Slabfest 2006 Details

[hanson]

Alrighty guys. Here's the details.

When: Saturday, February 25, 2006

Time: 1:00-2:00 pm is set for an "official" meeting time. However, I will be up late Friday night and don't mind if anyone stops by earlier on Saturday morning.

Where: My ice shack at Roger's Campground. I'm currently about 2 to 2 1/2 miles out on the east (right) side of the road. However, I may be sliding the shack in closer to shore early Saturday morning. I've heard some rumors of a better bite in closer and I'd like to have people closer to the fish if possible.

What's the Plan?: The plan is to just get all the FM guys together I can. I will be bringing my BBQ with so if you want to grill something, bring it and I'll cook it up for ya. If anyone else wants to bring food to share, go ahead. However, I'm not feeding you guys! Beverage is on your own of course. Hopefully, we can swap some fishing stories and figure out where the bite is going to happen that evening. Anyone fishing Friday night, please bring info!! Hopefully we can get everybody on some fish. (fingers crossed!!)

Last Minute Details: What I'm going to do is have a stack of maps in the lodge at Roger's Campground. There will be directions to my shack, GPS Coordinates, as well as my cell phone # on the map. You have to stop in to pay your road fee so might as well grab the map as well. Just ask Jerry or Joani inside for a map to Hanson's Slabfest. I will make sure they are in there by 8am or so on Saturday morning. I'm not going to be up to Red until midnight or so on Friday and need a little beauty sleep.

Like I said, finding me should be easy. I have a 7'x12' perm. shack on skids with gray pole barn siding and white trim. (see photo above) I will also park my truck in a visible spot close to the road. My ride is a black 99 GMC Sierra Extended Cab and I have big Fishing Minnesota decals on the doors. If all else fails, call my cell phone on the map available at Rogers.

Please e-mail me sometime this week as well if you need additional info. I'm more than happy to help.

Hope to see ya'll on Saturday!

[Paul Waldowski]

Chris,

I'm planning on bringing a grill also, and can help with the cooking scene.

I will be out scouting areas early on Saturday morning trying to find a good bite. Just got done uploading all of my URL waypoints to the GPS and I should be good to go

[Random guy]

I will be leaving early Friday AM. I will go poke around Friday and see if I can find a productive area. Without my pike I am a lost soul so I might as well go look for some of those silly crappies.

If anybody has any questions or can't find "The Hanson" track me down and I will do what I can to help.

Look for my truck;

[koochiching]

Thank you for all this pertinent information...

One other question... Does the road from Rogers Campground connect with the roads on the north side of the lake?

kooch

[RogersResort]

No the roads from the west side of the lake do not connect but if you have a fairy good 4-wheel drive vehicle ( like a Suzuki Samurai ) and it is a nice day you should not have any problem, I would not try it if it is snowing or the wind is blowing to hard.

[buzbunni]

So pumped!

See ya Saturday .

.

Man, what timing. I just got a phone call from the FishinLogician.

It's the FLU!

Ergo, team BuzLogic will not be makin' it up this weekend .

Have a great time everybody, and catch the ones we can't.

hanson-thanks much for putting this event together. Maybe I'll see you next week at CoolCats eh?

(Answer to where I've been: New job, mucho hours, and[the killer], no internet. I hope to have a system set up at home soon, but until then, it's the public library. Thanks for asking.)

P.S. Cattin' this summer must be a priority for us.

[hanson]

buzbunni-

Dude!! Long time. Where ya been? We didn't even get to hook up cattin' this summer.

We can talk this weekend.