D'ARBONNE DOOR PRIZES

im not gonna make this a sticky yet, but i will when i start getting in some door prizes. i have started my annual requests from companies to donate stuff to us. having quite a bit of success. if any of yall know of a company that would perhaps donate stuff to us, that would be great. you can either contact them yourself, or shoot me the info and i will contact them. i have a letter template that you can copy and paste into an email. it works very good. i will be posting pics when the goodies start to arrive.

doc :)

Doc, thanks for all that you do to make sure everyone has an enjoyable time at D'Arbonne. We really appreciate you. I can hardly wait.

yes sir!! i'm glad to do this. it is definitely the highlight of my fall. love all the guys and love the comraderie even more. LOL

door prizes shouild start rolling in this weekend, or early next week. as usual i will post pics and let yall know what company donated so we can support them too.

doc :)

GOT SOME GOODIES IN OVER THE WEEKEND. will post pics this evening or maybe tomorrow depends on how much time i have today with soccer practice for brody. LOL

here is a rod from TODD HUCKABEE rods. it is a 10'6" medium action with micro eyes. i won one just like this last year at the gathering and it quickly became one of my favorites. cork handle. white action tip.

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guys from the makers of skinzit sent us another skinzit for our door prizes. if you have never seen one of these in action, you will be amazed. check this out.

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johnsons fishing sent us a huge box of jigs bodies. about 9 different colors and about 50 of each color, give or take. this is a huge group of jig bodies. not sure if yall can appreciate how many there are here. LOL

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freddie with southern pro tackle send us a dozen kits with either glow grubs or triple tail.

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love those Southern Pro triple tails.........thanks Freddie....

well, when i got home today, freddie from southern pro tackle had sent me round 2. it's awesome. a dozen really big kits with two color, 3 color, and glitter jig bodies with some jig heads. he really out did himself this year. and for anyone that is looking for the infamous popsicle jig body, he's got the best price in town.

check out THESE kits.

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southern crappie rods sent us 2 10 foot crappie rods with cork handles. man, these dudes feel sweet in my hand. these won't last long saturday night.

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sorry for the blurry pic
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I GOT A NEW company that donated this year. Denali rods. brandon is a pro staffer for them and gave me the contact info to make this happen. one is a 7'8" and the other is a 9'0". both one piece rods. very nice rods. quick tip but with plenty of backbone. i could definitely use one of these to add to my arsenal. check them out. bordy wanted to get in a pic. LOL

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doc :)

okay--i normally don't post anything about a prize until i have my hands on it, BUT i got a commitment today for a prize that i am stoked about. i don't have the item yet, but i do have a website you can go and watch a video of this product. its called a cowboy game washer. it is really cool. i told the guy that i would buy one if he would donate one. so i will have mine at the fish cleaning station for anyone to try out. it's really cool. doesn't need any electricity, just a hose. and it's even cooler if you are cleaning doves/quail.

go to this website and watch the video on the home page.

Cowboy's Wild Game Washer

he is also creating a huge one to wash crawfish in. he said it only takes a few minutes and it gets them cleaner than 30 minutes of hand washing in an icechest. i will post pics when i get my grubby mitts on them. LOL

doc :)

okay----for all you shooters out there. i have a friend of mine that owns 556 tactical. he sent us 2 muzzle breaks. one for a 223/556 and one for a .308 or 300 blackout. these puppies are nice!! they are their top of the line muzzle breaks.

223/556
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terry jones, aka TBONE, always sends me a big group of stuff for our door prizes. he came thru again this year. got in a bunch of stuff that i will give away as a whole lot. check this out.

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doc :)

BnM came thru again. they sent us 4 rods and 2 spinning reels. two of the rods are for shooting docks, and the other 2 are for deep water jigging. it's getting good!!

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this might be my favorite door prize so far. LOL its the cowboy wild game washer. he sent one for us to give away and i bought one for us to try at the cleaning station. he assures me that we will be pleased with the results.

here it is.

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Hey Doc, my brother, Randy Spillers, has several products that he produces, packages, and sells under his trademark Chef Randy. He uses these products in his catering business, but also sells them to people who follow the festivals. He told me that he would bring enough of his Fish Fry to fry all of the fish in on Saturday night. Plus, he said he would bring several bags of the Fish Fry to use as door prizes and some just to give away. Most of you have never heard of him or his products, but I can tell you from personal experience that ya'll are in for a treat. He said that he would try to bring some of his famous Cajun Corn Dogs to fry on Friday night. His Cajun Corn Dog is the only corn dog in the world that bites back. LOL.

hey pastor--be sure to go to the food thread and post that he will bring the fish fry. that way everyone will know that they don't need to bring any. also, can't wait to big a corndog that bites back. hehehe. if ya wanna put a pic of the stuff he is going to donate, that would be great.

doc :)

I withdraw my fish fry in favor of Chef Randy's! :biggrin

hey pastor. ask randy if his fish fry has gluten in it?? i know there are a couple of folks that can't eat gluten. if it does, no biggie, i can bring just some plain ol cornmeal.

Doc - I wanted to say the Sponcer that sent Rod Wraps two years ago a special Thank You from Me, as i was one lucky guy that chose it ... The Wrap on my pole kept the Rod and spinning reel from sinking when it went in the drink landing the Flat Head on Bros line. I am not sure where it came from but I have not seen them in the Tackle Shops. Hint , Hint :pray

i just sent him an email, and attached a link to this thread, so he can read your thanks himself. nice words!!

Mark, and others who read this thread. Here is a picture of Chef Rande' Fish Fry, that my brother, Randy, is going to bring to cook the fish in on Saturday night. It is NOT glutten free. Sorry, but it sure is good. He is also going to donate several 5lb bags for us to give away as door prizes. Mark, you may need to rotate the picture.

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Mark, and others who read this thread. Here is a picture of Chef Rande' Fish Fry, that my brother, Randy, is going to bring to cook the fish in on Saturday night. It is NOT glutten free. Sorry, but it sure is good. He is also going to donate several 5lb bags for us to give away as door prizes. Mark, you may need to rotate the picture.

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Thanks Pastor, but just a thought, there may be some there that don't want the fish to bite back. I can only speak for myself and my family but I don't mind the spicy but my wife can't handle it and I'm thinking there may be others there with the same issue. I am excited to try it though and thank your brother for me for supplying the fish fry!

Yes, Dwayne, I agree with you. Although the fish fry mixture isn't any spicier than any of the other fish fry mixes on the market today, we should probably have some plain meal there to fry some of the fish in.

Maybe some misunderstood. The fish fry is not what bites back; it is the corndog coating that bites back, but even it is not so hot that it is unbearable.

got in some more cool swag today. fishouflage sent us some shirts and some visors. very cool as always.

here is the visor
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and the cool max shirt
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whom ever wins these i want/need your pic with them on. LOL

the boys at duck commander sent us some swag today too. they sent lots of hats and 4 duck calls. three acryllic calls and one classic wooden call.

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just in case we have anyone that is not familar with how we do the door prizes, here is our protocol. we have two different "hats" that names can be placed in. one hat for the regular contributors to crappie.com. this means anyone that regularly makes posts or replies to anything on crappie.com. the other hat will be for the non regular contributors. like wives and kids. not trying to be exclusive at all, just want to take care of the members first. we will draw all the names out of the regular contributors hat first, then, if we have prizes left over, we will start to draw out of the second hat. we have done it this way for about 4 years and it seems to be a huge hit.

hoiller if anyone has any questions.

doc :)

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Yes, Dwayne, I agree with you. Although the fish fry mixture isn't any spicier than any of the other fish fry mixes on the market today, we should probably have some plain meal there to fry some of the fish in.

Maybe some misunderstood. The fish fry is not what bites back; it is the corndog coating that bites back, but even it is not so hot that it is unbearable.

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Pastor, I did misunderstand you. I just realized that this morning when I read the food thread. So disregard my previous statement. My wife has eaten the other mixes that are on the market and hasn't had any problems with them so we should be good. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

james morgan (southern chuter) has acquired us some goodies. one really cool rod. he got OZARK RODS to donate a couple of rods. and he even got a pick one in case a lady's name gets drawn when it is still available. check these two beauties out.

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thanks JC for getting us some loot!!

doc :)

james also got us two visors. they will be packaged with some other goodies to make someone proud to grab these.

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doc :)

james also got a commitment from THE HONEY HOLE in west monroe and from TATERBUGS in farmerville. since most of us will be launching at jakes (hwy 33 bridge) i wanted to post a pic of taterbugs that i stole from treefrogs facebook page. LOL this place is about a quarter mile from jake's launch. just towards town. yall need to check them out. waylon, one of the owners assured me that he would order extra shiners and have every coler jig head and body anyone could want. so yall go in if ya get a chacne and thank them for supporting our gathering and donating door prizes to us.


here is what the store front looks like.

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another prize gathered up by james!! this is a bunch of stuff from mid south tackle. its a bunch of jigs bodies and a 25$ gift cert and a 50$ gift cert. and there might even be more by saturday night. check this out!!

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doc :)

my good buddy at HITEK STUFF came through again this year. if anyone needs spider rig holders, i would recommend this guy 10 to 1 over anyone else. he does amazing work. he sent a 4 rod holder spider rig holder and something new he has this year. a net holder. its a tube that mounts the same way as the rod holders. yall check out the pics.

spider rig holder ( i didnt assemble it yet)
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net holder

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doc :)

me and shannon wanted to donate this to the door prizes. it's an umbrella that i put the crappie.com logo on. also on the little sleeve that it goes in when not in use. whatchall think??

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got a couple more things me and shannon wanted to donate, but i will surprise yall this evening.

doc :)

way cool
"gene"

obviously there will not be a mandate, but i really hope that the guys will let the pink rod go to a lady. but hey, i'm not too proud to fish with a pank rod. LOL

me and shannon had a couple more things we wanted to add to the pot. these two RTIC 30 ounce tumblers come complete with a crappie.com logo and a decal stating that they were won at the D'Arbonne Gathering 2016. gonna pack these two beauties as full as i can with midsouth or johnsons jig bodies. someone gonna be set!!

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doc and shannon :)

well, steve, jigman09, came through again. he acquired this engel live bait box with aerator pump for us this year. thanks jigman!!

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doc :)

just gonna throw this info out there again in case someone does not know how we do the door prizes. we will have TWO boxes for names to go in. one box will be for active members. this is defined as those attending the gathering that REGULARLY contribute to the CDC board. the other box is for everyone else. we will draw names out of the active member box first, then start to pull out of the other box until we run out of prizes. first name pulled gets to pick from all the prizes, and so on. i will strive whole heartedly to group the prizes so that we don't have to throw all the names back in the hat and draw again. when we do this, folks lose interest and it goes down hill quick. i will have name tags and sharpies, as well as slips to write your name on for the door prizes. so eachnight be sure to have a name tag and saturday night be sure to find the appropriate box and put your name in.

not trying to make this complicated, just want it to go smooth as possible.

thanks to everyone that has helped make this another great gathering.

doc:)