[JOHN G]

Well, I'll tell you what Nostrodamus! I will be there WED to see if the tide is turning, or I will bite the dust again, like so many have there recently.......

have to get the 30mph wind day out of my system and at least give it what I would consider a fair shot......

 

[JOHN G]

I know Huge, last nights details said up to 25 MPH, so I may have to curtail this one.....the fishing is so tough there right now, I don't mind putting in the time and effort, however, while being buffeted by those relentless winds on Maho makes it almost impossible......

 

[JOHN G]

keep going until you get to the harbor and then drop in! LOL.......

nah.....

I'll pass, however, I will try to make it there for the weigh in and see all of the long faces! LOL......

to cancel out a busy SAT morning at work, lose a thousand or whatever bucks, then piss another 100 to the contest.....sorry!

my day at the office is a sure thing! HAHAHAHAHA.........

 

[JOHN G]

Paladin: they are razzing me because they know I have never fished a tourney of any sort...

Speaking of Parking:


YYYYYYEEEEEESSSSSHHHHHHHh!!!!!!

with that damn Library being built there, the parking situation is going to be tougher than ever now!!!!

 

[JOHN G]

That's right Nicky! Give em' hell! You are IN it to WIN it! LOL.....

great fighting attitude by all.....I would love to call this one the shootout at the OK Corral, but with 11 fish weighed by 20 great anglers last SAT, this one hardly looks to be a shootout.....

it looks more like a finesse out and fine tuning out......

as such, anyone with a bare knuckles approach will fall by the wayside....this baby need careful careful slow patient slow.......

 

[JOHN G]

funny post by Gregg, a football odds veteran!

Mike: there should be room for your extra team, several people have dropped out...

I believe Terry Baksay will NOT be there, one less pro to beat....

Lee Bailey, a perennial performer at this event, and despite his incredible career, a perennial loser at this event...he won't factor at all.....

It is not what you finesse there but WHERE you finesse there...and Lee and some of the others, just haven't put enough time in....

how many times has Lee Bailey fished Maho in the last three months?

how many times have I fished it in the last three months: a total of ONE time! another contributing factor why I wouldn't even think about this one.....

you really have to put time on this water to unearth deep patterns..

and I am talking RECENT time: forget about the past....3 or 4 years ago, I honestly believe I would have a shot at this thing, but now, I would be more clueless than anyone on the water....

time, time time at the location location locations! LOL.......

 

[JOHN G]

you guys are such a hoot! LOL.....

Skeet and 5bass are snapping an inside joke on anyone who is not familiar with the weedless conditions at Maho....

Gary: Nick and Paladin have an arsenal of weapson, eh? LOL....

you see, you dont need an arsenal on this water right now:

YOU NEED ONE OR MAYBE TWO TACTICS ON VERY VERY SPECIFIC PORTIONS OF THE WATER....

PERIOD......

go ahead: comb the shoreline, comb the 1st drop off, comb the 2nd dropoff....do that with your whole arsenal and more....oh, it will be good practice, that is for sure....but that is about all it will be, is practice.....

People who have not seen this lake in a while, or have not seen it the way it is right now, could never, never in a million years understand what is going on there and just how hard it will be to catch even one fish, never mind 2......

wailing and gnashing of teeth!

I will be at the weigh in SAT aft, to see how you all did, I wish everyone the best......I look forward to meeting another bunch of people that I do not know yet in person.....5Bass, Skeet, Nick, Paladin and others, look forward to meeting all of you guys!!!

 

[JOHN G]

Paladin: I sincerely hope you do limit out, would be great.....

this thing would be better if EVERYONE limited out, like in the old days of Maho.....

but I don't think that will happen....

and I agree with Pat: the dark horse here is Woodrow, the flying Dutchman, and Joe Pido, the Philipino Pisces Plunderer!!!LOL.....

Joe is on a roll, and Woodrow is having a dream rookie season in competitions........

we shall see, we shall see............

all of this trash talk has been in good nature, it has spiked interest in this particular contest.....I chuckle everyday reading all of this stuff.....