Indiana Catfish Association

Annual Turtle Creek Open:

The Indiana Catfish Association is proud to announce
that we along, with Hoosier Energy, hold the
Annual Turtle Creek Open tournament every March.

2010 Date: March 20th

812-876-2021 - 7398 North State Road 37 Bloomington, Indiana 47404
Donates $2500.00 for the Turtle Creek Open Tournament.

This Tournament will follow all ICA rules with just a few exceptions. The exceptions are:

* $10 entry fee with a $2500 Guaranteed Payout. See the full Pay Out Chart .
* A 10 fish limit with a 12 inch minimum length. (please note: NO bank fishing)
* NO ICA membership fee for Open tournaments (no fee but will still have to sign waiver).
* Motors over 10HP allowed but at idle speed only.
* NO launch fee.
* Tournament Hours 9:00am - 4:00pm (be early to check in- gates open at 5:00am).

See the Turtle Creek Open tournament flier.

This tournament has really turned out to be just fantastic. We had 86 boats compete the first year and expect it to grow even larger in the future. The 1,550-acre reservoir was constructed in 1980 to provide cooling water for Hoosier Energy's Merom Generating Station.

Here's some info if you plan to pre-fish Turtle Creek. The entire lake will be open to fishing starting Feb. 16th, 2010. Gates open at 6:00am normally. They do plan to open the gates at 5:00 am the day of the tournament. The phone # is 812-356-4744. There will be no ramp fees the day of the tournament. Any other time the fees are:
$1 per person under age 16
$3 per person age 16-64
$1 per person over age 65

Turtle Creek Open Past Results:

2010
2009

Location - Turtle Creek Reservoir is located in the southwest portion of Indiana near Merom, IN.
The ramp address is:
6650 West County Road 300 South
Merom, IN 47861
Phone#: 812-356-4744

Turtle Creek Bait Shop and Campground - is located just East of the ramp on the south side of the road.
Owner Tom Kirby will be entering anyone who buys bait from his shop tournament day into a drawing for $100.00 cash to be drawn at the ramp after the tournament. he will have shad, shad guts and other live baits for you to purchase. He plans to open at 5:00am tournament day.
The address is:
6101 West County Road 300 South
Merom, IN 47861
Phone#: 812-356-4040

Directions: from 41 take west County Road 300 South to boat ramp.

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