Jordan Lake New Year Tournament January 2nd!!!

Wow it is hard to believe that this year is almost over! I cannot tell all of you that i have had the privilege to meet and fish with how much i enjoy the time that we spend together and the friendships that we have.

With that being said lets bring in the new year doing what we love to do with the people we enjoy doing it with! This will be a 7 fish weigh in. It will pay 2 spots and a big fish pot. The rules will be 16 rod limit and as many people that your boat will legally hold. There will be a 1/4 pound penalty on any dead fish. We will fish from 7am-2pm and weigh in cut off is at 3pm. The cost of this tournament will be $35.00 with big fish included. Please share the word with everyone and lets see how many we can get to come out and have a great time! I have fished many of the BIGEYECRAPPIEMAN tournaments and met a lot of people and made a lot of friends and cannot wait until his Tournaments start! Keep your eyes open for when these start great group of guys that have helped me out a lot! I will be at the Farrington boat ramp from 5:30-6:30 for registration. If you know that you will be there please let me know so i can try to keep up with how many we will have. Cant wait to see everyone that comes out! Shoot me a PM if you have any questions. Please keep an eye out on here for any updates as we get closer to the Tournament date. Thanks for taking the time to read!

Shane

Shane:
Just spoke to Jordan Limit and you can pencil "Team Beast" in to participate
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

im going to try to make it , I will be down at the coast closing the camper for the winter, I gotta shake the salt off the boat and get back to fishing for some slabs.

Hey Tuttle think you can remember how to catch fresh water fish? :biggrin

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Originally Posted by shane1980

Hey Tuttle think you can remember how to catch fresh water fish? :biggrin

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I dont know, this new boat hasn't been crappie fishing yet. did you guys do any good this weekend? me and my grandson caught about 50 trout saturday but no keepers

We wore out the sea mullet in the turning basin. Some of the biggest I have ever caught. Some were 15-16 inches. We caught alot of small trout as well speckled and gray. Only caught 1 keeper gray.

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Originally Posted by CrappieTuttle

I dont know, this new boat hasn't been crappie fishing yet. did you guys do any good this weekend? me and my grandson caught about 50 trout saturday but no keepers

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How do you catch "50" trout with no keepers?

Monk

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How do you catch "50" trout with no keepers?

Monk

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throw- catch, throw -catch, throw-catch lol, thats about all i can say Monk there just no keepers in yet, water temp is still 63 in the ICW, but my grandson learned how to work a plastic bait.

I think I'm off so I'll try to make it, should be a good time.

Hunter, I thought u were coming down to wateree this weekend where u at??

Kevin--I'm part of the reason Charles did not make it to Wateree. I'm getting ready to attend my wife's company Christmas dinner in a few minutes. We'll be down at Tillery on the 9th. Sure did hate to miss Wateree.

Kevin:

I did want to go but the wife hit me with HDL (honey do list) issues; It's not fair.
Hope everyone have a great outing, the weather could not be better

Hunter, I thought u were coming down to wateree this weekend where u at??[/QUOTE]

Im in!! I just got to find a place to stay that i wont have to worry to much about my boat! Is this $35. Per boat or per person?
Thanks, J.C.

35 a boat. I am working on a hotel to stay at as well. I will let you know the one I will be at. It has places to charge you batteries if you need. Will let you know. I live in Lexington .

How many of you guys will be fishing the upper part of the lake near Farrington? I suggested to Shane that we may want to move the weigh-in to Ebenezer since typically most fish from 64 down to the dam during mid-Winter. Chime in and let's see what you guys think is the best place to launch from.

Thanks, sounds good

I would like info also on lodging. I live on the coast just down from Va. I am thinking very hard on this one. I have never fished this body of water. But sounds like a lot of fun.

Somewhere down lake would be way better. Fish should be gone from Farrington.....if water ever cools down.

Lodging may be cheaper in Siler city vs durham or apex.

Lets go ahead and move it to Ebenezer same times. Freddy if you see this post please share the hotel that you told me about with that had the power hookups. Looks like we are getting a good response. If everything turns out ok we will have to make this an annual event!

If there is any kind of issue with Ebeneezer being part of the state park, I don't think the ramp at the dam is in a park unit. I'm not sure about Vista Point.

dang it , I just found out that my grandson has a golf tournament on the 2nd in Pinehurst, maybe next time Shane

Hate you can't make it Tuttle. You are going to have to learn this crappie Fishing all over again.

After talking to a few people I think we will be fine at Ebenezer.

Hey guys I know the Apex Comfort Inn (Hwy 55 & US 1) has hook-ups. 919/387-4600 There are more places to stay in that area but not sure about hook-ups.

Would a complete newbie get in the way too much? Sounds like fun! Don't know what I'm doing as far a crappie, but have a boat a another person or two to throw in the mix.

Joe

Everyone is welcome! You cant learn until you start! I learned about everything I know from meeting great friends on this website. Come on and Join us in the fun. One piece of advice if you come is to make sure you have minners! Let me know if I can help in any way. Where are you coming from?

Ok guys looks like we have some good response to this! Freddy Thanks for hooking us up with the Hotel info! Guys when you are coming into town to stay and stay at the Comfort Inn in Apex please mention that you are coming in to fish the Tourney on the 2nd and Sinclairs Guide Service and they will hook you up Thanks to Freddy! t looks like it will be around 80 dollars (plus tax). They have 4 receptacles to hook up to. I will try to bring a 3 way so if there is more than 4 of us ( I HOPE THERE IS!!) we will have a place for all to plug in. Please make sure that you bring a decent length drop cord. I plan on being down that Friday around lunch and fishing Friday afternoon. Any one that is coming in to town and wants to meet up for supper that night let me know. I will be fishing this tourney with my little brother since we can never get time to fish together as he bass fishes a lot. Everyone keep spreading the word to see how many more we can get to come and enjoy the start of a new year with us!!!!

So you are coming down to fish with us right!

This post was for Tahoe50

Just a suggestion but if you get a real good turnout you may want to consider paying more places, usually the rule of thumb is one place for every five boats.

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Everyone is welcome! You cant learn until you start! I learned about everything I know from meeting great friends on this website. Come on and Join us in the fun. One piece of advice if you come is to make sure you have minners! Let me know if I can help in any way. Where are you coming from?

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I live in Cary, just a hop and skip from Ebenezer[emoji4]

Already on it Gobbler. We will pay out that way if we have more boats sign up. With about 3 weeks left we should e able to get some more people signed up! Keep spreading the word!

Thanks for the suggestion Gobbler!

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Originally Posted by shane1980

So yoSunday atare coming down to fish with us right!

This post was for Tahoe50

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Shane I will see tahoe50 this Sunday at the crappie tournament at Bob's fishing hole.Im going to try and talk him into going. we may follow each other down , we're only about 45min away from each other

Sounds good! Spread the word and see if we can round up some more boats!

Hey guys just posting my number if anyone has any questions. 336-978-3737 Thanks!

I and my partner are trying to work out the details. We both want to go. This will be our first time on this lake. We have fished for many years on Kerr Lake up at Clarksville, Va. Hope to see you all then.

Sounds great Tahoe. There will be some of us that will be there Friday fishing and staying at the hotel that Freddy(Slowtroll) hooked us up with. My number is. 336-978-3737 call if you have any questions. I am up for meeting up on Friday night and grabbing some supper for anyone who is interested. Hope that it all works out this is going to be a great day!

OK everyone keep your eyes open for a new post so I can get all of the new info on a new post. When I post the new thread please post if you are coming and if you are fishing in your own boat or if you are in someone else's boat. I would like to try and get a head count as close as I can. I have some stuff in the works so please post if you are coming.


Thanks to all that have committed and I cannot wait to see everyone!

Shane1980 looking good for I and Scott. We will be coming down on Friday but don't know what time yet. Getting together on Friday evening sounds like a blast. Really looking forward to this, ramp is at the Ebenezer Church area? At 7:am?

Tahoe it will be at the EBENEZER boat ramp. I will have more detail in the new post I am doing tonight. The sign in will be from 5:30am to 6:30am. I will be packing up at 6:30 and hitting the water my self! Are you staying at the Comfort Inn in Apex? That is where we are staying. If yall get down early give me a shout we will be on the water.