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Crappie Slayers Tournament Series Lake Pomme De Terre Pittsburg State Park Aug 16th, 2014 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM Weigh 7 Boat $40 Big Crappie $10 I haven't been in a long while, looking forward to getting out and catching some specks. Hope to see you there. Brad

Crappie Slayers Tournament Series Lake Pomme De Terre July 19th, 2014 7 Crappie 1. Sprague/Matthews 6.40 2. Bacon/Bacon 6.22 3. Wilson/Music 5.83 4. Farrell/Farrell 5.61 5. Shockley/Stokes 5.56 6. Hallemier/Reth 5.47 7. Carter/Carter 3.84 8. Loveland/Loveland Big 1. Wilson/Music 1.11

Crappie Slayers Tournament Series Pittsburg State Park July 19th, 2014 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM $40 Boat $10 Big Crappie Weigh 7 Come on out and have a great time! For additional info please send me a pm. Brad

It is not against the rules, however would like to stay away from it if possible. We have some guys who fish with a couple rods at a time, however no full blown spider rigging. Brad

Looking good - will get back to fishing the trees before long! Thanks, Brad

Crappie Slayers Tournament Series June 21st, 2014 Lake Pomme De Terre Pittsburg State Park 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM 7 crappie $40 Boat $10 Big Crappie The weather is great, fishing awesome, come have a great time!

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Did this start today? Didn't see an update on the corp website. Brad

Sounds great - thanks for the update. Brad

3rd Saturday of the month from now to October. Brad

Crappie Slayers Tournament Series Lake Pomme De Terre 5/17/14 7 Crappie 1. Hallemier/Reth 6.69 2. King/Hedges 5.98 3. Sprague/Matthews 5.92 4. Shockley/Stokes 5.39 5. Wilson/Music 5.22 6. Bacon/Bacon 5.20 7. Gronniger/MacCarter 4.62 8. Carter/Carter 4.53 9. Wolfinbarger/Fitzgerald 4.15 10. Loveland/Loveland 4.15 11. Horstman/Coddle 3.78 12. Goodman/Goodman .95 13. Thomas/Wallace Big 1. Hallemier/Reth 1.54

Crappie Slayers Tournament Series Lake Pomme De Terre Pittsburg State Park May 17th, 2014 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM Weigh 7 $40 boat $10 Big Crappie For additional info or questions please send me a pm. Come on out and have a great time! Brad

Crappie Slayers Tournament Series Pittsburg State Park Lake Pomme De Terre April 26th, 2014 7 Crappie 1. Bacon/Bacon 7.20 2. Shockley/Stokes 6.33 3. Hallemier/Reth 5.62 4. Gronniger/Gronniger 4.93 5. Carter/Carter 4.16 6. Sprague/Matthews 3.99 7. Waide/Horstman 3.72 8. Goodman/Goodman 2.00 9. Richardson/Thomas .69 Big 1. Shockley/Stokes 1.15

Great job! Brad

I haven't been in three weeks! We've been working around the house, yard, garden and orchard, not to mention work has been busy. I will be out fishing the tournament on Saturday and hope to find several, although I've heard through the grapevine the crappie have been a little tough this week. With the water warming the pattern will be drastically different depending on where you are at on the lake. As a rule of thumb for April, the warmer the water the shallower the fish. Evenings tend to be better than mornings as the water has all day to warm up a couple of degrees. The closer to the upper ends (Bolivar landing, Pittsburg landing) the shallower the fish should be. The closer to the dam, the deeper they will be due to water temp and water clarity. I prefer to the main lake this time of year, the fish are deeper which means they are more stable than shallower fish. Here's my two cents: Upper end - find the warmest water you can, cast jigs next to any laydown, log, brush, or cover. It does not matter how small the cover is. I like to throw a 1/16th oz jig, white, blue, pink or chart, let it fall slow and real it back slow. The key is to let it fall and bring it in slow. The closer the spawn gets the better white becomes. I'm not much on minnows, however if you want you can dip minnows around shallow structure. Lower end - fish brush piles in 10-20 feet of water. Look for the piles that are just inside points leading to spawning coves, in front of cuts or in the middle of the coves. The fish are starting to transition preparing for the spawn. In the lower end of any lake the water is deeper and clearer, this means they will spawn deeper than in the upper ends. You will need to fish accordingly to catch these fish. They will also spawn 10-15 days later, of course this will all depend on fronts and storm systems moving through. I prefer to vertical jig with 1/8th oz jig heads. I like using a natural colors such as shad, gray, smoke, white, etc.... and never count out chart! They can be tricky to find as things change, however when you find them you can generally load the boat. Good luck! Brad

Haven't been for two weeks now, dying to get out. Hope it gets better, it will as the water warms. Brad

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I prefer Humminbird, however brand is not nearly as important as learning to use the unit.

Lindley arm - Pittsburg Landing, Nemo Pomme arm - Pittsburg State Park Dam - Hermitage State Park

The fishing was crazy!!! Day started off bitter cold but when the fish started biting it didn't matter. Reports from the tournament were all over the place - shallow to deep. It's March and the crappie have started feeling the urge to go shallow, however Sunday's weather may have curtailed that a little. We caught our fish on deep brush piles in the main lake. Fished 25-35 feet of water, 14-18 feet deep. Best bite came on pink or blue jigs, vertical jigged. It was a feast or famine bite, they were either on the pile by the boat load or not at all. We had two limits in about an hour. We continued to catch and throw back another 50 plus keepers through out the day. If on the right pile it was nothing to catch 15-25 fish, if not on the right pile it was nothing, miserable! We had some quality fish, however most were in the 10" range. My tournament partner did have a 14" that weighed 1.65 lbs, big fish of the tourney. As this week warms they should start moving, March fishing is great however sometimes it takes a while to find them. Good luck on your quest and let us know how you do! Brad

Crappie Slayers Tournament Series Lake Pomme De Terre March 15th, 2014 Pittsburgh State Park 7 Crappie 1. Wade /Horstman 7.53 2. Sprague/Matthews 7.25 3. Shockley/Stokes 7.15 4. Bacon/Bacon 6.53 5. Thomas/Richardson 6.14 6. Gunter/Bryan 5.89 7. Wilson/Wilson 5.88 8. Jones/Jones 5.83 9. Gronniger/Turner 5.82 10. Newman/Newman 5.42 11. Farrell/Farrell 5.26 12. Wilson/Music 2.49 13. Carter/Carter 1.67 14. Wolfinbarger/Fitzgerald 1.33 15. Rice/Rice Big 1. Shockley/Stokes 1.65

Crappie Slayers Tournament Series March 15th, 2014 Pittsburg State Park Lake Pomme De Terre 7:00 - 2:00 Weigh 7 Crappie $40 boat $10 Big Crappie It's the first one of the year - come on out and have a good time!!! The crappie are biting and the weather should cooperate. We will be keeping track to crown a points champion. If you have any questions just send me a pm. Brad

Hope I don't sound like a jerk but - the entire lake is good!!!!! Depends on what species you are after, time of year, bank of boat? Give us a little more info and perhaps we can point you in the right direction. Brad

I thought the fishing was great, however I had a mess of fresh crappie for lunch!!!! Been so long I forgot how good it was.

Decided to get out before the storm hit - fishing was great! Had 30 in three hours. Pulled 13 keepers plus 10+ dinks off first brush pile! Fished 27-35 fow 20-25 feet down. White and blue jigs worked the best. Brad