WP Report...slabfest!

It is over..... The WIND WON! It sure beat the tar out of me. I feel so sore from the pounding the past few days.

Congrats to Jonathan and ShineRunner for the win.. Only 4 pounds but they were the only team with a limit of 7 fish. The look and excitement of Jonathan when he kinda figured they won... It was worth fighting the cold and wind to see it. I'll post pics but camera is in truck and I am to tired to get it. I am here with my heater.. Beautiful heater. I saw Jonathan catching crappie when I past by them. Did you really catch one Dan? lol.. Shinerunner knows what to look for on a strange lake. He placed at Oconee and won WP with son. Pretty good for him since he doesn't know the lakes...yet!

2nd place was me
3rd place Trumpdriver and stumphanger

Big fish was 1.13oz by me
Shine had 2nd

I see a trend here. I have to get me a young partner

Today all of my fish came in 30'or deeper water. One(smallest) was caught 25' down in 35' water. The Slab was 16' deep in 30' water.
Nothing shallow for me not even a crappie bite.. those spotted bass worried me again. caught 8 of them.

Wow....good job Shine! Now you can use that money to pay off the new boat. Have mercy on the crappie nation. Shine won a tourney a few days after his new purchase.

Looks like the father son combo's do it again!!!! Dawson and I will hopefully be taking the title back in May.

I heard reelcrappie got skunked again. Guy couldn't catch a cold on January.

congrats to shine and son!!

im wondering if the blackshear slabfest in may is gonna be a night tourney?
can you still troll up a crappie in may there? i hate it you guys had alot of wind and cold tis weekend so hats off to yall for staying with it!!!

The trolling is not as good in May as it is now but you can still troll up a crappie. In may I don't even get out my trolling gear because I pitch and slingshot mostly at that time.

:D Had a great time folks, even in the wind and bitter cold. Thanks for the firewood Smitty and for putting together another SlabFest! Once again you found the big fish! Enjoyed camping with Trump & Stump. You guys made what could have been a miserable trip into one that my son will talk about for years!!!!! Thanks for letting us hang out. Hey, ya'll got any marshmallows?????!!!!!!!! Reelcrappie, good to see you again and I really like your new crappie chasing machine (even without the trolling motor :p ). I wish the wind would have let you fish that spot you have been wearing them out on. Smitty, those fish WE ;) caught came off a treetop in 7' of water and out in front of it in no more than 18' about 4-6' down and all on minnows. Even had other crappie coming up with the hooked one trying to get the minnow that was pushed up the line! It was in the only pocket of water I saw that the wind wasn't beating up, glad it was there because I normally wouldn't have fished in there! Yes, I did manage to catch a couple but my partner is definitely putting his share of fish in the boat! Gotta love it!:D

Shine, you and your son did a great job at the slabfest. You have two great boys, they are a pleasure to be around. I sure hated not being able to camp at this one. Enjoy your new boat, take your time rigging it up, that's fun too. My trolling motor should be back on the boat by this coming weekend, I can't wait. Filled up the boat on the way home, 20.5 gallons for two trips, I can live with that. See you guys in may at blackshear. I had a great time, it was good to see trumpdriver and stump, see you guys at blackshear too. Smitty thanks for the meal Friday night, best I've had in a long time.

Guys I had a blast too. A couple of hours in a good hot shower really thawed me out:D . Even if we did fish in a hurricane and made it through 29 degree weather it was fun. Congrats to Shine and "Bearing Buddy" on a job well done. I think we may have froze to death if it hadn't been for Smitty's firewood and the marshmellow boosters:D Reelcrappies new boat has put a craving on me bad. I have already been looking for a center console :rolleyes: For everyone who couldn't make it I think we set the record for the coldest and windiest Slabfest to date. It was really a great time See ya'll at Blackshear:cool:

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Originally Posted by westpoint

I heard reelcrappie got skunked again. Guy couldn't catch a cold on January.

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lmao.... him or TheCrappieGuy....lol

Trumpdriver yall are tough.. I slept in my tent at blackshear and it was 22 degrees..right papasage...last year..
Ask hendo and Howard if the wind blew at harding in 2006?? For 3 days it howled. BUT this weekend was rougher than both of those because the WIND never quit blowing. The wind has blown for 72 hours and it blew in the cold. Glad yall tied your tents down well. I still wish I had a video of your preformance Friday afternoon...priceless..

sssssssshhhhhhh !:D I looked at that rock Sunday morning and thought " that would have been a real site for Smitty if I had gotten hung on it and sat out there for 2 days going round and round and round :eek: My luck the vienna sausage would have been at the camp site and I would have starved to death going round in circles:D

I'm glad you all had a good time!!! i SUUURE wished my son and I could have mad it. I'm going to start making plans to try to make the next one. By the way, Happy Easter everyone.

Well yall it is a proven fact that you will always remember a fishing trip or camping trip.And WP is going to be one to remember. I can truly say that at long as you have a great group of new friends to tell stories to and listen to you will totally forget about things in life. Weather/Cold/Wind /BURRRRRR Thank God were back home to a heater. It was a blast hanging out with Smitty/Shinerunner /Reelcrappie/ Trump/and my new friend (Jonathen) I believe that he was the star of the show.I thank him for gathering up pine straw and pine combs to get the fire hot. Shine you got a wonderful boy he is well mannered and respectfull. Smitty thanks for a great trip and fire wood it really helped alot .We got to get us a motorcycle helment so we can do drive by's like those dang bass fishermen..... Reelcrappie thanks for showing us your boat daddy is in the big boat buying mood we need a bigger boat .. This weekend was a blast thanks guys Rusty...

Congratulations Lt. Dan. I know Jonathan had to have had a blast. Guys do not Lt. Dan fool you!!!! Jonathan more than likely caught all of the fish!!!!!!!!! Great jobs guys. See ya soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reading these postings reminds me of a tournament I was in with the Atlanta Bass Club (I was one of the founding members) back in 1971 out of Chewalla Marina on Eufaula. We were in against a club out of Alabama and the conditions were like you guys were in at West Point and was pure hell. In fact we had 2 guys go out and they didnt come back. They capsized and died from hypothermia in 4 feet of water over on the Alabama side...and both had their life jackets on too. The cold water just did them in. Both were in their mid-thirties, married with kids. What a tragedy.
I remember coming out of that cut from Chewalla Marina (I had that big Bomber with the 125 on it) and when I turned north away from the bridge out there I thought it was the pacific ocean...it was horrible! Went back south, got on the south side of the rip rap along the causeway and ended the day with one stunning 2 pound bass which almost won the thing!
Those Rangers were taking on water right and left and their bilge pumps were going all day long. I turned mine on once in that Bomber...the safest boat I ever had.
Looking back, I cannot imagine why I would do something that foolhardy and ridiculous, being out in that wide open flatlander in such dangerous conditions. Sure glad I got out of that nonsense and turned into a full scale crappie and bluegill fisherman. Bass Clubs.......BAHHHH! Humbug!
Regards,
Doug Bush

doug we are far from being a bass club. We share info. We let other members know where and how we are catching them...even during the tourney. We are more like an anti-bass club..lol not all of them are bad. One tailhole can make many miserable. We have had few problems! I have met some good people here. Some i expect will be my friends for life. I hope we can keep these events friendly with entire families. One way to be sure is to just stop having the tourney for money if we do get into problems. Like the bible says;
"for the love of money is the root of evil" bragging rights are worth more than money but a little extra cash to buy fishing gear is nice.:) I have bought gear with every penny I have won. Hope you will join us and bring your family. just wear boots if you stand around the campfires..;)

Doug, come to the slabfest at blackshear and I will show you a bunch of happy campers. If it's anything like the last one I guarantee you'll have a blast. Good fishing, good food, and great friends, it don't get any better than that.

Besides, I'm tired of being the oldest one there. LOL

Smitty spoken well, Never met you are many on this site Hope to make one of your slabfest from what I`ve read it is a great time(wish yall would come a little bit north and give lanier a try it is a great crappie lake ) Like you said not about the money but braggin rights. If you want to get rich try bassmasters, you guys just have a good time.Got some good campgrounds here. GOOD FISHING..DENNIS

Dennis, put a date on that tourney and fish fry you all were talking about and I'll be there, maybe I can talk smitty into going too.

Any week in may but the 2nd week and we will have a Lanier Slabfest(please bring one up north) I know it will be a blast with lots of big crappie caught come on up..Dennis

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Originally Posted by DENNIS WILLIS

Any week in may but the 2nd week and we will have a Lanier Slabfest(please bring one up north) I know it will be a blast with lots of big crappie caught come on up..Dennis

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I'll fish anywhere. So many lakes so little time... The last Slabfest until the fall is may 12th. If you want to host us rednecks in late may,june or july let's talk about it. I like fishing hot weather because I can catch em when it is hot, sometimes! Just when you figure crappie out you figure out you don't!:D
I have never seen Lanier. I read about it being a great lake but all the traffic scares me... How is the night bite there. Summer is great time for a night tourney