Day Late and $100000000 Short

Went out to El Dorado lake last night to find where the crappie were as no one was catching anything but little ones. Fished the channel and found the small ones like everyone said. Moved to the brush and caught more small ones. Went to a location where I put in some trees two years ago and found the big ones. Caught several nice fish and then it came.... The Cabelas Fish for Millions tag on a 14.5 inch crappie. I was so happy I packed up my gear and headed home to punch the number into their web sight. To my surprise, the contest ended last week. WTF.... banghead banghead banghead Well I can say I know what they look like and that I have one now but thats all. Willing to sell to someone for one dollar. Rofl Anyways, I know where some nice crappie are hiding out and thats my luck!!

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That's about the same kind of luck I have! Too bad you missed it by a week.
Nice crappie though!

Glad to see I am not the only one in this boat...

Glad you found some size.

That sucks, but glad to here you found a couple good ones. I registered for that when it started, but had totally forgot about those tags. I'm sure my memory would of been jogged if I've seen a tag hanging out of a fish.
Does any one know if Cabela's has published the results of what fish were caught and how much people have won?

That really sucks Shane!!! What a let down that must of been!! Maybe they didn't put the fish in the lake till this week!!!

It's still good, lightly breaded and flash fried. It's still a fish of a lifetime, just frame the picture. Oh, the wonders, Priceless!

Darn, what a shame. I saw that it ended on the 8th I beleive. Definitely would've probably been a fish of a lifetime that's for sure. I didn't think of them tagging a Crappie, I figured it would've been a Walleye, unless a Walleye was tagged as well? Anyways, definitely a nice catch and one for the photo books.

Darn the luck.That would of been pretty cool.Have'nt looked to see if any were cashed in on?At least you found the biggun's.

Sounds like my luck.:( But atleast you found the bigger fish and brought home a mess to fry up fresh.Thumbs Up

im sure it was only worth the down payment on your new boat anyway. so sorry

that sucks... but good read:cheers2

That would have been crazy awesome! Great post!

Won't make you feel any better, Shane .... but, I had a similar experience on Weiss Lake, Ala. many years ago :Doh:
My fishing buddy & I caught two tagged Crappie ... during the Crappiethon, but we were not registered. Gave them to a guide at JR's Marina (my buddy's boss), and he had them checked out. All he would tell us is that we "really didn't want to know how much they were worth" :yikes (and to this day we still don't know !! )

All my buddy & I know is that we were honest, and didn't even consider getting registered & THEN turning in the tags. That was reward enough for us.

... cp :cool:

still pretty cool. What's the chances??