You got that right Matthew.

What is great about this tournament is you can take several of your buddies out in the boat and truly compete against each other. Would make for great tv seeing 3 or 4 friends competing against each other out of the same boat.

This tournament format should be a lot of fun for anyone. Only need one fish, and everyone has an equal chance of getting a crappie closest to 1 lb or 1.25 lb, ext. You don't have to be a crappie expert to come out a winner in this tournament. And as always, the weigh-in will be as much fun as the fishing time. With 2 junior angler divisions, the kids will have a great time also. Great family fun and entertainment. There will be plenty of prizes for the junior divisions.

CAT is hoping to make this an annual event. If the numbers are there, more sponsors will be interested. So come out and support crappie fishing and family fishing fun.

The Jr. Anglers fishing this tournament will be thanking all of the CAT Club members that donated to the prize fund at Tuesday night's meeting. We collected over $340!!

Be sure to bring your kid's to fish this...there are going to be some awesome prize packages given away.

Working on getting all of the junior angler prizes ordered and ready for this tournament! Please bring your kids out for a fun time and a chance at some really great prizes!! Thanks to all that have given money for these packages and for the donated tickets from some great places!! Be sure and pass the word that this tournament is coming up. With it being a 1 fish tournament, everyone will have a chance. Is should be a great time for all!!

Folks, this is shaping up to be a great event. Prizes for junior anglers include some great tickets to things like Swim Park, Mavericks game, just to name a few. There's over $800 in donations for prizes for juniors now. Some prizes will be awarded for their catch, and some given away at random. You can enter yourself and mama, and enter the kid(s) or grand kids for free. Mail in your entry form or enter at the Minnow Bucket on Friday afternoon or Saturday morning. This will be fun for sure.

Might actually be in town for this! Me and little man might try and make it! Maybe get a little fishing in too!

sounds like you better get your arse in gear then....maybe pay with some of that prize money...

I'd be donating if I went.

This will be the first tournament my buddy and I fish. We have never fished for crappie at fork after march/april though so I am worried about what depth they will be at and south vs north end of the lake. Kayaks are how we do our crappie fishing and yes we found em shallow this past weekend. Any fork veterans mind shedding a little light on may crappie? I am usually hitting docks on cedar creek may-june 7-14 feet of water, would it ring true for Fork as well?


big fish went 15 7/8" and our lil hand scale said only 2.1#

Can you fish from your dock? Can you fish minners?

Yes and Yes

CAT Crappiefest Flyer

We've had lots of inquiries about this tournament. We are really excited to get everyone involved in this!! Let anyone you know that likes to crappie fish know about this. We really want to make this an annual event!

Jay Don

Anybody got any info on lodging near the weigh is site?

Fork Motels

The link above is a good resource. The Minnow Bucket has been booked for months. I'm staying down the road at Trophy Lodge.