Thread: J & D Slab Madness Series

Where exactly is leroys one stop

Leroy's is next door to the Striplings gas station which is directly across the street from the entrance to Veterans State Park. The drive way is just past the gas pumps if coming from Cordele direction.


Caught some more decent fish today, but that wind was tough.

Ok thank ya know exactley where it is just didn't know the name of it

How did the tournament go shine my partner got sick and I was unsure on the weather hope it's nice for the one in april

A wet one, but a good one! The bad weather stayed North and South of Lake Blackshear except for a few rumbles of thunder and a pretty good down pour. One a good note, the winds were very light and way off the forecast. Most of the teams were unable to pre-fish the areas they wanted to due to the high winds on Friday. Spawning crappie move in and out quickly and left a lot of us scratching our heads. I pre-fished Thursday and Friday and found good 1.5 lbs+ fish in different areas from one day to the next.

Congrats to Billy & Scott Williams for sticking it out on a pattern and making it payoff. They checked everything and came up with a shallow bite tight to some trees in 3-6 FOW using good old cork/minnow rigs. The area was only 1 acre or so big, but had enough males and females coming in and out to catch the winning weight and the big fish of the tournament. Lamar Young & Justin Churchwell were right behind them, but found their fish scattered in 5-8 FOW. They said their new EZT Pole Perch rod holders really helped them keep the spread necessary to slow troll the shallow water. They mixed up cork rigs and straight minnow/jig rigs to cover the different depths. Jamie & Hunter Moore were only two one hundredths behind 2nd place and also worked scattered fish in 4-8 FOW around trees and trash piles. They used a wide assortment of rigs trying to find a pattern. Myself and my son followed them in fourth by pitching 1/24th oz Jiffy Jigs and 1/16th oz Road Runners to trees in 3-8 FOW and we caught fish on every different color combo we had in the box! We also used our double seat mount from EZT Pole Perch to pitch jigs together from the front of the boat and work the trees quicker. Rusty Parker and Kim Maxwell took fifth and also pitched jigs and corks with minnows to shallow trees. Pretty much a typical spring pattern for crappie. Find the shallow wood and you will find the crappie. Water temps jumped a lot over the last week from 58 to 69 in some back water areas.

Thanks again to all those who took the time to come out in poor weather to support our tournament and to Leroy's One Stop for making us feel like we were at home. If you are coming to Blackshear, it would be worth your time to stop in and see Leroy and his wife. Was great to see some new faces and to meet a couple of Crappie.com-ers too.

Looking forward to April 7th for the next J & D Slab Madness tournament which will also be at Blackshear.

Top 5 weights and Big Fish:

• 1st Place -- 11.18 lbs -- Billy & Scott Williams
• 2nd Place -- 9.30 lbs -- Lamar Young & Justin Churchwell
• 3rd Place -- 9.28 lbs -- Jamie & Hunter Moore
• 4th Place -- 8.69 lbs -- Dan & Jonathan Sidle
• 5th Place -- 8.58 lbs -- Rusty Parker & Kim Maxwell
• Big Fish -- 2.08 lbs -- Billy & Scott Williams

(ignore the date cause I forgot to reset it!)

Thanks for putting it on Dan and Jamie! Had a great time even in the rain. Look forward to the next one and hopefully with a little warmer weather we can draw some new faces to these great events! We appreciate all the hard work you and Jamie put in to these events!

Next tournaments is this weekend at Lake Blackshear. Looks like good weather this time! Looking forward to seeing everyone again.

We wrapped up the seires today with some really nice weather and some pretty nice slabs too. Was good to see the new faces and to see some I haven't seen in a while too. Jamie and I want to again thank all those that have taken the time to come out and participate in the Series. Congrats to B. & B. Thompson on their win and for the Big Fish too! This male/femal team went old school on those slabs and whooped'm up with telescopic poles and corks with jigs/minnows on structure in 7-12 FOW. I bet that 2.20 hawg was a blast on those poles and no reels too. I really liked what he had to say about fishing a tournament, "I was going fishing anyway!" A big thank you to Leroy's One Stop for being an awesome host and for the surprise bonus for the pay out too! Look forward to coming back and doing it again.

Top 5 and Big Fish

1. 9.53 lbs - B. & B. Thompson (m/f)
2. 8.39 lbs - R. Willis & T. Thiel
3. 7.33 lbs - D. Sidle & J. Sidle & J. Sidle (a/y/y)
4. 7.00 lbs - J. Rozier & J. Faircloth
5. 5.86 lbs - R. Temples

Big Fish: 2.20 lbs - B. & B. Thompson (m/f)

We will be looking at adding more of these type tournaments and would like to expand it to a few more lakes too. Email me with any suggestions you may have for future tournaments at [email protected]