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Porko's Midnight Madness
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{jcomments on}Porko's Midnight Madness is our answer to the heat and to the crowds on Lake Allatoona. There are many of us who have been doing these kind of events for several years and it is definitely the better way to go!
1. In Porko tradition the rules are simple, the only difference is the number of fish allowed to be weighed, 5 fish (instead of 3 fish), subject to change if the mortality rates gets too high, 12" minimum length, with only one dead fish allowed. Short fish will not be weighed.Fish over 12" will not be measured unless the length is questionable.
2. All the other rules are the same, meaning there really are none, except that no live bait is allowed.
3. Trolling is ok, long rods are ok. No gillnets, traps or anything remotely stupid.
Keep in mind there isn't enough money to make it worth getting a bunch of grizzled old fishermen on your tail!
4. I have one standing rule that I will gladly enforce, it is so obvious that I've never put it in print! Being a good sport and having fun with a bunch of folks who are there to do the same thing! If you get all grumpy and hard to get along with, I will ask you not to come back. The Porko events have become a place to go and have fun and those who do usually come back again and again!
Check the event calender for a quick reminder of the dates. Here are the particulars;
1.The hours will be 7 PM till 2 AM on the following Saturday dates:
June 9th, and again on June 23rd.
July 14th and again on July 28th.
Aug 11th and again on Aug 25th.
Sep 8th, and finally on Sep 22nd.
2. $40 entry, of which $10 goes to big bass and $30 to be paid 1 plc for every 5 entries up to 30 entries (it's 6 plcs no matter how many over 30 entries). An "entry", can be just like the Sunday Afternoon events either individual, team or as many people as you can legally fish in your boat. Just remember you can only weigh 5 fish per entry.
Come and join us, it'll be fun!
About Porko
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My real name is Bob Smith. I am 59 years old and been bass fishing since I was about 9 years old. Both of my parents loved fishing (all kinds, but especially Bass), they still do but those golden years have pretty much ended the opportunities to fish. Where a lot of guys have tried to find thier niche in competitive fishing from an individual perspective (and I have done my share of that too), I find my real enjoyment is organizing events and clubs that make it affordable for everyone to enjoy competitive fishing. That is the goal behind this newest adventure. In the past I have been fortunate to have fished in and organized some really fine bass clubs. Those include the Vol State Bass Anglers in Nashville, TN. and the Cast-A-Way Bass Club out of Arlington, TX (my personal favorite due to the really fine people who belong to that club). Last November (2009) I decided to run a little Sunday Afternoon Tournament on Lake Allatoona, just north of the greater Atlanta, GA. area. I called it Porko's Sunday Afternoon Tournaments. The hours were 1:00 PM till 5:00PM to accomodate the folks who went to church. The entry fee was low at $5.00 to Big Bass and $15.00 to be paid 1 place for every 5 entries up to 6 places (30 entries, then just 6 places thereafter). An entry could be whatever you wanted it to be. $20 per person, or $20 per Boat (the number of people in the boat was up to the anglers as well). The rules were simple, if you were legal with the Georgia gamefish rules, you were legal with me. This included fly rods, live bait, no rod length limit and trolling. You were allowed to bring 3 fish for every paid entry. To most tournament anglers it sounded completely crazy at first. You could fish the events you wanted and didn't have to worry about points or a championship or year end place of finish because there wasn't any. By the end of February 2010 (when I planned on ended it) people were begging me to keep it going through the end of March 2010. That's exactly what I did. Folks asked me all summer if I was going to do it again, so I figured, "What the heck!! Let's do it!". The future of Porko's Tournaments will probably lead to an individual series in North Georgia and North Alabama with similar simplicity beginning in the early part of 2011, so keep your eyes open. Now, the name Porko actually came from my Tennessee buddies in 1991 and my newly found friends in North Texas in 1992 because of my obsession with the Strike King Porko pork strips back then. Those baits were AWESOME! Well I got tagged with the name Porko, and quite frankly, I think it's kind of KEWL! Enjoy my website and feel free to post your own articles and fishing reports on here, regardless of where you live!!
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