDW  Hay I have proven that..  Since this
    tournamentis so late and I have a very important one the next day
    I can not even ensure my presence.  
    
    So bassin Bob will have to with draw his entry.  Unless you want
    to make it a day time event?
    
    BP
    

    If you make it a day time event I'll join you also.  I might
    even get my ringer from last years turnement to join us.
    
    keith

    Holeshot...I told you this was going to happen!  Everyone is coming
    
    up with excuses why they can't make it!  If this continues let me
    
    know and the Legend of the Lakes will not go!  Then the rest of
    
    you fishermen(?) will have a chance to win.  I had a feeling the
    
    name LEGEND would have a devastating effect...but if you think this
    
    is bad....just wait till the 18th.
    
    					
                                                     The Legend
    
    
    The Legend and Mr. Bass will kick ass....with bigger BASS!

    Kin ole Coonass sind hes bass by de mail? Mebbe jes a pictur will
    do, huh?? Its too hard to fin Nouveau Hempshore from chere, mebbe
    its way op narth, mebbe op near Arankasas, huh??
    
    De onlest Legends ob de Swamp we got dawn chere are walligators..
    
    An domb peoples dat trow dannymite op stream...
    
    Bonne Chance wit de fishin darby and put de money on ole Joe...
    
    Coonass

    So....Bassin Bob finally comes up with an excuse for backing out!
    I knew he couldn't take the pressure...OR competition.
    
    Just for curiosity's sake...how does everyone feel about moving
    the time up...say we start at 1:00 PM and end at 7 or 8:00 PM??
    
    If replies to this change show more dropouts than having it from
    5-10 PM, then we'll leave it.  But, if moving it up allows more
    people to attend, then that's what we'll do.  So let me know what
    ya'll think.  (Now BB has no excuse for a late nighter)
    
    -Hj-

    The tourey sounds interesting. A recent relo to Merrimack from New
    Jersey, I finally have time to think about things like bassin again.
    I'll also need a partner and a floating one at that (I sold my Chris
    when I left N.J.). It is probably unfair of me to enter. In NJ we
    have this one lake called Hopatcong which I use to live on. It is
    360 acres or so and has this one bass that all the fishermen in
    NJ have to share. We take turns catchin and releasin the thing.
    You gotta figure this is one hell of a smart fish by now. So if
    I can catch fish in NJ, I can certainly beat the hell out of you
    NH sissies  that actually need lakes full of fish in order to reach
    a limit.
    
    Hope to link up with someone to show me the NH ropes.
    
    Call Joel at dtn 264-2367 
   

    re .43
    
    PROVEN THAT?
    
    show me the proof.  If you look at the club standings, I believe
    that will tell the PROOF.
    
    ;')
    
    TBDW
    
    

RE.48.....Did he just call the Legend A sissy?!!!!
    
    							John

    what happened to .49  ??  someone say something they should not
    have?   
    
    
    
    Hay Joe don't change the time for me!  On the serious side I don't
    think I can make it that day anyway..  I was just answering all
    the *&*&((&**(&  in this note to light some fires!
    
    Bassin Bob
    

    Don't worry, Bob, I wasn't suggesting a time change just for you.
    I knew you'd WIMP OUT anyways....afraid of REAL competition for
    a change??  Worried that these NH HAWGS would be too much for you??  
    
    Since no one has replied in favor of an earlier start, we'll leave
    it at 5PM.                                                       
    
    -Hj-

    The wife's b'day plans have been bumped up a week, so it looks like
    Bri and I will be able to make it to this one after all!!! 
                    
    Been on vaca for a week, but due to moving I haven't had much time to
    fish (1.5hrs, 4 bass in a new honeyhole!)... however,the unpacking is
    now just about done and this week the wife goes back to work AND I have
    one whole blissful week of BASS'N!!!  
              
    Haven't got around to setting up the system at home yet so I had to
    stop into work today to log in and find out where next week's ABC
    tourny was going to be - geez looks like I have to fish "The Bog"
    after all... oh well... at least I have a week to get up there and 
    practice...
                    
    Don Mac -> Gone Fish'n (and 4 wheel'n in the new Toy!)

    Well, guys...it looks like Little Ole Watchmaker is going to be
    there after all (that's Don "Clocks Cleaned Again" MacIntyre). I
    guess that means "R/O" and I get to split some extra $$$ after we
    show you guys how to fish!  Maybe we'll make it interesting and
    take the "Mr. BASS" title away as well!  Then there'll be no further
    arguments between Chris and George.   
    
    BTW...I pulled a 6+lber out of the "mud hole" yesterday from a NEW
    SECRET SPOT! And...she's back there just waiting for me on the 18th!
                                        
    Sayanora Suckers!
                                                                         
    -Hj-

    HMMMMM!  Thats great Joe!  
    
    But turtles don't count!  Bring your wallet on the 18th...Mr. Bass
    
    and the Legend like cash!!  There are two other DEC persons going.
    
    Martial Vachon and his friend (?). 
    
                                                    The Legend

    OK, folks...things are getting H*O*T!  DonMac has apparently decided
    that he's getting used to having his "clocks cleaned" so one more
    time won't hurt.  I just feel bad about taking his partner's $$!
    
    And...it looks like The Legend has managed to sucker a couple of
    others into this fiasco.  Hey, "R/O"...we could use the money, huh?
    
    So...here's the list of confirmed teams:
                                             
    
    Joe "HoleShot" Tomas		Rick "Read/Only" Palmer 
    
    Ray "One-Man-Band" Desrosiers	Buzz "Bait" Shepard
    
    "Ranger" Ron Scholz 		Gary "Back_Deck" Wiersum
    
    Kyle Wooldridge 			John Goodhart
    
    Jack "Lavender" Haggerty 		partner TBD ?
    
    George "The REAL Mr Bass" LaMarche	Kevin "Hawg Hauler" McCarthy
    
    "The Legend" Waters			"Mr Bass" Ryan
    
    Don "E-Z Pickins'" MacIntyre	"Along fer da Ride" Brian
    
    Martial Vachon			partner TBD ?
    
    
    
    I still haven't received a confirmation from either Perry Faucher
    or Peter Sorrentino, so I've moved them off the registration list
    until I hear from them.  Don't miss out on this guys ('n gals),
    it's gonna be a FUN night!
   
    It's too bad Bassin Bob can't make it...but we understand.  Bob
    has problems spelling NH so he can't find the right roadmap.
    
    -Hj- 
    

    I would like to join you fishermen at Hopkington on the 18th.
    My partner will be Sal Marciano (a non-decie if that's ok).
                                                   
    I must admit I haven't fished for a while, The last time I went
    out it was with John (The legend of the lekes) Waters. That episode
    almost made me give up fishing and find a non water sport.
                                                   
    See you all on the 18th.                       
                                                   
    						Tom

    Oh NO!!!  I can't beleive he's going!  Its one thing to have no
    respect from the other fishermen in this file but when it comes
    from someone who regards a Zebco 202.....state of the art fishing
    tackle it tends to piss me off just a little bit!  I'm sure Mr.Bass
    can back me up on this one.  For you guys out there who don't know
    Tom.....Don't sweat it..He's a punts.  I'll have my HOUR on the
    18th.  Then we'll seperate the boys from the men...all the boys
    to the left please....thats you Donovan!  
    When this thing is all said in done you'll hear a thunderess chant
    through out the state...LEGEND...LEGEND...LEGEND..   
    
    
                                                 The Legend of the Lakes
 

For those of you who would like to save the time and gas on the 18th you
can just mail me the $10.00 entry fee and spend a nice night with your
families.  Either way your going to be minus $10.00 on the 18th.
    

    	If it gets any deeper than this I'm going to have to put on
    a full wet suit just to continue reading this. 
    
    RAYJ

    Ya know....I've heard of legends before...they were in the same
    boat (pun) as phantoms, ghosts, goblins, leprechauns, and FAIRIES!
    
    They're ALL a figment of your imagination!
    
    -Hj-

    
    	Just to clear up the registration I have to say I will not
    be able to make it.  Besides the 'Legend' seems to think there
    are enough *paytrons* already.  With the type of hype this has
    been getting I am surprised you guys are not selling tickets
    and commercial time.  The event is televised isn't it?
    
    Good luck everyone,
    
    Peter Sorrentino
    

    If you call Los Vegas you can put a bet on the Legend!!
    
    Hey, if your not going to show because you don't have a partner
    
    I may know someone who needs a partner.  Let me know!  Your $10.00
    
    was already allocated for my little girls sneakers...She'll be
    
    broken hearted if you don't show.  Joe...I have a problem with you
    
    using the word Legend and fairie in the same sentence...you will
    
    pay for this on the 18th.  I'm bringing a bull horn so I can call
    
    you guys names all night from across the lake.  And Mr. Bass will
    
    give blow for blow coverage when the Legend is fighting the 8-9
    
    pounder he is going to win with!  This is exciting ....isn't it?
    
    
    							Legend

    	John, since you obviously (from the last reply) have no problems
    with using the words Legand and blow in the same sentance, I just
    figured that I'd let you know that if you don't win on the 18th,
    the name Legand is going to be synonomous with the name Blowhard.
    Also, I'm going to ask my friend in MSEE to make sure this system
    has a recent backup in case you try and delete your notes after
    the fact.
    
    	So just remember, the Legend has spoken, and spoken, and spoken,
    and spoken, and spoken, and spoken, and spoken, and spoken, and spoken,
    and spoken, and spoken, and spoken, and spoken, and spoken, and spoken,
    and spoken, and spoken, and spoken, and spoken, and spoken, and spoken,
    and spoken,................................................
    
    RAYJ
    
    P.S. Don't worry John, I'm only serious :-)

    John,
    
    Those people in Nevada spell their city "Las Vegas". Also, I wouldn't
    talk about fighting having come from Brockton. Nobody in Brockton
    knows how to fight, unless wives count.
    One more thing, can you ask "Mr. Bass" if he's going to wear his
    yellow underwear?
    See you on the 18th.
    
    
    								Tom 

    Please add two more interested fishermen to your list. We, as a
    team, can honestly boost that we have NEVER lost a fishing tournament.
    Maybe this time one of you 'old timers' will be able to beat us
    out. We won't be holding our breath however, for it sure to take
    you guys forever to beat us.
    
    Just sign us up and make all payment in CASH!
    
    					David "Get'em in the boat" Stone
    					Ed "Get the net ready" Guertin
    

    Geez, if this keeps up, we might have to start lookin for bigger
    waters!  But don't worry, "R/O", most of these guys are gonna get
    hung up on stumps.  The Legend WILL need a bull-horn...to call for
    HELP!  Plus, a couple of newcomers, Dave 'n Ed, are struttin their
    stuff and claiming they've never lost a tourney.  Just wait till
    they get caught out in the stumps....it'll take Search & Rescue
    hours to drag em out!  I'd suggest you guys use float tubes...that
    way you can walk out of there!  
    
    Then there's another new team of Tom and Sal (sounds like a name
    for a mule!).  It appears Tom has fished with the Legend before
    and got totally turned off on fishin...I'll leave the reason for
    that up to your imagination, but, after listing to the Legend poppin
    off in this notesfile, one can only imagine what Tom had to put
    up with in the boat!           
    
    Haven't heard from RR or TBDW lately...they're probably getting
    a little concerned about the competition.  Don't worry guys...the
    only competition you need to worry about is R/O & ME!
    
    And nothing at all from "Lavender" Haggerty...of course, with a
    boat THAT color, I wouldn't want it to get around either.
                  
    Have things cooled off between Mr Bass and the other Mr Bass?  Will
    the REAL Mr Bass please stand up.  Who is the GREAT IMPOSTER?? 
    
    
    Soooo....now that I've ruffled a few feathers, here's the updated
    list:
    
    
    Joe "HoleShot" Tomas		Rick "Read/Only" Palmer 
    
    Ray "One-Man-Band" Desrosiers	Buzz "Bait" Shepard
    
    "Ranger" Ron Scholz 		Gary "Back_Deck" Wiersum
    
    Kyle Wooldridge 			John Goodhart
    
    Jack "Lavender" Haggerty 		partner TBD ?
    
    George "The REAL Mr Bass" LaMarche	Kevin "Hawg Hauler" McCarthy
    
    "The Legend" Waters			"Mr Bass" Ryan
    
    Don "E-Z Pickins'" MacIntyre	"Along fer da Ride" Brian
    
    Martial Vachon			partner TBD ?
    
    Tom Donovan				Sal Marciano
    
    Dave "Get'em in the boat" Stone	Ed "Get the net ready" Guertin
    
    
    -HoleShot Joe-
    

    Okay, Ranger Ron and The Back Deck Wizard are out here, just listening
    to all the hoopla....waiting in the weeds, so to pun.
    
    The answer will be obvious come 10:00pm on the 18th. It may not
    be the one all you "greats" think it will be, but it could be....
    
    RR

    There is one born every minute!  Glad to see everyone is planning
    on coming.  I just hope the night of the 18th everyone shows. If
    they do it will be one hell'va time.  I'll bring my coleman lantern
    so at the end of the tourney when my pockets are full of all your
    money we can all sit around the lantern and I'll tell the story
    of how I landed the 9 pounder!! While we all suck down a few cold
    ones.
                             John "Get my .44.... we're losing" Waters
    

    
    Layin in the weeds?
    
    I think that since we are fishing for the old BUCKET MOUTH, we should
    be able to make an award to the biggest BUCKET MOUTH in this get
    together or at least this notes file.
    
    I would like to start the nominations as follows:
    
    1- Hole shot Jane
    
    2- All the many "MR. BASS types out there
    
    3- All those who claim big fish during the week when nobodys around
    
    4- ect
    
    
    Please add to this list at your leisure, I aint got time.  I'm tryin
    to figure out if I should spend the prize $ at PRO BASS or buy that
    summer home I've always wanted.
    
    
    The REAL BACK DECK       W I Z A R D !!!!!
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Good luck Kids
    

                                
    
    				THE POOP-DECK LIZARD!
    

    Another vote for BUCKETMOUTH of the YEAR would be for Bassin Bob!
    
    Here's this loud-mouth buffoon with a spankin' new Ranger who says
    he's THE GREATEST and can whip us all single-handedly...and then
    totally WIMPS OUT of what's bound to be a night to remember!
    
    A reliable source just informed me that Bob's AFRAID OF THE DARK!
    I'm beginning to think that maybe it's true!!
    
    Plus, Bob says he's got another tourney to fish the next day...BIG
    DEAL!  RR and TBDW are fishin the same event and wouldn't miss out
    on THE 2nd GREAT NEW HAMPSHIRE BASS BUSTIN BASH!  
    
    Sooo...if you're afraid of scratching your new bass barge...don't
    want to drive up to "Gods' Country" to enjoy some of the BEST DAMN
    bassin you'll ever find in the Northeast, and are afraid of GETTING
    YOUR CLOCKS CLEANED!!!....then, that's OK, Bob...we'll understand!
    
    And while on the subject of WIMPING OUT...I've also heard that our
    friend from Uxbridge who would travel hundreds of miles just to
    fish is having second thoughts!  If it's because your partner is
    backing out, then why not team up with Bassin Bob!  Bob was saying
    he'd take us on all by himself...but I'm sure he'd enjoy some company.
    Of course, the two of you could just team up and WIMP OUT TOGETHER!
    A DOUBLE WIMP WHAMY!!  
    
    As for the rest of us...we'll all be at the ramp for a night of
    fun & adventure.
    
    See the rest of you REAL BASSERS there!
    
    -Hj-  
                    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    










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    Does Hopkinton hold Crow as well as Bass?  It looks like there will
    be some eaten after the tourney!
    
    Steve Who_won't_be_eating_crow_or_bass

    	I talked to my friend Ken and he's interested. We're going up
    there next Friday to check this place out. If this place lives up
    to it's name (i.e. full of stumps) it sounds like it's best seen 
    in broad daylight first. It also sounds like a place where having
    a canoe with an electric motor may be an advantage rather than a 
    handicap.
    
    	At any rate we'll leave at least a couple fish for the tourney.
    We have a tried and true method for catching fish in any lake. We're
    so good, we even taught a course detailing our proven method. If
    you couldn't attend our course, you can buy the book we wrote published
    by Ballentine books called "Casting Claymores for Fun and Profit".
    
    See you all there.....................RAYJ

    Hey Joe, R/O and I just got back from Hopkington.  As you know,
    we're both on vaca this week - well yesterday we did some local
    water and got to talking about Hopkington, so we decided to do it
    today... On the way there this morning I found out that R/O didn't 
    know that I had changed my entry status - he thought I wasn't going 
    to be fishing the tourny - you should have seen his face, I thought
    he was going to pull over and drop me off on rt 89!  He didn't
    realizing that he'd be practicing tourny water along with the 
    competition!                     
                                       
    Anyway, I'm ready for the tourny...  As a matter of fact, at the
    moment, I happen to be looking at a Hopkington Hawg on my wall right
    now!
    
    Don "Big Bass" Mac          

    re: .74
    
    You're probably right, Ray, in that a canoe may be an advantage,
    especially down in the stumps.  Chris, Don and I have all fished
    it last year in a canoe and there's no question that we were able
    to move around a lot better.  However, the water level is about
    12-18" higher that normal so moving around in a larger boat isn't
    too difficult.  The only problem a canoe will have for the tourney
    is that the stumps are at the other end of the lake and will require
    about 15 or so minutes to get there, so plan accordingly. 
    
    BTW...did I detect that you're planning on joining us??  If so,
    WELCOME to the great mud-slinging contest...it seems that catching
    fish will be secondary for this event.  And forget about using Coonass
    Bob's tried & true technique of "blast & release".  The hawgs at
    Hopkinton will throw it right back at you!
    
    RE: .75
    
    Don, R/O's expression was because he felt bad about us taking your
    money...that's all.  
    
    TBDW has convinced me to provide maps of the lake at the launch
    site.  SO, in the spirit of fairness and sportsmanship, I will bring
    them.  I will have them marked with ONLY A FEW details...like locations
    of a couple of underwater roadbeds and where the stumps are.  Sorry
    guys, depth readings are still proprietary info so bring along your
    LCRs.
    
    ALso, given the ENOURMOUS effort on my part in organizing and
    coordinating this effort, I think it's only fair that I be compensated.
    I think that 50% of the pool should go towards paying "administrative"
    expenses.  But don't worry too much about it because R/O and I will
    only win the OTHER 50% anyways!!
    
    Have a COOL weekend!
    
    -Hj-

    Joe,

    I am happy to say that it looks like I can join this little outing.  You 
    will be sorry to hear that I'm asking my partner from last year.  If you 
    remember, his largest fish out weighed all the fish caught in your boat.

    Keith Dilsworth                  Mike Hayward "the ringer"

    Alright!  Welcome to Keith "Dingbat" Dilsworthy and Mike "The Ringer"
    Hayward!
    
    Oh...and thanx for the reminder about last year!  You may be assured
    that there will be NO repeat performances like that from me on the
    18th!!  But, also, as I recall, YOU had your clocks cleaned as well!
    
    -Hj- 

    	Is this going to be a 10 bass (5 each) limit ? Do the usuall
    no live bait (it's legal now) and no trolling apply ?
    
    RAYJ
    
    BTW - I'm almost finished with my second book called "Trolling with
    dynamite is a blast". It's basically an up to date version of the
    Coonass "blast and release" method.

    The limit is 10 bass/boat (5 each)...NO live bait...NO trolling...
    NO dynamite...NO more than 1 line/person in the water...NO bass
    under 12"...and NO WIMPS!
                  
    So...now that you know what the NO-NOs are, are you "officially"
    entering this tourney or are you joining the rank and files of the
    BB WIMPS??
    
    -Hj- 
    

    
    Just to get something straight right now for you FAIR WEATHER FAIRIES,
    barring a monsoon, hurricane, tornado, or ice...this spectacular
    event goes on as scheduled....  R A I N   O R   S H I N E ! ! !
    
    So, if Mother Nature decides to grace us with a refreshing offering
    from the heavens, just come prepared.  For those of you that feel
    that you've already had a bath this year, then please...WIMP OUT!
    
    I don't want to mention any names, but one supposed fisherman whose
    name rhymes with "WIERD SON" has told me that he's afraid of getting
    WET!!!  Almost as bad as being afraid of the dark!  I dunno 'bout
    you guys...your heart jus' ain't with it!
    
    -Hj- (who'll_be_there_fer_sure!)
    
    BTW...long range forecast for the evening of the 18th...
          "Mostly bright during the day with a 100% chance of dark in
           the evening."
     

    
    
    OK ok
    
    Now you have really over stepped the bound of fun----
    
    Afraid of getting wet?
    
    Now you have lost the last person on the face of this planet who
    even remotely will tolerate your big non fisherperson mouth.
    
    Afraid to get wet?  we'll see who get's wet if it rains or not!
    
    I have had it with you hole shit Jane.
    
    
    TBDW
    
    

    Oh yea, ya over-grown perch-jerker...well, there's only ONE PLACE
    that you can try to get even with me and that's at Hopkinton on
    the 18th!  (if you think you're MAN enough!)
    
    And that goes to all you other WIMPS, FAIRIES, mythical Legends
    or whatever...SHOW UP or SHUT UP!
    
    BTW, Poop-Deck Lizard... you can count on the map I give YOU at
    the launch will definitely be DIFFERENT than what everyone else gets!
    I'd suggest you bring your compass...heh, heh...
    
    -Hj-

        The Legend of the Lakes has a request!  I think that we should
    use both ramps.  I am taking the Legend Mobile (canoe) and I want
    to launch at the ramp closest to the bridge.  For the guys bringing
    there bigger boats they'll have to use the concrete ramp...SOOOOO..
    Why don't we all meet at the concrete ramp...then the people with
    canoes can head for the other ramp.  This will break up a lot of
    commotion at the ramp.  Then we can pull the boats and meet down
    at the concrete ramp at 10:30pm theis will allow a half hour for
    everyone to pull there equipment out of the water and then relax
    with a cold one while the Legend tells that story!!!! 
    What do you think?....Joe.
    
    I went up there yesterday...no one was catching anything.  I caught
    one bass,one pickerel.  Had a lot of takes on worms but I think
    they were pickerel....Lost a lot of firetails!!
    
    I think it may be a good idea to but the official rules and regulations
    in this file if you haven't already....I'd hate to see this time
    be soured by a misunderstanding!
    
    We should have a great time....a lot of laughs!
    
    Oh and one more thing!  I hate to be like this but because of past
    experiences I would appreciate very much if you autograph seekers
    could first let me get my canoe in the water....then I'll be happy
    to give you my autograph!  If I get enough requests I'll have some
    8x10 glossy done up for signing....please put your order in early!
    
    
    							The Legend

    I think, in the interest of fairness to all, we should all launch
    from the same landing.  If parking gets to be a problem, those vehicles
    not pulling a trailer can park up the road a bit.  Besides, I wouldn't
    want anyone accusing the Legend that he put some lead weight into
    any of his fish going from one ramp to another.
    
    Following are the directions and "official" rules governing this
    event...
    
    DIRECTIONS TO HOPKINTON LAKE:
    
Assuming you live south of Concord, NH, travel north up Rt 93 towards
Concord.  Take the Rt 89 north exit off Rt 93.  Take exit #5 of Rt 89
(actually, the highway forks at this point and exit 5 is to the left).
About 1 mile after exiting off 89, you'll cross a bridge that goes over
Hopkinton Lake (often referred to as Stumpfield Lake/Pond).  Slow down
when you hit the bridge and take the first right after the bridge. Go
down that road to the end (just a short, bumpy road) and take a LEFT.
That takes you to the launch ramp...you can't miss it.
    
    
    The "OFFICIAL" RULES:
    
     * Entry fees:  $10 per boat  - Total Weight Pool
                    $ 5 per boat  - Hawg Pool
    
    Although the turnout looks pretty good, I still propose that the
    WINNING TEAM TAKES ALL for the total weight category rather than 
    dividing it up into 2nd and 3rd places.  The HAWG POOL goes to 
    the boat with the largest fish.  It's up to the partners to decide 
    to split that pool or whether the person catching the hawg walks 
    away with the pot.
    
    Rules will be about the same as they have in the past...simple.
    
    * 10 bass/boat limit  (5 each)
    * 12" min. size  (previously stated at 10"...sorry, Don)
    * "Catch 'n Release" - no penalty for dead fish but try to keep
       them alive.
    * 50 Yard proximity rule - i.e. remain at least 50 yards away from
      other boats in an area
    * NO live bait - artificial lures ONLY
    * NO trolling
    * NO more than ONE line/person in the water
    
    That should be about it for rules...
    
    
    Now...for the latest list of teams...
        
    Joe "HoleShot" Tomas		Rick "Read/Only" Palmer 
    
    Ray "One-Man-Band" Desrosiers	Buzz "Bait" Shepard
    
    "Ranger" Ron Scholz 		Gary "Back_Deck" Wiersum
    
    Kyle Wooldridge 			John Goodhart
    
    Jack "Lavender" Haggerty 		partner TBD ?
    
    George "The REAL Mr Bass" LaMarche	Kevin "Hawg Hauler" McCarthy
    
    "The Legend" Waters			"Mr Bass" Ryan
    
    Don "E-Z Pickins'" MacIntyre	"Along fer da Ride" Brian
    
    Martial Vachon			partner TBD ?
    
    Tom Donovan				Sal Marciano
    
    Dave "Get'em in the boat" Stone	Ed "Get the net ready" Guertin
    
    Keith "DingBat" Dilsworthy		Mike "The Ringer" Hayward
    
    Ray "Dead Tommy Cod" Dodier		Ken ?
    
    
    See y'all there.
    
    -HoleShot Joe-
    
    
    
    

    
    The LEGEND won't need lead weights, we may need a winch to land
    the sucker though! This is Mr.Bass again, my awesome partner requested
    I put in a few lines. Yes, it is the dynamic duo, Mr. Bass, and
    the LEGEND who will prevail, I have been imitated and verbally abused
    for too long, this tourny will by all means, weed out the wimps
    as big joe say's. In fact Joe you have done alot of B.S.ing , I
    hope your Rod isn't as big as your mouth, you'll have to use the
    other RAMP to launch your rod! And as far as the rest of you hackers
    including the fake Mr. BAss Lamarche who has as much class as a
    fart in a bath tub, RAIN OR SHINE THE LEGEND AND MR. BASS WILL 
    DESTROY ALL IN THE LEGENDMOBILE, USING LEGEND TACKLE, AND FOR ALL
    WE KNOW THE EVE OF THE 18TH WILL FOREVER BE KNOWN AS "LEGEND EVE"
    
    See ya there WIMPS!
    
    Mr. Bass    Not to be confused with the phoney LAmarche!

    Gentlemen (after reading the past 30 or so replies, I use  the term
    loosly)... I will be there with a partner... 
    
     Although I don't know most of you... most of you will know me by
    the end of the night... I will be the guy collecting the prize money
    (this oughtta be a blast).. I have been keeping a "low-profile"
    so that I don't scare all you "pros" away... but alas.... I WILL
    BE NOTICED saturday night. 
     My partner will be my brother-in-law, who has learned all his BASSIN'
    tecniques from myself... so, I am pretty sure that winning this
    thing oughtta be a cinch (sigh, hope it won't be too easy, good
    competition is soooo hard to find).
    
     Well, don't wish to keep pattin' myself on the back (someone has
    to ha ha)... but consider us as being signed up :
    
    Perry Faucher & Steve Smith 
    
     See ya'll there!!!
    
     BTW... cash please, no M.C. or VISA accepted, as well as no checks.
    
     (-;
    
                              Perry F.
                             ----------
    

    OK, Perry...we'll be glad to take you and Steve's hard earned money.
    But don't expect any paybacks....R/O and I have this place down
    to a science and there's NO WAY you or any of the other braggards
    stand a chance!
    
    BTW...I forgot to mention in .85 that launch time is 5PM sharp!
    I was going to suggest that canoes launch first...but that would be 
    cruel because the REAL bass boats would only swamp y'all with our 
    holeshots and wakes...whether by accident or, more likely, 
    intentionally.  SO, canoes and other smaller crafts (like the Legend's 
    infamous Bath_Tub_Mobile, float tubes, etc) will launch immediately 
    after the REAL bass boats have launched.  If you have a problem
    with this...tough!  
    
    -Hj-

    I love it, don't cry for any help when you bottom
    out on a stump and rip the 150 horse showboat motor
    of the back of the boat! And if you do please yell
    so LEGEND and I can go the other way and continue fishing!
    

    RE: .88
    
     The only way ya'll are gonna get our money is if we give you some
    out of pity (-:
    
     "Real bass boats" ha! The only thing "real" about those
    "sewing-machines" are the monthly payments,,, (me?? Jealous... couldn't
    be?? sigh..)
    
            See ya there....
    
                             Perry F.
                            ----------

    Speaking of Legends....in all fairness to  those of you planning
    on using canoes, I feel it's only proper that I give you fair warning.
    
    Hopkinton Lake has its own "LEGEND"...the 10' SNAPPER.  Although
    it is rarely seen, it has been known to totally devour canoes and
    their occupants in a single gulp!  Biologists theorize that the
    canoes must appear to the SNAPPER as giant pickeral of which there
    is an abundance.  One fortunate survivor claimed that he made a
    cast towards what appeared to be a bed of moss and weeds, only to
    have the weeds suddenly disappear, leaving behind a trail of bubbles.
    Then, without warning, this HUGE snout emerged at the stern canoe and 
    started to inhale the entire canoe.  The only reason he survived
    was because the SNAPPER has a little problem getting past the trolling
    motor which gave him time to jump out, swim to an old tree and climb
    it.  He was rescued the next day by a passing fisherman.
    
    -Hj-  

We all know this man
   his name is Bob
      who handed us a line
         to make us sob.
         
It seems he can't make it
   or so he said
      so he decided to fake it
         with a pain in his head.

But I doubt that is why
   Bassin Bob won't appear
      who's resorted to a lie
         it's competition he does fear.

For Bob really knows
   that his line will be limp
      at this tourney of Joe's
         he's gonna be a WIMP!

    my line will not be the only thing limp if I go to a tournament
    that day!!!���

    I just got out the wet suit, mask, fins, and tanks.  This file just
    exceeded the height of my waders and I can't shovel fast enough
    anymore.

    re: .93 
    
    Ya, I know, Bob....that's what your girlfriend says (ha...ha)
    
    ...sorry....couldn't let that one slip by...
    

I have been enjoying the current tourney discussion tremendously over the
last couple weeks and what is apparent to some observers, if not the
participants themselves, is that only one team is gonna win.  And being the
good accountant that I am, I have been pondering how to turn this obscure
bit of knowledge into cash money.  Now, I considered bookmaking, but I gave up
after trying to compute the odds of DonMac winning..... (-;

So, after checking all the angles (pun intended), I decided to copyright the
excuses that most of you will need immediately afterwards.  I contacted the
patent office and was surprised that no one had beat me to it. 

So, as of this morning, there is a fee of $1.50 plus Mass 5% sales tax for the 
use of the following:

1. A cold front came through this morning.

2. There's a hole in my live-well (or landing net).

3. I caught fish.  It was my partner who got skunked.

4. The bass all wanted < insert color here > spinnerbaits.  I had every color
   but.

5. The place was fished out.

6. I prefished the lake/pond last weekend and hauled out some monsters.
   Guess I shoulda released a couple.

7. So what!  < insert another fishermans name here > didn't win either!

8. I was disqualified.  I can't help it if the ones I caught had been feeding
   on discarded sinkers.

9. < insert winners names here > cheated!

10.It's just one tournament.  I'm still better than those <expletive deleted>.

Please remit all payments to Steve Cuzzone @ SPO 103-3/000.  Your patronage is
appreciated.

Steve

    Nice job Steve!!  You forgot one!
    
            The Legend and Mr. Bass are awsome!  I want to be just like
            them when I grow up!
    
    					4 days to pay day....

    Ya, Steve...I think you got most of them.  The only problem is the
    Legend and Mr Bass will probably resort to using THEM ALL!
    
    Here are a couple more you might want to add to the list...
    (I'll only require 10% royalties for their usage)
    
    1.  All I could catch were dead tommy cods.
    
    2.  Oh, I thought the tourney ran from 10 AM to 5 PM.
    
    3.  There was this blonde on the wall that distracted me.
    
    4.  Someone stole my spool.
    
    5.  Someone swapped bug-dope for my fish scent and fish scent for
        my bug-dope.
    
    6.  The mosquitos didn't bother the bass and the bass kept biting
        me.  (this one goes along with # 5.)
    
    7.  I wuz doin ok until this 10' snapper came along...
                                        

    re.96  "...DonMac winning..."
    
    Hey, I like the sound of that Steve, that's not a bad idea..
                                                                
    Note 369.96, you read it there first folks...                  
                                                 
    Don Mac  - who has been keeping out of this "I'm gonna clean all your
    clocks" discussion, until now...                                            

    
    
    I just thought it would be appropriate for the LEGEND to be note
    # 100.
    
    The number matches the amount that I'll have in my wallet at 10:01!!
    
    							The Legend 

    I only charge 10% royalties for my excuses, also.
    
    Every time I brought the (insert your favorite bait here) past that
    lunkers nose, a little 8 incher jumped out and grabbed it!
    
    I only had 8 lb. test line on and all the lunkers broke me off.
    
    Every time I caught a keeper, my partner grabbed the line to land
    him.
    
    The wind was blowing so hard my lure couldn't hit the water, let
    alone catch fish.
    
    The waves were so HIGH that all I was able to do was chum 'em.

    Long range weather forecast for Saturday looks good! 
    
    BTW...again, in the fairness of competition (gee...I'm such a nice
    guy!!), I think I should also pass along this little tip.
    
    DonMac and I have fished Hopkinton Lake quite extensively in the
    last couple of years and have found that the BEST worm to use to
    consistantly catch large bass is the black or purple curly FIRETAIL!
    
    But don't give up on it...and bring plenty along...you'll need them
    for all the hits they get!
    
    -HoleShot Joe-
    
    P.S.  With all the verbal abuse you guys give me, I really don't
    know why I pass this info along.  I guess I just don't want to hear
    any excuses like ..."cripes, Holeshot knows this lake inside-out...no
    wonder he won!"

    Cripes Holeshot knows this lake inside and out, no wonder he "thinks"
    he has a chance of winning!
    
     I'll be honest, I have never fished this lake, but I'm still gonna
    win!
    
                                    Perry F.
                                   ----------
    
    Ain'tcha_ever_heard_of_"beginners-luck"??????
    

    come on now Joe, don't go giving ALL our secrets... 
    
    at least ya didn't tell them about BIG BUD... 
    
    ooops, never mind...
    
    Don Mac

>>  the hot color worm is a black or purple firetail!
    
    So Joe are you telling the truth!!!!  Not that I plan on going..  but
    
    1) You are giving bad info hoping people will use them..

                                 o r 

    2) It is the truth and people will not use them because they don't
    believe you!

    bassin Bob
    who_will_not_waste_his_time_banging_his_brandeeee_new_ranger_on_stumps.
    

    RE: .104   
    
    Well, Don...I think it's only fair to give a few hints to those
    who have never fished these waters.  I know how tough it is to fish
    new waters and not know what the best combinations are.
    
    RE: .105
    
    WELLLLLL.... the "SILENT ONE" has finally spoken!  Well, Bob, all
    I can say is that it's up to you and the others to determine whether
    I speak with "forked tongue."  You mentioned something to me about
    your own little "hot set-up" but wouldn't tell me...being the great 
    guy that I am, I just like to share my wealth of info and experience.
    
    BTW...speaking of info...someone remind me to tell you all about
    another SUPER tip...but this one doesn't get released until AFTER
    10 PM (sorry...I have to keep something to myself!)
                      
    -HoleShot- (who_likes_dem_firetails)
    
    BTW...I seem to recall the Legend telling me that he used firetails.
    Ask him about them if you don't want to believe me...

    Thats right Joe...even though I hate agreeing with you! 
    
    I used them sunday and had good luck...GOD told me to use them!
    
    HE'S coming on friday .....only if he can fish with the Legend!
    
    I said...What the HELL...come on down!
    
    						The Legend

    	I have a question about the directions. At the end of the short
    bumpy road mentioned in .85 I took a right instead of a left. Is this 
    the other ramp John talked about earlier ? If yes, I intend to launch 
    from there as it is closer to where I want to fish.
    
    re: fire-tail worms
    
    	I've used these in the past and had a lot of action with them. 
    Unfortunatly all the action was from pickeral, not bass. I'm taking 
    Friday off and going up there in the morning. I'll give you the
    benifit of the doubt and give it a shot. During the tourney though
    I don't much care if the worms work or not as last time up I managed
    to get 3 fish in a � hour on top water. If I have a repeat performance
    of this, I will have no problem catching my limit. As for my partner 
    Ken, he caught 4 before I ever got my first one. I would say that it's
    definitely going to take 10 fish to win this tourney.
    
    	If anyone winds up without a partner, they will not stand a
    chance in this tourney the way the rules are. The most they can weigh 
    in will be 5 fish maximum vs. a 10 fish maximum.
 
    RAYJ   	
	

    Sounds to me that Bassin Bob doesn't want to take his
    brandee newweee Ranger off the trailer. Lookin at it
    doesn't catch fish!
    
    I would rather be in the tubmobile than to stand on the
    shore next to a 16K picture!
    
    
    Mr. Bass
    
    Happy payments!!!!

    Dodier, As far as we are concerned you can launch in Nashua
    we already counted you out of the tourny! My meadow Mouse 
    will end up being the lure of the night! You may as well
    scuttle that piece of shit you call a boat it would make
    nice cover for the fish! 
    

    re:107

    	John, do you use double spacing on your replies to make it easier 
    to read between the lines ?

    RAYJ

    re:110
    	I fish out of a 15' old town laker canoe. There are alot of
    people that would disagree with you about it being a piece of shit.
    	
    	As far as the meadow mouse is concerned, I know a good place
    you can put it :-) Actually, so long as you don't launch the meadow
    mouse into my canoe, I don't care what you do with it.
    
    RAYJ

    RE:110
    
    Hey RayJ,
    
              You know a good place HUH, well I already lost one 
    meadow mouse to a guy that stole it and did what you are saying
    you want to do, it died of AIDS, and as far as your 15' old
    town Laker you may want to try that that would fit as well!
    I didn't want to tell everyone, but it looks like I have to
    Ray won the Provincetown Open last year. He won a box of condoms!

    Ray...                             
    
    Although I agree that the launch to the right puts you closer to
    the stumps and is more convenient for YOU, I think we should all
    launch from the same place.  
    
    BUT...ONCE AGAIN, to show you just what a swell guy I am (and seeing
    as I'm the tourney "coordinator"), I say that all canoes (yeah,
    that also means the Bath_Tub_Mobile) can have an EXTRA 15 minutes
    to get back to the launch ramp.  Fair enough??
    
    Hey, BB....ya didn't believe me about firetails, huh?  See...the
    Legend even confirmed it!  You guys just don't know a good thing
    when ya hear/see it!  Would I lie to ya?? (heh...heh...)
    
    -HoleSHot- (leavin_in_a_few_for_a_practice_run)
    
    BTW...another hot tip for Hopkinton.  Put a purple-ribbed Sheik
    on a jig head for some REAL action!

    Re:113
    	Let me get this straight. A guy took one of your meadow mouses
    and shoved it up your anal opening and it died of aids ? Also, you
    really think you could take my 15' laker up there too ? I guess I'd 
    give up my $10 to see that, so long as you cleaned off my canoe
    when you were done with it :-) Now I know why you *really* had to have 
    those operations a while back. To perform a meadow mousectomy no doubt :-) 
    That poor meadow mouse never did anything to you. For that matter, 
    it never did anything for you either.

    	As far as Provincetown goes, I've never been there. I didn't
    even know they had a tourney there. Mind telling us how you knew
    about a Provincetown tourney ?

    RAYJ
    
    P.S. All bull aside, I'm looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday
    and expect to have a real good time and lots 'a laughs. May the
    best (or the luckiest) fishermen win.

    Time is getting short as the day of the BIG EVENT draws near.  So
    far, we've got 14 teams registered.  It's still not too late to
    enter, in fact, if you find out you can make it, just show up at
    the ramp before 5 PM  (this is to let those that planned to WIMP
    out save face).
    
    Teams registered....
    
        
    Joe "HoleShot" Tomas		Rick "Read/Only" Palmer 
    
    Ray "One-Man-Band" Desrosiers	Buzz "Bait" Shepard
    
    "Ranger" Ron Scholz 		Gary "Back_Deck" Wiersum
    
    Kyle Wooldridge 			John Goodhart
    
    Jack "Lavender" Haggerty 		partner TBD ?
    
    George "The REAL Mr Bass" LaMarche	Kevin "Hawg Hauler" McCarthy
    
    "The Legend" Waters			"Mr Bass" Ryan
    
    Don "E-Z Pickins'" MacIntyre	"Along fer da Ride" Brian
    
    Martial Vachon			partner TBD ?
    
    Tom Donovan				Sal Marciano
    
    Dave "Get'em in the boat" Stone	Ed "Get the net ready" Guertin
    
    Keith "DingBat" Dilsworthy		Mike "The Ringer" Hayward
    
    Ray "Dead Tommy Cod" Dodier		Ken ?
    
    Perry "Fishless" Faucher		Steve Smith 
    
    
    See y'all there.
    
    -HoleShot Joe-
    
    
    
    
    

   Is that last comment directed at me?   I have more important tournaments
    to fish han ones where I can win a few buck$$$$$  as for rr/tbdw
    have to fish the same one comment they are so far out of the standings
    it don't matter!
    
    BBp   who will be sleeping insted of stump jumping!

    > "Is that last comment directed at me?"
    
    Aw...c'mon Bob, I don't direct comments to you very often.  Only
    a dozen times or so...but then, there's a reason behind my madness.
    
    BTW...for those of you "non-WIMPS" planning on being there, be sure
    to bring some type of lights (especially canoes).  Once it gets dark,
    everyone should have some type of light on as the channel back to the
    launch ramp is narrow and we don't need to deep-six anyone.  Also,
    I would suggest that ALL power boats keep their speed down after
    dark and be sure to have your spotlights on.
    
    -Hj- 

    You folks sould follow a 20mph limit at night!  It is fast enough
    for a tournament.  We have an annual night tournament in my club
    and we us 20 after dark.  It is almost to fast but anyhting
    slower will not keep you on plane.
    bbp
    z

    20mph in Stumpfield is pushing it during the DAY, let alone after
    dark...  unless of course you know the place real well...
    
    Don Mac (who happens to know this place real well, as a matter of
    fact this is the place where my previous boat, the infamous 
    "STUMP JUMPA", earned it's name - especially at night! - see Ron's
    year old note on night time safety - during that discussion, Holeshot
    and I almost upended good ol' Stump Jumpa in the wee hours of the
    night!)
               

    Try fishing you can drive your boat during the day 
    I never heard of trolling for bass at night , is that what you do
    when you buy a bass rig? Sounds a bit odd to me!

    oooops, I referred to Hopkington as Stumpfield - until quite recently
    many of us were under the impression that Hopkington Lake was called
    Stumpfield Marsh - we've found out that Stumpfield is a *smaller*
    place down the road from there...
    
    After you see it, it'll be easy to see why we thought it was STUMP
    field.......
    
    Don Mac, see ya there
    

    Joe...do you have any other tips!!  Christ....why don't you tell
    us all to wear clean underwear.  Yours won't be clean for long when
    
    you see the stringer Mr. Bass and the Legend haul in!
    
    						The Legend
    
    Friday is going to be like Chrismas eve! 

    Sorry...no more tips until after the tourney.  It's obvious you
    guys don't appreciate me or my suggestions, so I'll just lay low
    and let you guys ponder what to do.  It's gonna be real funny watching
    most of you scratching your heads trying to figure out what to
    use...where to go...where's the hidden stumps...etc.
    
    BTW...hey, Legend...I hear that you eat EXLAX all the time thinking
    it's a Hershey bar.  No wonder you always have brown skid marks
    in your shorts.  And they're gonna get bigger when you see what
    R/O and I weigh in!  The only thing you and that perch-jerkin' partner
    of your will be "hauling in" will be your A**!
    
    -Hj-
    

    I just want to let the rest of you know that the Legend and Mr Bass
    Ryan just stopped by my office to try harassing me.  What a couple
    of loud-mouth goons...I've been calling Bassin Bob a wimp for not
    planning to show up...but I'll tell you, these two guys are SUPER
    WIMPS from the word GO!!!   I'd seriously suggest that you all wear
    your hipboots and make sure you DON'T walk where they've been...it
    could spell disaster!  
    
    I won't go on telling you about these perch-jerkin' bozos, you'll
    all get a chance to meet them tomorrow...and wishin' you hadn't!!
    
    -Hj-

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I knew something was fishy when I turned into my aisle and saw various 
birds of pray circling above my cubicle.  As I got closer a foul stench 
became evident, sort of smelled like dead kibbies.  When I reached the 
entrance, it was obvious by the slimey piles of dying aquatic vegetation
that my office had recently been host to the lowest form of fisher-type-
person, as we know it, the worm-dunk'n-kibby-catchers.  Then, to my horror,
I noticed that a photograph of myself and one of my 7lb range fish, had
been moved.  It was on my desk, instead of on my file cabinet, and there
was a note.  I couldn't exactly make out what it said, something about
oferring me large sums of money not to fish this up and coming event.
But I was out able to make out the signature, it was signed, "The Legend".
Now to the matter at hand, does anyone know the phone number of the MK01
clean-up crew, this place reaks...

Don Mac

    Don, I'd suggest you have the place fumagated and stay away until
    that foul stench clears.  When the clean-up crew is done at your
    place, send them over to R/O's and my office...they've polluted
    the air here too!
    
    I'd also suggest that everyone stay UPWIND of the Bath-Tub-Mobile
    unless you want your monofil to rot before your very eyes!  It's
    absolutely amazing how, every time they open their mouths to speak,
    the air becomes polluted...and you thought the stench of low tide
    was bad??
    
    See ya'll at the ramp!!
    
    -Hj-

    Don Mac...you slime ball!!  The picture of the bass was nice!  I
    had trouble making out who was the fish!  I think you said it weighed
    6 1/2 pounds...throw it back the Legend has a 6 3/4 pounder on the
    wall.  The Legend will be waiting at the ramp to tell you dirtbags
    what he really thinks of you!  I think that you ran from your office
    because you were afraid to confront the Legend and Mr. Bass face
    to face.  We are the force to be reckoned with....tomorrow night
    at 10:01 once again, Don Mac will be a DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT!
    Thats the story of your life....Not to mention you'll be 4 ounces
    shy!!  And from what I hear around MKO1 your also 4 inches short
    of be a man!  
    
                                           The Legend + Mr. Bass Inc.
    
    We were be good sportsman and making the rounds wishing everyone
    luck!  And look at what they do to the Legend...NO RESPECT!
    
    							
    
    

    heh heh, ya'll "talk that stuff", we'll see who the REAL winners
    will be... 
    
     Sign me : No talk, all ACTION!
    
                          Perry F. a.k.a. "Legend-Buster"
                         ----------
    
    
    You can have your Legends, you can have your "Mr's *, but by the
    time 10:01 rolls around, "I'll" have your Money!!

    re:  117
    
    Talk is cheep/The facts don't lie!
    
    If you look at the standings, you will notice that I have beaten
    you in every tourney.  LOOK at the standings.
    
    TBDW out fishes BB every time!
    
    

    
    Are  L E G E N D  M A N I A  tee shirts available in X-large?
    

    Pictures of a 6 1/2 lbs  No wonder they left a mess!!  If they had
    uncontrolable white foam in thier mouths from that what would they
    do if they saw my 14'8" lbs fish!!   if 6 1/2 is your biggest nowonder
    I can't waste my time with you PANFISH HUNTERS!
    
    Bassin' Bob 

    Hey, Bob...I don't often repeat myself, but like I said before,
    SHOW UP or SHUT UP!!  And, once again...
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    










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    re .32!  Yah you had to anchor you boat in mY hot spot to take the
    lead you (*)&^&(*^(*&%^  Would you believe this guy would anchor
    his boat in a spot during a tournament that you told him about and
    kick you of you favoriate spot by 50yards.   Boy I thought
    club fish was friendly !!!!!  Not anymore since TBDW made the scene...
    
    Boy If I was going to fish the tournamnet I would that BDW/RR a
    thing or two...
    
    By the way bdw check the total weight for the team and see..  It
    is not my fault you have a partner who leaves all the fish to you!!
    I fish with real partners who catch fish!!
    Bassin Bob
    

    L E G E N D   M A N I A   TEE SHIRTS....
    
    
            I     L O V E     T H A T    K I N D    O F    T A L K !
    
    
    LEGEND BUSTER.....MY ARS!   You don't sound like your wrapped to
    tight Perry.   I'm on a mission from GOD!  Legend...Legend...
    
    I can't wait for this DAMN thing to start!!!

    re: .136
    
    Hey Bob, do you mean like DonMac @ Monomonac???

    .138  I felt bad for the guy!!!  I made a promise to myself to
    let the poor under credited fisherman (don) catch all the fish so he could
    have all the glori since I had it on Manchuag.   But the S**T HEAD
    did not catch a thing and I had to give up my MASS BASS MASTER title
    to some guy who does not even type in a responce (not to mention
    he lives in NH)
    
    
    Bassin Bob
    
    

    re .136 ect.
    
    Check the standings bobby.
    
    My statement says " TBDW outfishes BB every time. "
    
    Partners have nothing to do with it.  I don't depend on my partner
    to enhance my standings.  It would appear that is what you are talking
    about.
    
    LOOK AT THE STANDINGS, LOOK AT THE STANDINGS.  How can I get it
    through your THICK skull.  
    
    I do have to admit, that you do "look good" holding your rod and
    sitting atop those big payments.  Too bad you can't fish. You look
    good though.
    
    TBDW (who_outfishes_BB_while_passed_out_with_Pneumonia)
    
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    re: .130,.134  Sorry I took so long to reply, but they had to evacuate
    this section of the building while they fumagated.... anyway... 
    Sorry girls, that fish was 6.79lbs - and I guess I'll have to help
    you guys with the math - that's .04lbs BIGGER than that little ol'
    6 3/4lb baby bass that, what was his name, "The Leper"?, was bragging 
    about!!!  And NO, that's not my biggest fish, the HAWG's HAWG I 
    released the other night would have eaten that one for supper!!!
                                                                    
    re .139 looks like Bass'n Boob's starting his OWN excuse list!!!
                                                                    
    Don Mac                                                          

    HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!  The one you let go...were you alone?  Are you one
    of these guys who catches the monsters when your alone?!!
    
       DON MAC....sounds like a reject from Mc Donalds.  If you want
    to get rid of the stench....tell Joe and R/O  to take a bath!
    
    they will tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    						

    Well, Bob, on behalf of R/O (seeing as he's too modest to say
    anything), at least you have said something that is true....R/O
    IS a "BASS MASTER"!!!
    
    It's too bad you're not going to be at the tourney so R/O can "CLEAN
    YOUR CLOCKS"....AGAIN!!!!
    
    Hey Don, I like that...."The Leper"...'cause only a leper could
    leave the air smelling that foul.  Geez...with my fart and HIS breath,
    Hiroshima would seem like a firecracker!  
    
    -Hj-
    
    hmmm...let's see what the "Luckless Leapin' Leper" has to say now.
    Hold on tight 'cause he's gonna start gettin violent!
    

    Heck no, I had witnesses - you should have heard the crowd; "look
    at the SIZE of that thing!"  "WOW"  "is that Roland Martin?"  
    "I wish I had a camera", and finally "who WAS that Bass Man"
                                  
    Get read for tomorrow's BIG MAC ATTACK!
    
    Don BIG Bass MAC
    

    Ok Joe,
    
           I have read a bunch of bullshit from you guy's, as far
    I am concerned the respect due Mr. Bass and the LEGEND is definitely
    lacking, we being the best team entering, demand that all concerned
    now listen! It isn't easy being the best and I know how everyone
    has put us on a pedestal, and you want to knock us off! Your phoney
    tournament wins and the monster fish you imagine, had best be in
    the boat at 10:01 or you guy's will never live it down! Yo'all southern
    accent B.S. is that what catch's fish! Just because the fish have
    bigger mouths, I never realized Joe and Bob were cross bred with
    them
    you have large mouths yourself! Mr. Bass has only one last thing
    to say , the LEGEND and Mr. Bass are the team to beat and we demand
    respect!
    
    
    
    Mr.Bass

    OH BOY...!!! Now I'm shaking all over!  How in the **** are you
    going to beat the Legend?!!  You couldn't poor piss out of a boot
    if the directions were on the heel!  Try pulling your head out of
    your ass!!  As for Joe Tomas...after this mornings conversation
    Mr. Bass and I have written him off...We realize he is a complete
    moron !!  He should try getting a job with the paper...Joe's tips!
    
    There are a lot of morons out there that would actually read that
    shit he has been putting in the file!               
    

    it's getting down to the wire and tempers are flare'n!!!!!!!
    
    does anyone know where you can buy some crow meat? there's gonna 
    be alot of people eat'n crow come monday morning... one of these
    guy who haven't opened there mouths is probably gonna clean ALL
    our clocks...
    
    til' tomorrow
    
    Don Mac      

    Well...We heard it all!!  Now for the big event.  I will disregard
    the last 151 notes and wish everyone the best of luck!  I am doing
    this now because as of 12:01am July 18th the Legend and Mr Bass
    are all BUSINESS...there will be no hand shakes before the tourney.
    
    If you want to shake hands with either of us...see us at 10:01!
    So this is the Legend of the Lakes signing off!
    
    If there was anything at all I could say to each and everyone of
    you to prepare for tomorrows show-down...it would be....
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    BRING YOUR WALLETS AND YOUR CRYING TOWELS...YOU'LL NEED THEM BOTH!
    
                        
    						  THE LEGEND
    
    
    
    
    

    ENOUGH NAME-CALLING AND MUD-SLINGING!
    
    IT'S TIME TO GO HOME (ALMOST) AND REST UP FOR WHAT'S BOUND TO BE
    SUPER TIME. GOOD LUCK TO ALL!
    
    JOE

    To all of you who were not there to witness the attempted drowning
    of the Legend and Mr. Bass.....Don't believe a thing that you hear!
    They tried to force the Legend out of the tourney early.  
    Half of these guys looked like they just got out of asylum for the
    night!  And two of them showed up in shorts that could blind you!
       While the Legend and Mr. Bass were trying to eat our steak supper
    they Mr. Bass prepared for us, one of the GOONS pushed the Legend
    mobile out into open water!  It was just a case of NO respect for
    the Legend.  I'll let someone else give you the rest of the details
    I'm still to broken up to talk about it!!!!
    
    					As always, The Legend

    
    In other words, after harassing the hell out of all of us, right
    up to the start of the event, the Legend and Mr. Bass got SKUNKED!!!
                                  
    Congrads to Keith and Mike for a job well done, while the rest of
    us were held to 0-3 fish, they managed to boat 6 keepers and win
    the event hands down.  
    
    That's it for now, I'm sure Holeshot is in the middle of preparing
    a detailed run down on the results.
    
    donmac

    And I would like to mention how much I dislike Don Mac!!!!
    
    W H O   A L S O    G O T   S K U N K E D !
    
    he forgot to mention that!
    
    Don could you send me the name of the store you BOUGHT your mounted
    bass at?
    
    							The Legend

Well, folks...the results are in.  Needless to say, we all had a super time
(didn't we??)  Congratulations to Keith Dilsworthy and Mike Hayward for an
OUSTANDING performance...by far, they walked away from the rest of us.  It's
obvious Keith has been doing a lot of practicing down in the stumps!  
I guess we all have to watch out for the "quiet" ones that say little and
then show us all up!  I have to agree, though, that Keith's 4.25 lb hawg
did look as though it had been mounted before as it was stiff as a board when
he weighed it in.  Did anyone happen to catch the taxidermists initials on
the side he didn't show us??


And now...here's the "REST OF THE STORY"...

The Legend and Mr Bass showed up early and started B-B-Qing a couple slabs
of meat in front of the rest of us.  It's now obvious from his spectacular
performance (ha, ha) that he decided to EAT HIS CROW early!  I thought that
stuff looked and smelled funny!  Apparently he and Mr Bass realized that 
there was NO WAY they could compete with the rest of us REAL fisherman.  
And judging from that cesspool they were fishing from, it's no wonder...   
They also chose not to heed my warnings about the 10' snapper as it 
obviously decided to chew up their electric and destroyed their motor mount 
while in the stumps.  Be thankful, guys, that you got out of there alive!  
The snapper obviously wasn't very hungry. And do you belive the garbage that 
spewed forth from their mouths???  

FLASH:  The Legend and Mr Bass LOSE!

FLASH:  The Legend and Mr Bass are LOSERS!

For any of you that put bets on them...well P.T. Barnum said "there's
one born every minute!"  The Legend will gladly accept phone calls to
extend apologies and to give refunds to those fools that bought T-shirts!


As I expected, Bassin' Bob showed up with his partner, Shawn Scott.  I guess
Bob realized that he HAD to show up if he didn't want to be branded a WIMP
forever.  I caught Bob sneaking around my boat checking out to see what R/O
and I were fishing.  Of course we both had purple firetail worms rigged...
and of course they came OFF as soon as we left!  Hey Bob, want my firetails?
Those kibbie-catchers are taking up too much room in my worm box!  But, still,
good ole Bob had a respectful showing and was in contention for a while!
                                                                        

Ray Dodier apparently wasn't too successful as they were no tommy cod around
to be caught.  Ray...say thank you to Ken for bailing out your team and
taking third place.  Nice going, guys!


And DonMac and Brian...(sigh)...this is getting a little boring.  I'm also
beginning to wonder about him and his claims of hawgs during the week!  Don's
good for some laughs though, as was shown when he pulled up with his brand
new Toyota 4x4 (dented already) towing his barge and trailer that sported
a couple of those driveway reflectors.  What's the matter Don, afraid a
snow plow will get ya??  When you're done with the reflectors, Don, please
put them back in my driveway ... OK?


As for Ranger Ron...well, he showed up with Gary Watt and NOT Gary "Back-
Deck-Wizard" Wiersum.  RR said TBDW was sick...but I think he was just
plain afraid of having his clocks cleaned!  And speaking of cleaning some
clocks...Ron and Gary's Timex squeeks it's so clean.  Give them a great
big GOOSE-EGG!  


"Lavender" Jack's appearance with "Juicy" Brucey Sheridan certainly added
some color to this fun event.  Jack's brandy-new bass rig borders on being
a "shocking-pink"...my eyes still haven't adjusted and I may be color-blind
for the rest of my life!  I can't understand why they didn't just tie a hook
to the end of the boat...a lure that color is bound to catch SOMETHING!  
Maybe that's exactly what they did to take 4th place.  Nice going!


Tom Donovan and Sal Marciano were there bright and early in a real nice
bass rig!  See folks....even if you lay out $15K for a rig you can still
get SKUNKED...as was shown by both Tom/Sal and Ron/Gary!  Nice boats...
NO FISH!!


Perry Fishless" Faucher and his partner, Steve Smith, managed to boat one
fish keep out of the ranks of the GOOSE-EGGERS!  Gee, maybe DonMAc otta
take some lessons from these guys on how to catch a keeper.  Are your rates
reasonable, Perry?  Give Don a call.

As for R/O and myself, well....we may not have won, or even come close to
winning, but we certainly didn't have to EAT CROW! (whew!)  Even the best
laid plans sometimes backfire...  
                                   

As for the GOOSE-EGGERS, all I can say is that at least you guys showed up
to enjoy the fun!  For you NO-SHOW-WIMPS....all I can say is that you missed
a super time.  What I want to know is...did George "Mr Bass" LaMarche decide
against competing with Chris "Mr Bass" Ryan??  C'mon George...you certainly
couldn't have faired WORSE than a GOOSE-EGG!!  But, as far as I'm concerned,
Chris can keep the name of "Mr Bass"...but it doesn't mean anything as he
certainly didn't prove that he deserves it!


All-in-all...we had a great time.  I'm looking forward to the next one!

Now....here's the final standings.


****************************************************************************

          *** 2nd ANNUAL GREAT NEW HAMPSHIRE BASS BUSTIN' BASH ***
                      Hopkinton Lake - July 18, 1987


                                    | HAWG |TEAM TOTALS  |TEAM|
                TEAM                |WEIGHT|WEIGHT|  #   |RANK|
 =======================================================================
 Keith "Dingbat" Dilsworthy         | 4.25 |10.75 |    6 |  1 |CONGRATS!
   Mike "The Ringer" Hayward        |      |      |      |    |ATTA BOY!
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 "Bassin Bob" Puishys               |  2.5 | 5.25 |    3 |  2 |Not bad,
     Shawn Scott                    |      |      |      |    |BB!
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ray "Dead Tommy Cod" Dodier        |  1.7 |    4 |    3 |  3 |Ken bails
   Ken                              |      |      |      |    |Ray out!
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Jack "Lavender" Haggerty           |  1.5 | 2.75 |    2 |  4 |Lavender
     Bruce Sheridan                 |      |      |      |    |bass?
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Rick "R/O" Palmer                  | 1.25 | 2.25 |    2 |  5 |NOT CROW
   "HoleShot" Joe                   |      |      |      |    |EATERS!!
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Perry "Fishless" Faucher           |  1.8 |  1.8 |    1 |  6 |Better than
   Steve Smith                      |      |      |      |    |some of us!
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 John "The Legend" Waters           |      |GOOSE |    0 |    |CROW
   Chris "Mr Bass" Ryan             |      |EGG!  |      |    |EATERS!
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Don "E-Z Pickins'" MacIntyre       |      |GOOSE |    0 |    |Whaddya
   Brian                            |      |EGG!  |      |    |expect??
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 "Ranger" Ron Scholz                |      |GOOSE |    0 |    |Aw, c'mon
     Gary "Alternate Back Deck" Watt|      |EGG!  |      |    |Ron!
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tom Donovan                        |      |GOOSE |    0 |    |Nice boat
   Sal Marciano                     |      |EGG!  |      |    |guys!
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dave "Get'em in da boat" Stone     |      |GOOSE |    0 |    |Better luck
   Ed "Get da net ready" Guertin    |      |EGG!  |      |    |next time!
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           |      |      |
                       TOTALS.....         |26.80 |   17 |



The WIMPS...

 Martial Vachon                     |      |      |      |    |Showed up
   ??                               |      |      |      |    |but ???
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Kyle Wooldridge                    |      |      |      |    |NO-SHOW
   John Goodhart                    |      |      |      |    |
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 George "Mr Bass" LaMarche          |      |      |      |    |NO-SHOW
   Kevin "Hawg Hauler" McCarthy     |      |      |      |    |
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ray "One-Man-Band" Desrosiers      |      |      |      |    |NO-SHOW
   "Buzz Bait" Shepard              |      |      |      |    |
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------



-HoleShot Joe-

    To possibly save myself from humiliation, the DENT is about an
    inch scrape from my trolling motor scraping my tailgate - and the
    reflectors are so that I can see where my tailer is when I'm backing 
    up without the boat on there - if anyone would like to buy the plans
    for those babies, mail me $5... 
    
    BTW, Joe you forgot to mention the Leper's, ooops, I mean the Legend's
    8 foot (?) sign hanging on the bridge - "LEGEND MANIA" - I tell ya, 
    that "dynamic duo" sure added some color to this event...
   
    Don Mac                 
                
    

    Ya, Don...I'm sure there's a lot things I forgot to mention but
    I'm sure we'll hear about them all.  I just wanted to get the results
    posted so that I wouldn't keep everyone in suspense.
    
    
    Oh yeah...did I say...
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    	T H E    L E G E N D    I S    A    L O S E R  ! ! !
    
    	T H E    L E G E N D    I S    A    W I M P ! ! !
    
    	T H E    L E G E N D    I S    A    G A R B G E - M O U T H ! ! !
    
    	T H E    L E G E N D    I S    A    G E E K  ! ! !
                   
    	T H E    L E G E N D    E A T S    C R O W  ! ! !
    
    
    

    Joe...you forgot to mention that your brainless partner caught
    both the fish.  
    
             J O E     T O M A S ..........goose egg!
    
    I don't want to wait till next year to prove myself!
    
    I say we plan another over a Massebesic or Pawtucaway.  
    
    						The Legend

    
    
    In fact, R/O caught 2 bass ( 1 keeper ) while I caught 3 bass with
    one keeper!  
    
    And now that R/O and I know EXACTLY what you and the infamous Mr
    Bass are all about... we'll take you two goons on anytime...any
    place!  Judging from your poor performance, it's obvious that you
    guys are nothing more than a couple of loudmouth braggards who don't
    know which end of the rod to hold!   
    
    SO.... S T U F F   T H A T   Y O U   K N O W   W H E R E ! ! !
                                        
    -HoleShot- 
    

    Yes Folks the LEGEND and Mr. Bass did eat crow! But we were not
    the Only morons to get skunked. I Mr. Bass did recieve one good
    aspect of the whole disaster, the FAKE Mr. Bass did not even show
    and as far as I am concerned, he will no longer have any influence
    on my title! It was jealousy and eventual disaster all night long,
    it was as if GOD, wanted the LEGEND and Mr. Bass to be humiliated,
    they tried swamping the Legendmobile, while we were eating our 10.00$
    steaks, that didn't work so they tried swamping us on the way to
    the stumps, we got verbally abused all night. The LEGEND total his
    transom, and the STRINGER FELL OFF, with our fish! The meadow mouse
    got stuck on two enormos tree's and we were out of beer at 7:00
    at night. 

             The sign was the only thing that stayed in one piece. We
    were fighting fate as well as getting hammered! Let it be known
    that although the LEGEND and Mr. Bass had an ocassional desention
    problem, we had some of the best laughs of our lives, in fact the
    LEGEND was laughing so hard he didn't realize he was going backwards
    at warp factor five when we hit the stump and totaled the transom!
    It was nice to see those nice boats, and the turn out, but don't
    forget the LEGEND and Mr. BAss are still a team and A FORCE TO BE
    RECKONED WITH! I think we will have some shrimp and maybe lobster
    on the side next time! Just keep those junk boats out of our
    dinning area!
    
    
    hurt but still here!
    
    MR. BASS

    Seems the Legend hit a major nerve,....ha Joe!
    
    You name the time and the place...I'll be there!  
    
    I would also like to mention to thoughs who weren't there that Joe
    
    did a nice custom job on his boat.  Its all done in blue!!
    
    Now that I think of it...all that was missing was the TIDY BOWL
    
    CLEANER!!  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
             Y O U R     B O A T S    A    T O I L E T !
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    And you must be the TIDY BOWL MAN!  
    
    
    
    
    WE MAY EAT CROW...BUT YOU CAN EAT MY SHORTS!  
    
    
    your just pissed off I didn't offer you a piece of steak!
    
    
    						The Legend

    HEY, LEGEND...you're only jealous of my custom bass rig!  Thanks
    for the compliment...but I know that you can't say a good word about
    anyone or anything without meaning something else so I'll just ignore
    it. 
    
    Why...you were even jealous of DonMac's little boat.  And it's no
    wonder after everyone saw that cesspool you were in.  I think we'll
    have to give you and Chris new names....ROTO-ROOTER and MR DRAINO!
    (I LOVE IT!!)
    
    I'm glad you enjoyed your meal....and thanks for not offering any
    to me 'cause I would have refused.  What you DIDN'T see was how
    much Fish Formula Bassin' Bob DID get on them HA...HA!
    
    Hey...did you ever find out who set your garbage-scow adrift
    (heh...heh)?   I'm only sorry that you didn't get swamped...someone
    would have done a great service to the rest of us!
    
    "SAYANORA SUCKER....%DCL-BASS-ERR  No fish in the Livewell!"
     
    -HoleShot Joe-
    

    
    
    Legend, I agree with you totally, the only way Joe shoot his
    hole, got his boat noticed was to put it in the middle of the ramp!
    Even then no one noticed except for a small flock of robins. They
    mistook the boat for a giant robin's egg, flew down, landed , smelled
    Joe's rotten tuna sandwich his wife made trying to kill him, took
    a dump and left. Joe looked over at The LEGEND and Mr. Bass 
    enjoying there steak and he started eating the bird dung off the
    side of the floating egg! Another thing, everytime joe bent over
    his stomach hit the scale! I am calling this tourny on a stomach
    violation! Either that or Joe needs to lose weight! And bassin Bob
    can take his swamp water canoe boat and stuff it! No one attempts
    to swamp the Legend and Mr. Bass and gets away with it. Remember
    guy's Payback is a mother!
    
    
    Mr. Bass
    
    
    

    Isn't is funny what sore losers these guys are!?!  It was bad enough
    that we had to put up with them and their mouths before the tourney,
    now....after a miserable display of a so-called attempt at proving
    what great bassers they were, we have to put up with more of their
    foul-mouthed crappola in an attempt to try and salvage themselves.
    And speaking of salvage...when are you taking your canoe to the
    junk yard where it belongs?? 
    
    Robin's eggs, huh?  You're really reaching!  What other garbage can
    you come up with?  Just humor them, folks.  I'm sure the people
    in white coats will be here any day now to haul them away and put
    them where they won't hurt themselves.  

    
    I've been reading this dialogue between the "legend of the sawmp"
    and the rest of the fishing world and must say that I'll have to
    agree with the rest. I couldn't attend this memorable occasion because
    I was in the Poconos with the little woman doing a different kind
    of fishing. (by the way I didn't get skunked either!!)
    
    I have some first hand experience 'fishing' with the swamp king
    and can honestly say you guys have nothing to worry about. Why he
    even calls my youngest son for advice. (by the way john, mark told
    me to tell you that the end with the hooks goes in the water and
    you hold on to the end with the reel. He's sorry he wasn't home
    to answer your calls last saturday.) The last time I went with river
    rat I had the most enjoyable boat ride I ever had. I think he was
    afraid to let me fish for fear of outdoing him. 
    
    As far as the 'mount' he has on his wall, Rich's has that box in
    the fishing dept with his 'mounts' in there. All you have to do
    is sand of 'Fishing in New Hampshire' and you too can have a 'mount'
    to hang on your wall.
    
    enuff for now. I'm sure the "Legend of the Swamp" is waiting to
    reply.
    

    Well I knew it was just a matter of time before the MORON of MORONS
    got his two cents in!  I know what your saying about not striking
    out at the Poconos...I didn't either, when I took your wife there!
    As for the tourney...at least I showed up!  I wish you would stop
    showing your jealousy over the fish I have mounted!  As for me calling
    your son for advise.....give me a break!  I talked with him before.
    He's wrapped about as tight as you are.  The Legend may have a chance
    to prove himself again.  Joe just left my office.  He may put something
    together in Sept.  Hold on to your ars...here come somemore TIPS!
    
    Joe just stopped by to ask me to stop hammering him...said something
    about not having enough witt to counter my attacks on his toilet
    boat.  I'll lay off him for awhile.  
    
    						The Legend
    
    Tony..I'll let you know when the next tourney will be so you can
    come up with another good excuse!
    
    Why not try this one!  " I won't be able to make the tourney because
                             I'm going to the doctors, to see if
                             he can remove my head from my ass so I
                             don't have such a shitty outlook on life"

    Hey, Legend...it doesn't take much witt to contend with a DIMWITT
    like you!  I only stopped by to offer my condolances and say "better
    luck next time"...but I was amazed at what I saw and heard! 
    
    Even before I got to his office I heard this sorrowful moaning ...
    "Oh...woe is me...(sob...sniff) The Legend blew it again (snort)."
    There was kleenex all over the place!!  It's a pitiful site to see a 
    grown man cry...and he hasn't stopped since 10:01 Saturday nite!
                    
    I guess I have to have a little pity for the poor fool...
    
    ok...that's enough pity.  All I can say to ROTO-ROOTER and MR DRAINO
    is...YOU DESERVED IT!  Now get your act together and stop wimpering
    like babies!
    
    -HoleShot- 

    re 140  
    > look at the standings!
    
    I did and I am ahead of you!
    

    
    I would just like to send my congradulations to the winners.
    Shawn and I made a quick escape to the road so we could get some
    sleep.  Nice job!!!
    
    As for the big 'L' and mr %ss...    next time fish on the other
    side of the lake!!  every time I saw a bass and moved in for the
    kill, this loud stomach turning laugh came from that barge you call
    a bass boat!! All I got to say is, if you have to shoot your mouth
    off back it up and fish.  Don't drink so much beer then blame a
    GOOSE_EGG on the fact that you had to  much to drink.....
    or ran out of drink... and the stringer story is too much...
    and trolling is against the rules.
    
    And speeking of beer, the guy that wanted to throw a bottle at me
    what happened to him?????  Wasn't he the guy calling us crazy for
    putting those big boats in that lake.  Granted I went by him too
    slow and made a big wave but hay I appologized..  No harm done..
    Did he catch any fish?  did he even return to the weight-in?????
    
    Hay Joe!  you sould have tried your fire-tails!!!!  The old color-c
    called for that color red!   Shawn caught one keeper on them and
    3 shorts..  He lost one other on a black-firetail that was a big
    hog..  You folks don't lie about big fish in that lake.
      I caught the bigger ones on black and chartuse! as well as many
    pickeral and a cat fish..  would have like to land the bass I snapped
    off in the stumps..  It have been a closer race..  Next time I will
    use my flipping stick and 20lb mono...
    
    Hay RO I though you said you don't fish at the other end!  When
    I saw all you folks go that way I thought I made a wrong turn.
    
    Ranger RON!  whats new no fish life suchs don't it!
    
    Oh and for don big fish mac!!!  thanks for the worm advice.
    
	For any one else I left out because I don't know them... Nice
    night of fishing but just too far to drive.
    
    Bassin Bob who was no whimp and came in second to the Best!!!
    
    hay Mr. Bass you know you have to give the winners you title until
    next year!  They are the REAL MR. BASS
    And I guess I was right , "Legend refer to fictitious stories"
    acording to the dictionary! 
    

    Hey...SCUM bag!!  I noticed where you parked your barge...right
    along side of the Legend!  I was also using black with red fire
    tail worms.  I only had 4 and lost them all to fish and snags!
    I was some what unprepared!  I hope you can make the next one so
    I can kick your ass for spraying my steak with fish formula...
    What kind was it..the steak was great!!  You also tried to swamp
    the Legend in his Legend mobile but failed...just like you failed
    to win the tourney!!!  And I noticed you didn't mention the tourney
    you fished Sunday....you must have been sucking hin-tit on that
    one too!!  The Legend is down but not out!  
    
    And one last question...where in the HELL did you get those SHORTS!
    
    I have a fishing license for Mass. The Legend will come down anytime
    you want.  We'll go out on that toilet boat of your and I'll show
    you how to catch BASS!
    
    I think that everyone one would have caught there limit if you didn't
    take a swim...the sludge that came off that grubby body of yours
    killed half the population!  They are putting up polluted water
    signs today up at stump field!  Next time you come up North try
    taking a bath....We like our clean lakes!!
    
    All in all I had a great time and hope top do ity again.  I hope
    all of you will take this above infor and know that the Legend is
    not one to mess with on the key board.  I can cut you down so low
    if a ant comes along he'd piss on you!  The Legend mobile is going
    to be in good working shape again...its just a matter of time.
    
    
                    Hey Bass'in BOB....keep an eye out for ANTS.
    
    
                               Let me know when you want the Legend
                               to head south.,...BUDDY!
    
    

On the serious side for a moment, putting aside all the funnin', name calling 
and mudslinging...I just want to say that it was a real pleasure getting 
together and meeting ya'll last Saturday.  It has to be one of the most 
enjoyable and hilarious evenings I've had in a long time!  It's kinda fun 
to act like little kids now and then and not feel too foolish doing it!

I know that there might have been a couple of tense moments between a few of 
us...but just remember...it was all in fun and in the spirit of pursuing 
that elusive hawg!  

Although I started this note, I won't make it NOWRITE, but I propose we 
close it off (it's really getting big!) and start planning the next one in 
note 418.  

Thanks to everyone who participated in the tourney and replied to this note
to make this event so successful (and note fun to read!!).

-HoleShot JOE-     

    re:171
    	The guy that was going to throw a bottle at you was my partner
    who managed to land all three of the fish we weighed in (everyone
    has an off day once in while).
    	I wasn't going to say anything but since you already did regarding 
    the big wakes, let's tell the whole story. The first one (as you
    came out) we overlooked. The second one, (when you did the 180) that
    hit us immediately after the first, irritated us a little. The third 
    one which was about 2�' high and hit us completely broadside as you 
    passed within 10' of us was just to much. If it weren't for the 
    fact that we knew you were in the tourney, there would have been more 
    done than said. I know that you apologized and that there was no harm
    done *this* time, but should it ever happen again, the title of
    this note applies.
    
    RAYJ

    	Now that all has been said and done I think it's appropriate
    that the real winners from this tourney be identified. After fishing
    most of this tourney within earshot of John and Chris, aka the Legand
    and Mr. Bass, I can safely say that they appeared to have *more* fun 
    than anyone else. After all, that is supposed to be one of the main 
    objectives of this sport.

    RAYJ
    
    P.S. Catching fish once in a while helps too :-)