Thread: Ky crappie clubs

He know we all are just joking, but you know what he just wants .

I too would be interested in a club or some tournaments around here. Blinkey's tackle out of Fountain Run Ky is having a 7 fish tournament on Barren the first part of next month. They haven't set a date yet but I'll post it as soon as they do. You can also like them on Facebook.

tim he only hates you.. he cant hate me

I've looked at this thread for a couple of days and thought long and hard about what I have to say. I fished bass tournaments and bass clubs for years, both in GA and KY. I found out one gorilla-in-the-room issue with club and tournament fishing: there will be a percentage, most of the time small thank goodness, of folks who get involved and look at these activities as a cheap way to be guided around for a day so they can learn new tactics and new places to fish. Some will be newbies but many will be veterans who should know better than run all over somebody else's spots when they are shown them in confidence. I know some folks who fish crappie clubs and those clubs are very selective about who they invite to join.

I would be interested

Mrdux, crappie tourneys are way different than bass tourneys , crappie you don't have boaters and non-boaters. You don't draw for partners, everybody already has a partner or fishes by their self and are based more on a trust system than bass tourneys..I am not be a butt hole but crappie fisherman are way more honest than bass fisherman as a whole when it comes to tourneys. For the most part the only people that has a problem with crappie tourneys are the ones that fish bass tourneys because of the trust system. So most everything you posted does not apply to crappie tourneys. And mostly crappie tourneys are laid back and have way more FUN and meeting new people.

How about Ky barkley lake, Barren River Lake and Green river lake for the three to start out. Just a thought

Originally Posted by buffalo13

How about Ky barkley lake, Barren River Lake and Green river lake for the three to start out. Just a thought

... yeah, that's one of the problems ... our lakes & our members are scattered around the state so much, that even picking 3 lakes to have the tourneys is going to exclude a lot of people (due to travel time/expenses). Take me, for example : Green is over 2hrs away, Barren ~ 2.5hrs, and KY/Barkley is 3.5 to 4+hrs away (depending on launch area).

Now, take you for example : what would be your say on having Green, Cumberland, & Taylorsville lakes as the 3 lakes to start out with ?? Or, perhaps ... Herrington, Cave Run, & Cedar Creek ??

The number of boats per tourny x's entry fee ... divided by the number of places paid (1st only/ winner take all ... or 1st @50% - 2nd @ 30% - 3rd @ 20%) may not be a big enough draw to get the participation level high enough to justify the cost per participant. Then you'd have to figure on having a member appear at "every" scheduled tourney ... to officiate, hold the entry fees, measure/weigh the fish, etc. (whether they fished or not). Not to mention whether or not the officiating member would be compensated for their appearance (free entry if fishing, or a percentage of the winnings whether they placed or not, or some other form of compensation).

Not trying to be a downer on this idea .... just bringing up some points to ponder & discuss. We'd also have to discuss the rules/regs necessary.

... cp