Thread: Great Job Jim

Originally Posted by cevans

This much I do know, back in the late early 80’s, I was asked or become Publicity Dir. of Indiana Bass Fed. With my contacts in the fishing and boating industry, we took their tourney trail from a 1 boat giveaway to a 3 boat giveaway that was given to us by Ranger and Skeeter. Increased tournament participation from 125-150 to over 250 boats with Indiana DNR capping it at 250 ( I think it’s more regulated now but not sure) boats and limited lake usage during the summer restricting to where we could hold the tourneys and forcing us to use the Ohio River as sites in the summer months. Increased the clubs in the state also. We started the Riley Children’s Benefit tourney and the Leukemia Tourney of which Skeeter gave us a fully rigged boat to give away and started the Leukemia Telethon (I even set and ran the telethon) on channel 6 in Indy with donations Last I heard maybe now topping a maybe million? I would send out a press release to all outdoor writers in their organization getting us publicity also. We didn’t have the internet or forums then. We competed against Red Man and Blugrass Tourney trails holding our own against them. We did work the Sports Shows in having a booth. All of this worked, and couldn’t have been accomplished without getting the word out as to what we represented. It wasn’t that much of a effort on my part to do this for the 3-4 yrs I worked it. So what do I know?

Well our club/guys, do seminars, have for years at bass pro, cabelas, West side bait and tackle, Johnson county fairgrounds fishing show, one around Kokomo, and other places. Several of us from the club take out, Outdoor writers. Not to mention the guys the run the club and write the articles, all have families, work full time, and keep things going with the few of them there are. It's ran very nicely, and is like a big family.
Take this into,consideration. Have you fished any tournaments in our club? Been to the weigh ins? Know all the guys? This club is more about the passion for crappie fishing. Mr. Yates and his partner have traveled from Ohio for 6 years now to EVERY tournament, hats off to them. So many of us has benefited tremendously from this club and can now compete at a higher level at CUSA, Crappie MASTERS AND A.C.T.
I would say unless you have been there and try it, I wouldn't be setting behind your keyboard bashing anyone.
Thank you Sir!

Originally Posted by Yates

this was not for you...i post this and it came out wrong, i try to fix it with out any luck. i also don't give Dam if you like it or not. you did not have to read it, unless you just like to bitch.

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Touché

This wasn't about any club it started about what Jim wrote about crappie fishing the Ohio River, the wrong page came up I was unable to change it.the new one was very good and would help any one fish the river. I was not bashing anything, it was a thank you for Jim for a helpful way to find crappie at the river ...

All I am commenting on is you guys deserve better than old news for your hard work and wins as well. The results could be posted on the Indiana forum and press releases could be (and maybe they are) to benefit you guys. How else would I or anybody else know of your accomplishments? It is why I have been saying, what do I know. Now if you take what I consider as constructive criticism a slam instead, that is your choice. But when you leave the masses in the dark, what do you expect? And if you build the attendance up it leads to bigger payouts and more stuff donated thru more sponsors to Slabmasters as well as individual sponsorships to you individual fishermen.

and to add to what cevans said why have a special page for the ISM if you're not going to use it?

Originally Posted by river scum

just advertisement for them im guessing cevans. isnt there a slabmasters section at the top for this stuff? :/

Originally Posted by wannabe fisherman

and to add to what cevans said why have a special page for the ISM if you're not going to use it?

special page for the ISM... there a slabmasters section...

why all the haters, there was no reason to even open the post..
maybe you could text Slab, let him know you guys have taken over the Indiana forum and don't want anyone or anything on it with out your ok....

as for setting behind my keyboard bashing... i am the only one with a real name & pic

HATERS ??? all I did was ask why the ISM section is hardly used when all the info from the tourneys could be posted there unless you don't want the rest of us on C.C to see them.
TAKEN OVER ?? I've been on this forum, Indiana for as long as I've been on C.C because I fish Patoka as mush as I fish in Ky. and I like to know what's going on in IN.