Fall Camp Recap and Pics

We had a wonderful time, as always! Arrived Tuesday afternoon and we hit the water Wednesday morning. We caught lots of fish that were healthy and thick but, unfortunately, in the 11 to 11.5 inch range. These would have all been keepers at home, so it kinda hurt throwing them back. We picked up three keepers with the largest coming in at 15.5 inches. Thursday was pretty much the same. Friday, the wind was gusting to 20 mph, but we headed out anyway with "D"and Mae. Fishing was slower, but we managed to keep a couple and had a lot of laughs while we were out there. I was baking Saturday morning but Paul and Slab got out there for a few hours. No keepers, but they were catching some fish.

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We had a crowd of 16 or 17 get together at the Catfish Hut Friday for supper. They've got some pretty tasty country fried steak and Tomtom and Mary's chicken livers looked really good, too. Now, if we can just get him to eat those with his fingers!

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There was a ton of food at the cookout on Saturday and it was all outstanding! Nobody should've walked away hungry from that spread! Thanks to all the cooks for working so hard on such a great meal.

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I missed getting a picture of Firebug and Canebreaker working so hard, too!

There were lots of nifty door prizes and really nice items in the raffle. We didn't win the Orca cooler (again), but we did win a set of SpyderLoks, which we love!

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These camps are so much more than just fishing trips and this always ends up being part of the conversation around the campfire (or the glow of a crappie light on this trip since there was a burn ban). Of course, we all share the common bond of a love for crappie fishing, but it's at the crappie camps where we really get to learn bout each other and form the bonds of friendship. When Ed started crappie.com, I don't think he could have envisioned the broad impact this site would have, but I'm thankful that he had the idea!

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I love it Vonna, great job. Great camp. Vonna, you and Paul are now official crappie.com writers. Don't pay much, but guaranteed a good time.

Yall put on a good show! Thanks fer sharing.

Thanks for the post and pics...

Great job, Vonna.......as always! Thanks for sharing.

Looks like great times. I see a big ol' KY boy in one of those pics. Hopefully we'll have some Mississippi folks at ours in a couple of weeks.

Had a great time. Thanks to all those that prepared the food and put on a great get together.
Great to put a face to a name to a lot of folks

Good people, good times and good food. Good seeing everyone.

Mae and I had a ball. You guys are a great bunch. An honor to meet you. To those we already knew, great to see you again. Vonna and Paul, simply put, we love you guys. Please, whoever made the desert with the red grapes in it post the recipe or pm it to me. I loved it. "D"

PS and Mae wants the recipe for the cheese with the sauce on it.

It was an awesome weekend, cant wait to do it again.

Well said Vonna, thank you for the pictures.

I had a good time and the food was excellent as always. I like EVERYTHING Vonna makes!!!! You're a lucky guy Paul. [emoji4]
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Thanks for all the great pics Vonna. It was great to see everyone again. I was proud to see Mr. Jim make it. A BIG thanks to all of the cooks and everyone who donated the door prizes. Last but not least, THANK YOU SLAB for creating this amazing site. If it wasn't for Crappie.com, a bunch of great folks would have never met, life long friendships would have never happened, and there would probably be a lot more crappie alive in the world today. Lol.

good to see all of you had a great time hope to see yall again this spring

Mary and I had the best time too... If I
Have not said it before everyone should try
to come to one of these in Mississippi and you
will meet the best people and have thes greatest
time... Thank you all again... Just to let you know Vonna
When I got home I through away all the silverware.....😃😃