Raccoon Tournament Results

The Indiana Slab Masters had our only Sunday Tournament yesterday on Raccoon, and Paul and Charlie Hildreth Won. Paul and Charlie are having an exceptional year, and have finished in the top 5 in each of the tournaments they fished this year. Myron Etchison and Ron Gooding finished 2nd, both had a little over 4 lbs. Congratulations men!

Our next tournament is next month at Cataract, and the good news is it looks as though it could possibly be down to summer pool by the time we get there!

We also voted to have a late fall tournament that will count towards next season at Geist Reservoir. This will probably take place in late October.

We had a total of 27 teams on a 90+ degree day. That was very encouraging to see how alive and well our club is!

Keep an eye on the website for the details for the complete results and the story at Raccoon, and the details for the Cataract tournament!

Good fishin'

Wish you guys were a little closer south. I would love to partake.

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Wish you guys were a little closer south. I would love to partake.

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I would trade a tournament on Raccoon for one at Hardy in a heartbeat! That place was a mess! Now I know why Grandpa said we only fish the coon tuesday through thursday!

I agree. This was my first time on Racoon and I honestly would be ok if it was my last. The only way I will ever go back is if there is a tournament there next year. Way too many boats and dad kept missing fish cause he was looking at the "scenery"!

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Originally Posted by filletfetish

I would trade a tournament on Raccoon for one at Hardy in a heartbeat! That place was a mess! Now I know why Grandpa said we only fish the coon tuesday through thursday!

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Now your talking!

Hello guys this was my frist time at Racoon lake... its a beautiful lake, it would make a great tournament lake early in the spring or late in the fall... anytime before all the tourist get there boats out of dry storage...

I agree, Raccoon is a great lake. But fishing there in July is not fun. *Dont blame the lake*, most lakes in the summer are a zoo but we had to fish somewhere. I have fished coon for over 22years and never fish it in the summer. We will see what happens for next year.

Keep those thoughts in mind, we could do things like have a half night/half day tournament during the summer months next year. We could also shorten tournament hours during the summer too next year. this was an exceptionally hot tournament, and the boat traffic on Raccoon is horrible. There are so many very large boats on such a very small lake, it reminded me of Geist during the summer.

a 4# of bag? how many fish per boat/person do you allow in your tourney? are your rules posted on here somewhere? these tourneys sound interesting.


thanks in advance for the answers.

QUOTE=river scum;1598308]a 4# of bag? how many fish per boat/person do you allow in your tourney? are your rules posted on here somewhere? these tourneys sound interesting.


thanks in advance for the answers.[/QUOTE]

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7 fish limit atleast 9"

Raccoon was a tough lake to fish this weekend. We have had some awesome weigh-ins at other lakes this year.

thanks skeeterman. ill check out the site. very interesting for me to read results and guage them against my home waters.

Raccoon was definetly like trying to fish on I-70. Traffic was horrible but we still caught fish. I hate the fact the fish were 9-10" fish but I would rather catch those then the 5-6" fish at Monroe any day.
We had a great turn out for a 95 deg day so I want to thank everyone who showed up and stuck it out.
Even though I still feel like I'm rocking back and forth from boat waves I had a great time fishing with my dad. This was the first tournament we fished together in at least 15 years.
Kinda funny watching him try to handle the 14' poles...LOL! either he reels up to far or not far enough.
But he was a trooper out there and never complained.

I saw the results and pics from Racoon, but what about the blow-by-blow comments on what won the day. Of course, I never know if those guys are lying or truthful, LOL. Looks like "old guys" still kicking butt.

HHD

Jim will be working on the story. HHD your right the Old fella's whipped us again....LOL!