November Newsletter - Providence Results

11 November, 2010 Newsletter

The Lake Providence two-day tournament was really good this year despite low water, high winds, and cold temperatures. Fortunately, the winds settled down on Saturday and the fishing was comfortable. Everyone caught fish on day one and nearly everyone on day two. There were 12 limits weighed in on day one, and only four limits on day two. We weighed in 78 fish for 137.66 lbs. on day one and 45 fish for 85.25 lbs. on day two. The totals for the tournament were 123 fish caught for a total weight of 222.91 lbs. This is the best Providence tournament we’ve had in many years. Carl Sandberg brought in a huge sack on day two with 15.77 lbs. and a two-day total of 25.33 lbs.!!

The top fishermen were:
Boater Division
1st Place – Carl Sandberg 25.33 Lbs.
2nd Place – Mike Melton 21.56 Lbs.
3rd Place – Larry Lowery 16.71 Lbs.
4th Place – T.J. Hare Jr. 13.74 Lbs.
5th Place – J.J. Wilson 13.59 Lbs.

Co-angler Division
1st Place – Chris Dill 16.27 Lbs.
2nd Place – Randy Mills 7.24 Lbs.
3rd Place – Bob Westerfield 2.28 Lbs.

The first day Lunker honors were taken by Paul Pickel with a 3.18 fish.
The second day Lunker honors were taken by Mike Melton with a 6.03 fish.

Congratulations to all these fishermen.

The Dead Ringers took Team honors for the year at the last tournament. At the end of the Providence Tournament the Scum Frogs moved into “First Losers” place with the Culprits in the last place. Great job Dead Ringers! Congratulations to J.J. Wilson and all his team members.

The members of the Jackson Bass Club owe a big “Thank You” to Robert Bailey for pulling our bacon out of the fire and being able to put our steaks on the fire!!!! The big BBQ pit broke an axle on the way to Providence and Robert had to leave it on the shoulder of I-20. He ran around to all the stores he could find and bought portable grills in order to cook up the fantastic meal we are used to. Needless to say the dinner was great and Robert and his assistant, Chris Dill did a bang-up job! I’ll say it first – Thanks Robert!

Below are some pictures from the Providence Tournament:







Upcoming events
• The General Membership Meeting will be at Lone Star in Pearl on Tuesday night – 16 November.
Officer election will be held on Tuesday night. Please make every effort to attend this meeting.
• The Christmas Party will be at Eagle Ridge Lodge at the Hinds Community College Campus on 4 Dec. Please plan to attend. Someone will be contacting you to ask you to bring a covered dish item. This is always a great time and we hope to see all of you there.

This will be my final newsletter. Carl Sandberg will be taking over the Sec/Treasurer job in January. It has been a pleasure.

Good Fishing!
Mike Michels - JBC Sec/Treas.

Two Day Tournament - Lake Providence, LA

The final tournament of the year is coming up this weekend - it is our annual two day tournament on Lake Providence Saturday and Sunday November 6th and 7th. Right now it looks like we are going to have a good turn out. This is always a good time for our club so I hope everyone can make it. The steaks have been ordered and Robert Bailey will be present to cook us up a tremendous meal as always.

Looking at the weather forecast it looks like it is going to be chilly. Saturday the low is 34 with a high of 62, Sunday looks like a low of 36 and high of 67 with sunny skies both days. So come prepared and lets finish out the year on a high note.

October Newsletter/Ross Barnett Results

The Ross Barnett tournament was slow and tough for most of us. Most everyone fished up the river and caught knotheads. There were only two limits weighed in. A total of 71.42 lbs. and 49 fish were brought to the scales. The weather was fine and we al had a good time.

The top fishermen were:
Boater Division
1st Place – Greg Horne 9.58 Lbs.
2nd Place – Mike Melton 7.12 Lbs.
3rd Place – Charlie Moore 6.72 Lbs.
4th Place – Mike Michels 4.83 Lbs.
5th Place – Jim Lowe 4.56 Lbs.
Co-angler Division
1st Place – Randy Mills 2.12 Lbs.
2nd Place – Bob Westerfield 1.10 Lbs.
3rd Place – George Thrash 1.03 Lbs.

The Lunker honors were taken by Greg Horne with a 3.08 fish.

Congratulations to all these fishermen.

The Dead Ringers whipped up big time and sealed it for the year. Great job Team Dead Ringers! Scum Frogs and Culprits tied for last place. This was a good tight race for most of the year. Congratulations to J.J. Wilson and all his team members.

Upcoming events

• The General Membership Meeting will be at Lone Star in Pearl on Tuesday night – 19 October.
• Board member election will be held on Tuesday night. Please make every effort to attend this meeting.
• The Board meeting will be on 2 November at the Lone Star in Pearl. Any member is welcome to attend.
• The Lake Providence two-day tournament will be on 6 & 7 November. Please let Greg Horne or Jim Lowe who you would like to room with at Lake Providence.
• The Christmas Party will be at Eagle Ridge Lodge at the Hinds Community College Campus on 4 Dec. Please plan to attend. Someone will be contacting you to ask you to bring a covered dish item. This is always a great time and we hope to see all of you there.
• The November General Membership meeting will be on Nov 16 at the Lone Star in Pearl. The officer election will be held at this meeting so please plan to be there to vote.

T.J. Hare Sr. has been in the hospital for back surgery. Please keep him in your prayers. We gave him a bottle of “Jack-Flowers” at the Barnett weigh-in so he should not be in any pain, but think of him anyway and check on him.

I’m writing this newsletter while in Oklahoma City and mooching off a wireless modem somewhere in the neighborhood, so if you see errors please save them or e-mail them to me so I can deal with them when I get back into town.Cheers! And Good Fishing!!

Mike Michels - JBC Sec/Treas.