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Crappie USA Tournament Results for Kentucky/Barkley Lakes
This past Saturday April 11th Crappie USA held a qualifying event at
Paris Landing on Kentucky Lake. Over 200 anglers from 14 different
states were competing for not only cash and prizes, but a chance to
advance to the prestigious Cabela’s Crappie USA Classic to be held at
Columbus, Mississippi in the fall of 2009. To date this was our largest
qualifying event held out of the Paris Landing area.
Semi-Pro Division Results
Taking first place was the Wingo, Kentucky team of David and Larry
Sisson with a very impressive weight of 13.17 pounds. David and Larry
were fishing the main creek banks of Blood River in 14-20 feet of water.
The team caught their limit spider rigging black/chartreuse umbrella
Southern Pro baits tipped with large shiner minnows. David and Larry
earned $2,000.00 for first place in the Kentucky/Barkley Lakes Crappie
USA event.
Second place went to the Bowling Green, Kentucky team of Mike Tinley and
Tim Gill with a close weight of 13.09 pounds and earning $1,000.00. Mike
and Tim were also spider rigging the Blood River area in 12-15 feet of
water using red and chartreuse umbrella jigs tipped with live bait. Most
of their fish were holding very tight to the breaks and cover.
In third place was Shane Moore of Milan, Tennessee and John Eubanks of
Trenton, Tennessee weighing in 12.5 pounds and earning a check for
$700.00. Shane and John were vertical jigging deep ledges and stake beds
in 18-20 feet of water south of New Johnsonville using red and
chartreuse with silver flake umbrella jigs tipped with minnows.
The well-known 3-person team of Steve Ferguson of Puryear, Tennessee
along with his partners Joey and Levi Briggs took fourth place with a
weight of 12.33 pounds. Steve, Joey and Levi were fishing in 18-24 feet
of water using red and chartreuse umbrella tubes on Teezer jig heads
with Vicious line and B’n’M Poles. The team earned $500.00 for fourth
place.
Fifth place went to the Nashville, Tennessee team of Calvin Bell and
William Kerr Jr with a total weight of 11.29 pounds and earning $400.00.
Calvin and William were fishing big bays around the state line on
Barkley Lake using large shiner minnows in 2 ½ feet of water. The water
temperature in the area they were fishing was 60 degrees which was
warmer than Kentucky Lake due to the stained water.
Amateur Division Results
First place in the amateur division was the Murray, Kentucky team of
Sammy Tidwell and Danny Todd weighing in 12.78 pounds and earning
$1,500.00. Sammy and Danny were fishing ledges and man made cover using
red/chartreuse Southern Pro Jigs tipped with minnows in Blood River.
Second place went to Jerry Trimble of Hardin, Kentucky and Cliff Edwards
of Murray, Kentucky with a weight of 12.3 pounds and earning $750.00.
Jerry and Cliff were spider rigging 15-16 feet of water using popsicle
colored Southern Pro jigs targeting the main creek going into Johnson
Creek.
Taking third place was Mark and Billy Arnold of Trezevant, Tennessee
with 12.29 pounds and earning $500.00. Mark and Billy were fishing
Crooked Creek Tennessee area using Wooly Booger jigs and red/chartreuse
jigs tipped with minnows.
In fourth was the Belknap, Illinois team of Randy and Cindy Turner
weighing in 12.23 pounds and earning a check for $300.00. Randy and
Cindy were longline trolling the north Kentucky Lake area in 15-18 feet
of water using blue/black/chartreuse Southern Pro jigs.
Fifth place went to the team of Scott Buchanan of Williamstown, Kentucky
and Larry Buchanan of New Concord, Kentucky weighing in 12.18 pounds and
earning $275.00. Scott and Larry were tightlining the east side of the
main lake south of the Hwy 79 bridge using popsicle colored jigs tipped
with minnows in 12-15 feet of water.
Congratulations to all the teams fishing this event. For a complete list
of tournament standings and downloadable photos for this event visit
www.crappieusa.com then go
to Tournament Results.
Big Fish Award
Taking big fish of the event was the New Haven, Kentucky team of James
Jaco and David Schultz with a 2.81 pound crappie which netted them
$700.00. Second place in the big fish contest was the one man team of
Don Travis of Paducah, Kentucky with a 2.63 pound crappie and earning
$300.00.
Ranger Cup Bonus Winners
Earning the $250.00 Ranger Cup Bonus in the Semi-Pro Division was Mike
Walters of West Milton, Ohio.
Earning the $125.00 Ranger Cup Bonus in the Amateur Division was Jason
Westerburg of Conway, Arkansas.
Crappie USA Kids Fishing Rodeo
In conjunction with the tournament Crappie USA held their Kids Rodeo on
Saturday morning with several local children attending the event. All
the participants signed up for a chance to win one of 6-$2,000.00
scholarships to be drawn for at the Cabela’s Crappie USA Classic.
Crappie USA and our anglers have contributed nearly $270,000.00 to the
“Crappie Kids” Scholarships since 1997. We are very proud to be a part
of the education process for the youngsters who participate in our
tournaments as adult/youth teams and those who fish in the Crappie USA
“Kids Fishing Rodeos”.
For more information please call Crappie USA Inc. at 270-395-4204.
Please visit the website at
www.crappieusa.com.
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