Another Good West Boggs Tournament

[MikeAxsom]

On April 7th, 2006, the Richmond Bass Club held a friday, 11 boat, club tournament at West Boggs Lake that took 4 fish with a total of 10lb. 8oz. to win. That is an averge fish size of just over two and a half pounds. The big Bass of the event was 6lb. 4oz.

[Chigger_Brumbalow]

Mike,

I think tournaments are great, but your lake is kinda small so I am glad you restrict tournaments to some times of the year.

I hope you have a maximum boat limit per tournament also. If not, I think you should implement one.

Once I get there with my Lucky Craft CD350, its all over anyway.

Is there a good selection of "all you can eat" restaurants in the area? I tried the place by the golf course, but would like to try others.

Chigger

[bkehl]

Mike;
Thats great to here the reports, keep them coming, by the way, My Club, Eastside Bassmaster will be there on May 7th, 2006, Will I be receiving any paperwork from you prior to our tournment? Thanks
If you would, Please E-Mail me at [email protected]

Bill

[GRR]

Mike...shhhh! Too much advertising.

[MikeAxsom]

I know, but I want people to know that we are not anti- tournament, when the tournament group is following the rules. All the folks I promote this way are what I consider to be "the good guys", and they are worth holding up as examples. At least I think so.

[Tackled]

>I know, but I want people
>to know that we are
>not anti- tournament, when the
>tournament group is following the
>rules. All the folks I
>promote this way are what
>I consider to be "the
>good guys", and they are
>worth holding up as examples.
>At least I think so.
>I stopped by Sunday for a bit. I noticed a few things. There is a dead deer carcass across the lake from the ramp, way in the back of a cove. The position of the carcass makes one think it was poached. There is a male swan up north in the lake (at the feeder creek) with a damaged right leg (he needs some help or he will die, but he still has an attitude - which is good). I also saw three bass fishermen disguised as either Men-In-Black, or Amish people, keeping everything they hooked - except the shad they snagged. Sacre Blu! A clue !
Myself, I caught a few on plastic lizards, but treated them gently and set them free. Had a T-bone for dinner

[MikeAxsom]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Apr-10-06 AT 10:11PM (EST)[/font][p]Hard telling what killed the deer, but poaching is not an unheard of thing in that area. Likewise with the local Brethren, who seem to have a taste for 13 inch Bass. I hear those reports often enough to know that small Bass must be a regular feature of the Amish diet. We do relay those complaints on to the Conservation Officers, who are the enforcement agency for the size and bag limits.

The swans are an interesting story all their own. Since last year there have been two males and one female mute swans on the lake. This spring, the older male and the female paired off and began acting like maybe they were going to set up housekeeping. First thing the larger male did was run the younger one off. From the reports I had from people on the lake, he might have actually tried to kill the young rival. Then he tried to run off several boaters by attempting to convince them he was ten feet tall and bullet proof. We got a rash of complaints from people who said they thought he was going to cause an accident. I think the female might be preparing a nest up in the north end somewhere, so if you go up there beware. The Kamikaze Swan Dad might sink your boat.

[Tackled]

Mr Axsom,
I truly think the big old swan is gonna be in trouble. I got to watch him pretty close while he did his best to eat the prop off my 200 hp Mercury. Any local animal rescues up in buggy country? If so, give them a call. If needed, I'll spring for the phone bill

[MikeAxsom]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Apr-12-06 AT 03:55PM (EST)[/font][p][font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Apr-12-06 AT 03:54*PM (EST)[/font]

Here are a few points to remember. As far as I know there is no protections for Mute Swans in the fish and game laws. So, he is essentially an exotic species. Next, I'd personally have no problem introducing him to an oar if he got within reach of my own boat. I'd sure not expect anyone to let themselves get hurt if they can prevent it. Plus, one of the people Mr. Swan chased off the water a couple of weeks ago WAS reported to be an animal control officer from another county. I don't think he came back either.

[raporter]

The DNR encourages getting rid of the swans. Have heard reports of COs killing them. Just another one of those pretty things we don't need.

[Topwater2004]

I think possibly Chigger and I could go down to Santee-Cooper and bring back some gators. That would clean out the swans and those nasty mud turtles.

Nothing I like more than to fan cast in a cove populated by the gators. Love it down on Toledo Bend when they see you they come barreling down the bank and slide in. Sends a chill down your back.

topwater

[idbefishing]

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"I think possibly Chigger and I could go down to Santee-Cooper and bring back some gators. That would clean out the swans and those nasty mud turtles.
Nothing I like more than to fan cast in a cove populated by the gators. Love it down on Toledo Bend when they see you they come barreling down the bank and slide in. Sends a chill down your back."
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Here ya go Topwater!

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