Thread: Patoka Tourney Results?

http://www.indianaslabmasters.com/20...%20Results.pdf

There's the link to the weigh-in results.

As for the other info, it's just shared with the members and patrons that visit the weigh ins. Jim stopped doing recaps a couple seasons ago.

not a very good idea to share your tactics, when you fish for money, i wouldnt imagine. even if they told me, i dont think i would believe them. lol

if you looking for crappie now, look for the shallowest warmest water.(in the afternoon)

Originally Posted by filletfetish

http://www.indianaslabmasters.com/20...%20Results.pdf

There's the link to the weigh-in results.

As for the other info, it's just shared with the members and patrons that visit the weigh ins. Jim stopped doing recaps a couple seasons ago.

Thanks for link for the results as I couldn't find it or overlooked it. That told me what I wanted to know really.

Originally Posted by river scum

not a very good idea to share your tactics, when you fish for money, i wouldnt imagine. even if they told me, i dont think i would believe them. lol

if you looking for crappie now, look for the shallowest warmest water.(in the afternoon)

I agree. After all, we wouldn't want to teach any arm chair quarterbacks how to fish or let them know where to catch them on this forum would we? Nor would we want to exploit or advertise baits, tackle, etc. used for their sponsors benefits either as it might be construed as free advertising. And also, we also would hate to see those that learn become more future competition in future crappie tournaments not saying that it might be nice to see a bigger turnout. :lol: I remember a quote, "money is the root of all evil." and how it sure affects friendships and comradery

cevans is one intelligent man..or true dat!!!!!my buddies from ohio won it yates and allen and im sure they would tell u how they got em ..doesnt really matter next year be somewhere different or different depth color and so on.weather and lake conditions r always different..they r good fisherman

and remember without sponsors no tournaments

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink! You can tell all, give a guy a new boat, all the technology, equipment, lures, baits, etc.....its still up to a person, to catch a fish! Take a cue, from Ray Scott who built a 20 Billion empire, pick up a BASS Times, or BASS Mag..they tell all,,,you still have to be the one, to catch the fish. Secrets...sheese!
The results tell me ,,,one tough tourney tho. After all, Ice on the lake the week before with over 3" of rain in the melt. Lake rising, Cold front going thru on Sat of tourney day.
15 teams - no fish, that's 38% of contestants not weighing fish.
9 teams - 1 fish
2 teams - 2 fish
3 teams - 3 fish
6 teams - 4 fish
2 teams - 5 fish
1 team - 6 fish
2 teams - 7 fish limit
76 fish weighed in for a avg. weight (total weight 54.29) of 0.72 lbs. per fish.
592 hrs of fishing time by 74 contestants equals 0.13 fish caught per hour.

Very tough tournament and Kudos to those that fished it. Hope you have better results on the next one and good luck to all.

if you would have look i did post on home site (OHIO)
as we said at the finish... B'n'M poles, Southern Pro tubes, Bobby Garland baits,
along with breakfast and live bait from Poor Boy's Country Store...
and the world famous Nightprowler jigs...

it was a very slow bite Fri & Sat, lake was up 3 or 4 feet.
creek & coves muddy/stain, main lake clear, temp 45f 50f.
fished iceout 6-8 ft deep.
sunny Sat , bite turn on after 1pm

My partner and I fished up in the Creek. Pre fished for 2 days, caught 1 keeper. Water was cloudy everyday with temps running 45 to 49 degrees. Marked tons of fish practicing but couldnt get the big bites, we hoped with sunshine on tournament day we could get a big bite. We slow trolled Arkie shinee hinee hair jigs tipped with big crappie shiners, and also had luck with the arkie sexy tail shad in black and green, and pink and pearl tubes worked well also, matched up on roadrunner glow walleye jigheads. Fish caught around timber in 10ft of water suspended 4 to 6 feet deep