the Wolftever Kid
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the Wolftever Kid, Chickamauga, Crappie, 10.12.14 - Forgotten Child Fund TX, David East, Crappie K
Sorry for the late post guys, so much going on just couldn't get to it until now. We try to do all the tournaments but we don't
miss the big ones like the Forgotten Child Fund. The guys at the Chattanooga Crappie Club and Kelly Simmons with the
Forgotten Child Fund (and many others that helped) did an outstanding job getting everything together to make this
tournament such a success. There were 29 boats that fished, lots of donations brought for the children and a lot of
volunteers helping cook burgers/hot dogs to feed everybody once weigh in was finished. KZ106 did a great job along
with Benny Hull as emcee. Can't leave out the Sale Creek Anglers Club for helping out as boats came in and taking some
fish with them before they left too. Couldn't have asked for better! Great job everybody.
I was planning to do this one with my new wife Tina (of almost 1 month) but that didn't work out for this tournament. I
called in my faithful partner David East (Crappie King) and though it looked gloomy all day the rain held off until everything
was over. I had (1) good pre-fish day last week, I found one remote dock that held quality fish. I left it alone and that was
my go-to deep water spot. Made a couple of quick stops on our way to this dock but that resulted in nothing. Before I could
set the trolling motor down, East tells me to get the net and we caught the majority of our keeper fish here.
We used Outlaw Special 1/32oz. jigs (of course) and they were the ticket! I was retrieving my jig on a 3-count quickly. The
fishing slowed, we went on rapid-fire trying other docks with little results but we were culling fish by 9am. As our deadline
approached, we decided to make a long run to 1 specific dock, it resulted in nothing. After scanning a deep brush pile, it
showed very little however we backed off and fished it anyway. After several casts, nothing then a huge ball of minnows
went over the pile. I ran my 1/16oz jig under the pile, got crushed and started screaming for the net. It was a 1lb white
Crappie and was the fish we needed for the win. Our 6lb 15oz bag I thought might be a top 5 placing but to win would
be very lucky. We decided if we won we would give the price money back for the children and that's exactly what we did.
We still walked away with a 1yr membership to Towboat USA (each) and a goody bag.
The Chattanooga Crappie Club has all the specific results on their Facebook page and DK posted winners (including us)
here the forum. I was proud to see we had several young kids fishing this TX and learning to fish even when it's not a
perfect day. Congrats to all the winners which includes everyone that fished and gave for this great cause.
Dave "Hippie" Ohms was recognized for his 10 yrs of volunteer service to the Forgotten Child Fund and was presented
with a plaque (seen in last picture) by Kelly Simmons. He has been putting on these tournaments for as long as I can
remember and it's very cool to see him get recognized for his efforts. This was a very memorable moment for the day.
Sorry for the late post guys, so much going on just couldn't get to it until now. We try to do all the tournaments but we don't
miss the big ones like the Forgotten Child Fund. The guys at the Chattanooga Crappie Club and Kelly Simmons with the
Forgotten Child Fund (and many others that helped) did an outstanding job getting everything together to make this
tournament such a success. There were 29 boats that fished, lots of donations brought for the children and a lot of
volunteers helping cook burgers/hot dogs to feed everybody once weigh in was finished. KZ106 did a great job along
with Benny Hull as emcee. Can't leave out the Sale Creek Anglers Club for helping out as boats came in and taking some
fish with them before they left too. Couldn't have asked for better! Great job everybody.
I was planning to do this one with my new wife Tina (of almost 1 month) but that didn't work out for this tournament. I
called in my faithful partner David East (Crappie King) and though it looked gloomy all day the rain held off until everything
was over. I had (1) good pre-fish day last week, I found one remote dock that held quality fish. I left it alone and that was
my go-to deep water spot. Made a couple of quick stops on our way to this dock but that resulted in nothing. Before I could
set the trolling motor down, East tells me to get the net and we caught the majority of our keeper fish here.
We used Outlaw Special 1/32oz. jigs (of course) and they were the ticket! I was retrieving my jig on a 3-count quickly. The
fishing slowed, we went on rapid-fire trying other docks with little results but we were culling fish by 9am. As our deadline
approached, we decided to make a long run to 1 specific dock, it resulted in nothing. After scanning a deep brush pile, it
showed very little however we backed off and fished it anyway. After several casts, nothing then a huge ball of minnows
went over the pile. I ran my 1/16oz jig under the pile, got crushed and started screaming for the net. It was a 1lb white
Crappie and was the fish we needed for the win. Our 6lb 15oz bag I thought might be a top 5 placing but to win would
be very lucky. We decided if we won we would give the price money back for the children and that's exactly what we did.
We still walked away with a 1yr membership to Towboat USA (each) and a goody bag.
The Chattanooga Crappie Club has all the specific results on their Facebook page and DK posted winners (including us)
here the forum. I was proud to see we had several young kids fishing this TX and learning to fish even when it's not a
perfect day. Congrats to all the winners which includes everyone that fished and gave for this great cause.
Dave "Hippie" Ohms was recognized for his 10 yrs of volunteer service to the Forgotten Child Fund and was presented
with a plaque (seen in last picture) by Kelly Simmons. He has been putting on these tournaments for as long as I can
remember and it's very cool to see him get recognized for his efforts. This was a very memorable moment for the day.
