Crappie USA Fulton MS

Crappie USA Tournament Results for Fulton Pool/Bay Springs, Mississippi
Crappie USA Tournament Results for Fulton Pool/Bay Springs, Mississippi
Georgia's Capes and Harris Top The Field At Fulton Pool/Bay Springs, Mississippi
This past Saturday March 23rd, Crappie USA held a qualifying event at Fulton Pool/Bay Springs at Fulton, Mississippi. These anglers were competing for not only cash and prizes, but a chance to advance to the prestigious Cabela’s Crappie USA Classic. This year's classic will be held October 23-26, 2013 on Kentucky Lake at Paris, Tennessee.

Semi-Pro Division Results
Taking first place was the well-known team of Roy Capes of Cordele, Georgia and Robert Harris of Warner Robbins, Georgia with a weight of 10.31 pounds and earning $1,000.00. Roy and Robert were fishing in Bay Springs where they were long line trolling bubblegum/chartreuse and red/chartreuse jigs tipped with Stubby Steve's in 7-9 feet of water to catch 40-50 fish for the day.
Second place went to Robert "Tommy" Boxx of Madison, Mississippi and Ray Looney of West Point, Mississippi with a weight of 9.45 pounds and earning $600.00. Robert and Ray were fishing Bay Springs in 6 feet of water slow trolling double minnow rigs to catch 45-50 fish for the day.
In third place was the lone angler Larry Clark of Shepherdsville, Kentucky with a weight of 9.34 pounds and earning $400.00. Larry was fishing Bay Springs in Dynamite Hollow pulling crankbaits in 20-22 feet of water with his fish holding at 14-16 feet deep to catch 15 fish for the day.

Amateur Division Results
First place in the amateur division was the team of Chas Goff of Mooresville, Mississippi and Jamie Dunaway of Marietta, Mississippi weighing in 8.81 pounds and earning $500.00. Chas and Jamie started out in Beaver Lake vertical jigging timber then went to spider rigging around 10 or 11 and found a grass bed in 8 feet of water spending the rest of the day there using jigs and minnows to catch 20-25 fish for the day.
Second place went to Joel Harris of Belmont, Mississippi and Mike Gaddy of Fulton, Mississippi with a weight of 8.36 pounds and earning $300.00. Joel and Mike were fishing Ashcraft Hollow staying in the same spot all day in 14-20 feet of water using hair jigs to catch 25-30 fish for the day.
Taking third place was the one man team of Roger Milby of Auburn, Alabama weighing in 8.17 and earning $200.00. Roger was fishing Bay Springs in Riddle Creek spider rigging smoke and popsicle colored Southern Pro jigs to catch only 12 fish for the day.

Congratulations to all the teams fishing this event. For a complete list of tournament standings and downloadable photos for this event visit www.crappieusa.com then go to Tournament Results.

Big Fish Award
Taking big fish of the event was the team of Mark Brimingham and Mark Olson with a 2.37 pound crappie which earned the team $150.50. Second place in the big fish contest was the team of Chas Goff and Jamie Dunaway with a 2.12 pound crappie earning $64.50.

Crappie USA Free Kids Fishing Rodeo
In conjunction with the tournament Crappie USA held their Kids Rodeo on Saturday morning with several local children attending the event. All the participants signed up for a chance to win one of 6-$1,000.00 scholarships to be drawn for at the Cabela’s Crappie USA Classic.
Crappie USA and our anglers have contributed nearly $316,000.00 to the “Crappie Kids” Scholarships since 1997. We are very proud to be a part of the education process for the youngsters who participate in our tournaments as adult/youth teams and those who fish in the Crappie USA “Kids Fishing Rodeos”.

"A big thanks to Kim Graham Community Development Director for The Itawamba County Development Council and Paul Walker Mayor of Fulton and his staff for all their hard work for making this a great experience for our fisherman", said tournament director Larry Stephens. "Banners, Flyers at businesses, TV, radio and newspaper were welcoming our anglers. At the Seminar the Mayor and his staff were grilling sandwiches for anglers and the anglers stated that this was one of the best advertised and promoted events they had fished. Saturday morning brought quarter size hail as deep as 2 inches but didn't dampen the spirits of the 38 kids in the rodeo as they enjoyed hotdogs and drinks from the city. The weather leading to the tournament turned cold and saw water temps drop during the week making for very tuff fishing conditions", added Stephens.

Stats for the Tournament:
Weather-Morning temperatures 45 degrees and cloudy with 5-8 MPH winds. Afternoon brought thunderstorms at 2:00PM then clearing by 3:00PM and 54 degrees.
Water-Stained and 51 degrees.






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Thanks, to everyone who helped put this tournament on, we had a great time.

You done good Joel....congrats

I had a great time even though we had the weather to contend with that kept a lot of anglers at home. I really hope this section of the waterway becomes a yearly stop on the Crappie USA trail. Fulton and the ICDC did a great job promoting and making accomadations for the event, especaily the meal provided Friday night.

Thanks, G we had a great time and really enjoyed the whole day and it's always good to place in any tournament!

Congrats to all the winners.


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