Bait Hut Just For Fun Tournament

Greetings from :witching

A head's up to those who will be fishing the Special Olympics tourney at Clinton on April 26th...

The Bait Hut will be hosting a benefit tourney the weekend prior, April 19th to be exact, for the Kaw Valley Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation at Clinton Lake.

For those who've never done this before, the KV-QUWF folks spend the majority of their time helping teach youngsters to enjoy the great outdoors recreational activities Kansas has to offer. In other words, turn off the TV, the iPods, the every electronic gadget known to kids, and learn how much fun being disconnected and outside can be.

What a great way to pre-fish for the Special Olympics tournament.... that's what :witching sez. And yes, there will be free food at tourney's end, along with the usual free raffle of fun stuff for those who fish the tourney.

More details to follow. In the meantime, please put it on your "ta-do" list, Just for Fun.

Sounds like fun to me, already marked the calender. I sure hope the lake is close to normal pool by then, as being 6 feet low has killed the winter bite around the marina. But that leaves more slabs to be caught this spring without the hundreds being taken out by the winter dock fishermen.
Count me in.

I'm in . You guys put on a good tournament.

So here’s the scoop on the upcoming tourney…. We’ll have the entry form on our website soon. Technical difficulties getting it there at the moment. ;) Rules will also be posted, and if you've fished one of our tournaments before you likely already have them memorized.

April 19, 2014 Clinton Lake State Park Boat Ramp #3 North,
Takeoff 7:00 a.m. ~ Weigh-In 2:00 p.m.
Pre-entry Encouraged. Day of Tournament entries 6:30 to 7:30 a.m., no late fees, but snooze too long and yer out. :biggrin

Your Donation of $20 to KV QUWF provides many sportsmanship opportunities for youth, plus Free Food & Raffle at Weigh-In with Lots of Great Prizes!! Remaining $50 entry fee is 100% payout over 5 places (50/20/15/10/5)

Optional Big Fish $10 per Boat 100% payback - 1st Place

Did I mention it’s also a great opportunity to pre-fish for the upcoming Special Olympics tourney weekend?? :witching

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Originally Posted by birddog one

I'm in . You guys put on a good tournament.

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Well, heck, birddog1... Thankya... thankya very much. :notworthy

That WootWoooot!!! is the train pullin' out of the station my fishermen and women. Are you gonna be there?

Take off is at State Park North #3 ramp, according to Zebco Wizard, who never puts a hand to keyboard and expects his WWitch to go forth with news. :Rofl

Fish, pre-fish, do whatever you must do... but be there. It's the second best day to fish of the week, and is followed by yet another great day on Sunday for special Olympics tourney.

Snow??!!??? It will be gone by then, and we promise better weather, or at least warmer weather. Gotta love Kansas. :witching

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Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

Fish, pre-fish, do whatever you must do... but be there. It's the second best day to fish of the week, and is followed by yet another great day on Sunday for special Olympics tourney. :witching

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Now that was a most confusing sentence, wasn't it? And obviously I don't know how to edit a post. Ahem... let me rephrase...

It's the best day of the week to fish, or pre-fish for another great tourney the following Sunday for the Special Olympics tourney.

Obviously :witching is as confused as the crappie right now. :crazy:

any guess on what it will take to win? 14 pounds?

11 or less

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Originally Posted by Crappie Commander

any guess on what it will take to win? 14 pounds?

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Hey, Crappie Commander!! :witchingPre-fishing doesn't mean bring your already caught fish to the tourney for weigh-in! :Rofl

I may need a partner to fish this fun tournament, as the guy that was going to fish with me may have to work. I'l know for sure by Wednesday after noon. I will be furnishing my pontoon boat,minnows and can meet up with anyone interested at the registration site by 6:30 Saturday morning or at the marina at 6 AM. It takes me about 1/2 hour to get from the marina to boat ramp 3. If no one wants to get into the tourney with me I'll be out there anyway on my pontoon boat with a roof, so stop on buy and say hey.
Looks to be a perfect 70 degree day, but with 10-15 MPH South wind.

Just curious what will be on the menu for lunch?

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Originally Posted by Captain Dan

Just curious what will be on the menu for lunch?

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the fish you catch?

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Originally Posted by Captain Dan

Just curious what will be on the menu for lunch?

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Not a clue, Cap'n Dan... :witching ain't cooking, just taking money, weighing, and witchin'. QUWF usually does hot dogs and burgers, etc.

And soooo, we have eight pre-entries (thanks folks!) and quite a few who have called in saying they'll show up with paperwork and $ in hand. Should be a good turnout.

Take off commences at 7 a.m. We should be there a bit before 6:30 to take "day of" entries. As it states in da rules, you will be patient... and when you don't pre-enter you may not be ready to roll at take off. Does anyone read those rules? Just sayin'. nonono

Weigh-in is at 2:00 p.m. It's a usual Bait Hut tournament, so you will bring your card to someone by 2:00 p.m., and THEN you can sort fish or BS, etc, etc, while waiting to weigh your SEVEN fish. Then eat, then do a free raffle, :highfiveand talk more fish in the event you haven't already had enough talk of fish.

Now... Ahem.... We've had a few folks worrywart about the wind. Might I remind you... #1 This is at Clinton. The wind will blow from the south. Clinton is a problem when the wind blows from the east or west. More important, #2 Helloooooo folks, we're in KANSAS. :witching What do we not understand about wind?

And lastly, we're so darned excited to be having a decent day for a tourney, Bait Hut will throw in a $50 bill for second place big fish.

Come on... it'll be fun... Let's gooooo fishin' :witching

Top secret jigs produce another 1st place. Sorry Hut.....no minnows needed!!

Thanks for another great tourney!

Roll on, Top Secret. Since we sell yer jigs, there's no harm, no foul. ;) We can make it either way.

Yes, first place was B.Manis and Foster, seven fish, 5.45# whoooootttWoooot!!

The rest will come tomorrow, because I've just kicked the last holdover from my house, and would truly like to eat supper and go to bed. Was thinking at dark-thirty this morning... the three F's.... Farmers, Fishers, and Fools. Those are the only ones out and about at dark-thirty. I would be in the end category.

A special shout-out to Captain Dan... whose partner of the day had to work, so he came out on his own. A long day for a guy in a pontoon boat with later winds in the day. Plus that damned hard walk from dock to weigh in, then back. Yer full of it, Captain Dan.... but do remind me of my dad. Good for you, to keep workin' at it.

I'm gonna go eat supper, and ya'll will just have to wait 'til tomorrow for the rest.

Places will come tomorrow

Thank Sharon and Don for your hard work putting on the Just For Fun day. The hot dogs where cooked to perfection. Sure we had to deal with the wind after around 11, but that is Kansas fishing.
Fishing has always been my passion since childhood so after surviving a stroke 9 years ago that caused a loss of my left side motor skills I have been using my love for fishing as therapy and a way to keep going enjoying life. If I luck onto the slabs it is just a bonus. The friends I have made out at Clinton are the real catches of a lifetime.

Okay, a new day and now fed and rested... Twelve boats

QUWF $240 toward their great programs

B Manis & Foster 1st 5.45
Morstorf x 2 2d 4.97
Polter & Ross 3d 4.44
K Manis & Tylor 4th 4.27
Kerns & Breitenstein 5th 3.89
Beckwith & Lynn Big Fish 2.06 15"
Larson & Higgins 2d Big Fish 1.63 14"

A lot of good fun, food, great raffle, and lots of fish talk. And as always, our thanks to those who attended... :witching