NoAl Chapter - Sign up here to fish Upper Bear on February 27th

The next monthly NoAl tournament will be held on Upper Bear out of the Twin Forks ramp on February 27th. We'll plan on meeting for registration beginning at 5:30 and will "ease off" at first light which should be just after 6:00. Weigh in will be at 3:00pm.


Confirmed Participants

1. Avery Faile & Katie Merchant

2. Tommy Baker & Josh Baker

3. David Scogin & Adam Scogin

4. Josh Richie & Rus Setliff

5. Harry Speegle & Alan Carter

6. Chris Fortney & David Merchant

7. Dennis Sandoval & partner TBA

Believe it or not, according to our schedule we should be able to make it. Suppose to be down that Friday for inventory. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/praying.gif

maybe I can make the trip all the way to upper bear , so sign me and josh up

I should make it, not sure about partner. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/thumbsup2.gif

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TeamTar &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">maybe I can make the trip all the way to upper bear , so sign me and josh up</TD></TR></TABLE>

You mean you're not letting Josh take your boat out by himself again? http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/wink.gif

plays on my nerves too much, I could just see it hitting a ice burg last month on guntersville. Just kidden he takes pretty good care of it.

Avery I was planning on fishing the Tenn. east BWS at G'ville but it may not happen I'm gonna put my name in the hat with a partner to be anounced. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/thumbsup2.gif

Was really tryin to make this one but they announced that we have the Big Boys Toys over at the mall in Florence that weekend. Have fun.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by teamsos &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Was really tryin to make this one but they announced that we have the Big Boys Toys over at the mall in Florence that weekend. Have fun.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Robert, do you have the exact dates? Isn't it normally Tuesday or Wednesday through Sunday? I'm not exactly in the market for a new boat but I'd still like to check it out.

Fri, Sat, Sun. Next weekend. You can drool on the new stuff anyway. We'll have ATVs, boats, motorcycles.

well, I'll at least be there watching from the stands. gotta work but will make the weigh in. okay guys, Big Fish, we need Big Fish, especially after the showing at G'ville. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/doh.gif

Avery sorry to back out on you guys but it looks like I'm back on for The BWS at Guntersville. Gotta try to make the regional or I'd be there. Especially when it's only 22 miles http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/ohwell.gif . What can I say I must like to run the roads http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/doh.gif Either place I bet it's gonna be http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/cold1.gif . Good Luck and catch some of them BIGGUNS Upper Bear's turning out now a days http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/thumbsup2.gif

Adam is supposed to be home visiting, so you can put him down as my partner. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/thumbsup2.gif

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Cool! http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/USA1.gif http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/USA1.gif

Wow! This looks like it's turning out to be a husband-wife/father-son/father-daughter tournament. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/boardstuff2/beers.gif

Maybe not, If Jimmy H buys that stratos he looked at today, he will probably be there. He's been boat shopping today. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/thumbsup2.gif

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Cool! http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/USA1.gif http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/USA1.gif

Wow! This looks like it's turning out to be a husband-wife/father-son/father-daughter tournament. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/boardstuff2/beers.gif </TD></TR></TABLE>
Hopefully more will sign up.

so all there is 4 boats at this time??? what happened to everybody from last year???

go ahead and sign Josh Richie & Rus Setliff!! Heck it our home lake we will come over there and donate some money to yall boys!! http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/thumbsup2.gif

Where is the ramp located? Never been to the lake. Dennis S.

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It's the Twin Forks ramp located right behind Phillips High School in Bear Creek. From Decatur, take AL-24 west to Russellville and turn left on US-43/AL-13 heading south. Continue straight on AL-13 15 miles or so to Bear Creek. Turn left on CR-79 at the flashing yellow light right in front of the school. The ramp is about a mile down on the right just over the bridge.

Avery, give you one guess where I'm at. It's 10:41 am on a beautiful Sunday morning, it's the same place I'll be next Saturday. Me and mama have talked it over and decided to stop (trying) to fish on Saturdays much less a club tx. If we are off we are so tired and wore out we cant enjoy it. Found out we will be casting pipe every other Saturday and that puts me on 7 days that week. Our inventory count for this week (Friday) has been canceled. Don't know about the rally, hope we can make that one. The big dog is comimg down for a plant wide meeting Tuesday and Wednesday and we don't know what is going to come out of that. No one has a clue what it is about. So i guess you will have to take someone else's money for a while. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/Laugh.gif

Gee, Mike, that totally sucks but, believe me, I understand. Just don't forget about us when you start working more manageable hours!

Avery, Alan and I would like to signup if someone could get our permits. We would not have a clue how to find one that early on tournament day.

Harry Speegle

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HarryBee &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Avery, Alan and I would like to signup if someone could get our permits. We would not have a clue how to find one that early on tournament day.

Harry Speegle</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sounds good, Harry. I'm pretty sure Tommy got them for us last year but I might be able to get them at Gray's Tackle in Sheffield. I'll check with them tomorrow.

Thanks Avery, hope its not to much trouble.

Harry

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Harry</TD></TR></TABLE>

No problem, Harry. Like I really need a reason to go to Gray's! http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/Laugh.gif

I still need your and Alan's address and date of birth. I sent you an IM but I'm guessing you have your IMs turned off. Can you email that info to me at averyfa@bellsouth.net?

Ive been out of town last few days , Dad had a kidney removed friday. had to come back to work today though. just let me know if I can help with the permits, they ussually just ask the name and date to be fished. Can't beleive I haven't even had time to prefish my home lake.

Sorry to hear about your dad. Hope he's doing well and will be back on his feet soon! http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/praying.gif

Thanks for the offer to help with the permits. I saw where they had the address and date of birth on my yearly permit and just figured they needed it for the day passes, too.

It may, I can,t remember what was on the dailey, seems like they may have asked the town and I told them cullman. Dads doing well , I may get to bring him home today or tomorrow.

I just got back from Gray's Tackle and it turns out that they need the address but not the date of birth. She went ahead and sold them to me but I need to call them with Harry and Alan's addresses to keep their records straight.

Avery, i hope i get to see you guys bring some heavy bags to the weigh in Sat. afternoon, also I need a good fishing report for Wilson. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/thumbsup2.gif

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Terryfd42 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Avery, i hope i get to see you guys bring some heavy bags to the weigh in Sat. afternoon, also I need a good fishing report for Wilson. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/thumbsup2.gif </TD></TR></TABLE>

I'm not real sure I'll be able to bring much to the scales but I hope somebody wacks 'em! Harry and Alan seen to be the most likely candidates since they always seem to do well no matter where we fish. Kind of like KVD in that regard! http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/wink.gif

I'm afraid I can't help you out much on Wilson since I haven't fished it for probably six weeks or so. I got out for a couple of hours on Sunday afternoon just to look around and run the boat for a while and the water's still awfully friggin' COLD. I didn't look around very much beyond Shoal Creek and part of the adjacent main lake but it was still around 42 or 43 degrees for the most part. I'm afraid the cold temps predicted for the next couple of days isn't going to help matters much, either. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/ohwell.gif

I know , Harry and Alan are always a threat to bring in a big bag. But, don't let Tommy sneak up on ya. He knows that lake so well, he doesn't have to pre-fish it. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/stirthepot.gif

Okay, I've got daily BCDA permits for Harry, Alan, Chris, David and Katie. Anyone else???

Oh, and I got them to begin at 6am except for Harry and Alan. Their's don't start until noon!! http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/Laugh.gif

Good idea. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/roll.gif http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/roll.gif

Okay, I've got daily BCDA permits for Harry, Alan, Chris, David and Katie. Anyone else???
Oh, and I got them to begin at 6am except for Harry and Alan. Their's don't start until noon!!

Good Job Avery http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/Laugh.gif http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/Laugh.gif . I'm beginning to think you're smarter than the average bear http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/wink.gif http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/thumbsup2.gif http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/thumbsup2.gif Sorry Harry and Allen that was a good one http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/thumbsup2.gif Good Luck to you all and have a safe day from the reports I'm getting it's gonna be a tough one http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/wink.gif

I want my permit to start at daylight (2 a.m. in the winter).

Looking forward to it. It has been a while since I've been fishing anywhere and years since I've been to Upper Bear. So Avery, can you spot me a few pounds (10) to make it fair?

Has anyone heard if the ramp will be crowded with other tournaments?
Alan

I havent heard of one , but I havent been over there in about 3 months. it should be getting time for the toads to be caught, but this up coming cold front may stop that.

As far as i know, the only other tournament sat. at upper bear is the regular saturday tx that is held by locals.

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And if you want to get your feelings hurt, just check out their weigh in. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/embarassed.gif

We really struggled the last spring when we fished there and were tickled pink that we were able to bring in a small limit. Those guys smoked 'em and nearly all of these guys were bringing in 16 to 18 pound sacks. I don't know what won it but it had to be well over 20 pounds. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/ohwell.gif