Saturday marked our final tournament of the year on Ross Barnett. The weather was perfect and we pretty much had the lake to ourselves as there were only a few other boats out and about. The fishing was about par for the course for Barnett. In total we had 14 anglers fish weighing in 61 fish for a total of 101.58 lbs for an average fish of 1.67 lbs. Out of the 4 tournaments we fished on Barnett this year (March, April, May and October) – this month was the 2nd most fish we weighed out of the four.
At the end of the day, JJ Wilson did what JJ Wilson does and that is he weighed a limit of fish that totaled 11.51 lbs and won the Angler side of the tournament. For those keeping up –JJ has weighed a limit in all 9 tournaments this year. No surprise he is leading the Angler points race (and with this win has pretty much has it wrapped up)!! On the co-angler side – George Thrash came in with a 5 fish limit that weighed 9.38 lbs to win the Co-Angler side. Heading in to the final tournament of the year he now leads this race by 1 point over Randy Mills. Here are some things to think about as it comes down to the wire for this race: Both anglers next tournament cull would be a 15. Hypothetically: if Randy wins Providence and George comes in second – they would be tied. However, the tie is broken by the biggest fish weighed all year. Result thus far: Randy Mills 3.76, George Thrash 3.57. So as you can see there is a multitude of ways this can play out and it is going to be fun to watch it happens over two days at Lake Providence.
Below are the top anglers from this weekend.
Angler Division:
1st Place – JJ Wilson (Basscat) 11.51 Lbs
2nd Place – RB Shephard (Ranger) 10.00 Lbs
3rd Place – Mike Murphy (Basscat) 9.79 Lbs
4th Place – Johnnie Baker (Skeeter) 7.92 Lbs
5th Place – TJ Hare, Sr. (Ranger) 7.76 Lbs
Co-angler Division:
1st Place – George Thrash 9.38 Lbs
2nd Place – Randy Mills 7.30 Lbs
3rd Place – Bill Mays 2.67 Lbs
I am glad the basscat owners took note of the previous newsletter comment and decided to step up their game a little this tournament. Kudos to JJ and Mike for representing the Basscat Team this tournament…..although it did seem like there was one less Basscat boat on the water this weekend which certainly didn’t help yall’s cause but I just couldn’t figure out who was missing…..oh yeah…that’s right….I forgot, TJ Hare, Jr. was in Starkville watching the Bulldogs lose to South Carolina rather than helping his beloved Basscat team. My bad…no wonder the Basscat Team has struggled this year with teammates of that kind of dedication level!!!
Lunker honors were taken by Johnnie Baker with a 3.98lb fish. Congratulations to all these fishermen from this weekend. In Team News: JJ’s team won, again. Followed by the Culprits and War Eagles….blah blah blah.
This tournament marked the first tournament which an angler could cull a previous tournament. Remember – we take your best 8 tournaments for the year. However, if you fish all 10 tournaments you still get your participation points from the two culled tournaments which turns into 4 very valuable points. If you are one of the anglers who has fished every tournament this year – the grey box in your point list is the tournament I culled for you. The 2 participation points are still included in your overall point total.
Upcoming Events in October:
• General Membership meeting tomorrow night at Sal and Phils (this Tuesday – October 18th). We are voting on two new board members so please be there.
• Two Day Tournament – final tournament of the year on November 5th and 6th at Lake Providence, LA.
We will vote on office positions at the November 15th General membership meeting. We will announce the candidates for these positions at tomorrow night’s general membership meeting.
We are down to our last tournament of the year which is always an incredible time. Club pays for two nights of your hotel room and your steak dinner cooked by Robert Bailey on Saturday night. Providence generally provides for some good fishing as well. I truly hope you can make this event.
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