Thread: Lakes voted in for Fruit Jar Tourneys ...

Originally Posted by High Bridge Hooker

I don't care when we fish but march 8 and 22 are same dates as ckca. don't know how many fish these tournaments.

There's not too many on here that fishes the CKCA tourneys anymore. There used to be a few.

Originally Posted by chucky

How they placed in the votes.
1. Green
2. Ky/Cumberland (Tie)
3. Barren
4. Taylorsville

I had suggested this myself. But some would like to have Ky and Cumberland earlier for better fish/safety, which is fine with me. I'll catch fish either way .

Pappy suggested:

Ky lake - March 8
Cumberland - March 22
Taylorsville - May ?
Green - June ?
Barren - Sept ?

Or, what about:

Cumberland - Feb 22
Ky lake - March 15
Taylorsville - May ?
Green - June ?
Barren - Sept ?

This is just my suggestion. This way we are not trying to cram two tourneys into one month. The one That Pappy suggested works for me as well. Just trying to give different options. I will say that i have heard that Barren can be tough in Sept. I don't know, only have fished Barren a few times and it was in the spring.

This would work for me.

all was good to me

Try Tville another month other than May. Closest lake to me and I'll be working weekends all month.

I'm concerned about safety, as much as anyone .... but, I'm also looking at the normal weather situation for those early months. That's why I didn't want to start these tourneys any earlier than March ... and that may be cutting it close, even then. Snow, bad road conditions, icy launch ramps, or freezing temps do not make for a good tourney turnout !!

We're doing well to avoid clashing with CUSA tourneys, holidays, and various hunting seasons ... if we include every other club or sport pursuits, we're not likely to even have any tournaments. This whole tournament set-up is just a means to an end, that being a KY Crappie.com Club.

Many people cannot afford the expenses of belonging to CUSA or Crappie Masters. That's why we're trying to set these low $$ tourneys up ... not to compete with them, but try and work around schedule clashes as much as possible. There's just no way to totally do that, so it's up to the individual members to decide which pursuit they will follow.

... cp

Originally Posted by crappiepappy

I'm concerned about safety, as much as anyone .... but, I'm also looking at the normal weather situation for those early months. That's why I didn't want to start these tourneys any earlier than March ... and that may be cutting it close, even then. Snow, bad road conditions, icy launch ramps, or freezing temps do not make for a good tourney turnout !!

We're doing well to avoid clashing with CUSA tourneys, holidays, and various hunting seasons ... if we include every other club or sport pursuits, we're not likely to even have any tournaments. This whole tournament set-up is just a means to an end, that being a KY Crappie.com Club.

Many people cannot afford the expenses of belonging to CUSA or Crappie Masters. That's why we're trying to set these low $$ tourneys up ... not to compete with them, but try and work around schedule clashes as much as possible. There's just no way to totally do that, so it's up to the individual members to decide which pursuit they will follow.

... cp

That is so true but if we are going to get as big a turnout as possible this first year it would help. I know we started out talking about working around ckca tournaments that is why I was commenting on these tournaments. I know my wife and I have paid a membership for this year ckca and need to fish 2 more tournaments to qualify for the classic. If these tournaments work out next year we may not join ckca. I may be the only one tying to fish both I don't know. But I am sure if we set our tournaments up different we may get some new members from ckca who would join crappie.com. I know I am talking with several people about fishing crappie tournaments who will be joining one or both. In my opinion any time we can get other crappie fisherman to join c.com it is a plus. My wife and I wanted to try fishing tournaments and ckca were the only game in town when we joined. Make the schedule the way you need to and we will just make a decision on which we will fish no problem with us. We enjoyed the fall brawl and would love to fish with this group but understand we may not be able to. If we do ok we may also fish some cusa tournaments. There is no schedule that makes everyone happy so do what is best for the most and everyone else will have to live with that.

Het guys I would like to know what a fella needs to do to fish the C.com tourneys entry fee ect. I was looking at the CKCA tourneys this year also but haven't decided on them I do fish CUSA and Crappie Masters however with the rising prices in gas and the 300$ entry fees and me still not having won the lotto........ well I would like to have fun but not end up divorced over it. Just need some info will probly use my boy as my partner

Originally Posted by Powertroll

Het guys I would like to know what a fella needs to do to fish the C.com tourneys entry fee ect. I was looking at the CKCA tourneys this year also but haven't decided on them I do fish CUSA and Crappie Masters however with the rising prices in gas and the 300$ entry fees and me still not having won the lotto........ well I would like to have fun but not end up divorced over it. Just need some info will probly use my boy as my partner

To view the rules, entry fee and payout. Look for the thread that says "Ky C.c Fruit Jar Tournament Rules.....Final Draft". As far as being able to fish these tourneys, one person in the boat has to be a Crappie.com member. That's it.