Thank you to the NWC sponsors!

I don't want anyone to read anything into the order that I'm listing the companies, it's just the way that I typed them into this post. If anyone reading this that attended the NWC would like, a brief contact and a thank you would be appreciated.

Boat S' port - 3666 Hwy 70 East, Eagle River, WI 54521 715-479-8000 or 800-315-7737 boatsport@nnex.net www.boatsport.com A pull behind the boat sport tube

North Stand Distributions - 33 N. Brown St., Rhinelander, WI 54501 715-362-6062 www.northstanddistributions.com A knife/cutting board set and butane powered camp stove

Holiday Gas Station - 255 E. Courtney St., Rhinelander, WI 54501 715-362-4510 A case of outboard motor oil

Auto Zone - 1510Lincoln St., Rhinelander, WI 54501 715-369-8822 A gallon of outboard motor oil and a boat cleaning/care kit

Bass Pro - www.basspro.com Plano Tournament Series Tackle Boxes & Plano 3750 Tackle Boxes

Catch-N.com - http://catchn.com/index.html Soft Plastic Lure assortment, arranged by Jim Laumann

Courtney Battery - 1681 Menominee Dr., Rhinelander, WI 54501 715-369-5554 Series 27 Deep Cycle Battery

Schoeder's Marine - 2230 N. Stevens St., Rhinelander, WI 54501 888-311-1534 http://www.shoedersmarine.com/ Camp Chair

Ranger Nets - Four absolutely fantastic wood frame trout nets and four aluminum handled landing nets were donated by Ranger, contact Jerry Barton for Ranger's contact information

In Stitches - 33 W. Davenport St., Rhinelander, WI 54501 715-369-7600 Embroidered Windbreaker

Secret Weapon Lures - http://www.secretweaponlures.com , Spinnerbaits and logo hats

Mel's Trading Post - 105 S. Brown St., Rhinelander, WI 54501 715-362-3668 Fenwick Spinning Rod

Lakeland TruValue Hardware - 2181 Lincoln St., Rhinelander, WI 54501 715-369-3011 Gear Bags

Jim Laumann - Lutefisk Rod, $25 Cabela's Gift Card

Ross's Country Store - 5370 Trails End Rd., Rhinelander, WI 54501 715-362-1066 Tackle Assortment

Ronnie Garrison/About.com - Ugly Stick Rod/Reel Combo

Lunker City Lures - http://www.lunkercity.com/ Soft Plastic Lures

I don't think that I forgot anyone, but if I did, my sincerest apologies and heartiest thank you.

To those that attended the NWC, I thank you. Janet and I had a great time as we always do. We look forward to it every year and it's over all too soon. A couple friends of ours came and hung out on the edge of the festivities and they all said that long before next year, they'll be making plans to fish the NWC in 2005.

Alan, a newcomer to OutdoorFrontiers wasn't sure if he was going to fish it, but because he lives on Boom Lake, thought he stood a decent chance in the tourney and reluctantly joined up. I just got off the phone with Alan and he said that he was impressed with the caliber of anglers and the friendliness of everyone that attended. He said that by the time he left on Saturday night, he felt like he'd known many of you guys for 20 years! He also said that he's making plans for next year and that he's going to figure out a way to come to the Mid-Tennessee Classic with me. That says a lot about all of you guys.

Thanks again for making this a great event,

Warren ;-)

Oh yeah, go ahead and sign me up for next years NWC! I aint gonna miss another one.

I'd like to thank Warren for generously paying for the trophies. I'm looking at my Largest Bass trophy right now!

I'd like to thank Chris S. for the donation of a Falcon Spinnerbait Box

And I'd like to thank Brown Street Books for their donation of the Largemouth Bass book and the two Loon Lake murder mysteries.

For those of you that haven't heard of these books, they're written by a local woman, set in the Rhinelander area, they're fun to read mysteries with a fishing angle. Check for books written by Victoria Houston.

Please remind me if I missed anyone, I really don't want to overlook anyone.

Does the opening dialogue go something like this.... _______________________

"So, how ya doin', eh, Norm? Catchin' any of dem walleyes?"

"Ya, sure am, Walt.... When I can get dem stinkin' smallmouths to leave my bait alone!"

"I know what you mean.... Dam' trash fish.... So, wha'cha using? Lindy jigs?"

"Sure, Walt, dem and a floatin' jig with big steelback minnows. I just run the Lund up into the head of a pool and backtroll back upwind slow as I can."

"Oh, yah... you can get some big ones this time o' year, for sure."

"You betcha.... Speaking of big ones, did you catch a whiff of that stiff that washed up on the ramp last night?"

"How could I miss it... bloated like that, I'd say he's been in Boom since ice-out. I had trouble backing the trailer around the gosh-darn thing, too.... thought I was going to hit it or the dock, one or t'other. If I smacked him, he probably would have exploded all over the station wagon, too, and I just washed it for the last time this year!"

"I know... where are dem dam' park people when you need them? What do they think we pay our three dollar parking fee for... we gotta drag off these stinkin' carcasses outta the way, too? Oh, sure... every nows and then ain't so bad... one or two a year... that'd be ok.... but five this month already, and only two more weeks of September before the lake freezes!" _____________________-

So, how close am I?

Joe --

"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" <stevehuber@outdoorfrontiers.com> wrote in message news:10kchv55ql4tra7@corp.supernews.com... Actually, I did forget several other sponsors for the NWC. I guess I can blame it on advanced age.

I'd like to thank Warren for generously paying for the trophies. I'm looking at my Largest Bass trophy right now!

I'd like to thank Chris S. for the donation of a Falcon Spinnerbait Box

And I'd like to thank Brown Street Books for their donation of the Largemouth Bass book and the two Loon Lake murder mysteries.

For those of you that haven't heard of these books, they're written by a local woman, set in the Rhinelander area, they're fun to read mysteries with a fishing angle. Check for books written by Victoria Houston.

Please remind me if I missed anyone, I really don't want to overlook anyone.

Warren