2008 Mighty Muddy Info and Chat

[Fishaholic]

Well I really hope there a coals in the fire for the 2008 event...I had a great time and looking forward to another one!!!!!

[Screen]

Yah! Schoe - The date set yet cause I want to get my reservation in early this year.
I know the 2008 Muddy will be bigger and better especially with all those new smokers ready to be fired up.
Joe has to start putting up mixes, Tim has to feel better this time, Kenny wants to beat DuAnne at fishing, Soupy needs to come up, The OHIO boys have to schedual vacation time, Mike has to make sure no weddings are planned, and just think of all that FOOD!!!!!!!!!!

[Rainman4u2]

Wedding plans..LOL!!! I do believe I fell in that!!! I will try my hardest to come and enjoy this years tournament, oh, and the food to.

Ray

[Schoe]

This year will be the same as last year. The Sat. following Labor Day. I haven't got a calender handy so I'm not sure of the date.

I think this will be the Sat. after Labor day from now on. Schoe

[Mickey and Jim]

Labor day is on Sep. 1 2008 so that will make the mifghty muddy Sep. 6 2008

[Rainman4u2]

September 6. 2008. Well I see where my last couple of days of vacation are going.

Ray

[Screen]

I hope Mickey and Jim bring their scales again? Mike! Stock up on fillets! I know this is going to be the biggest turnout yet! And the FOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!

["Eye's"]

To All:

I am already starting to recieve phone calls about this years gathering at Rock Creek Marina & Campground! Sounds like we'll have plenty of new faces.

My staff and I are looking forward to hosting this great gathering once again. FYI-We are setting our 2008 prices in the near future. Prices should be similar to years past. We do our best to keep our rates as low as possible. Our board meets the second week of February and will be setting rates then.

Also- Mississippi River Eco-Tourism Center update: We are in the middle of the fundraising process. Nearly 30 volunteers have been meeting weekly since August and all the hard work is starting to show. We are awaiting for answers from several donors. Keep your fingers crossed, hopefully by September $1.5 million + will have been raised and all of you can witness first hand the this great project being built! Thanks again WhereIfish for your contribution last year.

Feel free to contact me with Questions at (563)-349-8680, the fish may be biting so leave a message if I don't answer.


Best Fish'n
Eric Wright
Park Officer
Rock Creek Marina & Campgroung
Camanche, IA

[Catbird]

Eric, good to hear of all the support you are getting. Keep up the good work...looking foward to seeing the results.

[Timotha7]

Sounds great Eric, the Eco project is something that needs to be done, the more we can educate our kids the better

The boys and I are looking forward to the 08 gathering

Tim

[Screen]

Not enough can be said for our host Eric. This is a very bizzy man and he still makes time to join in our fishing conversations and tell us where we might find that cat, gill or bass.
I tell you, I have been to all of Schoe's gatherings at Rock Creek and you are in for a real treat in this camping gem in the backwaters of the Mississippi.

["Eye's"]

It's great to hear the positive response on this tournament. Hard to think about September when the snow is falling and the highs for this weekend aren't to get above 5!!! I should have waited a couple weeks to take that trip to Florida.

If any of you are heading south, take a look at www.vikingfleet.com (http://www.vikingfleet.com) I took a weekend trip out of Tarpon Springs and had a blast, great people and crew.

I forgot to post my e-mail address in my last post, so any of you wishing to contact me via e-mail may do so at:
Ewright@clintoncountyiowa.com

Stay warm,

Eric Wright

[Fishaholic]

It's great to hear the positive response on this tournament. Hard to think about September when the snow is falling and the highs for this weekend aren't to get above 5!!! I should have waited a couple weeks to take that trip to Florida.

If any of you are heading south, take a look at www.vikingfleet.com (http://www.vikingfleet.com) I took a weekend trip out of Tarpon Springs and had a blast, great people and crew.

I forgot to post my e-mail address in my last post, so any of you wishing to contact me via e-mail may do so at:
Ewright@clintoncountyiowa.com

Stay warm,

Eric Wright
sounds like a good time there eric. Havnt heard from ya on here since the last mighty muddy. A huge appreciation for you hard work you guys put in last yr. with the exception with the overfed mosqitos( the size of small birds) I had a great time and enjoyed visitin the park. Glad to hear things are rollin and that eco center, boy thatll be NICE when thats finished...take care and see ya in Sept...be here for ya know it!!

[Fishaholic]

I hope Mickey and Jim bring their scales again? Mike! Stock up on fillets! I know this is going to be the biggest turnout yet! And the FOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!

should deffinetly be alot bigger, WIF's picked up some great members over the last yr. thers also a lot from the QC area. With the muddy being held in camanche, IA not to far from the QC so better see a lot more members make an apperance and partake in the festivities.

[Screen]

Eric - My brother lived in Tarpon Sprigs for 7 years. We went out in his 22' Mark Twain most of the time but went out on the Milwaukee party boat once for grouper. Great port just north of Tampa. If you like Greek food that is one town you will find the best. When the sponge (sp) business went bad the community went into tourism with tons of shops and restaurants. If your looking for a vacation spot that caters to you(fishing) and the wife(shopping), Tarpon Spring is the place.

[capt.kirk]

Bruce,You got that right,that little town has got it all for a family
vacation,And them Greeks sure do lay out the food :party0045: OPA :party0045: KirkK

[Schoe]

Thanks Matt, this year we plan on having a very large cash prize for the first three places and also pay down to 10th place.

So all the advertiziment and plugs we can get will sure be apreciated.

I will be getting letters and E-mails out to prospective sponsors dirrectly. Schoe

[capt.kirk]

Schoe,Sounds like its going to be a Dandy,Are we sticking to Channel Cat only as it has been in the past??Talked to ole Stump Bumper this week
and he is willing to drive from Val Rico Fl to attend,but will need a partner
with a boat,and we may see some more of our southern friends also.
Settin here thinking about SEPT and it is 6 degrees out,waitin on April,
I got trot lines made up here in my room for Ky Lake,had to hang them
from the curttin rods to put them together,is that Cabin Fever or not:confused0024: Kirk

[Screen]

Kirk - You have it bad! Yah it's hard to think of Sept. when you want spring to come.
Any more you have to plan way ahead for the Muddy because it is becoming such a big event. Rock Creek is an ideal place for WIF's big event of the year.
For those who want Hotel comforts. They are only ten minutes away so PM me and I will get you the phone #'s. Only one thought is if it is like last year with a summer flood you will need high content of deet for the new state bird of Iowa. LOL

[capt.kirk]

Got that problem solved Screen,1st im one of the luck ones that they
seldom bite and we have a couple of repellant kits that are great get it going and there aint a bug with in 150 radius,Schoe was going to
buy a case of them,dont know if he got them or not,ask him about
them they are Amazing.:party0045: Kirk

[jason454ci]

Yep Kirk, Schoe got them skeeter repellers. The only problem was that them skeeters at Rock Creek carried them away last year. :icon_biggrin:

[cattracker16]

you aint a kiddin there. the skeeders were very nasty. I believe i went thro 2 cans of repelant all on my own.

[gofish]

there were so many skeeters an flies in our cabin every night the boy killed em fer an hour fore bed

[Schoe]

They were horrible alright. I did get with that company that has those repellents and their distributor got back with me that I will be a dealer for the product. I will get busy on that so I will have an ample supply of them. Schoe

[capt.kirk]

Schoe,When you get them,I will take 2 more. Kirk

[Souix]

Schoe,Im the one that needs them,they worked very well down fishing
the Apalatchacola,you know who had me backed into the bushes,lit that
thing up and in about 10 min there were no bugs except dead ones. Souix

[Schoe]

Well Sioux I wasn't aware that they actually killed the bugs or just ran them off. However, it makes no never mind as to how they work but they do WORK.

I personally was sceptically about the ThermoCELL when I first saw it and held one in my hand and put it aside until someone ( I believe it was Ranger Eric) at the Mighty asked what it was and fired it up. Dam if it didn't clear the area of Mosquito's within five minutes.

I will contact the company again and get lined up to place an order for a few cases to have on hand. Schoe

If I would have had 50 of those units I could have sold them all that weekend.

[Tee]

I use them all the time and nothing else. They work GREAT!

[Schoe]

Yes sir, this year's Mighty Muddy should be fantastic. Again we will have a portion of entry fees going to the Eco Project there at Rock Creek .

I am starting plenty early gathering up sponsors and getting the word out to the area's Cat fishermen. It would be great to have 100 + entry's which we will strive for.

This area has some great businesses that will be approached for door prizes and donations for the large payouts that we will guarantee

If anyone has some contacts for this please let us know. Every little bit will help. Schoe

[Fishaholic]

man I cant wait lookin forwarx to the get together and campin...100 plus entries be awsome but not sure how that fit in the marina, be a tight fit!!! might have to go fw days early and do some bird huntin, those skeeters were huge.

I picked up one them skeeter repellers that schoe as my door prize at last yrs might muddy, I tell you them work fantastik sittin around a picnin table, we used the beegeez out of that thing here where I have a trailer along the Rock river, sittin at a tbale under awning and not a damn skeeter to be found... schoe talk to the company about etting the refill packs too, could sell them out the muddy too...
http://hires.basspro.com/is/servlet/izoom/BassPro/659-873-01?layer=comp&wid=500&hei=500&fmt=jpeg&qlt=100,0&op_sharpen=0&resMode=norm&op_usm=1.0,1.0,0.0,0

[Schoe]

No probs there. When I make my order I will get plenty of refills. Schoe

[capt.kirk]

I remember ole Kenny sayin he was usin Deet,thats just feedin the Sqeeters
they feed on it an get bigger.:icon_razz: Kirk

[cattracker16]

Well when they would bite me they got alot more than they bargained for. LOL

[Fishaholic]

Schoe, this is event is still way out there yet but, do you plan to go up early again like on a weds, or thurs???

I really like to do some fishn when I come up early so I think I may just tent it this yr instead of bringin the camper. that way I can brin my boat up instead of wait til night before when my fishing partner brings it up....

[dipper69_2000]

hey we missed the tourney this last year but fished th eagles club tourney there the week or 2 b4. the camp grounds r great but i agree jason 100 entries would be very tight.candy n i went up on a thrs. for the eagles tourney then idrove to work on fri n back out on fri. nite.maybe the same for this one so is ya need help hauling stuff let me know i could drag something out there for ya not that far from home.we had a hard time finding fish last year.i think out 40+ boats 36 pounds took 1st we had 29# and took 6th. they also had an extra entry for ruff fish was a fun twist might think of adding it. just a thought

[gofish]

those wieghts were far better than what we had...cats were REAL hard ta locate fer me...course the miss is jus a lil bigger than anythin id ever been on lol

[cattracker16]

Shoot thems good numbers ifn there was 29 lbs of fish between all the boats i'd be suprised.

[dipper69_2000]

wow i don't feel so bad now. just figued it was cause i was new to that part of river.i plan on fishing it little more this year b4 the eagles club tourny and the mighty muddy.i am looing forward to meeting the faces w/the names

[Fishaholic]

was the tourney you were in mark before it flooded bad? the muddy last yr was right after the river droped back down, thast why the sqeeters were so bad...

[gofish]

dipper me an the bobber boat had never been on a river that size before.i was real lost bout how ta even start lookin for em....no backwaters on the river here.too much different areas an the river was droppin every day too lol....tried everythin i knew on the main river.....course im used ta lookin fer blues stead of channels...you find yers out in the main river or backwaters?

[dipper69_2000]

the water was still up when we fished jason fast n muddyin the back waters main river was running ok tho

[dipper69_2000]

dipper me an the bobber boat had never been on a river that size before.i was real lost bout how ta even start lookin for em....no backwaters on the river here.too much different areas an the river was droppin every day too lol....tried everythin i knew on the main river.....course im used ta lookin fer blues stead of channels...you find yers out in the main river or backwaters?

my bro and i fished the main river wing dams the day of the tourney. i caught way better fish fri nite and sat. morn prefishing the back waters but the river was coming up and pushed the fish outa the brush piles on toury day wich was on sun. i caught more fish by myself sat morn in less than 2hrs than we did the whole day sun

[Fishaholic]

any updates for this yrs event?

[dipper69_2000]

lol jason was just here woundering the same thing:confused0024: i am excited about being there this year hated i missed last year just things did not work out for us to be there. this year hell will freeze b4 i don't show up. never mind i have an axe so that should not stop me either lol:evilgrin0039:

[Fishaholic]

Times flying by, almost June, before you know it we'll be saying almost sept. and Mighty Muddy Time!!! I cant wait!!

[Screen]

Schoe - how about an update - also is there going to be some summer event around the QCA for us Iowa-Illinois area WIF members?

[Fishaholic]

Schoe - how about an update - also is there going to be some summer event around the QCA for us Iowa-Illinois area WIF members?

yeah we def should be having some camping or gathering events at some local lakes and rivers..good times

["Eye's"]

Hey All,

Sorry for the delay in updates from Rock Creek. We've had a bad start to spring/summer with the early flooding and lots of rain, but things are slowly starting to look up as we have started to get our docks in and the rest of the campground dry enough to be open!

The Mississippi River Eco-Tourism Center is closing in on our goal of $1.5 Million. As of this weekend we have just over $1 Million pledged, with a few large donors still waiting to finalize their donations.

September is just a few short months away and by then I hope that all who attend the Mighty Muddy Camp In can help celebrate the end of our fund raising campaign!

For those who are attending and want cabins, please contact me a.s.a.p. as they are filling up. I know I have a couple of you in the books already.

For those that are near by, the walleye bight is just starting to pick up. Schoe, you better take a few hours in the next couple of weeks and get up here.

Eric Wright

[heath19]

Where are they picking the walleye up at and what on if you dont mind me asking?? I usually fish pool 13 primarily and have just started getting into walleye fishing a little more the past couple years and trying to figure them out.

[dipper69_2000]

thank you for the info on the walleye bite i am panfishing savana in the morn but i will be up that way next sunday for sure. i will put in on the on the ill. side albany or port byron tho. my glfriend n i camped for the first time last year at the camp ground and we for sure will be back atleast for the big muddy. we were there for the eagles club of clinton fishing tourny. everyone there was so helpful and the fish boil was to die for. i would drive the hour plus just to eat that..........yummmmmmm yummmm
again ty for the update hope ta meet ya'll this fall

["Eye's"]

I have been trolling and casting Frenzy Flicker shads for the better part of 2 years and are my go to bait now. no need to spend 6-8$ on Rapala's when Frenzy's catch as many or more fish. look for gravel bottoms in 6-14 ft.

good luck

[heath19]

Thanks for the info, i will have to try that for sure.

[Fishaholic]

eric hows the ramp there at rock creek and the creek out to the river? get silted in much with the high water??

[gofish]

hey buddy, how ya doin? my wholesaler fell thru on those flicker shads.i need to order a bunch more soon,down to only 15 or so.any ideas on the cheapest place?

[Screen]

Hi Eric, hope the mosq. population is down and the catfish population is up - great to here from you - can't wait till September. How has your summer been so fare? When do you start the build on the new complex?

[dipper69_2000]

just woundering what the camps grounds were like w/the high water looking for some place to camp. n we really enjoyed the camping there last year.just don't want to make the run if it is closed.

[Fishaholic]

well looks like im going to miss out on some events this yr, I have a wedding to attend on saturday that weekend!!!

[Screen]

Bummer! Well there will be more fish and fries for the rest of us. Now you will have to come over early. Lets see, come Wed. then fish Friday night till about two hours before the wedding and have your fishing clothes under your Sunday best to get back to all the fun. LOL I know, I know, it doesn't work like that. LOL

[Schoe]

I was up there last week and it looked like everything is getting back to normal. I don't think camping will be a problem. Schoe

[Screen]

How were the skeeters?

[Fishaholic]

well looks like I am corrected on the date, wedding im in is the 13th so looks like im game for the mighty muddy!!!!

[r3dneckhunter]

this get together sounds like its gna b a blast wish i could make it but ill have already left 4 college. hope yall have a fun time. wish i could make it.

[dipper69_2000]

dang jason i thought u were going to give the rest of us a break at the tourny.. now it looks like i will have to come w/ my game face on...honestly i just hope to catch a fish to weigh in.

["Eye's"]

Mighty Muddy is just around the corner! We're looking forward to hosting the tournament again this year. hopefully the bite continues, as the fish have been jumping in the boat lately. We have recovered from the flood and will be completely open for the tournament. We still have cabins available for that weekend, call 563-259-1876 for reservations. Bruce and Kirk please contact me regarding your reservations, my cell #563-349-8680, make sure I have the correct arrival dates and info. Schoe give me a call with any questions or ideas you would like for this year!

Look forward to hearing from all that will be attending!!!

Eric Wright, Park Officer
Clinton County Conservation