drumking, Chickamauga, Crappie, 051814, Dr Phillip Gawthrop

[drumking]

Dr Phil and I participated in the inaugural Chattanooga Crappie Club tournament this morning. We were fortunate enough to win the thing and also had the big fish. 2.1 lb, 16" TARP Black Crappie. We were blessed. It was a rainy start to the morning as Dr Phil and I launched at HBSP at 5:30 and motored over the CFP in the rain to sign up for the tournament. We had a very good turnout for such a rainy start. 11 boats signed up and fished.

Everyone seemed to have enjoyed the way that the tournament was run and just wish that the fish had been a little bit bigger for everyone. We got lucky and caught a few more bigger fish that helped us to win the tournament.

We had a 7 fish limit for 7.6 lbs. We started on docks, but after an hour or so of fishing docks and only 4 small keepers to show for our efforts, we changed gears and went deep. Main river channel drops in about 15' of water and a few isolated stumps around the breakline. Our hottest lure was a 1/16 oz Bobby Garland 2" shad in the Blue Thunder color with a chartreuse tail light. The fish were active for the time that our fishing time watch said was a minor movement. We didn't catch another keeper after that feeding spree which was over at 11:00 AM.

Thanks to the guys who organized the club and ran such a fine tournament. Job well done. See you at the next tournament in June.

emoBigsmile emoGeezer

 

[Mike Hernandez]

Congrats on the win gents!

 

[BassERT]

Good for you!
Glad you had a nice TX

emoCool

 

[SethColeman]

That was a SLAB DK!!!! Great bag and congrats on the win!!!!

 

[Muskrat]

Awesome fish and great job DK and Phil. Congrats ! That's two 16-inch crappie in your boat the last couple of weeks DK- sweet ! emoApplause emoToast emoWorthy

 

[Tenncrapie]

Good job DK and Dr. That's some fine looking fish and congrads to all those who braved the rain and cold to fish.

 

[Biofisher I]

way to go guys. Congrats on the win.

 

[the Wolftever Kid]

Great fish and win today DK! David and I had a really tough day (as most did today), we mainly fished shallow docks. We never caught any quality fish and trust me, we fished a lot of docks.

I thought it was a good turn out for an overcast, cool day - and it was a well run tournament thanks to Korngrinder, Allison, Seth, Jim and you DK. I would say today was an overall success for our first tournament as the Chattanooga Crappie Club! See you next TX guys!

 

[tnvs1]

Congrats on the win. Thanks for the report

 

[tp44]

Congrats on the win and also on the TARP. It was a beauty.

 

[cuonthelake]

Look at you! I love that you won the inaugural Crappie Club Tournament. You have given so much to everyone here on CFF with sharing, and teaching emoGeezer , its only right that you Win Big, leading over 2lbs....I am Proud of Ya! (yeah I might be Bias) emoBigsmile

 

[the maddog]

emoApplause Great catch...Great post...Gotta say that's the biggest smile Ive seen in your pics for a long time! emoDance

 

[tmhtina.sunshine]

Nice to meet your partner yesterday --You guys did such a good job, congrats on the wins - 1st place and Big Fish! A great win for the 1st Chattanooga Crappie Club tournament too.

After hearing how hard of a time everyone had it makes the win even better! See you at the next one in June!

 

[BILL DANTZ]

Congrats and thanks for posting.

 

[fishnaddiction]

Congrats again DK!!!

 

[Footman1824]

Congrats on the win. Very nice crappie.

 

[Gator]

Congrats to you both on winning the tournament. Very nice "big fish" too!
emoThumbsup emoThumbsup emoThumbsup

 

[dtesney]

Great crappie. Ibet yall had a ball.