Thread: crappie tournaments

ok i came up with three different schedules, ya'll decide, i figure we'll do 600-1130.

july4- high rock
july18-shearon harris
aug1-jordan
aug15-shearon harris
aug29-jordan
sept12-high rock (grand finally)
OR
july4-high rock
july18-shearon harris
aug1- tillery
aug15-jordan
aug29-blewet falls
sept-29 draw a lake to determine where the "grand finally" would be

third option-we could use the same dates but to eliminate prefishing we could draw a lake the night before ( friday) and call everyone to let them know where to be sat morning, i think this format is more interesting, and levels the field some but i think would get 0 outside participation.

there those are the three options i came up with, give me some feed back over the weekend and let me know so i can get the ball rolling, the 4th will be here soon.

rules should be simple,
entry fee, $40, 30 for the tx, 5 for big fish and 5 put back for the grand finale. one place paid for every five entered boats. one big fish.
pay and get your livewell checked between 5-545
no rod limit
be in wiegh in line by 1230
all fish must be caught in the mouth during hours of the tournament by the team wieghing in the fish
all nc regs apply
sportmanship will be demonstrated at all times
no alcohol
7 live fish limit
cell phones will only be used in emergency

feel free to add or suggest changes to these. if y'all want this to happen you gotta let me know.

I could probably do the scales. High Rock may not bring many people. Tuckertown,Badin,Tillery are good. I like 6am to 11am with 5 fish. Be at scales by 11:30. 16 rod limit, 2 persons per boat. $40 per boat with $10 of it going to big fish. I will be at ocean til July 5th so cant help til after that.

so is anyone else interested in doing something like this or is this a no go?

I'm checking with Charles. Boat is in for scheduled maintenance right now.

I'm interested. My boat don't have the greatest live well so if we are going to have a 5 or 7 fish limit I would like to throw a no penalty for dead fish. Since it doesn't seem like many people release them anyways.

The dead fish rule of only 1 dead with 4oz penalty has to do with people catching fish days in advance and trying to keep them til tournament day. Yes the fish are typically not returned to the lake but are alive when weighed. This is a good indication they were caught during tournament hours. I have used a cooler with big bubbles and kept them alive in the past.

what schedule format do you guys like? i need to know so i can be getting permits to have the wieghin's.

I like the first set of options. Our boat is ready to roll. I talked to Freddie yesterday and it may be hard for us Raleigh guys to fish the High Rock area with starting at 6 AM. We'll definitely plan to fish Harris/Jordan and will do all we can to get to the other ones.