Thread: Astor, St. John's / Dexter / Woodruff

Astor Group (Powells) did advertise last year - had lots of squirrely rules - number of
fish that could weigh in - number of persons per boat...... Had good turnout last year
over 50 i believe.

This year i heard only 17-18 came out......reason ?????
A few in our group fish with this group because of distance down to Okeechobee.
Have no idea who won or how many entries or type of payoff....
Would be interesting to know results of their tournament.

Gotta luv it when a fish'n trip turns out as well as you planned! WTG

They said it was run by someone else last year. This one was put on by Powell's. Rules, 2 people max per boat, 7 fish weigh, Leave shore at safe light (called by Powell), back on shore by 3 pm. $25 to enter. I got $50 for 4th, I think but am not sure that 1st paid $300. I think there was 18 - 20 boats. A man that was at the dock in the morning was talking about a couple of other tournaments not to far away so that pulled some entries. JC

My parents spend the winter in Astor every year and they've done pretty good with 32 two pound crappie in the boat so far. The best part? Every 2 pound plus fish was released to get even bigger! I was able to go down in January and lucked into the first 2# catch of the year. We ended up with 3 big ones that day on Dexter.


My mom with the biggest of the year, 2# 12oz


And dad with number 32 from this morning.

Great post!! those released hopefully will 3# when you get back down!

Originally Posted by Speckanator

Great post!! those released hopefully will 3# when you get back down!

That's the plan! Here's a video of the first 2# plus catches of the year. Hopefully next winter I'll be able to post a "3 Pound Crappie" video.

Great video.....thanks for sharing your trip

Thanks!! Felt like I was right there in the boat, Great Video!