2012 Fall SlabFest review

The MICDC fall SlabFest was a great time with some good people and lots of fine dining. Attendance topped out at 16. A BIG thanks to all that came out and helped make it a super weekend. Mother nature treated us well this time out with just a bit of rain on Friday night, but we had a good fire and still enjoyed a good time at "liars club".

Cakelady and I went down Wednesday evening to get in some preparation and prefishing. We decided to fish Matteson lake about 15 miles west of Coldwater on Thursday. It was a beautiful day that got hot fast when the sun cleared the horizon. We found fish at the south end of the lake in 12-15 FOW suspended 6-8' down just off the break lines. We boated and release 8 fish. We came back to camp to find Fishingcouple had arrived. They graciously treated us to a fine steak dinner at their camp that evening.

Friday morn we fished the Randall chain of lakes where Waffle Farm CG is located. The folks at Waffle Farm have a great facility and I stopped by on the way out to extend our thanks for hosting our event. We didn't fare as well Friday morn, but boated lots of little smallies. Ready2fish and Skillett007 showed up Friday mid day with Mgrand8 and his family rolling in later in the afternoon. Mmaveal and his family also stopped by. Friday night "liars club" we enjoyed some of Cakelady's black bean salsa and I did up some "pigs of the sea" (bacon wrapped jalepeno shrimp grilled over coals and topped w/ my "secret" bbq sauces)...Yummmm.

Saturday morning we kicked off the tournament at sunrise with 6 boats in the water. The weather was great too. We fished until around 1 pm when we gathered back at camp for weigh in and the fish fry. Ready2 fish took honors with the most weight, and Hermin took big fish. Hermin was also awarded the "MICDC travelling trophy" which Wicklundrh made for us. Great job on the trophy Rich!

We ate well and enjoyed some games Saturday evening and had a nice table of prizes to give away. A Huge thanks to Slab for the shirts, to MidSouth Tackle, to Handcrappie for the cool hats, and to everyone who helped make it happen!

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Awsome report. Looks like you all had a blast

what a bunch of GUBERS i just saw 1 BILLBOB

I am currently sipping an enery drink out of an official "Billbob Tested, Billbob approved" cozie.

I wanted to extend a thank you to Slab for the T-shirts, and Handcrappie for the hats. Us bald guys need all the help we can get. To anyone who has not experienced a slab fest.... You need to go. It is a great time with alot of like minded people that all enjoy the same past time!

I had a great time getting to know everyone (putting faces to names) and I look forward to the next time we all get together. Winter Fest on the ice sounds like a plan!

Thanks for posting the great pictures. Looks like everyone had a good time..

sorry i missed it, looks like you all had a great time
great pics don,and nice report

Thank you YD for the review. Thank you also for being a leader in making slabfests events of fun, fish, food, and fellowship. http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w...ox/bowdown.gif

We'll let it slide this time John, but....missed ya my friend.

same here john, you were missed, im having second thoughts about those anchors. lol electronic anchor is a lot easier on my shoulder dont have to keep pulling them dang things up and down, up and down, man, im tired just thinkin bout it. ill catch up to you soon

once again slab fest was a success this time da weather was on our side, food was great and the company was excellent. thanks to all that came out and to all of that great fishin stuff( tubes ,jigs, hats,ect) and to SLAB for the shirts and OH before i forget theseAttachment 101039Attachment 101040Attachment 101041

Now your boat REALLY is classy! :ThumbsUp

This was my second Slabfest and it was pretty enjoyable ... weather cooperated, WaffleFarms is a nice campground, food was great, nice to see CDC members I've met before and meeting a few new ones. Thanks to YD for organizing everything & the prize table, to Slab for MICDC Slabfest shirt, wicklundrh for the boat ride/carpool and the whole group for bringing stuff and making it happen. :).

Boat ride was about right! Next time we are bringing the Official slab fest inner tube. Nothing screams "slab fest" like being pulled on a tube while carrying the MICDC banner!

Good pics

good write up with pictures

thanks for putting on another fun outing, see you at the winter outing

Looks like a great time. And cool skillet, you found a good spot for those decals. Wish I was there but Billbob held me captive in Arkansas. Sorry I missed. Woulda been a lot shorter drive. I'll be there next time.

Start doin your homework on Hamilin up in Mason Co. cause it may be the next destination.

Hey Jim, way to go on having the most weight for the tournament, and Hermin for the biggest fish. You guys done good....

We might have to make a winter outing up there!!! I know we talked about it. Slab fest on the ice.... fish fry... has it been done yet for MICDC?

Got my RAM mount yesterday for my Lowrance... needed it in order to get my windshield on. What an awesome product. Really sturdy, allows you to move the fish finder at any location.

Only reason I bought a windshield is to have a place to put my sticker!!!

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We might have to make a winter outing up there!!! I know we talked about it. Slab fest on the ice.... fish fry... has it been done yet for MICDC?

Got my RAM mount yesterday for my Lowrance... needed it in order to get my windshield on. What an awesome product. Really sturdy, allows you to move the fish finder at any location.

Only reason I bought a windshield is to have a place to put my sticker!!!

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We had a winter outing last year at Lake Cadillac & Lake Mitchell. Had a fish fry, caught some Crappie, had a great time. Stayed at Pilgrim Village.

Sure was a good time at the Slabfest. A big thanks to all who came and contributed to the weekend. Thanks YD and Carol for the time and work you invest to make it go. Great people. delicious food, nice campground, good prizes, real cooks for the fish, and nice weather. What more do we need?

What Crappie 1 said. The decal looks great!

Just got my computer back on line, it's been out since Saturday A.M.. The trip back from Coldwater Friday night was about two hours. Tiff and Shelly said it was worth the trip. Lots of good conversation, nice to meet everyone and thank you for the "family values". Next time I'll get to bring the boat. I'm looking up Hamlin Lake as soon as I finish here then I'm heading for the Michigan Squirrel Hunter's web site that Dar's son told me about.

If we think we want a winter fest what about a trip to alcona? I know a person that might be able to locate some fish! Mike, I forgot that the bushy tail season opens tomorrow. One more thing to do tomorrow, oh darn! Might go perch fishing on Sunday. when does work ever get done?