Thread: Western KY Crappie Club Fruit Jar Series

This is an informational gathering thread, looking for input and interests. Looking to start a fruit jar series right here in western Kentucky, with an typical season of September thru May, with the Championship in June.
Yes, this is a late start, so points and championship minimums could be changed for this season.
This will mirror Mississippi's fruit jar and the MCC tourney trail as far as rules. I would like to see 3 to 5 people elected or chosen to be on the board each season.
We could try to fish different lakes in the area, like Lake Egypt or Rend Lake, or even fish the rivers instead of the big lakes. Single pole, or two pole events, or even have event specific locations like Jonathan Creek, or Paris Landing and Big Sandy, and of course open fish anywhere events.
For a good idea of the rules, please look at the Mississippi fruit jar rules. These include minimums on points and such for the championship. Also, this can but does not have to be linked to crappie.com in anyway. If we go forward, we could ask for permission to use the sight as a communication platform, and post season standings and such.
Let me know what you think...

Brian


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Sounds good,

I would like to if my work schedule will allow it. I've wanted to fish the twin lakes tournament but it's always on my weekend to work.

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Originally Posted by callen

I would like to if my work schedule will allow it. I've wanted to fish the twin lakes tournament but it's always on my weekend to work.

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I am kind of the same way except I am only off free and clear one weekend a month. I would like to participate in more but reality is I am only likely to fish something on Kentucky/Barkley that is fish anywhere and even then it will only be a few a year when the stars align and I can get away on a Saturday.

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If you have any south I might fish a few,bigsandy area.What about twin lakes crappie club, ain't it in the same area.Might be better off supporting them than having a separate thing.The reason I say that is the west TN crappie club I was involved in it was hard to get a good turnout in the tournaments.Most people are to busy, sports and family things.

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Originally Posted by blueball

If you have any south I might fish a few,bigsandy area.What about twin lakes crappie club, ain't it in the same area.Might be better off supporting them than having a separate thing.The reason I say that is the west TN crappie club I was involved in it was hard to get a good turnout in the tournaments.Most people are to busy, sports and family things.

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Let me ask this, why are there so many bass clubs, associations, trails, tours, ect....


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Originally Posted by bandchaser

Let me ask this, why are there so many bass clubs, associations, trails, tours, ect....


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Bigger MONEY !!!!

Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

Bigger MONEY !!!!

That answer was a no brainer....

Now, still looking for a reasonable answer to a reasonable question.

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Originally Posted by bandchaser

Let me ask this, why are there so many bass clubs, associations, trails, tours, ect....


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I'm just telling you from our experience in having a crappie club for 6yrs.Its tough,nobody wants to help.Supporting one club would probably mean a higher classic payout,etc.

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Originally Posted by bandchaser

Let me ask this, why are there so many bass clubs, associations, trails, tours, ect....


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Pappy answered correctly and here are some other easy answers to add to your list....


*Crappie fishermen are roughly 20+ years behind bass fishermen as far as exposure(advertising) and the amount of money they are willing to spend and will probably never catch up.
Bass fishermen drop $200 + on reels, $100.00 + on rods and let's not even talk about how much their rigs run. The point I'm making here is that the average bass fisherman isn't fishing out of a used fiberglass boat that is 10- 20 years old or a jon boat. The only place the average crappie fisherman will drop some major $$ on is for these new superior electronic units that are on the market to make them a lazier fisherman. The above statements are pointing to your ability to get guys to travel for a small tourney.

*I think if you ask some of your bass fishing buddies I'm sure they would tell you that their local weeknight club tourney usually consist of less than 10 boats per event. Why do they have such small turnouts?
Family, Church, Work, other hobbies.....This list is pretty much endless for a person that isn't getting paid to fish for a living.

*Let's look at this from another angle. If you surveyed the fishermen on this sight and asked them how often they had been out in the last couple of months and fished without keeping a single fish and just fished then I would bet the percentage would be well under 25%. The kiss and release mentality of a bass fisherman is replaced with a catch and fillet mentality of a crappie fisherman. I fall into this category like many others. Crappie fishermen are meat fishermen. The average crappie fisherman isn't going to spend a day catching 7/8 fish for a tourney when they could possibly catch 40 between his partner and himself.

*I think the plain writing on the wall comes down to this simple statement. The big fall shindig is this weekend with probably over I'm guessing 75-100 people attending(not real sure how many) and I bet unless things change you'll have less than 20 boats fishing in the fruit jar tourney. I will go out on a limb and say there will be way less than 20%.
This group of avid fishermen that are coming to the shindig would be a great group to survey to see why they were willing to travel to a 1-2 day event but had no desire to fish in a rather cheap entry fee tourney.

I hope you and Twin Lakes can get these tourneys rolling!
I'm afraid you better have your hiking boots on though since I think your headed up a tall mountain.