Windy Sardis $100K, really?

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1 Issue 8 Apr 25, 2012 Windy Sardis $100K, really? Sardis Winners Sardis proved to be a tough challenge on T-Day, didn t it? No one said this tournament fishing is always easy. Nonetheless, overall, we had big fun on a big, big lake. We kept hearing how great the fishing had been the days and weeks before the week of our April 14th tournament, but, brother, Sardis just about got the better of us on T-Day. Like always, some team will figure it out and find a way to win, and this time it was Jared Gray fishing with guest, Josh Byford. I heard that they long-lined all day in the wind. That requires tough equipment, great batteries and tough fishermen. Winning their first MCC tournament ever, Jared Gray & Josh Byford, Calhoun City, showed the rest of us that good stringers can be caught on a windy day. Great job, men, y all dun real good. Way to hang tough! Somebody s gonna have to teach Tommy and me how to do that long-lining. Congrats, Jared & Josh. We re very glad to see some relatively new members compete on such a high level. I think this is your second season to fish with us. Hey, I can testify, some of us have been competing for decades without having ever won an event. I m proud of you and proud for you. Keep up the great effort, and win that $100,000 at Enid. It s right in your backyard. All you have to do is long-line that giant up from the depths of the lake where the current world record came from 1957, weighed 5 pounds 3 ounces caught by Fred Bright. Looking forward to it, gang. PJ As Good As It Gets!!!..Thank you Lois & Les Smith for the great BBQ Friday nite at Sardis!! You and your cooking and serving crews were way too good to this bunch. We really enjoyed it, and all who attended said so. Can you believe it we only have two regular tournaments to go!! Geez, time flies when you re having fun. My job here is to help get all our teams ready to compete in the Post-Season and to promote the our first-ever $100,000 tournament. On page 7 of this issue you ll see where 22 teams are already qualified points wise to compete in the Post-Season. Those teams scores are tinted light gray. You ll recall that to be qualified for the Post-Season you must enter 6 tournaments and have a total of 80 points or more and buy one Splash for Cash raffle book per adult fisherman. You get 10 points for entering each tournament. We have several bubble teams who I know will qualify, and we have a few teams who can qualify by back paying a tournament or two and fishing the last two tournaments of the year. I project we will have 40 or so teams participate in the 2012 Post Season Payout Package and Magnolia State Championship. That s a really good number for us, MCCers. Way to go that means we ve had a really good year with really good participation. As President of this fine organization, that makes my chest swell just a little bit more. Good Job, folks. My second job here is to promote the May 5th $100,000 Enid Tournament. That s right $100,000 plus the normal Top 15 places are at stake in this first-time-ever WORLD S LARGEST CRAPPIE OPEN TOURNA- MENT hosted by the Water Valley Main Street Association. This is a open event, so I expect to have some fishermen enter who are potential MCC members. We want to do a good job of welcoming our guests and inviting them to join our club. The $100,000 Top Prize guarantee is sponsored by our good friends and sponsors Bandit Lures and B n M Poles plus Doc s Table Restaurant in Water Valley. I think almost everyone now understands that we ve bought the same kind of Odds On insurance that is often used for golf, bowling, and other sporting events to cover our $100,000 Top Prize. Nothing tricky here, friends. Plain facts are that if you catch the next World Record Crappie in the tournament, pass the polygraph, and have the fish certified by the International Game Fish Assoc as a World Record, you ve just won $100,000 + Big Fish money for the day + Big Mama money for the year (if you re a Post-Season qualifier). This is a big deal for MCC. It s as good as it gets. Come join us. I d love to see each and every one of you at this first-ever-in-the-entirecountry-$100,000 event. I m sure we ll have a blast!!! PJ

2 Page Issue 8 Apr 25, 2012 First Time for Every Thing It s getting harder and harder to predict the winning team on T-Day. Any team on any day with this MCC group is capable of winning any tournament!! And this time at Sardis it was Jared Gray fish ing with guest Josh Byford!! Congratulations guys on your First MCC win with pounds of Sardis slabs on a tough day!! And they also had the 2 nd big fish weighing 2.35lbs. Patrick Stone and Anthony Reasons did a great job also with a close second weighing in 12.54lbs. While we re speaking of first-time events: It wasn t the first time we ve had a fantastic get together at Les Smith s place!! Thank you Les and your crew for having plenty of good food and great accommodations!! The only belly aching I heard was from people who ate too much including myself!! Thanks again Les we really enjoyed it!! Our next first time event is the Enid Lake Open Tournament with a $100,000 top prize!! That s right $100,000!! No membership dues are required just the $90.00 entry fee per boat. Were looking for a great turnout and would luv to see some lucky team walk away with $100,000. Thanks to Paul Johnson and The World s Largest Crappie Festival in Water Valley for making this event possible. Heads up we re doing it a little different at Enid. Write this down, bring this with you or just ask Terry. May 5, 2012 Enid Lake Registration 4:00 6:00 PM Friday, May 4th & 4:30 5:30 AM, May Dunn s Country Store, Hwy 32 West, Water Valley, MS Start fishing time: 6:30 am Stop fishing time: 1:15 pm You must be out of the lake and in the travel line with Weigh In ticket turned in no later than 2:00 Water Valley Landing. Hope y all smack em!. Any questions? Call Terry, Weigh In Downtown Water Valley Registration Friday & Saturday Dunn s Country Store Water Valley Landing Weigh In ticket must be turned in at the Water Valley Landing no later than 2:00 Enid Lake Rules: We follow the local rules when fishing COE lakes. At Enid, 1 Creel limit is over 12 inches. 2 No more than 5 poles per person. (Remember, MCC rule that limits number of hooks per pole to 2.) So, if you re fishing by yourself you can have 5 poles with 2 hooks per pole. If you re fishing with a 3rd person (our new youth rule), you re still limited to 6 poles per boat. 3 Life jackets must be worn whenever outboard is running. Youth fishermen must wear life jackets at all times.

3 Page Issue 8 Apr 25, 2012 May 5th Enid How do you plan to spend that $100K if you win it at Enid? Although this is not a picture of Shelton and David from our last Enid tournament (I couldn t find the right one), these two veteran pros plan on winning all they can on May 5th. And, as proven by being the team on our current roster to have scored the highest in our last Enid event, 2nd back in 2010, you can bet my money is on them going into the first-ever $100,000 tourney. Think about that, folks, little ole MCC is the first-ever crappie tournament organization to offer $100,000 as the Top Prize!! Where you gonna be May 5th? TOURNAMENT HEADQUARTERS Registration Friday 4:00 to 6:00 PM Saturday 4:30 to5:30 AM MCC Sponsor Fine food, plan on eating with us. Dunn s Country Store Hwy 32 West Water Valley, MS Gene Dunn and crew say Welcome, Magnolia Crappie Club. Y all come on in. We re glad to have you and excited to be part of the WORLD S LARGEST CRAPPIE FESTIVAL. Hope you catch the big one! Dunn s Country Store has fishing supplies and plenty of live bait. Plus, our kitchen crew is WORLD FAMOUS for our biscuits and gravy. And, if n you want something else to eat, why we ll cook that, too. Breakfast, lunch and dinner menus. Come on in!!!

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6 Magnolia Crappie Club Regular Tournament Rules Season Annual membership dues are $50 per person, and are due on August 1. Children under age of 16 are exempt from this fee. Registration times will be announced, and registration will be held on the morning of each regular tournament. The Tournament Entry Fee is $90 per boat for each regular tournament held. New rule Teams may pay entry fees for the entire season at the beginning of the season and will be considered automatically registered at each tournament. There is no need for these pre-paid teams to come to registration. Fishing start times will be announced for each tournament, and all tournament fishing times end at 2:00 PM. You must be in the weigh-in line by 3:00 PM. Teams may be on their first fishing spot early, but they may not drop hooks into the water until the Official Announced Start Time. Tournament Entries may fish with up to six poles per boat with no more than 2 hook sets per pole unless local lake rules lower the number of poles allowed. New rule Teams are allowed to bring a 3rd fisherman provided that 3rd person is under the age of 16. No more than three people are allowed in tournament boats at any point during the tournament hours except for emergencies, assistance with boat troubles, or assignment of a tournament observer. Cell phones, radios and any other form of electronic communication may not be used to get fishing information. Electronic communication is allowed in the case of boat trouble, emergencies or personal, non-fishing related phone calls. Guest Rule. Teams may invite guests to fish in our regular tournaments. The three person per boat limit applies. At least one of the fishing partners must be a member of MCC. Annual membership dues will be waived for a guests first tournament. Should guests wish to come back and fish in later tournaments the annual membership dues of $50 will be assessed and guests will then become a member of MCC. There is no limit to the number of guests a team can use during the regular season. No guest may fish the State Championship event unless special exemption is granted by the MCC Board. Teams must declare who the regular partners are before the end of the regular tournament season. Weigh-in Rules. Weigh-ins will begin at 3:00 PM. At least one team member must be in the immediate weigh-in area with no more than 7 crappie caught by the tournament team on tournament day in a bucket before 3:00 PM. Teams that have not turned in weigh-in tickets before 3:00 PM will be declared late and receive 10 points only for entering. Fish judged by the Tournament Director to be under 10 inches (12 inches on some COE Lakes) will be thrown out and may not be replaced by another fish. Fish must be kept as healthy as possible. There is no penalty for dead fish, but any fish that is questionable can be taken out by the Tournament Director or Weigh-master. In the event they can not agree, the President will break the tie. The remaining fish will be weighed. Presenting more than 7 crappie to the weigh-in crew will cause the team to be weighed last. Teams should have no form of ice in the container when the container is handed to the weigh-in crew. If ice is present when presented to the weigh-in crew, that team will be weighed last after they have removed all forms of ice from the container. Fish will be weighed only one time. Disqualified teams will receive 10 points for entering. Teams may weigh as many Big Fish as they like. Payouts will be based on the club's Regular Tournament Payout Schedule. Overall Points Rules. Overall points will be kept for the year, and the Top Ten teams will be recognized at the Awards Banquet. Teams will receive 10 points for each regular tournament entered. Fish will be weighed to the nearest 1/100 th of a pound, and points will be assigned to the team's points total at the rate of one point per pound. Big Fish Rules. Every boat is entered in the big fish pot upon registration. This is not optional and is part ($10 per team) of the entry fee. Two Big Fish prizes will be made at each regular tournament. 1 st place is 60%, 2 nd place is 40% of the day's Big Fish Pot. One team may win both Big Fish prizes. Post-Season Payout Rules. To qualify for the Post-Season Activities and Payouts, teams must enter or back-pay the tournament entry fee for all but three (3) held tournaments, have a total of eighty (80) points or more at the end of the regular season, and each adult member of the team must sell at least one (1) book of raffle tickets (1 book = 25 tickets). Teams may back-pay tournament entry fees for any missed regular season tournaments until the close of registration at the last regular tournament. There will be 4 Post-Season Payout pots. (1) Big Mama Pots. The regular season will be divided into two splits. The first split includes the first 4 held regular tournaments. The second split includes the remaining held regular tournaments. Teams may win more than one Big Mama prize per split. The pot will be built at the rate of $5 per boat per regular tournament. The pots for the two season splits may vary depending on the number of boats entered in each split. Five Big Mama prizes per split will be awarded. 1 30%, 2 25%, 3 20%, 4 15%, 5 10%. Additionally a $250 Biggest Big Mama prize will be awarded for the heaviest fish caught during the regular season. (2) Overall Points Payout. $1 per point per team will be awarded to every team that meets the post season qualifications. (3) Plus, Teams 1 thru 5 in the points race will receive $500, $400, $300, $200, $100, respectively. (4) Championship Payout. This event will be two (2) one-day tournaments + the team with the heaviest 2-day total weight will be declared State Champions and receive an additional $500 prize. Exact dates and lake site(s) will be announced later. Championship rules will be issued. In the event of inclement weather on tournament day, the President may call a Board meeting to discuss cancellation. Those members of the Governing Board present will meet and may cancel the tournament. Entry fees for canceled tournaments that are not rescheduled will be returned. Canceled tournaments do not count toward qualification for Post-Season activities or payouts. The Tournament Director is in charge of all activities on tournament day. At his discretion, teams may be subject to polygraphs, boat checks, and official observers. In the event a protest is lodged, the Tournament Director will listen to the initial complaint and may decide to take the protest to the Protest Committee as provided in the Club's By-Laws. Protests must be filed with the Tournament Director on the day of the tournament. All Protest Committee and Tournament Director decisions are final. There is no appeals process.

7 Page Issue 8 Apr 25, 2012 Sardis ~ Top Teams Long-liners for life, Jared Gray with guest Josh Byford, brought an impressive stringer of 7 crappie weighing lbs to the scales. Since I was tied to a rock all day, and didn t speak with these winners at the weigh-in, I have no idea when, where or how they caught the winning string. But, it was a good job, men!!! In The Running 6th Nowell / Nowell lbs 7th Womack / Womack lbs 8th Wade / Wade lbs 9th Steen / Steen lbs 10th Finkley / Hankins lbs 11th Harrison / Taylor lbs 12th Johnson / Moss lbs 13th Culpepper / Thornton 9.87 lbs 14th Johnson / Tallant 9.05 lbs 15th Evans / Guest 8.96 lbs Big Fish 1st Robertson / Stewart 2nd Cannon / Gray Other Sardis Stats 2.49 lbs 2.35lbs We actually had 35 teams entered. 31 teams weighed 171 fish. Total weight lbs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Believe it or not, those skinny fish weighed an average of 1.55 lbs. That surprised me! Patrick Stone and Anthony Reasons turned in lbs for 2nd place. That s just a shad or two behind the winning team, guys. Don Terry & Bernard Williams long-lined on a windy day and managed 3rd place with lbs. Very nice catch, Don & Bernard. Split #2 Big Mama 3.35 lbs Robertson/Stewart $ lbs Nivens / McWilliams $ lbs Harrison / Taylor $ lbs Middleton / Nipper $ lbs Robertson / Stewart $57 Sandy Tackett s daddy, Andy, and Calloway Harris hung with the rocking and rolling on the east end and scored lb. Steve Stevenson & Hugh Krutz weighed lbs fishing isolated, stump fields out in the middle of the lake. Good job, fellers!! As Good As It Gets

8 Overall Points Race Team # Arka Chot Barn Chot II Wash Gren Sard Enid Wolf Total 1 Robertson / Stewart Harrison / Taylor Krutz / Stevenson Johnson / Moss Womack / Womack Williams / Williams Culpepper / Thornton Wade / Wade Harris / Tackett J Smith / R Smith Bouchillion / Lowrey Rowell / Rowell Holmes / Morgan Blount / Sullivan Middleton / Nipper Chappell / Hudson Terry / Williams Roy Norwood Nivens / McWilliams Clary / Walker Weatherford / Weeks Moak / Moak A.E. Smith / Les Smith Jeffcoats / Rogers Cannon / Gray Driscoll / Guest Horton / Horton Nowell / Nowell Sumrall / Guest Starnes / Starnes Finkley / Evans / King Ward / Guest Hughes / Lack Ratcliff / Ratcliff Hart / Inman C Johnson / Tallant O'keefe / Vance Grice / Oswalt Lindsay / Lindsay Criswell / Criswell J Carr J Walker Cotton / Lewis Stone / Guest Steen / Steen Barnes / Mullins Blackwell / Blackwell Roper / Roper Burns / Gunter J. Cannon Lowrie / Reasons Nobles / Pender Brewer / Guest Hersom / Tindle B Fulgham/ Guest Don Collins/ Guest G Jones Painter / Guest White / White J Eichwurtzle

9 11/12 Tournament Season Regular Tournaments Oct 22 Arkabutla Nov 12 Chotard Dec 10 Barnett Jan 14 Chotard/Eagle Feb 11 Washington Mar 17 Grenada Apr 14 Sardis May 5 $100,000 Enid Jun 2 Wolf Jun Eagle~Chotard Minimum participation level for Post- Season qualification is to enter 6 tournaments and earn at least 80 points. You get 10 points for entering and 1 point per pound of weighed in fish. What an exciting tournament we had at Sardis. We caught a weigh-in limit of pounds, good enough for 6th place!!! That s our best finish this year, and we can t wait to get to Enid. Look out, we re on a roll. We ve got our eyes on that $100,000 Top Prize, don t you? Reminder our post season qualifiers say that you must have entered a minimum of 6 tournaments and have 80 points plus each adult member (that s anyone 16 and over) must purchase book of Splash for Cash raffle tickets. Some of you who we know plan to get into the post season have not taken care of business over here at the Splash for Cash table. We ll be set up at the Weigh In area in Water Valley and we hope you ll come see us if you need to qualify for the post season. Mr. Paul tells us that he expects 40 to 45 teams to qualify for the post season. Hey, that s great!! Don t delay, buy you Splash for Cash tickets today. P & M MCC Governing Board President, Paul Johnson Vice President, Shelton Culpepper Sec\Treasurer, Tonya Robertson Tournament Director, Terry Stewart Weighmaster, David Thornton Imm Past President, Brad Taylor Director 2012 John Harrison Director 2012 Ken Middleton Director 2012 Bo Hudson Director 2013 Hugh Krutz Director 2013 Bernard Williams Director 2013 Ray Williams Director 2014 Tommy Moss Director 2014 Eli Rowell Director 2014 Rod Womack CANNON MOTOR CO. 200 E. Veterans Blvd. Calhoun City, MS No body beats a Cannon deal, no body

10 Sponsorship Program The MAGNOLIA CRAPPIE CLUB is a Mississippi State chartered non-profit fishing organization. This is our 20 h year. In addition to fishing competitively in a dozen or more tournaments within the State of Mississippi every year, we try to give back through our very active and ever-growing community and civic programs. We continue to support programs that teach children to fish. Additionally, we participate in several community projects aimed at helping others. This year we re supporting the Boys & Girls Clubs. Plus, we intend to work with the Wounded Warrior program providing some on the lake experiences. Our members volunteer each year to help in the Got Fish program, the Pathways to Fishing program, and the Catch a Dream program. We appreciate many sponsors returning every year with their financial support of our club. Your sponsorships are used to support all our club functions including our Civic Projects and our Post Season Payouts. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. EXCLUSIVE EVENT SPONSORS-- $2,500 per year & EVENT SPONSORS -- $1,500 per year These top-level sponsors will receive at least two full pages of advertisement in the club s newsletter immediately preceding the sponsored event. You may sponsor any of our regular or Finals tournaments, or you may sponsor our other club functions, including our community service projects, our Awards Banquet, and our Finals. For every $2,500 or $1,500 Sponsorship you will receive two free memberships, and we encourage you to use these memberships to enter a team in all our regular tournaments. Additionally, we will waive tournament entry fees and tournament maintenance fees for $2,500 Exclusive Event Sponsored teams. We will display your supplied banners at the Sponsored Event. SPECIAL SPONSOR-- $1,000 per year We will give you two free memberships for the year and encourage you to use these memberships to enter a team in all our events. Special Sponsors may choose to run one full page ad per year in two issues of our newsletter. PLATINUM SPONSOR -- $500 per year We will give you two free memberships for the year and encourage you to use these memberships to enter a team in all our events. Platinum Sponsors may choose to run ½ page ad per year in two issues of our newsletter. MAJOR SPONSOR -- $275 per year Major Sponsors may choose to run one ½ page ad per year in our newsletter. PATRON SPONSOR -- $150 per year Patron Sponsors may choose to run one ¼ page ad per year in our newsletter. - Please mail to Magnolia Crappie Club P.O. Box 644 Clinton, MS or Sponsor Form Do you wish to place a display ad in our newsletter? yes no (If yes, please provide ad to MCC member.) Date: Company Name: Sponsor contact person: Address: City: State: Zip: Phone: address: MCC Member: Please check one: $2,500 Exclusive Event Sponsor $1,500 Event Sponsor $1,000 Special Sponsor $500 Platinum Sponsor $275 Major Sponsor $150 Patron

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12 Magnolia Crappie Club 1015 Halton Ct. Brandon, MS May 5th $100,000 Top Prize Win This, Big Boy! Wounded Warriors Project May 12, Barnett Our friends at Mississippi Outdoors called to ask if MCC would assist in a Wounded Warriors Project they ve originated. I said, Certainly. You can count on us. Tell me what you need. We need 4 or 5 boats to carry the Wounded Warriors and their kids fishing that Saturday morning. Not a problem, and how bout MCC throw in a fish-fry and some door prizes for the participants? That s very generous of MCC, Mr. Johnson. I knew we could count on MCC coming through for us! So, MCCers, I need some volunteers. Step right up. Don t be shy. Call me to volunteer