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Mr. Crappie is coming to Hot Springs Village and will be giving a crappie seminar on Wednesday, March 13th at the Coronado community center at 7PM. Will be open to public, you just need to stop at the gate off Highway 7 and let the guard know you are attending and they will give you a pass. We are charging a 10$ admission fee which will all go into purchasing habitat for the village lakes (they are in great need!) Wear some Crappie.com thing and I will say hey!
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Originally Posted by cache22
can you come in from the desoto gate, or only from the hwy 7 side for this ?
Wally is a great guy. Knows his stuff.
You may come in from either of the guard gates...... one is on highway 5 and one is on highway 7.
I met Wally a couple of weeks ago down in Hot Springs at the Arlington Hotel. I was there for a Fisheries meeting and he was in town planning for the big crappie tournamentthat will be on Hamilton this year. He talked to me as if we had known each other for years. Seems like a good guy.
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Yep, he called me out of the blue about 15 years ago, and we talked like we were friends forever, and now 15 years later, it's really been forever! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by D10
Wally and Lew's have generously donated lots of crappie gear for door and lottery prizes. Met with him yesterday and as slab says, once you meet him, he's your friend:
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Tremendous amount of crappie tackle (+$2000 worth!!) generously donated from Wally and sponsors. Door prizes galore, lottery drawing for numerous combo kits, Q&A session. Come early to get a good seat!! Can't thank Wally enough!
Why purchase habitat when if your members Could look and work together it could be free or close to it .?Quote:
Originally Posted by cache22
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Most of what we build cost very little but sweat equity .
The Village fishing clubs have installed brush and habitat in our lakes numerous time each of the past years I have lived here. Unfortunately, our lakes were logged off and dozed bald when they were constructed. Given that we have 11 lakes with the largest being 1000 acres, what we have done with natural habitat, which degrades over time, is not as permanent as artificial, so we continue to do both. Can't count the number of work barge loads of cedars we placed the last two years, but it is only a drop in the bucket of what is needed to improve our fisheries in the lakes. Our next work party to cut cedar trees and place them in our lakes is next week.
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Big shout out and thanks to Wally for an informative and entertaining seminar! We had over 200 attendees who enjoyed Wally's stories and tips, and shared in the many door prizes and hand-outs.
His next big show in Hot Springs will be the $100,000 crappie tournament on Lake Hamilton. Will include a large crappie exposition in the convention center and even have the world's largest fish fry. Keep your calendars marked and that first weekend in October open. He has already filled most of the exhibition spaces and will even have drawings for 3 boats, one on each of the days.
"G" and I will be at that Expo in OCT in Hot Springs FYI. Stop by.Quote:
Originally Posted by cache22
Cache22, were there many crappie.com members at the seminar you attended, do you know?
Will be in Hot Springs village that first week in October, I will have to stop by and visit you'll. That $ 100,000 has sure got my mind thinking of a partner to fish with.:fish
Didn't run into any Crappie.com members, but was tied up at the ticket desk most of the evening. Will look you up at the Expo!!
Sorry Pesce, but tournament is an invitational open only to professional crappie anglers from throughout the nation. Will be interesting to see how they do on Lake Hamilton. Hope they have better luck there than I do!