[Rhodes22-list] Captain Rummy expecting company...

[Anne M]

Here on Kentucky Lake we have 250+ participant Bass and other Fishing 
Tournaments from March to October!!
5:45 am is VERY loud at the Lake, but since that is sail racing season, it 
is simply the alarm clock: time to make
coffee.
Several of the Tournaments have purses at $100,000.00!!!
Have to acknowledge the kind of dough they spend in our poor little area.
Anne

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Lock" <jlock at relevantarts.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
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Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Captain Rummy expecting company...


> At 06:12 PM 6/8/2007 -0400, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>>Ed,
>>Not any different than any other Bass tournament that's been held on Lake
>>Hartwell. With only 25 competitors, it's actually rather puny. The big
>>tournaments have around 100 + fisherman. We refer to these high
>>powered bass  boaters
>>as bass herders. :)
>
> The mantra on lake-living I repeat to myself is "this too shall
> pass".  The bass tournaments are short-lived events.  There for a few
> days and then gone.  The rest of the week is peaceful and quite wonderful.
>
> I have a similar issue at my vacation condo in Cedar Key, FL.  There,
> the local pestilence is airboats.  I'd much rather have bass boats
> than window-rattling airboats.  Once a year there is a huge rally and
> race for airboats in Cedar Key.  They all gather early in the morning
> at the local beach and launch together.  I can imagine what Pearl
> Harbor must have sounded like.
>
> But it's only once a year and then we only have a few locals who use
> them regularly.  The most ironic ones though are the commercial
> operators who advertise "wildlife tours".  HA!  You'll see wildlife
> alright, briefly... and only from the rear as they flee in all
> directions.  And people pay money for this!
>
> Cheers!
>
> John Lock
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> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair, GA
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