Visiting with the Florida Crappie Club at Crescent Lake

I heard Wally Marshall was going to be at Crescent Lake for the Florida Crappie Club Classic, so I figured I'd kill two birds with one stone. I had not seen Wally in a while, and I had not been to a Florida Crappie Club event. So I called Shuorc and we went on a road trip. There was an absolutely great turnout, with some very nice fish being caught. Lots of Crappie.com members in attendance as well. Here are some pics:

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Great turnout for sure. Great weather too.

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Shu made a new friend.

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I told Wally he needed to put his Pro shirt on. He looks so better in his Superman like "Mr. Crappie" uniform! lol

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Great looking shirt. Shameless plug "you can get them here, fyi": Welcome to Crappie Wear - Crappie.com's Official Storefront

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Lots of nice fish were caught this day.

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The weigh-in.

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I did not attend the reception but I hear Darryl was the winner this day. Congrats, and great job to all that participated. It was good to finally meet Harold as well. I'm sure Harold (fishin813) will post the results here soon.

Beautiful Day for sure, good to see fish starting to show up on Crescent, looks like Harold got out his crystal ball to pick this date:cheers2

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And here's the best part, when I picked up Shu, he handed me a gallon baggie of his home made Lebkuchen (German cookies/cake). Awesome stuff especially around the holidays. Brings back memories.

Boy what a day I had yesterday. Wifey signed us up to run a 5K in Leesburg in the morning, and I came in 3rd in my age group. That'll never happen again!
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I know what you're thinking, prolly only three people in my age group! lol - who knows, prolly true, but I still got an award that's going up on the wall!

I ordered and wore that jersey just for that tournament..........came in 14th. Just could not get a few more bigger fish. Nice to meet you Slab.:biggrin

good times

Great day for a change weatherwise. Them fellas no joke know how to catch some specks.

I really enjoyed my first Crappie tournament, The weather conditions was perfect for the fisherman Lol. Im looking forward to fishing with the Florida Crappie Club again. The Crappie Hunter Killer.

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Boy what a day I had yesterday. Wifey signed us up to run a 5K in Leesburg in the morning, and I came in 3rd in my age group. That'll never happen again!
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I know what you're thinking, prolly only three people in my age group! lol - who knows, prolly true, but I still got an award that's going up on the wall!

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I was thinking maybe 4. Good deal on the finishing anyway.

Attaboy, on the 5K Slab!

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Originally Posted by Davedirt

I ordered and wore that jersey just for that tournament..........came in 14th. Just could not get a few more bigger fish. Nice to meet you Slab.:biggrin

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Great to meet you dd, and everyone else as well. Great crew.

Great turnout, I'm sure there were some good fish found.

gee I would have tagged along with u and shu

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Originally Posted by Crappiegirl1

gee I would have tagged along with u and shu

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Sorry about that Girl. I'll hit you up next time.

Slab,
I apology for not being able to spend more time with you & Shu,
kinda of busy time - getting boats off water, parked, 34 teams in line and
weighed up - than off to banquet for presentations and awards.

Was real pleasure to meet you & Shu.
Thanks for comming by.

You are correct - for the unseasonal weather we have been having -migration
from river to lake has been slow................but these Florida Crappie Club teams
can findem if they are there.
Darryl & Terri Cole won the Classic with a 7 fish catch weight of 13 lbs 9.4 oz
and 2nd "big fish" 2 lbs 5.1 oz


"Big Fish" was won by Scott Lawson & Alex Martin 2 lbs 8.1 oz

Was great to have Wally Marshall as our speaker and he proved to be
a very good "Showman" as well as fisherman. Wally carried himself quite well
on pre-fish thurs & friday.