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23 boats showed up to participate in our club's last tournament of 2016. While most of us were floundering around in the mid to high four pound range, there are always a few teams that find a way to separate themselves from the pack. Weights in the upper fives to lower 6's would have won most of the tournaments held on Shelbyville this year. This tournament took over 6 pounds just to get a check. We finally got a couple of weights over 7 pounds and they were provided by two of the toughest teams that compete on Shelbyville.

Place	Team Members	Pounds
Big Fish	Cleland/Taylor	1.41#

1st	Lawson/Brozio	7.65#
2nd	Cleland/Taylor	7.29#
3rd	F. Revell Sr./D. Revell	6.84#
4th	J. Revell/F. Revell Jr.	6.83#
5th	Nast/Reynolds	6.26#
6th	Radecki/Boston	6.09#
7th	Birch/Suzewitz	5.41#
8th	Shelby/Hopkins	5.38#
9th	Kaiser/Myler	5.15#
10th	Smith/Cuffle	4.98#

Place	Team Members	Pounds	Big Fish
Big Fish	Peck/Price		.99#

1st	Zehr/Nugent	5.97#
2nd	Humphrey/Humphrey	5.34#
2nd	Shelby/Coleman	5.34#
4th	Smith/Gillespie	5.18#
5th	Mullins/Reynolds	5.09#
6th	Peck/Price	4.81#
7th	Barnes/Fermanian	4.55#
8th	Lange	4.35#
9th	Foley/Harres	4.30#
10th	Orr/Vecera	3.46#

With water surface temperatures still in the 60's, our teams found those Shelbyville crappie to be small and stubborn. Throw in a steady 15 mph south wind and things just get tougher. We still had 14 teams workin' their butts off trying to bring their best 7 to the scales. Best area seemed to be north of the Wilborn Ramp and 6-8' of water was the most reported depth. Fish were caught on 1/8th ounce jig heads with darker color bodies.

Thanks to every team that came out to support the club. Also thanks to several new members that signed up and were willing to give the club a chance this late in the season

Once again, our club paid out 100% ($560.00) to 50% of the field, so 7 teams got at least their entry fee back.

Place	Team Members	Pounds	Big Fish
Big Fish	Frank/Debbie Revell		1.07#

1st	Frank/Debbie Revell	5.90#
2nd	Bob Sarko/Rick Clifton	5.86#
3rd	Fred Brozio/Jimmie Lawson	4.95#
4th	Frank Revell Jr/Jeff Revell	4.23#
5th	Josh Nast/Dustin Reynolds	3.53#
6th	Greg Foley/Avery Harres	3.51#
7th	Shawn Shelby	3.39#

The Central Illinois Crappie Club hosted it’s 1st Fall Open Tournament on Lake Decatur Sunday, October 18th out of Nelson ramp. 18 teams competed for almost $1100.00 in total prize money including almost $500.00 to win 1st place. The day started out really wet, but turned out perfect for weigh-in. Some really nice fish were caught to show that Decatur can put up good weights on the scale!!!

43 fish were weighed in @ 55.81# for a 0.91# average.

Congratulations Teams and thanks for showing up on a miserable morning!!!!

Place	Team Members	Pounds	Big Fish
Big Fish	Lawson/Brozio		1.64#

1st	Humphrey/Humphrey	7.58#
2nd	Lawson/Brozio	7.51#
3rd	Foley/Mooney	6.77#
4th	Radeck/Boston	6.47#
5th	Plank/Plank	5.33#
6th	Roberts/Phillips	5.05#
7th	Paradee/Abbot	4.28#
8th	Suzewitz/Birch	3.92#
9th	Mays/Wright	3.53#
10th	Barnes/Fermanian	2.87#
11th	Lehew/Lehew	2.50#
DNW	Black/Kerey
DNW	Peck/Price
DNW	Lowe/Force
DNW	Lange
DNW	Bonn/Bonn
DNW	Shelby
DNW	Orr/Vecera

The club held it's final event of the spring on Saturday, June 4th. Hats off to seventeen tough fisherman that fought through 5 hours of cold pouring rain to support the club and provide fish for the fish fry.

Thanks to all of our members that came out on a lousy day and supported the club. These are the types of people that make our club special. Special thanks to all the members that donated prizes, food, and most of all, their time. This event would not have been a success without the extra effort from Greg Foley (purchased all the condiments and extras), Andy Roberts (cook's helper), and especially, Scott Phillips. Scott was the picnic coordinator and he did everything from running to Springfield to pick up donations from Joe Schrader at Steak & Shake, to hauling all his fish frying equipment to the pavilion and frying that delicious fish we ate. By the way, in his spare time, Scottie along with his wife Erika, keep us all informed on the website, Facebook, etc, etc.etc. If you see Scott or Erika, make sure you thank them. COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT THEM!!!!! Also thanks to Louis Jordan who helped with the cooking, and Kimmery Abbott who helped with the weigh-in.

Place	Team Members	Pounds	Big Fish
Big Fish	Barnes/Carr		0.96#

1st	Barnes/Carr	4.49#
2nd	Blades/Blades	4.10#
3rd	Jordan/Goodbrake	3.74#
4th	Shelby/Coleman	3.54#
5th	Hopkins/Johnson	3.40#
6th	Baker/Baker	3.26#
7th	Orr/Vecera	1.53#

The Central Illinois Crappie Club hosted it's 1st Open Tournament on Lake Shelbyville on Saturday, May 14th out of Bo Wood ramp. 23 teams competed for almost $1400.00 total prize money including over $500.00 to win 1st place. Some real quality teams took on Shelbyville's fickle crappie and what has lately become a standard 30 mph wind. All of the teams showed great determination using a wide variety of fishing tactics to bring fish to the scales.

118 fish caught @ 86.69# for a 0.73# average.

Congratulations Teams and thanks for showing up on a miserable morning!!!!

Place	Team Members	Pounds	Big Fish
Big Fish	Fermanian/Barnes		1.44#

1st	York	6.88#	1.21#
2nd	Jones/Brandenburg	6.55#	1.29#
3rd	Wilcox/Anderson	5.76#	1.27#
4th	Marquis/Swaim	5.31#	0.96#
5th	Jordan/Bugg	5.05#	1.12#
6th	F. Revell/J. Revell	4.96#	1.01#
7th	McCloud/Hotsinpiller	4.90#	1.03#
8th	Peters/Suzewits	4.79#	0.92#
9th	Grant/Wright	4.78#	1.13#
10th	Sharp/Davis	4.75#
11th	Shelby/Vollmer	4.72#	0.88#
12th	Cleland/Cleland	4.72#	0.87#
13th	Henderson/Henderson	4.59#	0.94#
14th	Roberts/Phillips	4.56#
15th	Foley/Mooney	4.35#
16th	Hillard/Fitzgerald	3.81#	1.08#
17th	F. Revell/D. Revell	2.79#	1.35#
18th	Fermanian/Barnes	2.71#	1.44#
19th	Orr/Vecera	0.71#	0.71#
20th	Hari/Bristle	DNW
21st	Hockman/Ewing	DNW
22nd	Pool/Black	DNW
23rd	Carver/Drake	DNW

Last Saturday, club members enjoyed a terrific day on Lake Shelbyville. Fourteen boats slugged it out for bragging rights. Team weights were really close as usual and a few hundredths of a pound made a big difference. Our top weights were 5.05, 5.01, and 4.99. That alone points out how important it is to weigh your very best fish!!!!

We would like to express our club's appreciation to all of our members new and old. We have a great club made up of the right people and it is a pleasure to associate and fish alongside everyone!

As a reminder - We are having our Shelbyville Open next Saturday 5-14-2016. Please tell everyone you know about this tournament and let's get the numbers up!!

Summary:
28 Participants in 14 boats
Average fish weight was .598#
84 fish weighed in at 50.24#
Big fish won by .02 this time…..

Place	Team Members	Weight	Big Fish
Big Fish	McCloud/Hughes		1.07#

1st	Foley/Harres	5.05#	1.04#
2nd	Davis/Mullins	5.01#	1.05#
3rd	Fermanian/Barnes	4.99#	0.91#
4th	Shelby/Hopkins	4.44#	0.85#
5th	Wright/Grant	4.37#	0.72#
6th	McCloud/Hughes	4.23#	1.07#
7th	Goodbrake/Jordan	4.09#	0.79#
8th	Orr/Vecera	4.09#	0.74#
9th	Brummitt/Hockman	3.63#	0.60#
10th	Nast/Reynolds	3.56#	0.85#
11th	Koester/England	3.43#	0.00#
12th	Sharp/Sharp	3.35#	0.00#
13th	Krigbaum/Collins	DNW	0.00#
14th	Miller/Stoddard	DNW	0.00#

Place	Team Members	Pounds
Big Fish	Holmes/Holmes	1.40#

1st	Roberts/York	7.03#
2nd	Barnes/Cleland	6.85#
3rd	Carr/Carr	6.79#
4th	Reynolds/Nash	6.69#
5th	Holmes/Holmes	6.44#
6th	Nave/Nail	6.44#
7th	Lawson/Brozio	6.03#
8th	Collins/Krigbaum	5.18#
9th	Davis/Mullins	5.17#
10th	Paradee	4.52#
11th	Koester/England	3.11#
12th	Schrader	2.89#
13th	Shelby/Cook	DNW
14th	Foley/Mooney	DNW

Place	Team Members	Pounds
Big Fish	Tom Fermanian/Rick Barnes	1.00#

1st	Tom Fermanian/Rick Barnes	5.67#
2nd	Steve Zehr/Dave Nugent	4.98#
3rd	Terry Davis/Josh Nash	4.93#
4th	Greg Foley	4.34#
5th	Louis Jordan/Rich Goodbrake	4.26#
6th	Justin Miller/Jeremy Stoddard	3.79#
7th	Jacob Huber/Jason Huber	3.65#
8th	Jeff Schrader/Joe Schrader	1.37#
9th	Bud York/Andy Roberts	DNW

What an outstanding first tournament of 2016 for the Central Illinois Crappie Club. The sun was shining, and everyone was excited to kick off the Crappie tournament season. Takeoff was a little chilly, but it warmed up throughout the day while the wind was very manageable to fish in. It took over 5 Lbs. to make the winners circle, but it looks like everyone caught fish. I would like to thank all of the CICC members and guests that participated in the event!

Total Fish Weighed: 125

Total Weight: 79.45#

Weight Guess 50/50: Fred Brozio, 6.10#

BIG CRAPPIE: Dave Nugent/Steve Zehr, 1.57#

Highlights from the participant shakedown.

Most of the winners were fishing jigs in water 5' or less in the area between the hot ditch discharge and the 48 bridge. Water temps in that area were mid-sixties and up.

Place	Team Members	Pounds
Big Fish	Dave Nugent/Steve Zehr	1.57#

1st	Trent Trudeau/Jett Lappin	6.49#
2nd	Dave Nugent/Steve Zehr	6.05#
3rd	Dustin Harper/Jim Garrett	5.29#
4th	Rick Barnes/Duffy Cleland	5.14#
5th	Luke Humphrey/Greg Humphrey	5.02#
6th	Dave Zschau/Fred Hackney	4.70#
7th	Scott Philips/Andy Roberts	4.42#
8th	Gabe Meador/Jon Wise	4.35#
9th	Fred Brozio/Lee Penn	4.30#
10th	Nate Hambrechet/Mark Trudeau	4.23#
11th	Trent Collins/Justin Foster	4.03#
12th	Keith Cahall/Bill Cahall	3.92#
13th	Austin Crutcher/Allison Crutcher	3.90#
14th	Jacob Huber/Jason Huber	3.76#
15th	Greg Kaiser/Al York	3.55#
16th	Dustin Reynolds/Matt Mullins	3.47#
17th	Marty Lehew	2.35#
18th	Greg Foley/Gerri Harres	2.30#
19th	Sam McCoy/Randy Keller	1.93#
20th	Tom Fermanian/Doug Kennedy	0.55#
21st	Lee Sharp/Aaron Tucker	DNW
22nd	Robert Zilz/Robert Zilz Jr.	DNW

2016 Tournament Results

11/27/16 Lake Shelbyville - Open

11/12/16 Clinton Lake - Club

10/29/16 Lake Shelbyville - Club

10/18/16 Lake Decatur - OPEN

6/4/16 Lake Shelbyville - Club

5/14/16 Lake Shelbyville - Open

5/7/16 Lake Shelbyville - Club

4/23/16 Lake Decatur - Club

4/10/16 Clinton Lake -Club

4/9/16 Clinton Lake - Open