Thread: 2015 Crappiefest -- March 28, 2015 Lake Russell State Park

Our Spring Crappiefest will be held on Saturday March 28, 2015 at Russell State Park, shelter #3 (the same shelter we have used for 7 years). We try to plan these events so we hit the spawn just right and this years event date should put everyone on some great crappie fishing on Lake Russell.

This is a event for the entire family to come and spend the day with other Crappie.com members and friends. We will have our tournament to began the day and after weigh in we will have the meal. This is a great event each year and gives everyone a chance to fellowship with our Crappie.com family and friends. Make your plans to attend this years event, you will enjoy the day.

There are no fees charged for any of our events and we only ask for the ones that come to help out with any supplies needed for the meal and other events of the day. If you would like to make a small donation that goes to the cost of renting the shelter and trophies please do so at the event, there will be a "donation box" at the shelter. Any money left over will go toward next years event. We want to thank everyone that has helped in the past events for their support.

If anyone has something they would like to donate for door prizes please let myself, gabowman or Fisher-o-Men know so we can add it to the other prizes.We really need help getting prizes together and we thank you in advance for your help

Again this year we will also have some fishing gear that we will raffle off.

We will have a swap meet again this year also, if you have anything you want to sell be sure to bring it with you. You never know what others my be looking to buy and the swap meet has always been interesting. I have bought things I didn't even know I needed

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Fishing Tournament
Our rules are simple, each boat will weigh in their 5 best crappie. We will give out trophies for the weights of 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. If there is a tie the biggest crappie for the team will be the tie breaker for the win. We will also have a prize for the biggest crappie and the biggest fish so be sure to keep your big fish for the weigh-in.

This year we are adding a Youth Tournament. There will be two age classes, 0 to 12 years & 13 to 16 years. We will give out prizes for each class. The prizes will be posted later.
The crappie weighed in by the youth must have been caught and reeled in the child.

Rules
1. Live-wells will be checked. Once your live-well has been checked and you have signed in you will be able to trailer your boat to any of the ramps on Russell but you "must" be back for the weigh-in start time. ( if the lake is busy it is your responsibility to allow the time you need to be at weigh-in time)
2. Each boat is a team, 5 crappie weigh-in.
3. If anyone is caught trying to cheat they will be disqualified and banned from any of our future events and could be banned from Crappie.com also.
4. All Ga. and S.C. game laws are to be followed.
5. No matter what is happening at the lake it is your responsibility to allow time to be at the weigh-in.
6. Sign-in will be from 6 am til 7 am for the tournament. Fishing times are from 7 am until 12 noon. (No fishing before 7 am and no fishing after 12 noon) Weigh-in will be held at 12:30 at shelter #3. You must be at the weigh-in when your name is called or you will be disqualified.

(sign-in will be at the main park ramp)
When you come into the park take the first road to your left and follow it to the ramp.
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This year we are having hamburgers and hotdogs again as it worked out very well last year. I will go buy the hamburger meat and wienies once we have the number of people coming. I am adding a list for the other supplies we will need for the meal. Please let me know what you can bring and I'll add your name beside the item.

1. hamburger and wienies - stump hunter
2. trash bags and couple of 2 liter drinks - hollidas
3. chips - John - RSW
4. snaphunter & dragginman
5. plates,and utensils,napkins,paper towels - Dave Willis
6. cake, hamburger - hotdog buns / Jimmy
7. Special Cakes - Lady Jiggs
8. case of water & ice - VMatt
9. Plates and plasticware - GaSlabman
10. charcoal - Bigtime
11. Baked beans and desert - Fisher-o-men
12. chili- John
13. cups - Saludariverman
14. drinks - Bigdawgg - I go Fishing - Rsw
15. - ice - uncile Ramus
16. - mustard, ketchup, mayo - BigDawg
17. - onions - sccamper
18. - deserts - fisher-o-man - sccamper
We look forward to seeing all of our friends and also look forward to meeting some of our new members. If you have never been to a CrappieFest before please plan to attend this years event.

Thanks,
STUMP HUNTER, gabowman and Fisher-o-Men

List of those attending,
1. Stump & Grandson Brandon
2. Travis and Hunter
3. hollidas and father
4. Gabowmwn & Allan
5. Dave Willis & sccamper and daves brother and Daves grandson
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8. Carolina Cur & jg
9. Fisher-o-Men
10. I go a fishing & son
11. V Matt
12. Jimmy & 2
13. goodoleboyz250 , my wife Jessica and son kaysen plus mother-in-law and 2 daughters
14. Tommy (tps0998) & 2
15. Jiggs and Lady Jiggs + 2
16. Saludariverman and Tyler Tice
17. ofishlbizzness & wife & granddaughter
18. Bigtime and Jay
19. Bigdawgg, Lynnie & Nathan
20. Gadepeeps & brother
21. SSminnow27 + 2
22. Lcookie & Teeny plus 1
23. OKeespec & Tiny
24. Tema lanier (2)
25. GaSlabman & Becky
25. Fisher-o-Men and Matthew
26. RSW, wife & son
27. Burdawg & Bringingblood

Are there any areas close to the boat ramps where electric only boaters could stand a chance at catching fish?