State Shoot pictures and results
 

Pictures below.

Anyhow, thanks to all who came to the tournament. The bowfishing was tough, but the weather and company was excellent.


1st Place was taken by the Indy Boys. (Alex Grable, Luke Whitkanack, Dave Thompson) 233 lbs

2nd Place was taken by Team Whack 'em and Stack 'em. (Bill Shelby, Kristina Shelby and Joseph Ewing) 223 lbs

3rd Place was taken by The Shelby Shooters (Matt Clark, Brian Chevalier andRoger Jones) 203 lbs

Big fish was taken by the Indy Boys (21lb buffalo)

'Most Carp' was taken bytheShelby Shooterswith 24 carp

2nd and 3rd most carp was taken by teamIndy Boys and Team Semos Primos (Jerry Evans, Kevin Hayman, Derek Hayman)

more to come!

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I was waitin' for you to post first. I don't have any pics of my own to upload, except for 2 of me and Mark with a couple of our biggest fish to date.

It was a tough shoot to say the least. We all know there's tons of fish in that lakebut none of us could find them in any numbers anywhere. Mark and I got into some gar right off, but we got dumb and started getting selective just before dinner. We had missed a few 4-foot plus gar so we thought we'd just wait till after dark and clean up. We didn't see squat after dark! We finished 4th, but we were over 100-lbs behind 3rd. We realized on the way home that the biggest advantage you could have on that lake is a big boat with a big motor. At least for those conditions. We just couldn't get around to all the better spots because it took so long to go from one to the other. 1st and 2nd-place teams went all the way to the northern-most reaches for some of their fish.There were no shallow-flats to cruise.We were literally floating around tree-tops. And of course the buffs and commons were right up near shore. Wait till we get Mark's boat done.He might put a Chevy 350 in that barge. 300-horse power baby! I can't wait to see the looks on people's faces when he starts it. We'll be covering some water then.

The shoot was awesome! For $30.00 folks got dinner,which was a great spread, and at least 2 door-prizes from our big fat prize-table. The first or second guy up got a brand new Retriever reel! There were a couple nice fillet knives up there, a digital scale (I wish I saw that one), fully rigged arrows and a pretty little pink reel-seat. Where the hell did that come from? Anyway, all that adds up to a butt-load of time on the phone getting donations. Plus we got the best spot in the whole state-park. Our boats were less than 100 yards away, we had tons of picnic tables delivered by the DNR. And the DNR took care of fish-disposal. That was the best shoot yet!

Thank you very much Christine for all the hard work, and thanks to Kendall and Rob and Mark who did some of the cooking, and thanks to Joanne for all the behind the scenes stuff. It's all noticed and much appreciated. I hope our next president does half as much half as well. You really make this club, and so do all the others who help out. It's only all about shootin fish, but I like the way we do it.

Here's our pics anyway;

Mark with our biggest gar. Look at those arrows! We both hit it perfect. (but the recurve almost got a pass-through. Oneidas....:eek:)




And this was my biggest buff yet. 15 pounds and change. That's Mark's arrow I'm holding. Mine fell out as soon as the fish cleared the gunnel.



Thanks again to all our sponsors. We appreciate it. There's a few younger guys out there now that are hooked for sure, and this shoot is a big reason why.

Thanks to

Cajun Archery
Muzzy
AMS
CarpBusters
Aim Low
River's Edge
White Knuckle Productions
Bowfishing Extreme
BigtimeBowfishing
F&D Archery
Innerloc
Wilderness Athlete
and Blue Ridge Backwoods.

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Only $20.00 for a member! :)

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I did get the pictures in the club's photo gallery yesterday.Did anybody else get any pictures?

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Some pictures.. (some are very poor quality, I had to bump my resolution size down... just have a 256 mb card in my camera) :( Sorry about that!

Winners and their trophies. Team Indy Boys


2nd Place Team Whackem and Stackem


Third Place Team Shelby Shooters

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Carpbusters teams

These three teams took the most carp and received 75.00 each. Anybody that knows Shelbyville would be amazed that 24 carp was the most any team could get in 20 hours. [:-]


The registration area



Blue Ridge Backwoods booth.

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Most of the group before launch.



Our boat inspectors from the Power Squadron. Thank you!


Getting ready to launch.



Taking off

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Dinner!

Mark prepares burgers and brats.



Doc Grider prepares fresh gar balls. He also fried up some delicious bluegill fillets and bighead strips.



The Clinton Duo brings carries over fresh gar fillets. I think Steve and Mark shot that particular gar and Kendall cleaned it. Kendall also cleaned at least one of our gar for teh gar balls. (It had to be a 30lb gar we donated.. um yeah, 30lbs ;))


Eating..

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A bunch of us waited awhile before hitting the water again. Strategically, this was a mistake as even fewer fish were around after dark. Oh well.

Kicking back (and watching the boats [women in bikinis] go by)


Playing Cornhole. Girls beat the guys!!!
Note Dave sleeping on the picnic bench in the background.

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Steve (bowman) made the trophies. Thanks Steve!

Joanne puts finishing touches on the trophies. (pencil sharpener to taper the arrowshafts)

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More photos to come. I have to go out for a bit.

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Rob andLouie, and the Triton of Terror heading out after dinner.



Louie while cruisin the flooded golf-coarse; note the flag in the baclground.



A few of us ended up in the exact same spot around midnight and hung out for about 45 minutes. Just chillin' on da lake..


Whackem and Stackem and the INDY BOYS




Mark, Louie and I on the other end; Rob was photographer.


And finally, the fish pics;







Team Quillback;


Team Whackem and Stackem


The INDY BOYS:



Luke's giant gar; 54 1/2"!





The Shelby Shooters;



My Little Woody;



How it all ended;



Someone feelin' his years....



It was great to see everyone. I look forward to the next one. And I'll try alot harder not to miss coming to more. It's a blast everytime we get together. I hope everyone else enjoyed themselves.

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we didnt win the numbers we took 3 with 20 fish and joe didnt place in the numbers

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Hey steve I dont think anyone went north it was to muddy. I know we didnt when we talked to you that was as far north as we got. Most of our fish was shot at the dam or wolf creek

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Oh, okay. I stand corrected. I misunderstood you guys. Still, my point was that we'd be better off with a bigger motor. There's no way we were going all the way to the dam with my little 20-horse. But I know we should have tried Wolf Creek.

You should have seen the places we got that little boat into. If there were fish in them spots, we would have done what none of you guys could have. I'm not complaining tho. It was a good shoot, we shot 2 of our biggest fish, that was the first time Mark and I got to shoot together this year, his first time on my boat and we finished 4th our of 16. And most important, everything worked great on my boat. One little issue with a bad recepticle on the genny, but we got by.

I thought it was muddier north.

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Looks like you guys and gals had a good time, the gar the little blonde girl has is a nice one..Those are some really nice boats, gives me ideas on my 2.. Hopefully next year I will be ready, slow process..

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I'm sorry but this one cracks me up. This is how NOT to wearour newManly Illinois Bowfishers hat.:D




Now mate, this is how it's worn correctly. Here Ernie and Jeff are trying to convince me why I should vote for Obama. :D

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A couple of pictures that Steve missed. ;)

Door prize tables. Everybody got to go up to the door prize tables twice.

Table 1...



Table 2...


Thanks to our sponsors, everyone should have gotten their entry fee's worth just in door prizes!

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It ain't the months, It's the mileage...;)

And who made those tiny little picnic tables?