Abbey and Kallee waiting for the first ever Illinois Crappie Camp to begin.
Let the Illinois Crappie Camp Picture Show begin:
The fishing at least for us was not great, but we did catch fish. We only fished one day, and it turns out we just did not quite figure them out. Seems the fish were moving. We found out later they were either caught right inside the willows that were flooded, or long lining deeper water.
Cropy42 and family on the water, hunting for Crappie.
Wilbur and family found the Crappie is what we heard.
Of course Abbey found plenty of laps to beg on! Last year I took her to pretty much every crappie camp I attended. She was upset with me this year. This was the first crappie camp she came with on and she likes crappie camps. There's always someone she can sucker into giver her a bite of their food. Needless to say, she eats well at crappie camp.
She especially liked Bowhunter....'s lap!
BowBender pictured here on the left with band member Jeff. Bowbender worked very hard to make this event a heck of a lot of fun. I want to thank him and everyone that helped him. I'd love to mention all their names but I'm afraid I'd exclude most. See, I have literally nothing to do with organizing these events. I just attend and give out a few t-shirts and such. I am very thankful for that as I have hard enough time attending to the website.
Angie made bacon Wrappie Crappie. Mmmgood.
The food was awesome.
They even had an Illinois Crappie.com cake. How cool is that.
An absolute ton of prizes. They sold raffle tickets and you put your raffle ticket stub into the bucket of the prize you wanted to win. This is a real good way to set it up cause that way the wrong person does not win the Barbie Rod and Reel:
Speaking of a Barbie rod and reel! Kallee scores some of the good stuff. This girl is a fire cracker, she does not stop. And I hear she is one heck of a fisher girl. This new rod and reel combo will certainly make her that much better. You go Kallee, show mom and dad how to catch'em.
Achin' Back Stringband. They were great. Gave me a new appreciation for Blue Grass music. Click on the image above to see the video.
Billbob officially ad Crappie.com's first dance! And of course it would not be with only one woman, who woulda figured.
We couldn't stop him from dancing either. He just kept going, like the energizer bunny. Everone had such a good time. The band really took the event over the top.
Wilbur looking all proud of his daughter.
And now, the couples of camp:
Sorry it was out of focus like that Cropy42. It was the only good pic though.
Billbob's traditional pictures:
Don't ask!
And the event sponsors that donated all those great prizes:
Congrads to Illinois!! Looks like the first was a big success. But, I thought you fellers would have known about BillBob hugging on your wives before hand.
DP
It sure will hard to top this camp but we're going to give it a try. We got this one together in less than 3 months, imagine what we can do in 12. We sure do have some good looking Yankee girls here, can't blame that billbob look a like one bit.
Great pic,Abbys was impossible to beat. I see The crappie.com cake made to illinois, have and happy fishing from an original fisherman 30 years ago the move to fl to fish year round.
BILL BOB Is ENJOYING THE REFREShMENTS I SEE. ANY OF YOU ILLINOIs BOYS KNOW THE HAMMS FISHERMAN AND HUNTERS BaCK INTHE DAY
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