Thread: Can We Talk Honestly about not Boating 7 Fish??

Some days are tuff. I catch my share but I’ve been some days and got skunked. Not many but some. Lol

Originally Posted by UnLikeU

Hello,
I'm not here to ruffle any feathers as a matter of fact if you are human you don't have feathers. There is an Elephant in the room that I want to talk about. That is Signing up to fish a Crappie Tournament & you don't even boat 7 Fish. Yeppers I said it. Why because I want to understand it & to do that we have to have dialogue & discuss it. If I'm not able to compete I sit on the porch. I think it's crazy to pay to enter a Crappie Tournament & you can't boat 7 Itty Bitty Fish... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE 2 GROWN PEOPLE ON 1 BOAT.. Any thoughts? I find it comical & I say it was a great day for the fish. You can weigh 7 & they not be big I'm cool with that. However, a WHOLE LAKE & YOU THINK YOU ARE TOUGH STUFF & CAN'T BOAT 7 CRAPPIE ESPECIALLY WITH 2 PEOPLE ON THE BOAT. I think you can only fish if you are told where to fish & got cocky on what you catch with that info & on that lake. Do you find it acceptable to not boat 7 Crappie after entering a Crappie Tournament?

It happens to the pros every tournment. Google Crappie Master Tournament Results and scroll to the bottom of any. Here's a Grenada Spring Tournament with over 40 guys without a limit, 28 without a fish to show. Learning new waters and seasonal locations of fish will result in no fish to show until you get it figured out. I've had my share of that. Really was a struggle until I stopped fishing memories (I caught fish here before)

it for sure can be a beat down on new waters at times , I rarely get a goose egg when I go , but to be sure I don't always walk off with a big number in hand either when I am in unfamiliar terrain .....
there are times it is a struggle to ketch 7 on waters I frequently visit as well ....
some days they just do not want to cooperate ....

Originally Posted by bamahound

It happens to the pros every tournment. Google Crappie Master Tournament Results and scroll to the bottom of any. Here's a Grenada Spring Tournament with over 40 guys without a limit, 28 without a fish to show. Learning new waters and seasonal locations of fish will result in no fish to show until you get it figured out. I've had my share of that. Really was a struggle until I stopped fishing memories (I caught fish here before)

I don't see the OP's name on that list, maybe he should give it a shot...
I will say there have been very very few tournaments that I didn't have 7 fish to weigh. May not have been the 7 I wanted to weigh though...

Originally Posted by bamahound

It happens to the pros every tournment. Google Crappie Master Tournament Results and scroll to the bottom of any. Here's a Grenada Spring Tournament with over 40 guys without a limit, 28 without a fish to show. Learning new waters and seasonal locations of fish will result in no fish to show until you get it figured out. I've had my share of that. Really was a struggle until I stopped fishing memories (I caught fish here before)

Bama I fell off the Online Map for a moment & maybe I need to give my 2nd Tournament a shot this time picking a lake I don't know or haven't fished. If I boat 7 Fish Keepers the Crappie World will NEVER HER THE END OF IT. CNN may bump the State of the Union Telecast to interview me & people may quit fishing tournaments. Stay tuned this may be another Hold My Beer Moment in the Future.

Originally Posted by Hitek

I don't see the OP's name on that list, maybe he should give it a shot...
I will say there have been very very few tournaments that I didn't have 7 fish to weigh. May not have been the 7 I wanted to weigh though...

Scott Maybe I need to het out my system again to re-evaluate it. But with the right prep if I enter a competition I better catch 7 darn fish or I need to be home looking st YouTube Dreaming. Weather & high winds along with boat issues are the only excuse I say are acceptable. Again, maybe just may it's another Hold My Beer Moment for me.

Originally Posted by UnLikeU

Scott Maybe I need to het out my system again to re-evaluate it. But with the right prep if I enter a competition I better catch 7 darn fish or I need to be home looking st YouTube Dreaming. Weather & high winds along with boat issues are the only excuse I say are acceptable. Again, maybe just may it's another Hold My Beer Moment for me.

depending on length of time at whatever spot and the need to possibly duplicate the exact just got a bite scenario , it could be a situation where 7 fish are tough , but to be very sure of this , some folks understand them fish better than others and some go way past the sidelines to ketch them , I have WAY more excuses than most folks do when I have a bad outing....
heck more than half the time I ain't even in a boat and the weather and wind are just a small part of the why I din't ketch them excuses anyway .....