Thread: Great Job Jim

Originally Posted by tophook

I am one of those guys who for seven years have been given seminars to the public and our members and bringing in sponsors for Slabmasters. Look at our website at the sponsor lists, more then any other state crappie club in the nation. If you want to know about the results and size of the catch, look at the tournament results on website. If I spend a day pre fishing for a tournament and find them at a certain depth, certain cove, certain colors, and then that is put out there on our website, everyone will be sitting on my brush pile for weeks. If you want to know how and where I caught them, come to our weight in because we tell those present just that. I have gone to the national trails events and they do not give away a third of the sponsors products that we do at our events.

why would I want to waste my time traveling to a weigh in is exactly why you should be releasing press releases and postings on forums to enhance and build your tourneys up? Where is the gain in expecting everybody to come to a weigh in? That thought pattern is exactly why you don’t use the forum or do press releases. Nobody in their right mind would expect anybody to say where they are catching their fish either. Besides, no matter what is said, people still have to learn and catch the fish even if it was a dead giveaway. The time I have is spent fishing. LOL

Guys, I do support the Slabmasters and the tourneys you have. You would gain a heck of a lot more support if results, captions of winners fishing, etc..were posted, than to expect everyone to visit your website or expect everyone to travel and visit a weigh in. This posting is it for me on this as I have made the points I wanted to point out to you but I do support you tourney fishermen and the Slabmasters and know how hard the job is of putting together a tournament trail and the running’s of a club. Good luck fishing.

if u go to indiana slabmasters page and go to tournament results its posted within a couple days..hope to see u at some tournaments..good fishing also

I'm not taking sides, but I've served on the ISM board and fished circuits on near and far, and all have their strengths and weakness. Personally, I think ISM could use a PR position, to update CC.com, and other forms of social media. I don't Facebook, and it's hard to follow the happenings of ISM. I'm not saying I need reports (which would help the sponsors), I'd be happy with just seeing the results. Some follow football, some basketball and others fishing... nobody waits to hear the score of the super bowl two months after it's played. Lol

One flaw with publishing the results right after the tournament is over........ Cyber scouters lurking to find out what lake is HOT and then they go and catch limit after limit and pretty much destroy our little lakes for several years.
If you want to see the results right away then show up to a weigh in and you will know otherwise wait and see them.
Anytime you have 40+ boats show up to a crappie tournament it's a HUGE success... Given this is Indiana... Look at Crappie USA tournaments who advertise all over the place. They get 20 to 30 boats.
So what I'm saying is get off the computer go hook the boats up and try new lakes on your own and by golly you will find out it's not easy to find fish in a short time.... But when you do find them its very rewarding.

One flaw with publishing the results right after the tournament is over........ Cyber scouters lurking to find out what lake is HOT and then they go and catch limit after limit and pretty much destroy our little lakes for several years.
If you want to see the results right away then show up to a weigh in and you will know otherwise wait and see them.

Typical Indiana Slab Masters mentality. You guys think the fish is for you and your tourneys,,and they are everybodys fish. Your so afraid. Remember,,you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. Same goes for guys fishing. They still have to learn how to catch fish no matter what you tell them. I said I was done with this post....guess not. Your forgetting, in the beginning,,this forum helped to build the Indiana Slab Masters, and now you turn your back on it and its because you guys are so paranoid and so afraid of people catching crappies. Your club moto seems to be also,,in teaching others how to fish?? If so,,you have lost it in your thinking. Seems to me your thinking is more of a Tournament mode of thinking. lol. And not everybody fishes big water where you guys fish. Besides,,most fish resides in only 10% of that water and they are no different that you in having to locate the productive water. And the average fisherman doesn't spend as much time on the water as you either. I could go on and on.

Typical Indiana Slab Masters mentality. You guys think the fish is for you and your tourneys,,and they are everybodys fish. Your so afraid. Remember,,you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. Same goes for guys fishing. They still have to learn how to catch fish no matter what you tell them. I said I was done with this post....guess not. Your forgetting, in the beginning,,this forum helped to build the Indiana Slab Masters, and now you turn your back on it and its because you guys are so paranoid and so afraid of people catching crappies. Your club moto seems to be also,,in teaching others how to fish?? If so,,you have lost it in your thinking. Seems to me your thinking is more of a Tournament mode of thinking. lol. And not everybody fishes big water where you guys fish. Besides,,most fish resides in only 10% of that water and they are no different that you in having to locate the productive water. And the average fisherman doesn't spend as much time on the water as you either. I could go on and on.

Look I'm not with the Indiana Slab Masters so don't throw the club under the bus... That was my PERSONAL feelings.
I have no problem with sharing fish with fishermen its those who decide to keep taking is where I have an issue.... SINCE when do I get to spend a lot of time on the water???? I work out of state 4 to 5 days a week leaving me possibly one day on the weekend to fish even when I was a guide. I use all my vacation time to fish tournaments... Not the ISM either.
This is the VERY reason I never post anything on this website any longer.... Typical responses by those who sit around waiting to be told where the fish are biting.
I'm done with this site period!