FM Bass Fishing Event

[Deitz Dittrich]

CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE?

It just keeps getting better.. just now another box showed up at my door!!! A little begging goes a long way!!!

Not only will we be giving away some of the stuff mentioned above.. But each and every anger will walk away with a 300 yard spool of 10 LB Gamma fishing line!

I also have a few Gamma Visors to give out as well.

[Fluker]

Dietz.... THANK YOU!

[st.crioxfishin]

Your the man Deitz!

[Ray Esboldt]

Deitz,

Bring your A-game anyway. I'm nominating you as Team East captain.

[Ray Esboldt]

And, sweet! Gamma has replaced all the non-braided line I use after Deitz talked me into it. Thanks Gamma!

[bassNspear]

Team captain, ohhhhhhhhhh boy. Im not talking to deitz on the phone about the lake ne more!!

[Eye-lander]

I'll bring an extra dollar. Especially being an East sider venturing into the West Side's territory. Maybe I can get the same one back after Big Marine?

Does anyone on the East Side want to give up some of their hotspots to help a teammate?

[bassNspear]

oh boy, here we go again. WEST SIDE #1 BABY

[Ray Esboldt]

Bob,

If I had a spot to share, I would. However, I have so few that I can't afford to give one away.

I do know Bass-n-Spear's spots, and I will share those with everyone on Saturday morning.

[bassNspear]

SPOTS, HOW DO I HAVE SPOTS, WHEN I HAVE NEVER BEEN ON THE LAKE BEFORE.

DEITZ, WE NEED TO TALK BIG BOY

[Deitz Dittrich]

You didn't give me any spots you turd!.. So how you figgure I shared them with Ray?

Never been on the lake before.. Snif snif...does anybody smell Pants on Fire???

[bassNspear]

Ha Ha,

Tey might be on fire, if i had any on!!

[Central Bassman]

Bass N Spear is right, he doesnt have any spots... I DO!!!! hehehe....I just want to say good luck to all the east side boys (you will need it)!!! WEST SIDE!!!!

[Ray Esboldt]

Just a thought for all of you. After we're done tomorrow, we ought to think about stopping off somewhere near the access. Isn't there a golf course right close?

[bassNspear]

sure buddy....

[basmastermatt]

Well if the "West Side" is looking for some more firing power I suppose I could lend them a hand?! Did you guys get the 15 boats you were shooting for? I think one of the "team Shady" boys is going to have to fish with me.

I am planning on being on Tonka bright and early to pre-fish for Mondays Super 30. But a day on Waconia is hard to pass up.

[bassNspear]

not when you run a evinrude

[basmastermatt]

Why, cause it runs good! Would sooner fish alone any who.

[Ray Esboldt]

Matt,

If you want in, shoot me an email. Or, just show up by 6:00 AM at the latest.

[Ray Esboldt]

A big thank you to all the companies that generously contributed to today's FishingMinnesota.com Bass Event on Lake Waconia:

Gamma Line

Gander Mountain

JB Lures

Nature Vision/Aqua View

Rod Balancer

Their participation in the event is appreciated by all.

The results:

Team - # of Fish - Weight - Big Fish

Ray Esboldt and Steve Esboldt - 6 - 20.58 - 4.72

Isaac Karow and Chuck Campbell - 6 - 19.2 - 4.26

Andrew Walter and Steve Walter - 6 - 17.3 - 4.76

Jason Schade and Mitch Schade - 6 - 16.16 - 4.02

Jim Nordlund and Jason Trandahl - 6 - 15.3 - 3.8

Jeff Audette and Rich Dittrich - 6 - 11.36 -

Bob Downey and Sam Rada - 6 - 10.98 - 4.18

Deitz Dittrich and Chris Wosika - 6 - 9.84 -

Scott Shipley - Dan Carmony - 6 - 9.52 -

Chris Neises - Kyle Linton - 5 - 7.84 -

And, a huge thank you to my good friend, Deitz Dittrich. Deitz went out and secured some awfully nice product for everyone that fished, and put together a real classy Podcast for the event. Thanks for all you do here at FM, brother.

[Ray Esboldt]

Oh, one more thing. The East vs. West battle kind of got tainted because Team East's Bob Bennett was without partner. He had to bail this morning due to illness. So, Bob was without partner and without a boat (he left his up at his cabin). Waconia home-towner Andrew Walter threw his hat in to the ring this morning and was assigned to the East crew because the East was one short. So, here's the slightly skewed East vs. West results:

East - 70.06 pounds

West - 68.02 pounds

The Deitz Dollar bet never changed hands, so we may have to settle this score at Big Marine on August 11th. That's our next FM bass event. I'll post more details on that one soon.

[Fluker]

I would like to extend a HUGE Thank You to all of those helping with this event. I had an absolute blast. It was great to put faces with somes names. You can expect me to see me around here more and more now that I have some FM "Friends".

Thanks to Dietz, Ray and all of the other FMers who helped run the event and pull in a few sponsors. It's tough work and I sure do appreciate it.

Dietz, AWESOME job on the prodcast. Pretty cool stuff. You never cease to amaze. Additionally, it was awesome meeting you dad. I've heard so many stories about him in our yearly fishing trip, and it was glad to finally meet the legend.

Lastly, thanks to my partner Ike. We had exchanged e-mails several times before the event, but never met face to face. I enjoyed the day on the water very much.

Thanks again to FM.com!

Fluker

[bassNspear]

I want to say thanks to Ray and Dietz for everything that they did for the event.

It was a great time with all the guys that were out on the water. Podcast turned out great dietz. IT was a great event and a great time.

[waltinader]

Thanks for every thing and letting me in yesterday morning i had a lot of fun

Thanks alot.

Walter

[Ray Esboldt]

Chuck and Jason,

Thanks for the kind words. It was a fun event.

Andrew,

Glad you made it. I hope to see you around FM more often.