Thread: Congrats Bill and Jerry

Congratulations Jerry Gross (MEATGETTER) and Bill Burnett (BigRiver Marine) finishing 14th place in Crappie Master Championship tournament on Grenada Lake.

That was a great finish and Bill and Jerry deserve it for all their pre-fishing and preparation! ! There were 196 teams registered and I think 187 teams actually made it to the water for the tournament. Two cold fronts right before the event all but shut down the bite and made the conditions nearly impossible. Where large sacks of slabs were being brought in during prefishing those same teams were now struggling just to catch a keeper. Only 71 teams were able to weigh in 7 fish on day one!! Bill and Jerry were able to make critical adjustments and compensate for the changing conditions and went from 44th place on day one to finish at 14th place overall. They are to be commended for being able to figure the bite out that quickly and get back on the good fish. David and I were at 47th place on day one but were only able to bring it up to 35th place overall. Every tournament on Lake Grenada is a new learning experience and this one was no different. About the time you think you have that lake figured out it will turn around and kick you in the seat of the pants and throw you another curve ball to figure out, LOL! I also want to congratulate my old Magnolia Crappie Club partner Brad Chappell who fished with Brandon Fulgham to finish in 5th place.