And in a sticky in the FJ forum, if you don't like em see Big Blue!!!!!:biggrin
Really looking forward to this next season and seeing everyone there!!!!
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And in a sticky in the FJ forum, if you don't like em see Big Blue!!!!!:biggrin
Really looking forward to this next season and seeing everyone there!!!!
We'll, y'all have fun. I see the central miss guys bent over again . 2 at Sardis lady year and 2 at Enid this year. None at Barnett or eagle/chotard. Y'all enjoy it. We won't be fishing them again this go round
Not sure exactly why you feel you have been bent over, last year was the best year we have had since the FJs started partly because we didn't fish those lakes, fact.
It was suggested in years past and I will suggest it again, start something up down there in central MS and have at it. As you know it takes work to pull these things off and try to keep them straight, why put in the time it takes for a tourney to just have 5 or 6 boats fish it?? Don't make sense and also isn't productive as far as building the championship which is our goal, boat numbers means its working to us.
Sorry it doesn't suit you but it hasn't suited you for a while, do something about it whether it be qualify for our championship and voice your opinion or get sumpin started down there.
PS: Ifn you need Blues number I will pass it on to ya!!:biggrin
Like he said, DD. It's all about building the payout for the championship. The concept of the Fruit Jar has been forgotten. Maybe they should change the name, because it is definitely not a Fruit Jar tournament any longer.
When it all started, there were only Sardis, Enid and Grenada if I'm not mistaken. We tried a couple of years on Barnett but in two years, there were a total of 13 boats . If it wasn't for some of the MCC guys who live locally there, Barnett would have had three or four boats at each tournament.
Chotard and Washington had pretty good turnouts but for me, the 7-8 hour drive just got too long. I probably wouldn't fish those again.
I don't think the schedule was made to slight anyone and this same argument comes up every year. It seems the schedule was made to include the lakes that historically had the best participation. Ain't no sense getting riled up about it. It all started as a north MS deal and seems to be going back to its roots. DD, I love you like a brother and you more than anyone how hard it is to satisfy everyone.
It's about the $$$ dog.....lol.....Have fun BoysQuote:
Originally Posted by jigflinger
We gona have fun regardless.
Started out being for everyone, not about the money. Times change I guess. I was there from the beginning and there were about 12-14 in one tourney on Barnett. 5-6 MCC guys and several didn't ever weigh, that's why the records show not many. We fished 3 tourneys at Barnett and the weather sucked bad for 2 of them. One, we had lightning storms at 5-6 am so most stayed home, then another one, we had 30 mph winds causing folks to stay home. The one year we had
good weather, we had several teams show up. May not have been the biggest tourney but It gave the folks down this way a Chance to go to a tourney on a lake we knew, cause it was close to home . I seem to remember last year a couple tourneys only a few showed up. These were originally set up to give everyone a chance to get together and have fun. Money was never a big factor. Several MCC guys would fish a tourney here if the weather is good . Bet you'd get 12-15 teams on a day with decent weather. Folks being here, and they see horrible weather means they'll stay home. Yeh it's a trek for some but seems things are more about a payout these days instead of friends getting together to see one another to enjoy each other's company. I truly miss many of you guys, but the way things have leaned to money instead of spending time with good friends has turned not only myself but my wife off as well from tourneys.we love you guys and you guys are family to us. Its sad that money has taken away that family feel of things. Sorry for the rant but it's how I feel and I'm not he only one that feels this way. Love you guys so much .
Well I will chime in a little bit since Billy and I traveled from Arkansas to fish everyone of the MS FJ's last year. I just wanted to say that in NO WAY was it about the money for us. I really don't see how it could be about the money for anyone......just don't pay like that, in my opinion.
We just truly enjoyed meeting new people and fishing new lakes. I'm not trying to start anything with anybody, as I usually don't respond to these threads, just wanted to say its not about the money. I think we could have placed in every tourney and still not broke even with expenses.
Hope to see everyone again next year for some fishing and fellowship.......again.
Randy
Hawgdawg, you exactly right, i know i donated to quite a few steak dinners for others last yr :biggrin. Yeah, i love it when we place, but, i enjoy meeting everyone at the ramp before and after the tourneys. In the last coupla yrs i have learned more about crappie fishing from this group of folks ( especially the ones who fish the tourneys ) than i could have learned in a lifetime. Plus , i met a guy that i love to share a boat with ( RG ) and that i think more of than my own brother!! Like DD said , i consider it a big extended family, the day i stop haveing fun doing the tourneys , i stop fishing them. But i dont see it happening anytime soon, i have a blast even when we only catch one fish, to me that's what it's all about.
It's not about the money for me for sure. I met several new people I consider friends now and heck I plan on driving the 8 or 9 hours just to fish a couple this year to see everyone! Great job this year to everyone who helped build the fj to what it is. Just wish I lived closer to fish them all again this year!
Its hard to argue a 19.5 boat average and a Championship pot that paid over $3000 in prizes...
DD, MCC is holding a Barnett tournament in April. It's a BMO, and I hear an open tournament. I expect the locals will be all over this. Should be huge!
I don't think the FJ is about the money. The more boats ya have, of course the more money there is. Blue, Rees, and the rest of the guys did a great job to help BUILD up the FJ attendance by timing the tourneys in a smart way. Hats off to them.
It seems the guys that gripe the most don't fish the tourneys , and always have an excuse why they don't. Like it being about money, etc. Some even gripe that have NEVER fished a tourney of ANY kind.
I want to complain because I never win :)
You are right, Kevin. Thanks for the clarification.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigBlue
They need to have a prize for Shortest AnglerQuote:
Originally Posted by KDAVID1
It's still the cheapest tournament around. The price has only raised $10 since they first began. Every tournament except the championship, is open to anyone. Everyone has the opportunity to qualify to fish in the championship. We still have a get together or cookout the night before almost every tournament. We still have a good time. No membership fees to join, just show up. I don't know how it could be anymore of a FJ than that.
Me and Wilbur would like to fish it, can you have one up here for us.:):)
Hey, yall get it together and if I can make it I will be there, need to pay yall yanks back for catching all I fesh anyways.
On another note:
Our schedule consists of 5 lakes which all 5 just happen to be in the top 20 hot spots in the nation for crappie. As Speck said you want find a much cheaper open tourney anywhere and on top of that we paid out 156% of what we took in in entry fees by the time the championship was over.
We know it doesn't agree with all but there is NO way to make it agreeable for all, just aint gonna happen, but the participation last year showed us it was agreeable to most.
Look forward to seeing old faces and some new ones too this next season, gonna be fun for sure!!!!
Schedule looks good guys, should be a good year, to me that's a lot of what tourney fishing is all about, going to a place that you don't fish all the time and trying to master it.
Grease, i'd be ashamed to say how many hrs i got on Nader....and still aint got it mastered
I know how ya feel bro lolQuote:
Originally Posted by MrGoodtime