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National Open Buddy Crappie Tournament Results May 3, 2003 Truman Lake, Bucksaw Marina

From The President of STABOR®: Tournament information  will continue to be posted this week along with some photos taken. We appreciate and respect your opinions on how to improve on next years event at Bucksaw Marina. This year could have run smoother and  it is through your feedback and evaluation and our analysis that, we will strive to meet a higher goal for a better and more successful second annual STABOR® National Open Buddy Crappie Tournament May 1st, 2004 at Bucksaw Resort & Marina with a first-light departure. So get your reservations in soon.  Our online ordering will be reinstated in August of 2004 on this page, be sure to bookmark it.

Registration: Our Mandatory Meeting started a 6:00 pm, with the Honorable Mayor Gus Wetzel II, M.D. welcoming comments for our first annual STABOR® National Open Buddy Crappie Tournament at Bucksaw Resort & Marina, Truman Lake.  Welcoming comments of  welcome to the "Clinton Connection". He addressed a crowed of 150 anglers and said how proud the City of Clinton is that we chose his city and the Golden Valley/Truman Lake Area for our event and invited us to visit again. Signup started around 5:00 pm with Don, Author and myself preparing each entrant with orange flags, safety pin, official weigh-in form and welcoming them to our fishing tournament.

Boat Count: After registration of the boats, came the give away prizes form our sponsors.  Each one got a grab bag of products worth $35-50 from sponsors anxious to try them during fishing the next day. At the end of the meeting we announced that there was 73 boats entered into the tournament, the next morning we attracted 5 more boats making it a total of 78, which entered for the guaranteed purse of $2000 for the first place winner.   

May 2nd, day of the tournament: The weather condition was perfect, expected to be in the low seventies throughout  the day providing the anglers the optimum conditions.  Although the pre-fishing leading up to the tournament provided some with good catches from there favorite spot, others had shown little or no success. Lake water rising from rainfall two days before and crappie moving from their nest into deeper water of 10-15 feet and two days earlier water let out of the dam, would render the winner some difficult conditions for getting their limit when it counts. Click on image's below to enlarge. 
                                 
The Morning started out at 5:30 am with inspecting each boat live wells by Arthur Bronson and members of the IFBBA and STABOR® Staff were also present at the slips for inspection.. Boats were lined up form the entrance to the back of the parking lot in a circled wagon train style, moving towards the show room at Bucksaw Resorts for inspection of the live wells.  Numbers for departure was call by Scott Jones (STABOR® Staff) and member of the advisory team. The official start time was 6:03 am and everyone set their watches to the to the official time.
                                 
At the weigh-in:  Anglers started arriving around 2:30 in the afternoon with their catch limits anxious to view the total weight and stand by with the hope there's will stand up the the best weight.  We were just concluding the Children's STABOR® National Kids Fishing Derby, which I'll respond later on its outcome.  Sixty-two of the the anglers were able to weigh-in there catch out of the 78 entries in the tournament. Crappies weighing over a pound seemed to be the norm and a 10 fish limit. This was indeed shaping up to be a tight race for first place with differences in the hundredth's of pounds. Anglers came in with their catch limit to a crowed of approximately 400 onlookers and entrants, observing the weigh-in, sitting transfixed on the scale hoping to stay in the money. 
                                    
The famous  "Fat Boy" of WADF 61 Country, which transmits throughout a five state area on his radio show each morning, presided over the tournament as our Official Weigh-Master,  providing commentary, entertainment, energy, which kept the audiences involved, as each angler presented their catch on stage. Scott Jones, our Utility do-everything, high energy Co Weigh-Master was deep in the fray of calling out the team boat numbers, placing their catch in the basket and weighing the big fish for each team with mystery and intrigue.  
 
The results of The STABOR® National Open Buddy Crappie Tournament;

  Team Names                                Place            Total #      Big Fish Count  Winnings  Boat #

Ranking from 8th place to 20th place below.  This race was an extremely close one and many of the top twenty came within hundredths of an ounce from a higher placement enough to keep tension high during observation.

       Team Names                                     Placed         Total #         Big Fish  Count   Boat #

Team using the STABOR® Line Lock Received a $200.00 Bonus

 Junior Angler Award for the youngest participant went to:

        Photo's of winning teams and prize drawings issued by Fat Boy;
                         
          

There was over $12,000 in prizes rendered by our product sponsors for the anglers and children. Pepsi, Subway Sandwiches and Pizza Hut of Clinton, Missouri provided box lunches and catering for the children and workers of the STABOR® National Kids Fishing Derby.  There was enough left over to provide anglers arriving after fishing to enjoy, due to a low turn out of kids 30 instead of 100 expected.  Compliments was receives for our sponsors, giving thanks for supporting the children. The Missouri Outdoors, filming the event was very appreciative and enjoyed the catered sandwiches provided by Subway, which fed 40 volunteers of the derby.  

With everyone relaxing and networking, making it a festive atmosphere of anticipation for the winners and preparations for the prizes to be won.  Fat Boy of WDAF 61 Country Radio coordinated the prize drawing with Bryan Wessler (STABOR® Pro Staff).  Each participant observed their tickets hoping to be a winner of these products supplied through our sponsors.

       Contributing Sponsors for Children and Anglers for our event are;

Pizza Hut, Wal-Mart, WDAF/61 Country, Kansas City, KLRQ Radio, Clinton, Subway Sandwiches, Pepsi Bottling Company, Lost Valley Fish Hatchery and Visitor Center Truman Lake Visitors Center, Team King Guide Service, Safari Motel, Comal Tackle, T.T.I. Companies, Tru-Turn Hooks,  Bucksaw Marina & Resorts, Codmolly Enterprises, (NACA) North American Crappie Association, (IFBBA) International Federation of Black Bass Anglers, U-Need-A-Lure Innovations, Bass Pro, Inc., Springfield MO., Missouri Department of Conservation & Missouri Outdoors, Hydro Glow, Inc., Frogg Toggs, Kodiak Scent Company, Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce, JR Mad’s Madgic Fish Breading - Marion-Kay Spices, B'n'M Pole Company, Minn Kota, Eagle Claw, Crappie Pro, Smelly Jelly, Shakespeare, Wizard Rods, Southern Pro, Zeiner's Bass Shop, Lowrance Electronics', Evarhart's Tackle, Kreisler Bass Pro & Pharmacy, Douglas Quikut knives & aerator, IGFA, Tite-Lok, American Rod Smith, Frabill-EZ Checker, Team Fish Camo-Line, Crappie Magic, Grizzly Jig Company.

Conclusion;  

This tournament was hosted and sponsored by H.A.L.A.Q., Inc. dba STABOR® Sporting Goods on May 3, 2003 of Newalla, Oklahoma, for the expressed purpose of thanking our supporters for purchasing products and attending our tournaments.  Part of our ongoing commitment to recognize our Corporate Social Responsibility and promoting the STABOR® Line Lock System. 

 
 
CHILDREN’S FISHING & FUN DERBY SAT. MAY 3RD

BUCKSAW MARINA on Truman Lake From 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  Join us for some great fun and fishing! Grab bags for every child. SUBWAY Sandwiches to provide lunch. Limited to the first 100 children, contact a sponsor below to sign up.

 
                         I.F.B.B.A.                          STABOR® Sporting Goods

Tournament information and rules are listed below, then your crappie tournament entry and agreement from that must be completed for our records and lastly, enter your order online with a major credit card through our secure gateway,  or cut and paste the form below with a check or money order and mail it to: STABOR®, P.O. Box 514, Newalla, OK 74857. 

                                
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