Posted By: Ken Gaby
Crappiefest Results - 04/02/17 01:42 AM
What a tournament. Amazing to see what can be done when you put a bunch of good crappie fishermen and fisher ladies on a good lake like Fork. There were 326 entries including 25 junior anglers. There were 275 fish brought to the scales.
The juniors had a blast as usual and everyone took home tackle packs and gift cards. The top winners in the junior divisions received tickets to venues like Six Flags, Medieval Times, and some I don't recall. Lots of smiles from the kids as you can imagine.
Big fish was a 2.93 caught by Ed Rathbun of OK. Ed is a long time friend of Bill Muntz and was down for some fishing fun on Belton Lake early this week and then headed to Fork with Bill for Crappiefest. That big crappie netted Ed $5,000.
There were plenty of big fish brought to the scales and it took 2.34 to place 10th this year. And on the other end of the scale, Andrea Smiley took home $500 with a crappie that bumped the scales at .45 lbs.
Once the leader board hit 2.34 for big fish at 10th place, most people started weighing closest too fish. There were many more fish just over 2 lbs that didn't get weighed.
Fish were caught all over the lake on all types of baits. I was way too busy to get particulars.
CAT appreciates all those that entered and congratulations to all the winners. Special thanks to Lake Fork Trophy Lures for use of their facility in Emory for the weigh in. And a big thanks to all the sponsors and Alec Dyer, Star Industries, for his gracious support of Carppeifest. The big fish bonus for a fish over 3 lbs was not claimed this year. That bonus is provided by Lone Star Fork Lift and will most likely be increased next year. So start thinking now about how you're going to win that bonus in 2018.
Here's the leader board for big fish.
And here's the closest too board. There was a 6 way tie for 1.75. Truly amazing. And a lot of fish at 1.77-1.78
The juniors had a blast as usual and everyone took home tackle packs and gift cards. The top winners in the junior divisions received tickets to venues like Six Flags, Medieval Times, and some I don't recall. Lots of smiles from the kids as you can imagine.
Big fish was a 2.93 caught by Ed Rathbun of OK. Ed is a long time friend of Bill Muntz and was down for some fishing fun on Belton Lake early this week and then headed to Fork with Bill for Crappiefest. That big crappie netted Ed $5,000.
There were plenty of big fish brought to the scales and it took 2.34 to place 10th this year. And on the other end of the scale, Andrea Smiley took home $500 with a crappie that bumped the scales at .45 lbs.
Once the leader board hit 2.34 for big fish at 10th place, most people started weighing closest too fish. There were many more fish just over 2 lbs that didn't get weighed.
Fish were caught all over the lake on all types of baits. I was way too busy to get particulars.
CAT appreciates all those that entered and congratulations to all the winners. Special thanks to Lake Fork Trophy Lures for use of their facility in Emory for the weigh in. And a big thanks to all the sponsors and Alec Dyer, Star Industries, for his gracious support of Carppeifest. The big fish bonus for a fish over 3 lbs was not claimed this year. That bonus is provided by Lone Star Fork Lift and will most likely be increased next year. So start thinking now about how you're going to win that bonus in 2018.
Here's the leader board for big fish.
And here's the closest too board. There was a 6 way tie for 1.75. Truly amazing. And a lot of fish at 1.77-1.78