crappie tourney

[Guest]

As of 12:45, only one team had weighed in. BJ got 101 teams--24 short of the usual 125.

Big fish in the first basket was 1.23 lbs.
I'm sure someone who fished the tourney will update here.

I had some honey-do matters to attend to and needed also to save energy for next weekend. Com'on opener!

[Johnny B]

Clayton,
Any word on the final results?
It was pretty ugly the entire morning. I saw very few fish caught. I finally pulled the plug on it shortly before 2:00.
My results were quite humbling. Just when I thought I had crappies all figured out...

Saturday can't come fast enough!
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[Guest]

I was thinking one of you guys would give a rundown on the results. I'll stop in at BJ's tomorrow and get some info. All I know is what has been said -- it was a tough bite.

[Guest]

Johnny,
How deep were you fishing? What was your presentation? Did you pre-fish? What were your results prefishing? What kind of structures were you fishing?

PCG

[Guest]

Hello, I was fishing the contest and first place was #13.7 pounds, Second #13.04 and Third was 12.8 Pounds. You needed just over 8 pounds to get in the money. The biggest one was #1.47. I know of three shallow bays that they bit fairly well, they were all crowded, but if you were in the right spot you got fish.

[This message has been edited by RonN (edited 05-07-2002).]

[Guest]

Thanks for the update.

I know Bob's Bay had a dozen or so boats in it all day, but for the time I watched, there was precious little action. The edge of the reeds north and east of Bungalow Island produced only a few fish, but they were plus-pounders.

[Guest]

My buddy finished 6th and took most of his fish from Horseshoe.

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[Guest]

We fished Bob's Bay all day, we ended up with over 9 pounds of fish, there was about a 45 minute streak in the mourning which we caught most of our fish. We had 4 fish that that were over a pound, but we had 5 or 6 that were pretty small. The afternoon was very slow, we probably caught one good fish in the last 3 hours.

[Johnny B]

I pre-fished on Friday and had mixed results: some of my favorite bays and channels produced very few fish, most success came from the staging areas between 10-12 feet, just outside spawing grounds. Light bobber with a plain hook and small minnow was the only presentation that worked. However, with limited time & success it was difficult to establish any type of pattern. It really was a coin-toss that determined where we would start on Saturday morning.
I have fished Clearwater for 15 years and the tourney for 7, this was the most difficult time I can remember. Congrats to the guys who did well!

I still had fun: the boats not for sale quite yet!

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[Guest]

Ron --
Two things on the upside: 1) you placed in the money; and 2) you certainly didn't need to burn a lot of fuel.

Good fishing.

[dougfish]

Clayton,
I am thinking of fishing Clearwater tomorrow morning for walleyes. Any suggestions on where I should fish?

[Guest]

Fish the weedlines and sunken islands. Throw crankbaits or jig with leeches and minnows. Haven't heard much on the Walleyes but the Pike are biting good.

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