Looks like Team Sheep Lover will be fishing full time with you guys next year! I do have a suggestion though...i noticed there are alot of these tournies down on the south shore/cape and there arent any in the northern part of the state. Can i suggest maybe a couple of locations that might accomodate the northern MA members?
Nashua River/Groton- Heck, we got almost 25 boats last year for this tournie. For member participation, this is a no brainer.
Lake Shirley/Shirley- There is a ramp fee of $10 but can handle parking at least 25 boats and this is a pretty popular lake for tournies
Merrimack River/Methuen- i know the owner of a bar with a private ramp. $10/fee but after the tournie, we can all get great burgers/beers at her restaurant. Plus, there is miles of river to fish all the way from Lawrence to Lowell.
Lake Attitash/Amesbury- just not sure about the parking
I'd be more than happy to assist in getting stuff in order for the Nashua River, Lake Shirley, or Merrimack River or all three if you guys need me to. Thanks in advance and i hope you guys understand, not looking to cause trouble but to drive from Townsend to the Cape/Plymouth 3-5 times for a 1 day tournie is a lot of driving/fuel.
Jay Faro
Team Sheep Lover & the Velcro Mittens
Hey guys,
Looks like Team Sheep Lover will be fishing full time with you guys next year! I do have a suggestion though...i noticed there are alot of these tournies down on the south shore/cape and there arent any in the northern part of the state. Can i suggest maybe a couple of locations that might accomodate the northern MA members?
Nashua River/Groton- Heck, we got almost 25 boats last year for this tournie. For member participation, this is a no brainer.
Lake Shirley/Shirley- There is a ramp fee of $10 but can handle parking at least 25 boats and this is a pretty popular lake for tournies
Merrimack River/Methuen- i know the owner of a bar with a private ramp. $10/fee but after the tournie, we can all get great burgers/beers at her restaurant. Plus, there is miles of river to fish all the way from Lawrence to Lowell.
Lake Attitash/Amesbury- just not sure about the parking
I'd be more than happy to assist in getting stuff in order for the Nashua River, Lake Shirley, or Merrimack River or all three if you guys need me to. Thanks in advance and i hope you guys understand, not looking to cause trouble but to drive from Townsend to the Cape/Plymouth 3-5 times for a 1 day tournie is a lot of driving/fuel.
Jay Faro
Team Sheep Lover & the Velcro Mittens
This was me 6 months ago...this guy is prepared to 'host' for his "region"...I REALLY REALLY BELIEVE that MAFF needs a "regional" break-down with 'Sponsors' that work direct w/ smoke n johnny keeping regional stats all season long until top teams fish for a reg.champ ie a (top5) would advance to a maff finals ultimately 30 boats from 6 regions and 6 wildcards totaling 36--only the BIGGEST LAKE WOULD DO FOR A CHAMIONSHIP
And yes at times "you" can feel intrusive...but these guys are AWESOME on MAFF and the whole system seems to run VERY SUGGESTIVLEY to begin with--NO IDEA IS A BAD IDEA and it's handled very democratically
I gotcha...i will admit, i live 10 minutes from the river and we did take 2nd but lets be honest, we had 8 lbs for 5! We didnt exactly have a pile of fish, truth be told, i actually really hate the river unless i'm ice fishing. I was just looking for locations where the organization drew well that would be closer for the northern guys. Plus, again, only making 2 tournies, we just missed the money in that tourney that was out of Douglas and we only had 4 1/2lbs so tecnhically, the fishing was better on the Nashua. Again, i'm not trying to intrude or change anything, was just trying to help out the northern guys including ourselves. The choice for tourneys is dwinding up here and the lakes, ponds, and rivers are very limited. So, again i say, the fishing and tournout was better than the douglas tourney. Home court or not, if you're looking for a way to grown an organization, then you gotta go where people want to go...i'll stay out of this conversation now if people are going to think i only want to go to the Nashua because we did well last year. That wasnt my intention at all and i apologize if people think this was my motivation. Hope everyone has been well...
Jay
