Thread: Fishing Contests at Carlyle Lake

The Carlyle Lake Public Hunting & Fishing Association Inc. a not for profit organization will conduct a couple fishing contest at Carlyle Lake in 2009.

Beginning April 15th at 6:00 am through and ending October 15th at 6:00 pm a $200.00 reward will be offered for the largest crappie weighing in pounds and ounces caught either by boat or from the bank on pole and line only with live or artificial bait and a minimum length of 10 inces by any member of the Carlyle Lake Public Hunting & Fishing Association Inc.

All fish must be alive when weighed. Weigh in will be located at the Lake Stop bait and tackle shop in Keyesport. Anyone can join the Carlyle Lake Public Hunting & Fishing Association Inc. at the lake stop or by going to clphfai.org and pulling off a membership application and mailing it in. Basic memberships are $20.00 per year. CLPH&FAI meet every Feb, Apr.Jun,Aug,and Oct of each year at the Highland, Il. VFW at 7:00 pm each meeting is on the third Wednesday of that month, with the next meeting being April 15th. You can join at the Lake Stop then weigh in your fish that simple

Also open to the public no membership necessary a catfish 50/50 jug contest will be conducted each week beginning May 10th 2009. You may purchase a ticket that has a corresponding number on a catfish jug at the Lake Stop. The jugs will be baited and released at midnight each Sunday and collected at 8:00 am. The numbered jug with the largest catfish of any species will be the winner the person holding the corresponding numbered ticket will recieve 50% of all tickets sold. Jugs will be sold for a donation of $5.00 each. After all fish are weighed and winner determined beginning at 12:00 pm free deep fried catfish sandwhiches will be available at the Lake Stop. Soda, and chips etc. are availabel at the Lake Stop. Sometimes jugs are lost in this event $5.00 donations of the lost number or numbers will be refunded.

Proceeds from the 50/50 catfish jugs will go to fish structures that will be placed in Carlyle Lake. and other improvemnts as needed.

Hope many of you who read this will attend these functions.

We are also planning fishing tournaments also but they still have to be ironed out more before announcing.

Thank you
Terry Deichmann
President
Carlyle Lake Public Hunting & Fishing Association Inc.
618-669-2917 or 618-792-1896 for more information

Is the Lake Stop the ONLY place to weight in at? Seems a bit out of the way for someone who might live to the south or east? Still sounds like a fun time, will be looking for more info in the future on the tourneys. Thanks

Sorry Fishnfwl but the folks at The Lake Stop were very copperative with basicly taking on the work part of these contests. I hope to do a similar contest for a big buck from Fayette,Bond and Clinton counties later this fall but a lot of things will need to be worked out on that one yet. But yes as it stands The Lake Stop is the only place to weigh. As far as the 50/50 catfish thing I hope to get places on the south end envolved with that as well. I just dont know of anywhere on the east side. No stores or buisness on the east side like Boulder or Crackersneck. If you know of some please get with me on them

Nothing to be sorry about, I can understand that fully, actually I was just asking this as a buddy seen a flyer I guess and asked me about it, I go to the Lake Stop all the time when at Carlyle, but he lives over off 50 to the east, so I thought I would ask ya, I will also ask him if he knows of anywhere on that side of the lake that would be interested in helping y'all out..... Think the daughter and I might give this a shot and join up this year, never hurts anyway....more fun in the fishing trips eh?

jighead i live in granite but have a house in keyesport i make some tackle and starting to make some for chris up at the lake stop...i would love to donate i case of 100 hand tied jigs to the winner of the crappie contest and maybe even donate some smaller cases with jig heads for the juggin contest...but i do have a ? about the crappie contest...does it have to come from the lake or can it come from the river since that is where i do alot of my fishing for crappie while im up there...i was talking to the guys at the lake stop today and no one really seemed to know...thanks for your time

Keith @ Crappie Killer Jigs

KillerJigs
We would more than appreciate the donations, it would just add to the fun.
As for the river. Let me put it out in clear words to the Public. We wieghed all the facts we could come up with what people would do for $200.00. Well I am sure that crappie all accross the country pretty much look like those in Carlyle Lake. We hope that the biggest crappie weighed is from the lake itself but there is access from the lake to the North and East Forks and even out from the lake and up the Kaskaskia. We are not going to be giving lie detector tests. I am sure that there will be those who would take advantage of this fact. If the case exist that $200.00 means the welfare of a family and a person would so have to dishonor themself please let me know maybe we can get finacial help. But if the fish comes from below the dam and its caught on a pole and line I would weigh it without reservation. Its kind of like dont ask dont tell. PM me with your phone # I would like to talk to you.

anyone got any reports for carlyle lake yet???

what you need to know? water level water temp water color?

What would that be right now, High-cold-and dirty at best

39.4 water temp...pretty muddy....not that high....fish are biting but still really slow...wind=ripping across like always