FYI. C'mon on out to our shoots. April 18/19 5th Annual Billy Davis Memorial Classic Rend Lake. Total numbers shoot. Sailboat Harbor Ramp. 7pm to 7am. Seperate walking division held below the spillway (2 man teams for walking division) Webpage: http://www.illinoisbowfishers.com/rend09.html http://www.illinoisbowfishers.com/bd09.pdf May 16 Lake Carlyle Classic, Day shoot 10am to 6pm , Big 15 Format. Limit 5 carp, 5 buffalo, 5 gar to make your 15 heaviest fish. Launching out of Cole's Creek Access. BAA Sanctioned. Tournament participants can bowfish from a boat below the spillway after the tournament is over. (Special variance from the USACE) Flyer coming soon. June 6 Grafton Two Rivers Family Fishing Fair at Grafton, IL. 1500 kids shooting at mechanical fish in stock tanks. Volunteers needed. We go shoot fish on the river afterwards and have a fish fry. webpage: http://www.greatriverroad.com/Cities/Grafton/fishFair.htm June 13/14 5th Annual Illinois State Bowfishing Championship at Lake Shelbyville. Big 12 format, Largest 4 carp/ 4 gar/ 4 buffalo Webpage: http://www.illinoisbowfishers.com/stateshoot09.html July 17-19 Ohio River Extravaganza near Grand Chain, Illinois. We are obtaining lodging and camping for those interested. August ? Matt C. and the Shelby Boys hosting another Rough Fish Round up at Lake Shelbyville (more details soon) September 12/13 5th Annual Uncle Dave's Drill and Grill at Lake Shelbyville Fun shoot, Big Gar format along with other possibilities September 19 The Last Hoorah Shoot at Clinton Lake sponsored by Jarad P., total numbers carp, day only shoot. 9am to 5pm. West Side Access boat launch.
Is the entry fee per boat or per person? We may try and make it up to one shoot this summer, not sure which one yet though. I have a TN and KY fishing license already, so we are trying to stay down in these two states for most shooting, but one trip up farther north would be fun.
Trevor, we charge per person for the regular part of the tourney and then it's $10 per team for the big fish pot. If you came up to the Grand Chain shoot on the Ohio River, that's a fun shoot that will have a big fish pot but no other entry fees. Lots of bigheads and grassies there. Of course, it depends on river conditions so we won't know how good/bad it might be until July rolls around. The tourney on Rend is usually our big numbers shoot. In a normal year it takes over 340 fish to take first place. Last year, it was so cold and so rainy that we only took 244 fish for the entire tournament! Yikes. Jim, I hear you. We get folks from MO, IN and KY to our shoots but I wouldn't expect someone to haul a boat up from TX. We are thinking about hauling our boat down there tho'. Maybe get some hog hunting and bowfishing mixed together.
