June Newsletter/Lake Chicot Tournament Results

For those of us who made the journey to Lake Village, Arkansas the weekend turned out to be absolutely incredible. The hot weather and 15-25 mph winds were overshadowed by the incredible fishing of Lake Chicot. Every angler I talked to reported catching 30 + fish each day. Granted a lot of these were below the 15 inch minimum but they were extremely chunky and a ton of fun to catch regardless. Just about everyone managed to catch some keepers and we ended up having three anglers with over 16 lbs and just about everyone improved their big fish for the year. Overall five anglers weighed in limits and in total we weighed 40 fish for a total of 115.56 lbs for an average fish of 2.89 lbs. That is far and away our best per lb average thus far this year. (ex: last month on Barnett we weighed 80 fish for 134.41 lbs for an average fish of 1.68 lbs).

Big time congrats go out to Johnnie Baker (again) for winning the Angler division (which is now Back to Back wins) with 5 fish that weighed 16.76 lbs! George Thrash won the Co-Angler division with 2 fish that weighed 6.03 lbs. According to the reports I got the primary lures used were a big worm, buzz bait, and crank bait. Below are the top anglers from this weekend.

Angler Division:
1st Place – Johnnie Baker 16.76 Lbs
2nd Place – Michael Clark 16.29 Lbs
3rd Place – Greg Horne 16.02 Lbs
4th Place – JJ Wilson 12.33 Lbs
5th Place – Carl Sandberg 11.26 Lbs


Michael Clark waiting to weigh his nice bag of fish

Co-angler Division:
1st Place – George Thrash 6.03 Lbs
2nd Place – Randy Mills 4.29 Lbs

Lunker honors were taken by Greg Horne with a 5.61 lb fish. Congratulations to all these fishermen. Thanks for making the journey to Lake Chicot. And for the biggest shocker of the weekend - JJ’s team won. Again. Can we please combine the War Eagle and Culprit Teams???


Greg Horne with his Lunker Fish

However, we do have quite a points race going on in both the Anger and Co-Angler division this year. Although the race on the Angler side appears to be for second place, as JJ Wilson has already opened a 17 point lead, there are 7 anglers between 46 and 53 points. The Co-Angler race is separated by only 3 points. These races should be fun to watch for the rest of the year.

Upcoming Events in June/July
• General membership meeting this Tuesday June 21st at Sal and Phils – please make an effort to be there.
• Board of Directors Meeting at Sal and Phils Tuesday July 5th
• General Membership meeting for July on Tuesday July 19th
• Point tournament on Lake Washington Saturday July 23rd

Lake Chicot Boat #'s and Pairings

Our next tournament is Saturday June 18th on Lake Chicot. Below are the Boat #'s and Pairings:

1) Johnnie Baker and Mike Overall
2) TJ, Jr and Bill Mays
3) RB Shephard and George Thrash
4) Carl Sandberg
5) JJ Wilson
6) Greg Horne
7) Michael Clark
8) Jim Lowe and Randy Mills

July Tournament Change/Chicot Update

JBC - the board confirmed last night that the July 23rd tournament will be on Lake Washington rather than Ross Barnett. This was part of the swap of last month's tournament that was scheduled to be on lake washington but moved to Barnett due to the flooding in the area.

AGAIN - July 23rd tournament will be on lake Washington.

Also - we have our next tournament on Lake Chicot on June 18th in Lake Village Arkansas. Remember to get your Arkansas fishing license for this one. Also - this lake has a 15" minimum on fish...be prepared for this.

Several of us are staying at the Lake Shore Inn which is located directly on lake Chicot but is now booked up. I have one room with two queen beds if someone needs a place to stay. I believe it was like $65 so it would only cost you $30 bucks or so. Just let me know...first come first serve.

Look forward to seeing everyone at Chicot

Carl
Sec/Treas