Any word on the tournament standings. The rain held out and the wind wasn't too bad. Just wondering how everyone did Nd what body of water they fished.
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Any word on the tournament standings. The rain held out and the wind wasn't too bad. Just wondering how everyone did Nd what body of water they fished.
Results are posted on lakedarbonnelife.com
Tournament won on Caney Lake. Jay Stone and John Godwin had 7 fish at a total weight of 12.30 pounds.
I figured caney would do it. Wish I had made time to fish. Congrats to all the fishermen.
Me and my wife won top male/female team
thats coolQuote:
Originally Posted by GETDANET
That is cool
Congratulations Jason
Congrats to all participants, especially the winners.
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Here you go Slab
That's awesome. Thank you so much for sharing.
I'll make your pic and post into a home page article. You have anything to add?Quote:
Originally Posted by GETDANET
I would like to say special thanks to James Morgan aka southern chutter and Brandon jennings aka tree frog for their efforts for helping get this tournament to our area. God is good!
It was a great tournament on some fantastic lakes that need to be on the regular CM trail. Both James and Brandon are top notch guys that worked hard to make this happen!
I was told it was a great tournament. Lots of numbers.
Had a blast on Darbonne, best post spawn fishing I've ever done. Caught 40+ crappie every day Tuesday - Saturday and in every depth of water. Our shallow water spot was void of big fish on Saturday morning, catfish moved in by the 1000's overnight! Fortunately my secondary spot was holding good fish, and as soon as the rain started the bite turned on hard! Ended up in 3rd with 10.75, had a blast!
I've never been to Darbonne. Thinking about going next week. Do you think there could be some fish caught on some deeper cypress trees? I am assuming the shallow spawn bite is over. Thanks
Just for curiosity do most tournament folks use shiners or artificial?
I would venture to say that they use whatever is working. I think they have some tourneys that do not allow live bait. When money is on the line I would use whatever the fish are wanting.
I was wondering if this was one of those.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluethunder
I don't remember reading "artificial only" for that tourney. I'm kicking myself for not getting my ducks in a row so I could have fished this one. Just got too swamped at work.
Shiners were used by several of the teams
Most them tourney folks have boats wrapped full of stickers and shirts full of patches of sponsors of different jigheads, roadrunners, beetlespins, crappie nibblet, etc. and then they use shiners. Use about 40 poles too
Ouch on your half that pic. GETDANET my foot, more like GETDAGUN. [emoji12]Quote:
Originally Posted by GETDANET
Nice shirts tho!!! [emoji4]
My son and I finished 14th and had a great time; must have culled about 30 that was around a pound. 2nd through 15th was really tight. This is my Kingston; my grandson in the picture with Chuck and me.
Congrats I see you had your lucky charm with you!
Is there any video out there of this tournament?
I cut this from the CM websiteQuote:
Originally Posted by bluethunder
15. BOATS: You must fish from a boat. Rubber Rafts, Canoes and Go-Devils are not allowed. Two-person teams (one boat per team) must stay within 25 feet of each other while fishing.
16. POLES: Limit of eight (8) poles per team during tournament applies except where a state limit is set at a lesser number. Teams may use rod and reel combos, hand-held pole and reel combos or hand-held poles.
17. BAITS: A maximum of two baits per pole may be used during tournament hours if in accordance with Local and State laws. Live and artificial bait may be used excluding Ultimate Challenge tournaments.
18. MOTORS: All tournament boats are required to have a minimum 6 HP or greater motor.
19. OTHER EQUIPMENT: Binoculars and other magnifying devices are not allowed during pre-fishing or tournament at any time. Under water cameras during competition is not allowed. The use of mobile communication devices such as cellular phones, marine radios, walkie-talkies, CB’S, etc. to communicate fishing information during tournament hours is prohibited.
20. SPOTTING: During tournament hours no one may spot fish for you or mark fishing spots for you.
21. LANDING FISH: Crappie must be hooked and landed with a rod or pole by team member(s). Crappie must be hooked through the lip or in the mouth. Landing nets may be used.
22. HOLE- SITTING: No hole sitting by a competitor or non-competitor boat during the tournament will be allowed.
23. LIFE JACKETS: Life jackets or personal flotation devices must be worn while on plane. All State and Local rules and regulations supersede tournament rules.
Hole sitting?? Whats that?
Anchoring on a spot like they do on Poverty Point
So how do they keep a "non-competitor" from dropping anchor? Just wondering.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiecatcher06
what about spot lock on the I-pilot etc........Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiecatcher06
Long poles that's why they have the rule to avoid conflicts
I am wondering the same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by mermentau
You right. If it's allowed, 99% of the the circuit fishermen have shiners in their boat. Hard to compete without em.Quote:
Originally Posted by PaprHead
We started the tourney with shiners in the boat like we always do (if you don't have 'em it will surely turn into a minnow-only bite in a hurry, lol) and were using double rigs but by 11:00 we figured out they were not giving us an advantage and in that case shiners to us are certainly not worth the effort and time it takes to use them. We never buy them anyway unless fishing a tournament when we feel they may sometimes give us a very very slight advantage with the big gals over strictly artificial. We used chartreuse 1/16 Road Runners with char/pink BG Stroll'r's tipped with a nibble single rigged with a 1/2 oz Bullshot weight ten inches above the runner. We were trolling in stumps 1-2 feet off the bottom in 12-14 ft water .5 to .7 mph and had around 25 hangup/breakoffs. Most of the hits were very light......We caught 80% of our fish after 11:00 with peak bite around noon and fished the whole time in a 200 yd stretch. BTW, the fish we did catch early on shiners were hitting them on a pink minner critter. The day before they were 5-6 ft deep in 10-12 ft water but had moved by Sat morning.
Would love a pic of that set.
good info....for me who's goin up there this weekend!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by luvpt