IL Bowfishing Championship 6/14-6/15

[HNI_Christine]

4th Annual
Illinois Bowfishers

State Championship Tournament

June 14th 11:00 am - june 15th 7:00 am 2008

Wolf Creek State Park

Event Summary


Held on beautiful Lake Shelbyville, an 11,000 acre lake with 250 miles of shoreline. This lake is home to way too many carp and can boast 60"� longnose gar and 20lb+ buffalo fish.

·20 hour event from 11am Saturday to 7am Sunday
·Registration starts at 9am on the 14th at Wolf Creek State Park Boat Launch.
·Entry fees: $30 for non-Illinois Bowfishers members, $20 per Illinois Bowfishers member. Juniors (less than 18 years of age) shoot for free with a paying adult.
·1-3 shooters per team
·Big Fish Pot $10 per team
·Big 25 format. Enter your heaviest 25 fish. Common carp, gar and buffalo will count. Maximum of ten of any one type.
·Additional Prizes for the most carp harvested.
·Dinner will be provided at 5pm on Saturday evening for participants
·BAA sanctioned
·Airboats welcome
·Camping available at Wolf Creek State Park


For area info visit http://www.lakeshelbyville.com

Contacts

: Dave Randolph at

bowfisher5@hotmail.com (217) 871-4632

Or Christine Appleberg at Chris@Gobowfish.com (847) 913-3601

[HNI_Christine]

Fish disposal will be provided.


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[suckersticker]

Would love to be there but i think my boat is a little too small for shelbyville.

[HunterOpel]

Hoping to have a boat done by then!!! HOPING!!!!

[bowman15]

I'm there! And I'm pretty sure Mark is gonna make it too. We were planning on camping, but I think we're not now. I know I'm not.

William, your boat will be fine. Mine's 14' long and I'm sure it'll be okay.

[Johnny b]

William, Yep Steve is right. There are a lot of great coves right around the launch area. I took my 14 foot with a 8hp motor to Rend a few years back and Snuffy and I got around fine. Granted we did not try to cross or head to the north end. And we placed 7th in the tournament. Oh did I mention that there were only 7 teams. We we were there and it was our first tournament.

[Lady Forge]

I'll be there Saturday AMand Sunday.

I will be setting up a Blue Ridge Backwoods Booth at the Championship selling Bowfishing Supplies.

So if you bowfishers need anything for the shoot hopefully I'll have it for you... if you need something special for Bowfishing or Archery in General before the shoot just call me at Blue Ridge Backwoods #(217)762-3123 ask for Debbie and I'll bring it to the shoot Saturday AM.
Good Luck All

[Bulzeye]

If you are planning on camping for the shoot, see the camping thread for info and camping roll call.

http://huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=2835280

[Mark S]

Try to make it William! Shelbyville is big but you don't have to go far from the launch to find fish. I know of several big gar last year taken sraight out from the ramp.

[Bowfisher5]

William;

Bowfished the State Championship out of my canoe two years ago. Your boat should do fine!

Bowfisher