Great slabfest today

CrappieGirl's customary Crappie cake.

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and you are very welcome, but I have little to do with the event. We need to thank everyone that helped. I'm hoping Speckanator or Flycaster will take the time to call them all out by name cause I know there are may more people that helped make this happen than I can name off.

I had a great time. I think everyone did. More to come later, but here are some pictures.

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The food was awsome, and way too much of it.
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X racers mount of a Crecent Lake 3 plus pounder.
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Nice pics!! Looks like a good time was had by all while I had to work:banghead And to see yall wearing shorts and fishing and it is in the 40's here and raining!!!...Glad yall had some good weather to enjoy the weekend. Looking forward to the next Slabfest I can make a showing at.

I know I had a good time fer sure. Thanks for coming out and joining us today. Congrats to Mike and the new guy(sorry I missed yer name) on some great fish in the nasty conditions. Thanks to all fer a great feed as usual.

I had fun, all pics sent to CG1 for processing ..............

Great time once again :notworthy

Fun fun fun. Great time great food great people

Looks like a great time and I know Ed really appreciated that cake...........Crappie.Com is the greatest, best folks in the world.

Alex and i had a great day fishing today and a good time at the 'slabfest'. It's the best fishing day he's had and will be a good memory. One of the worthwhile things. Thanks to all involved.--shu

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Alex and i had a great day fishing today and a good time at the 'slabfest'. It's the best fishing day he's had and will be a good memory. One of the worthwhile things. Thanks to all involved.--shu

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Not many full livewells, but plenty full stomachs...another great event. Sorry for the non-attendees!! While chatting with Shuorc, he relayed a very interesting event that both he and his grandson, Alex, witnessed while fishin' the pads. They observed a water mocassin near the boat w/fish in mouth...my question is this-if, while reeling that fish in THEN the snake would grab it and get landed, would the snake's weight be counted? 12" shiners aren't minused from Largemouth while their tails are hangin' out their mouth!! If so, how 'bout GATORS,LOL!!

Neither the snake or a gator would be welcome in my boat, but if you wish to weigh one, have at it. ALIVE OF COURSE--shu

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neither the snake or a gator would be welcome in my boat, but if you wish to weigh one, have at it. Alive of course--shu

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not on my scales!!!!!

I have had Water Moccassins on my stringer and fall in my boat quite often in Louisiana. I have caught gators while bass fishing with top water baits. I would much rather a gator(the lizard type) in my boat than a cottonmouth. Them things got a nasty attitude fer being an un invited guest.

Good times with fellowship & eat's, shout-out to all the prep-pees, Slab's generosity aka t-shirts, Speckanator & Slab's neighbors, Big fish locals, & the one and only BillBob, with black nose crappie stories from the North American traveler, only thing miss'n was an ice-cold one, something for next time. Thanks All!!

Just got home and started unpacking......no internet for a couple of day so I'm catching up.....great slabfest indeed and I will post more later...gotta get back to work before the rain.


Mike

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Just got home and started unpacking......no internet for a couple of day so I'm catching up.....great slabfest indeed and I will post more later...gotta get back to work before the rain.


Mike

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WHAT rain?????:dono
My weather station recorded 0.16 inches of the liquid stuff as of 11:00 am

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WHAT rain?????:dono
My weather station recorded 0.16 inches of the liquid stuff as of 11:00 am

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We had all the rain up here while yall were down there frolicking around on Lake Griffin!!!!!! Sure is nice to see some sunshine up here today...Then rain again on Monday and Tuesday:scratchhead

Yes, special tx's to Ed for the shirt (and flashlight), and, got me a nice mouse pad (needed a new one badly) ........
Cleaning fish this morning (tx's HS) and cleaning boat, then mowing yard = back to the grind ..........

had a great time and good to see everyone. Thanks to the cooks and helpers for the great food again. Me being a non grit eater I had to try Susan's grits since everyone raved about them. And you know what, they were excellant. :ThumbsUp

Thought about bringing some gator tail but then thought this guy just wouldn't look right swimming around with out his.


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Looking forward to the next one at Dora.

Sounds like you all had a great day and the food was outstanding as usual. Congrats to the winners, glad you got in the winners circle Mike, you deserve it. Wish we could have been there.

Great Fest Folks! Thanks as always to those that give their time and efforts! Way to go Mike on the heavy five! :) See ya folks next month!

I always run the risk of missing someone when I start thanking folks, but they know they're appreciated. The best way to describe the event was a Goobermania.....two weeks of prefishing with pretty sad reports then the unexpected. I would have bet the total fish brought weigh-in would have been 2 or 3 at the most. But, even with the wind we had some great weights for Griffin. Thanks to..... shu for the fishing reports....phantom for donating the jiggin poles(2) and trailer adapter.......tritonslayer for the Dardin Cards......spectacular for the crappie structure doohickey, shirts , koozies, and mouse pad......crappiegirl for the special cake......65 pontiac tackle donations, flycaster for running the show and the on boardcharge, Billbob for the koozies and the engraved crappie.com sign and Slab for the door prizes and all the gifts for our new folks. I know I've left folks out, but believe me you are appreciated. Thanks to everyone for the raffel donantions and the donations for raffel tickets.

We had 39 people attending with several new folks coming to their first slabfest. The coverd dishes really made the meal more enjoyable and I know everyone loved the variety of food we had this time.

Susan and I stayed at the Griffin State Park along as did Russ and we had a great time. Every night Ed and Ted (goober twins) stopped by the campsite for some BS by campfire and we highly recomend that park to anyone who camps.


Looking forward to the next one already,

Mike

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I forgot to get BillBob's autograph ! ! ! ! ! ! !

And thanks to crappiegirl1 and fishergurl. I believe I'm correct in saying that fishergurl caught these fresh herself. cg1 brought them to the festivities and I took the leftovers home when no one else was looking. Had some this morning, mmmm good.

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loved it. It was awesome.

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loved it. It was awesome.

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Keep an eye on ole Shu for us! Keep him outta trouble and on the lake.

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And thanks to crappiegirl1 and fishergurl. I believe I'm correct in saying that fishergurl caught these fresh herself. cg1 brought them to the festivities and I took the leftovers home when no one else was looking. Had some this morning, mmmm good.

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Glad you liked the shrimp... :-) Terry (CaptHook) and I caught them Thursday night/Friday morning (basically middle of the night) and steamed them Friday. Danny (Phantom309) drove up to where we have the RV and he picked them up and delivered them to you all for us. We are really sorry we missed the festivities. Had a family commitment that we couldn't miss. Actually it was a belated birthday party for Princess and me at the family farm in Winter Haven, FL. Princess and I have the same birthday... lol. Anyways we hope to make it to the next one! We heard CrappieGirl1 is hosting it!

So glad to hear everyone had a great time and great company and great eats! Congrats to the winners... :-)

Ginny