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I was in Memphis today but on the way home I heard on eagle 97.3 (Dyersburg) they talked to the winners which had just over 8lbs, I did not catch the name but he was from Finley, Tn. and his partner was from Samberg, Tn. I also got a call from my dad who said that a boat sank down there and a man and woman had to be rescued, they were cold and very wet but ok. They are very lucky and all of those who fished it are too. I'm glad everybody got out ok!!Thumbs Up
NICE SLAB in the pic...I noticed the car in the backgound,,My Dad worked almost 30 years for Pepsi as a serviceman in Ky...small world...Good Fishin'...
LOL!! I have 21 years in there which one did he work for in KY?Quote:
Originally Posted by GrouseFly
He worked in the Hazard Office...I think it's based out of Pikeville now...
Hughes/Hughes won it...My buddy Jim Dant got second..Capps/Coleman 4th I think..Littve over 8 won it..Dant had 7.51..He said wind was really bad..Spider riggers had trouble, he signle poled to 2nd to feel the bite..
Ok well it is a small world!! There are not many small bottlers left, most of it now is all owned by corp. Pepsi now. We are still an Independent Bottler of Pepsi and Dr. Pepper.Thumbs Up
keep fightin' the good fight!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't let them gobble you up....Quote:
Originally Posted by crappie4me2
It was a rough day but they did manage to catch a few, I could not have imagine being in a boat out there. But I guess that is why they are the Crappiemasters!!Quote:
Originally Posted by lhumphre
We plan to do just that.:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by GrouseFly
I did not fish the Tourney but I heard about the boat sinking. I heard it was a fiberglass Nitro. Supposedly it sank to the bottom.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappie4me2
word at the weigh in was they went up on a big wave and came down on a stump on the bottom/side of their boat and it flipped em over, somebody was close and called 911, they're very lucky cuz there were very few to none boats left out off green island, one of the worst weather days i've ever spent on the water.
Congrats to the team of Hughes/ Hughes. Tony, one half of the team, is a cousin of mine.
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Originally Posted by BANDIT
That is what I was hearing to.
Man I'm glad they had somebody close to call for help!! Glad you and your partner won big fish!!Hands ClappingQuote:
Originally Posted by kingkrappie
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Originally Posted by bigcountry08
Justin, congrats to your cousin!!!
A nitro??? I wonder what happened. I would think that would be hard to sink.
Rco
i fished off of green island point satureday and we gave up and came in around 10:30 it was the roughest water i had ever came across. i just bought my nitro before we came to reel foot and if i would of had my jon boat i probaly wouldnt be here to fish another day. congrats to the winners and i will be back next year to do it again.
I did not understand that part either. I did not think it would completely sink.Quote:
Originally Posted by rushcreekoutdoor
yeah i'm with ya'll, I think it would also be near impossible to flip, just the story I heard, may not be true, I'll ask some more people though.
Let us know what you find out Josh.
Don't know all the details but what i do know is that it was friend's of mine and they said they hit a stump that some dummy had placed a re-rod in it,, ripped the side open and tore off part of the transom,,, they are ok but the old boat is trash,,,, as luck would have it they didn't take delivery of their new ranger in time to use it at this event so they used their old nitro as a back up...
I was the first one to get out by Green Island Point Sunday morning to fish and the boat was floating upside down in about 10 ft of water. I called my wife and she contacted the camp host so he could report it to the park ranger. There wasn't much showing but just the very bottom and and the keel below the prop. I left around 11:30 and it was still there. Must have been hung on some stumps.
That rebar is a bad deal. I was with a buddy, idling around, hit one with the motor and locked it up. Killed a 90 hp dead as a hammer. Skinned the SS prop a little but that was it, luckily.
that's rough, a lot of damage was done Saturday, u hammer 'em out there on Sunday minner?
Kept 20 decent fish. I thought I saw you Saturday on the road in front of Lovell's ramp. I was taking out after the front hit.
I know thr guy, he was draggin chains and they got hung. The waves over took the back of the boat and he got jacket on his wife and he had cushioin. The rope snapped and when it did the boat rolled slowly. He walked it over but wife slipped in water. They both ok now but close call.
So why would they put rebar on the stumps?
The only conceivable explanation is that the pirates of Reelfoot lake could not obtain floating mines!
RCO
Most of the time we use re-bar in the stumps and then place plastic pipe over it. This is one of the ways that we mark boat roads across the lake. Sometimes the pipe comes off and leaves the re-bar exposed...sometimes people take the pipe off to "hide" the boat road from others...not good.
prolly, got blowed off at champy's and headed to kirby, ended up in the washout.Quote:
Originally Posted by Minner
Yea yea....just tell me or sell me what ever size and color jig that those 2lbs like. Just me don't tell anyone else.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingkrappie
haha cracka I told ya where to find 'em!
I talked to a friend of mine today, it was his son who capsized the boat, slow trollin through the stumps off green island round 11 oclock, tryin to stay out there after the wind got up, hung the chain and didn't know it, big waves pounded over the back and within 3 minutes the boat had filled up and rolled. they were in the water near 45 minutes before someone got to em, he had the waterproof cell phone, he was able to call his dad, who called 911, but someone got there first and got them in the boat, he said that waterproof cell phone would have saved their life if someone didn't get to em, got me thinkin bout gettin one.