TTT. This happens this Saturday.

they started coming in at 5 o'clock I got here at 1am

Good Luck Brigadiers!! Give em Hell!!

Saturday was a good day for Lake Conroe. 93 anglers from all walks of life participated in our Grass Carp Tournament. The size of the field made it possible for prize payouts to be respectable. Hourly "Big Fish", and "Most Fish" winners spanned from 14 to 65 years of age...and were rewarded with $125 and $140 paychecks. Keith Caka earned the tournament win with 28 carp brought to the scales for the entire day. His hard work also earned him $950 for his efforts.

All participants expressed how they had a great time at the event. Some understood the philosophy behind the event and were out there to help...but most were excited to be a part of a "fish" tournament for their very first time. There were a lot of "amped up" fishing folks who brought grass carp to the scales all throughout the day. We weren't quite sure what to expect as we sent both novice, and accomplished anglers out on Conroe to do battle with the carp on "rod and reel". Similar harvesting tournaments in other lakes in the past (both R & R and Bow), had yielded very low success results. But our folks were able to bring in nearly 300 mature grass carp for a total weight of close to 3,000 pounds. This was over 1 & 1/2 TONS of fish removed from the lake !!!

A big thank you goes to everyone who came out to compete, and help bring balance to the lake.

That is awesome to hear I'm glad it was a success and everyone had fun! Do you know if they'll be having anymore of these tournaments to help further combat the grass carp?

TPWD will have to survey what was taken vs. what their estimate of current carp is. I feel their will be another event in the future due to the success of this event. We appreciate all the support in making this happen. In doing so, 508 carp were harvested. With a 10 pound average, that equivilates to over 5,000 pounds of carp taken from Lake Conroe!

Here are some pics from yesterday's event: What A Bunch Of Carp

500 down, 175000 to go! lol

What is going to be done with the fish taken, food bank or fertilizer?

bfs, they were slated to be given to food banks/shelters for food use.

+1 for a good cause then.

what was the weight of the big fish?

Not sure but I looked through most of the pics and saw a few in the 20-30 range, though most looked to be single or low double digits.

The average weight was around 10 pounds. The biggest for the rod & reel tourny was around 23 pounds, and one that was over 30 was harvested at the bow tourny. We are still putting together the final talleys and I will post them once they are tabulated.

Here is a local newspaper article about the event:

Cutting The Grass

Results have been posted to the Seven Coves Bass Club Home Page

Great pics on the slide show!!