Springfield crappie club members

Would you put a post on here so those who have questions about the club, becoming members, or fishing the open tournaments, can send us private messages. I know there are alot of people with questions but don't know who to contact.

We have members from all over, Springfield, Decatur, Peoria, Bloomington, and Champaign areas.

Club meeting is Jan. 23 at the Eagles club in Riverton. Membership is fairly inexpensive at 20 dollars a year.

The two tournaments open to the public are March 26th at Sangchris and May 7 at Shelbyville. Takeoff is determined by when your app is recieved so get them in.

If anyone has any questions feel free to ask any and all who respond.

Thanks,
Sparky 197
Greg Humphrey
Springfield Crappie Club Webmaster

Member here! Looking forward to a fun season! We need more members!

New member last year. Great club ran by real hard working group. Gonna be nice to have several tournaments close to home when gas hits $4.00. Be glad to answer questions.

Humphre boys, Do you get a news letter or mailing or anything with the membership? I would love to fish the Shelbyville on May 7th, but I already got a guide trip booked on Rend that day. I have never fished Shelbyville but I want to. Send me an app. I may join just because its a good cause. You should have my adress if not PM me and I will give it to you. Thanks Clint

4.00 Gas...what has the world come to :(

I'd like to join this year. Could you please send me an app?

You can download the app from this link...

SPRINGFIELD CRAPPIE CLUB

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Originally Posted by birdman

4.00 Gas...what has the world come to :(

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Amen! Communists!!!!!!:mad:

What if you don't have a fishing partner?

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Originally Posted by EJL

What if you don't have a fishing partner?

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No problem...You will still have to pay the total entry fee for each tourney...And angler of the year points will be different if you do get a partner down the road..let us know if you have any other questions!

Are there plans to do a 1 day at Twain again for 2011? Might just have to join up.......

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Im considering joining. However I doubt Ill make any of the meetings, is that a problem? Id like to fish the tournaments, probable camp and fish the tournament. Any other members camp during the tournaments?

Nope, dont really camp at all..Most members live close enough to just drive over for the day..No need to go to meetings if you cant make it...THose of us that dont go just cant complain about lakes we fish or rules change since we werent there to vote..No biggie though..

CAMPING
Camping is an option, not many members do it I think. Luke failed to mention our camping trip to Shelbyville before a tournament. Coons were bad, got into minnows, beer cans, and Luke's chips for the weekend ended up 20ft up in a tree. We don't camp anymore.

I dont mind the coon's. They are part of camping and I know how to stop them from stealing my food and bait.

Im not about to drive an hour to Springfield and an hour home for a meeting. Thats a $50 trip for a 1hr meeting. I do have a problem paying my dues and not having my opinion included. Maybe Ill look for another club closer to home, or help someone else start one in the Peoria area.

Yeah, that is a downfall if you don't attend the meetings then you don't vote on officers or lakes or bi law changes.

I'm looking for member input on a club fundraiser idea. I'm thinking of a waypoint swap/exchange and it goes something like this. Any member interested puts a legitimate waypoint on a piece of paper. (This certainly won't be your best honey hole, but should be a legitimate piece of crappie structure. Should include GPS co-ordinates, lake it's on, general depth, and description. Along with your waypoint, you give $5.00??? to the club. In exchange you get to draw from the waypoint box, OR you could even put one waypoint in and in return get a list of everyone elses. Sooooo, if 10 members participate, you get an even exchange of waypoints, or you could get 9 waypoints for the price of one. The club get 10 x $5.00 or 50.00 and members get a bunch of new places to fish on lakes they're not so familiar with. This may be a stupid and naive idea, but I really think that everyone has something they could give up---plus the club makes money. CRAZY IDEA??? Please tweak this idea and make it better or let me know I'm just silly. Would be nice to do at the upcoming meeting.

That is a good idea, its that simple. Do all of the club members have gps and waypoints??? I have heard of this being done. I will send this link to the officers.

Not sure who has GPS, but the good thing about this is that it would be voluntary. Only members who want in on the "swap" would participate. I've mentioned the idea to Carlo and Jerry but one of the hard things to do in the club is to circulate ideas to all the members. I'm hoping some of our members read this forum and bring a waypoint. Hell, you wouldn't even need to attend the meeting, just send $5.00 and waypoint information with someone you trust. Thanks for sending the link to the officers and maybe we could get a simple explanation on the Springfield website.

I will second this idea for sure!!!! My only thought is break down the waypoints per lake and have a waypoint drawing for each lake. So if 10 guys put in waypoints for each lake, it would be a $50 payout at each lake instead of just one certain lake..

I like that idea too. I just wonder how many members would be willing to give up that many waypoints on the first go round. Under one scenario, you could pay $5.00, put up one waypoint from any lake that we fish, and for that investment you would get all the waypoints that everybody else puts in. Would'nt be the best money maker, but would maybe get people interested. Not sure how much time we would have for this anyway cause there's lots to get done at the meeting and sometimes it gets heated. Oh well, gonna bring a couple and be ready to deal. Might have to do this after the meeting with any interested members.

For sure...I hate politics, and after the BS today, I am really hoping to not see any next Sunday..Lets just go fish ya know!! Doty if you read this give me a call, I lost your dang #...217-841-3793

I would like to join but my boat is not big enough for those lakes. Do you do a co-angler type thing?

All tourneys are maximum 2 man 7 fish tourneys. You can fish by yourself, I did at Clinton a few years ago. There are a few guys looking for partners also they might have boats. It is really a fun club, the guys are great and there are some good fishermen. This club is based out of Springfield and all of the lakes we have fished since I have joined have been in that area. Mark Twain is the only lake we have fished lately that is not within an hour of Springfield. Last year springfield, shelbyville, and mark twain produced big weights(all over 8lbs)and this year those lakes could produce even bigger weights. It is going to be an exciting year! If anyone has questions send a pm and I will get you an answer from one of the club officers.

I like the idea of the waypoint swap except I don't have any on most of the lakes you fish. This year will be my firsty on all of them except Shelbyville. That is part of the reason I joined. It will get me fishin lakes I havve'nt and I can learn from those of you that do fish them.

We hadn't fished them either. Clinton, Shelbyville, and Twain a few times. Its about the competition and putting in the work to win. We didn't even have a boat until 4 years ago. We have gained a ton of knowledge from these guys that helps us fish even the lakes around home.

I agree Sparky - My only point is I wouldn't be able to reciprocate in a swap of info. I like the challenge of finding places to fish. I am looking forward to this fishing season!

We wouldn't be able to either, I don't mark gps spots well but with the si I can still find them. People like to drag brush piles around on certain lakes also so if someone got one I had marked and it was gone it wouldn't be good.

I went to the website and did not see the applications for the 2011 open tourneys, me and a friend enter every year.

They are not up yet..Will be posted after this Sunday's meeting..