Lakes voted in for Fruit Jar Tourneys ...

Lake Cumberland
KY Lake/Barkley Lake
Green River Lake
Barren River Lake
Taylorsville Lake


Considering that our get together events are primarily in the months of April & October ... those months will be excluded for tourney choices.

So, with that in mind, and in order to allow for the tourneys to switch back & forth between the central area lakes & western area lakes ... I propose the following schedule :

Mar (late) ... Lake Cumberland
May (early) ... KY/Barkley
June (early) ... Green River Lake
Sept (late) ... Barren
Nov (mid) ... Taylorsville

... cp :kewl

That looks good . i do think cumberland should be first from a safety stand point. i would like the cumberland tourney to be in early march because of the get together and crappie usa tourney both in april would give a little more time in between. assuming the get together is going to be in early april.

works for me. don't know about the away trips but will be able to fish the local ones

Will be busy for sure.

C.C tourney - Cumberland late March.......
Spring Fling - in April........
CUSA tourney super event - Ky/Barkley April 18-19........
CUSA tourney local - Green River Lake April 26...............
C.C tourney - Ky/Barkley early May.........
CUSA tourney local - Cave Run Lake May 17

Didn't even include CKCA's tourneys to my list. But i would rather fish these anyway.

I gotta get another set of trailer tires to go along with my spare :Rofl. Pappy, pm me the name of that place again, if you can. When i "cleaned out" my
pm box, i messed up and deleted it.

Why I think it would but to have cumberland Tourney in early march

That I hate using my phone to post. Would be better to have in early march

Lol did it again you know what I mean

The end of march is when cusa was at Cumberland last year. If Cumberland is first fish it March 1st and ky lake March29.I would like to fish ky Lake in March I think there is a better chance of a big fish. Spring outing April 12. green River may 10. I am with whatever group decides.

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Originally Posted by slabeye

That looks good . i do think cumberland should be first from a safety stand point. i would like the cumberland tourney to be in early march because of the get together and crappie usa tourney both in april would give a little more time in between. assuming the get together is going to be in early april.

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i like the cumberland tourney in early march too.

I like the months of all the tourneys, couldnt work out much better for me i pretty sure i am off work 4 out of the 5.

Havent fished barren but once. its tough on KY lake in Sept. Didn't know if they caught many in Sept or not.
Looks good to me.

earlier i could see page 1 but now i just get an error

I was looking at my fishing calendar when I picked these dates. I have now looked at my family calendar. I can not fish March 1. Have something much more important to do. I will be giving my daughter away to her soldier boy who is now serving his country in Afghanistan. So if we decided to fish that day This proud papa won't be there

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Originally Posted by High Bridge Hooker

The end of march is when cusa was at Cumberland last year. If Cumberland is first fish it March 1st and ky lake March29.I would like to fish ky Lake in March I think there is a better chance of a big fish. Spring outing April 12. green River may 10. I am with whatever group decides.

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what about march 8th

buffalo, i havent fished taylorville or barren and ky lake only 2 times so they will all will be tough for me. well ky lake wont be, i am working weekends that month.

Guys ... the "early/late/mid" designations were just my opinion. We could always move the March tourney to the early or middle part of the month & adjust the others as needed.

I was just thinking that we were going to have the Spring Fling around mid April, seeing as how the CUSA tourney on Green was on the 26th. Now that I see that the CUSA Super Event is going to be on the 18-19th ... we'd probably better move the Spring Fling to the 12th of April. Even doing that, we may have some conflict with opening day of Spring Turkey Season ... but, it can't be helped.

And there's still no guarantee that Cumberland won't be rising fast in March, or that KY/Barkley lakes won't be high in May, or Green in June. I just looked on www.lakelevels.info and noted the trends for these lakes (in those months), for the last three years ... and it's a gamble, regardless of which lakes we choose to fish in those months.

I just figured we'd start with the three more popular lakes, in the first three months of having them ... and if all went well with those, then we'd likely have a better turn out in the last two. Or we may even get enough interest going to start the club over the Summer months.

I'm not the "deciderer" ... I'll go with whatever setup the majority wants.

... cp :kewl

turkey season opens on the 15th of April so it should not interfear with the spring fling witch is more important because we have the rest of the month to kill 2 birds
we will have to decide on what ramps to launch from or weigh in at for each lake

i vote for what you had pappy but cumberland i think last saturday in feb. or march 8. give everyone more time before the busy month of april. Like i said earlier i think i only have to work weekend on only 1 tourney so it is great for me.

I can only vote on 2 ramps, at cumberland and green, cause i have no ideal about the others.

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Originally Posted by dave the wave

turkey season opens on the 15th of April so it should not interfear with the spring fling witch is more important because we have the rest of the month to kill 2 birds
we will have to decide on what ramps to launch from or weigh in at for each lake

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Dave ... according to my KY Afield 2014 calendar ... the Spring Turkey Season starts on Saturday Apr 12th !!

And yes ... once we get the lakes designated to the months, we'll have to decide on what ramp to use for each one. That may take a poll vote ... and/or could be determined by ease of access & available room to set up the weigh-in.

... cp :kewl

pappy i have an ideal about picking ramps..if you have a pole on here there are people that is going to vote for ramp that is not going to fish the tourney so i say

for the first tourney may have to vote on here. then after that let the people that fish the tourney vote on the ramp at next lake after the weigh in is over. that would have people more insensitive to fish a tourney that they was not sure about fishing so they could get a vote on the ramp at there lake.

i will say it before slabslayer1 does. i could spell better and use the right words if i hadnt skipped English class......lol

If you want to catch some SLABS then fish KY Lake in March

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Originally Posted by crappiepappy

Lake Cumberland
KY Lake/Barkley Lake
Green River Lake
Barren River Lake
Taylorsville Lake


Considering that our get together events are primarily in the months of April & October ... those months will be excluded for tourney choices.

So, with that in mind, and in order to allow for the tourneys to switch back & forth between the central area lakes & western area lakes ... I propose the following schedule :

Mar (late) ... Lake Cumberland
May (early) ... KY/Barkley
June (early) ... Green River Lake
Sept (late) ... Barren
Nov (mid) ... Taylorsville

... cp :kewl

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Well have cumberland late feb.
Ky lake mid or late march
And leave the rest alone.

Cumberland in Feb is ok with me. Like I said cant fish mar 1 wedding. march 8 an 22 ckca tournaments. I am going to ky lake for a week march 30 so 29 would work I will go a day early. Don't know if I can get off to go that far any other time. But I am with the group. I will fish all that I can .

We need to set Kentucky as soon as possible or people who want a room will not be able to get one. I know I will have to get a room 1 night. I work late and then will drive 5 hours to fish all day.

I have never fished Barren, I fished Taylorsville 1 time we caught 1 fish, We fished Cumberland 1 time in last 25 years didn't catch a fish.

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Originally Posted by slabeye

buffalo, i havent fished taylorville or barren and ky lake only 2 times so they will all will be tough for me. well ky lake wont be, i am working weekends that month.

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I agree with Slabdaddy. CUSA held their KY Lake spring tourney last year on 3/16 in horrible conditions (20+++ MPH winds) and still had over 10% of the field average almost 1# 3 oz. per fish for their 7 fish limit. Normally a great time to fish. (subject to be changed by wind and water)

* Also VERY IMPORTANT Turkey season is not even open yet!!
*The only CUSA events going on that month will be Lake Weiss, AL. on the weekend of 3/8 and Lake of Egypt, IL. on 3/16 and Pickwick Wilson, AL. on 3/28

If we can get in a tourney or two early(Cumberland, KY& Barkley) then it should help free up the guys that are wanting to chase turkeys and fish as many of the CUSA events that they can.

Just a few thoughts................

I will be on the boat after 3/20.

Early to mid March is the best time for KY. If there are gonna be some people traveling a long way their best bet for good fish'n would be then.

Also remember mid Nov. is deer season.

the way i see it is if we are going to worry about every hunting season and every other fish tourney we are never going to get anywhere. something got to give!!!!!!!!!! i think this is about fishing forget about all the hunting seasons. if you cant take 1 day away from hunting then you dont need to worry about fishing tournaments. just the way i see it ............

cumberland.....march 1st or 8th

ky lake .....march 29 or may 3rd

green .....june 7th or 14th

barren...sept 20th or 27th

taylorsville....nov. 8th or 15th


what about these dates???????????????????????

We've had 3 guys get on here and mention moving the Ky / Barkley Tourney up a little because the fishing should be better. Now here is where it gets a little confusing????
Slabeye, I'm having a hard time understanding why you feel you need to voice a opinion when you've already stated that it will have NO BEARING ON YOU since you will be working all the weekends that month anyway. I can't speak for whiskers or slabdaddy but after fishing these lakes for over 40 years I can tell you that the fishing should be better earlier in the spring than when we currently have the PROPOSED tourney scheduled. I thought the whole deal of starting up these tourneys was to get participation and for more of a social atmosphere not the tourney atmosphere. If folks are wanting the tournament atmosphere they need to put on their big boy britches and dip their lines on one of the CUSA tournaments or CrappieMasters tournaments when you will be fishing against 150 + boats not 20-40 boats.
As far as the hunting goes... I am as passionate about my hunting as I am about my crappie fishing (yes I'm guilty) and try to maximize my time with my family first and then use as much time as I can be allowed to spend on the water or in the woods..
If this is a all in or nothing then I guess you can count on one less boat because I'm planning on fishing bigger tournaments and I have no intentions of driving 5 hrs. to fish for 1 day when I can be chasing turkeys..

OR, how about :

Ky Lake.....march 8th

Cumberland .....march 22nd

Since it seems several people want to get this thing started early .... & this would put 2 weeks between each of the first few events - KY Lake tourney & the Cumberland tourney & the Green River Spring Fling (& likely a month or more between the KY Lake tourney & the Spring Shindig --- and 3 weeks between the Cumberland tourney & the Spring Fling @ Green).

Then it might be possible to move Taylorsville up to early/mid May ... leave Green in early/mid June ... Barren in Sept ... Fall Brawl & Ky Lake Shindig in Oct ... and add another lake for Nov.

That still spreads the lakes between the central & western areas, puts a minimum of 2 weeks between any two events, doesn't conflict with local CUSA tourneys, and doesn't seem to conflict with any major holidays.

... cp :kewl

well first thing i can care less when it is at ky lake. i was just putting dates up going by what people had posted. and more said mid to late march and pappy's first posted about early may. so if you have read BEFOREHAND i had no opinion about ky lake and you would know i was talking about MAY and not MARCH.

ok with me pappy

At least i am on here giving opinions and ideals(good or bad) and your FIRST post (kytiteloc) about any of this you got to bad mouth me for just putting up some dates. WHY DONT YOU THROW OUT SOME DATES

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Originally Posted by kytiteloc

We've had 3 guys get on here and mention moving the Ky / Barkley Tourney up a little because the fishing should be better. Now here is where it gets a little confusing????
Slabeye, I'm having a hard time understanding why you feel you need to voice a opinion when you've already stated that it will have NO BEARING ON YOU since you will be working all the weekends that month anyway. I can't speak for whiskers or slabdaddy but after fishing these lakes for over 40 years I can tell you that the fishing should be better earlier in the spring than when we currently have the PROPOSED tourney scheduled. I thought the whole deal of starting up these tourneys was to get participation and for more of a social atmosphere not the tourney atmosphere. If folks are wanting the tournament atmosphere they need to put on their big boy britches and dip their lines on one of the CUSA tournaments or CrappieMasters tournaments when you will be fishing against 150 + boats not 20-40 boats.
As far as the hunting goes... I am as passionate about my hunting as I am about my crappie fishing (yes I'm guilty) and try to maximize my time with my family first and then use as much time as I can be allowed to spend on the water or in the woods..
If this is a all in or nothing then I guess you can count on one less boat because I'm planning on fishing bigger tournaments and I have no intentions of driving 5 hrs. to fish for 1 day when I can be chasing turkeys..

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ALL opinions are acceptable, whether there's an intention of fishing any one of the tourneys, or not. SO ... keep on subject, voice your opinion on that subject, period. Leave the personal disagreements out of this discussion. Let's keep it civil & agree to disagree !!

And, to the status of these "tournaments" .... they are tournaments, not social gatherings ... "those" are the Shindigs & Fling/Brawl events. They are, in fact, a precursor to a club ... provided we can get enough interest in them to show that a club would get enough members to be a viable endeavor. There's just no way we can have EVERY tournament at the "best" time for that lake, and not conflict with other events.


... cp :kewl

Pappy, what order were the lakes voted in? It might make sense to fish them in the order they were voted in to get this thing off to a good start. You would think the lakes with the most votes would have the highest turnout. Or start with the highest voted lake in the east then fish the highest voted lake in the west. Just my opnion.

I don't care when we fish but march 8 and 22 are same dates as ckca. don't know how many fish these tournaments.

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Originally Posted by slabdaddy

Pappy, what order were the lakes voted in? It might make sense to fish them in the order they were voted in to get this thing off to a good start. You would think the lakes with the most votes would have the highest turnout. Or start with the highest voted lake in the east then fish the highest voted lake in the west. Just my opnion.

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How they placed in the votes.
1. Green
2. Ky/Cumberland (Tie)
3. Barren
4. Taylorsville

I had suggested this myself. But some would like to have Ky and Cumberland earlier for better fish/safety, which is fine with me. I'll catch fish either way :Rofl.

Pappy suggested:

Ky lake - March 8
Cumberland - March 22
Taylorsville - May ?
Green - June ?
Barren - Sept ?

Or, what about:

Cumberland - Feb 22
Ky lake - March 15
Taylorsville - May ?
Green - June ?
Barren - Sept ?

This is just my suggestion. This way we are not trying to cram two tourneys into one month. The one That Pappy suggested works for me as well. Just trying to give different options. I will say that i have heard that Barren can be tough in Sept. I don't know, only have fished Barren a few times and it was in the spring.