Tournament Summary/Crappie Masters

Guys after a 8 lb first day, we came back with a strong second day weighing in 11.25lbs and a total of 19.26 lbs for the tourney and 16th place. We used Meatgetter Jigs/Spanky, Lake Fork, and Bobby Garland Slab Slayers to catch all our fish off brush in 7-10 feet of water. It was a great Tourney to be apart of. We did do well enough to Qualify for the Classic at Tom Bigbee, Columbus MS Oct 3-6th this is my third National Qualify with Crappie Masters, so I will be taking Meatgetter Jigs and The Dark Angel to the National Classic this year. Congrats to the three Arkansas teams top three sweep. Guys Crappie Masters will be having a one Pole Challenge STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ON LAKE CONWAY NEXT SPRING, ALSO IN 2014 THEY ARE PLANNING ON BRINGING THE NATIONAL CLASSIC TO LAKE DARDANELLE IN 2014. There was a great Crowd at DARDANELLE TODAY. Day one killed us but I was proud of me and my brothers effort on the water. Cant wait to go fish the Classic on Tom Bigbee. The Dardanelle Tourney will be aired on NBC Sports and CrappieMaster TV on direct and dish cable.Tight lines Guys and thank to all you guys who were cheering us on, we gave her heck out there but a constant one lb fish bite wore us out on day one.

Congratulations on a job well done. You know that that 1lb fish bite is great on any day and is adequate on alot of tournament days. To come back with 11lbs on day two is awesome. Again, congratulations and it does make me feel some better about the jeep thing. We'll be cheering for you and our other C.Com buds on the upcoming tournaments. Thanks for the great report.

Good job Russ on qualifying in tough conditions, the wind was terrible.

Good job Russ and all the other Arkansas dot comers who made the cut to the Nationals!

x2, well done russ!

With the quality of the competition, 16th ain't to shabby!!! Congrats to ALL the AR. teams!!!


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Bill Burnett
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Great Job Russ. Way to put your head down and go to work on day 2. Congratulations to you and your brother for qualifying for the classic. Great Job!!

Nice finish and what a great lake, cant wait to come back to the great state of Arkansas!

Great job Russ and way to represent!

Good job, CP and brother! :highfive Too bad about that day one bite! Great that you qualified for the nationals. Thanks for the report, dude! Thumbs Up

Takes alot of gall to complain about 1lb fish wearing you out, I'd love to have that problem myself. Good job, I'm just poking some fun.

Great job russ

Food for thought, slab crappie frozen in ziploc bags full of water, in your freezer ain't much help during a tournament. Congrats to all of the Arkansas teams.

Great place for tournaments. Beautiful facilities and scenery and the crappie fishing is good year after year.

Thanks guys, Riverhorse you are right, I really do think Dardanelle is one of the best crappie lakes in the country right now as far as numbers of keepers and slabs mixed in. It was unbelieveable the sheer number of keeper sized plus crappie that were caught, and they were being caught everywhere on the lake by the 1000's. It is hands down the best crappie lake Iv'e been on this year. I cant wait to get back out there with my brother who is visiting right now. We had a great time catching one after another all day long during the tourney. At one point the Tourney Director pulled up to my boat and said "Russ this is one great fishery" I think CrappieMasters will be back real soon to fish Dardanelle agian.

Congrats Russ! Ya done good my friend.

Good job Russ!

Good job guys!