I'm going to start this thread and pin it to the top and then let JohnnyB take over.

If you haven't already... sign up for the IB9C.This is our big fishbowfishing contest.
$5 per category, $30 for allsix categories. You can enter one or two or three.. etc.

There will be five categories:
[ul][*]Common Carp[*]Bighead and Silver Carp[*]Grass Carp[*]Buffalo[*]Gar[*]Dogfish/Grinnell[/ul]The Gar contest will be judged by length(weight as a tie breaker).
Carp, Buffalo and Dogfishcontests will be by weight.

You may join one or allsix or any combination. The cost will be $5 per contest ($30 for all) 100% payout by category.

Participants must be Illinois Bowfishers members and sign up for the tournament before taking any fish that will be entered.

Fish must be taken by bow and arrow device and must be taken in IL waters (boundary waters are okay).


Thanks and good luck!!

Printable Entry form ----> http://www.illinoisbowfishers.com/IB8C.pdf

(last year's form but it will do for now. [8D])

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To enter a fish into the contest


Please send via mail or email the following information:
1) Your name, address
2) Species, weight,girth anddate taken
3) Body of water taken on.
4) Picture of fish, preferably with scale & weight visible

Mail this info to the club or emailit to Johnny B.

First fish of the year: LUKE'S 12 POUND 42 INCH GAR Shot at rend lake on march 28. And it begins.

Here is the current list of paid IB9C participants:
#1. Bill Cox 3/1- all speices
#2. Mark (snuffy) McCleester 3/1 - all species
#3. Luke (buffhntr) Whitkanack 3/1 all speices- 3/28- gar 42 inches, 12 pounds rend lake
#4. John (Johnny b) Borgers 3/2- all species
#5. Ken (Dear Predator) Sharp- 3/10- all species
#6. Brian Wells 3/14 all species
#7. Joe (slim) Ewing 3/5 all species
#8. Kendal(carpsniper) Carrigan 3/10- All speices
#9. Christine Applegate 3/10- All Speices
#10. Bob Rutkowski 3/17- Everything but buffalo
#11. Brian Wells 3/17- All species
#12. Dave (Bowfisher5) 3/18 All species

4/17 Ken Sharp- common carp 11#11 oz lake dawson

#'s 13, 14, &15 to sign up. Bill Cox Sr. Matt Clark and Jarad Poole

Kendall- common carp- Rend lake 4/18- 19#5OZ. 35.5 INCHES. Nice looks like no one wants to get beat by a 7 pounder. congradulations. I was wondering if any one was going to post anything.

Luke, 4/18/09 Rend Lake, Grennel, 7# 8 oz, 28.5 inches.

did slim not turn in his buff?

NO

If he sent it via that old mail pony from Mill Shoals... it may be another week or so until we see it. [:-]