Thread: Driftmaster Poem Contest - Oct/Nov

Join Crappie.com and you will surely see,
There is no cooler, more hip place that you could ever be.
There a Slab, a CanePole, a BillBob and a “G”.
Heck there’s even a Treefrog, yep that one is me.

Come by and visit anytime you wish,
You’ll learn to Troll and Spider-Rig for fish.
Friends you will find at any given time,
That will lend you an ear and help dink your beer.

Once your here, it’s never the same
You will log in daily under your new screen name.
Hoping to win that big contest, or post a picture of you very best catch.
Never expecting what you might find,
You will make new friends and have one hell of a time.

Thank’s to Slab, Driftmaster’s and all of the rest,
That make Crappie.com the very, very BEST!

At the end of the day
Before he lays down to dream
Crappie Dot Com pops up on his screen.

Through the accounts of the day
he does tiredly scroll
As he longs for the day
When across his honey-hole he will troll.

Will he cast, will he jig,
Will he go slower, or faster?
Or will he attempt to spider rig
Using his brand new Driftmaster?

The lines, they will tangle
There will be an awful mess
Tackle will become mangled
When he puts his new Driftmaster to the test,

His joy will be short-lived
When all eight rods go down
At the same time when he hits
The new brush pile he's found.

His best he will try
But the best, he will not do.
But when he gets home, he will not cry
For at least he caught a fish or two.

So if to the fishing hole you go
And on the water you see
A man shouting expletives
And breaking rods over his knee

Just troll quickly away
And make not a fuss
Why, it's just 'ole CMJ
For he's not as graceful as the rest of us.

I've fished off and on
most all my life
But not many crappie
came under my knife.

My dad tried to teach me
But it was taking too long
St Peter needing a fishing tip
called my Dad home

Left on my own
to figure it out
Not many fish were eaten
at our humble house

Until one winter day
in 2009
While surfing the net,
just killing some time

I clicked Crappie.com
The result was amazing
So much fishing information
just free for the taking.

I lurked and studied
all through the winter
Dropped structure and tied rigs
wanting crappie for dinner

When the weather warmed
and spring was near
I decided to catch crappie
I would need some more gear

I purchased cheap rods
and some cheap reels
and searched the net
to find other cheap deals

I purchased rod holders
from Black River Tool
They looked "built to last"
and seemed awfully cool.

I fished with info
From Crappie.com
The lessons learned
were second to none

I caught crappie on purpose
Not by accident now
The info I learned
on the net showed me how.

My dad looking down
from heaven above
Still shaking his head
Inspite of his Love

He says Son one more time,
I'll give you heavenly advice
"Buy good gear
So you wont need to buy twice".

But I learned the hard way
Replaced rods reels and gear
Boats, motors, and sonars
Replaced through the years.

As I rigged out my new boat
I quickly realized
Those Driftmaster Rod Holders
I haven't had to buy twice.

They've faced crappie and cats
and gar by the dozen
On multiple boats
Over 4 years they've been proven

So Dad up in heaven
I've finally done something right
Found Crappie.Com and Driftmaster
No need to buy twice.

Limerick for Crappie.com

I once had a holder driftmaster
I used it to crappie catch faster
It hung bamboo I guess
Made a mellova hess.
Now I have a driftmaster disaster.

An ode to my friends
on the Arkansas board
I'll mention a few
and should mention more.

Creekslick on Greers
you'll find no one better
He'll catch you a limit
In any kind of weather

I know a fellow
That fishes Lake X
Russ will give you a tip
If you'll give some respect

CMJ posts great pics
and his threads are great reads
He's a friend to all
Even to a man called Habib

Midsouth Man
Our resident Pro
Always seems to find
Where the bigger ones grow

Blackfish we know
Can catch a winner
He'll tell you his secret
Use a 2 pound minner

If you're needing a rig
your boat no more swims
Get on the phone
and call BRM

And Jerry down south
Ties a great jig
Put some Meatgetters in your box
If you wanna catch pigs

Nimrod my friend
with a pole in his hand
Jigging crappie right and left
The best in the land

Our AGFC biologist
Mojorig and D10
are making our fishing
the best it's ever been.

Arkcrappie Likes fishing
but he likes hunting too
Hopes to shoot Bambi
before the fall bite is through

New on the board
is my friend Gzrglide
You'll see him in the swamps
His throttle open wide

Mike and Casie with whom
I like to do some gabbing
Gimme a call while you'er here
We'll go 8 inch slabbing

BillyE on the board
his fishing is not inferior
He shares his good luck
With the folks from Superior

Hawgdawgs boat
is my favorite rig
He's the best around
Dock shooting a jig

The person that holds us
Together like glue
Ski Trip he's known
Can catch a fish too

Bowhunter and kids
Look like they have fun
Both fishing and hunting
they get it done

Luvpt and blue thunder
Can fill up a cooler
In south Arkansas
They are the ruler

And Handi strikes fear
in the Mississippi bunch
When he heads south
There'll be crappie for lunch

Gindog my friend
Has been called Crappie Bob
At catching a crappie
he does a fine job.

And what about Don
He's called Dr Pepper
He cooks, strums, and sings
Making our camps better

And ole Laser Beam
Gave me my favorite shirt
Post up my friend
before we send out a search

And Harold over there
often unheeded
pitches in at the camps
Wherever needed

Bunches of great people
I can think of a few
Like Scrapper and Rookie
and Cache22

All join together
On our piece of the net
To make the Arkansas forum
The best forum I bet

One thing to mention
before this is poem is done
this writing brought to you
by Driftmaster and Crappie.com

Oh hey, Oh hey,
Crappie.com is having a Driftmaster giveaway.
They want a poem,
But I think I must show’em.
That I’m a very bad poet,
And soon they shall know it.
We all come to this site,
Some most every night.
We’re mostly the same,
To which we have no shame.
Whether you’re trolling a crank,
Or casting from the bank.
There’s much here to learn,
If catching large slabs is your concern.
No matter your technique,
As we are all unique.
You may bounce a jig,
Or seat behind your spider rig.
If you’re new to the sport,
Or your time on earth is short.
There’s someone here that can help,
Or explain why all you are catching is kelp.
If your fishing stories are all lies,
Your just one of the guys.
Come meet some new friends,
Where the fishing never ends.

A lot of great poems here. Thank you all for your submissions. My family will go through them and we should have a winner picked out in the next couple days.

The winner of the Driftmaster Poem Contest is scheduled to be announced tomorrow morning on the home page.

The winner can actually see it now (or so I've been told before) cause it was his poem/post that was promoted to an article for the home page. That's the weird way the system works. Anyway, they were some absolutely great poems, wow. I want to thank each and every one of you.

Oh, just so you know, it was a tie between two poems!

Who ever that winner is, they need to email me their mailing address please. Congrats.