November Newsletter - Final Results

It is truly hard to believe this crazy fishing year has come to a close.  Our last tournament was held this past weekend on Lake Providence.  As usual, Anglers were treated to one weather pattern on Saturday and a totally different one on Sunday.  Just about everyone managed to find some fish though.  However, Scott Goza and Carl Sandberg (shameless plug here) were the only two Anglers that brought limits to the scales both days.  The end result is all that matters though - and those honors belong to Marvin Freeman!  Not only did he show up and kick our butts - he also managed to catch lunker for the year...with an 8.14 fish.  Marvin’s 2 day total was 20.94 pounds.  Needless to say it was a good weekend for Marvin.  Congrats!

There was also something else big on the line this weekend.....The conclusion of our Angler of the year race and what a finish we had.  Who would ever think that after 10 tournaments and several lead changes that this race would come down to mere ounces....to be more specific 0.02 ounces.  TJ and Larry were tied at the top coming into providence (this factors in the tournament they would cull).  Therefore - winner takes all at Providence.  After day 1 - Larry was leading TJ by 1 lb even.  On day two - both Anglers struggled to find fish and came in short of a limit, Larry with 3 and TJ with 4.  TJ’s day two total beat Larry’s by 1.02 and thus he end up 3rd at Providence over Larry at 4th by 0.02 ounces and that gave TJ the 1 extra point he needed to win Angler of the Year!  Absolutely crazy.  Congrats goes out to both of these Anglers for a tremendous year.  They battled it out pretty much all year and both deserve a lot of credit!  Good jobs....keep it up next year! 

Also - we took a group photo in our Jersey's (that mostly came from JJ's contributions) at Providence and will have this blown up for Vickie at the Christmas Party.  I will also have some copies for everyone if you want one at the party as well.

Below are the top anglers from this weekend.   

Angler Division:

1^st Place –  Marvin Freeman 20.94 Lbs

2^nd Place – Scott Goza               19.64 Lbs

3^rd Place – TJ Hare, Jr.          17.94 Lbs

4^th Place – Larry Lowery         17.92 Lbs

5^th Place – Carl Sandberg         17.22 Lbs

Lunker honors on Day 1 were taken by Marvin Freeman with a 8.14lb (no that is not a typo) beast of a fish and Scott Goza on Day 2 with a 3.49lb fish.  Congratulations to all these fishermen.  In Team News:  The Dead Ringers won again (yawn), Slurpies in second and  Strike King in last.  With that the Slurpies and Strike King tied for first losers!!  

YEAR END SUMMARY

(as a reminder please double check my totals – if you see an error please let me know)

Top 5 Anglers for the year:

1^st Place and Angler of the Year – TJ Hare, Jr.

2^nd Place – Larry Lowery

3^rd Place – Carl Sandberg

4^th Place – Charlie Moore

5^th Place – Greg Horne

Tournament Winners during 2011:

Charlie Moore - 2

JJ Wilson - 1 (and he only fished 1)

RB Sheppard - 1

Pete Larson - 1

Mike Overall - 1

Marvin Freeman - 1

Larry Lowery - 1

Joel Peeler - 1

Bob Westerfield - 1

Anglers with the most Top 5 finishes in 2011:

Larry Lowery and TJ Hare, Jr – 6

Carl Sandberg and Charlie Moore – 4

Joel Peeler, Micheal Clark, Johnnie Baker, TJ Hare, Sr. and Scott Goza – 3

Big Fish Pot Winners during 2011:

Joel Peeler – 2 times

Jeff Hankins

Carl Sandberg

Larry Lowery

Charlie Moore

TJ Hare, Sr.

Johnnie Baker

Steven Bailey

Scott Goza

Marvin Freeman - 8.14 lb toad that wins lunker of the year.  

Biggest one day sack brought to the scales:

14.51 lbs – JJ Wilson in February on Bruin.  To say our season went down hill after this tournament would be a fair statement I guess.  

Upcoming Events in November and December

• Tuesday November 6th - Election Day - please go vote
• Board of Directors Meeting at Bass Pro Tuesday November 6th  
• General Membership meeting at Bass Pro, MONDAY,  November 19^th – we will vote for officers and Sportsman of the year.  Lets have a good turnout at this meeting.
• BIG REMINDER – our club Christmas party is coming up quickly on Saturday December 1st at the Eagle Ridge Lodge on the Hinds Community College Campus.  I say this all the time - but please make a real effort to be at this event.  Vickie will be there and we have several things we are giving her honoring JJ Wilson’s legacy in our club.  This will be a good chance for our club to love on Mrs. Vickie and show some respect to JJ.  This is also another opportunity for incredible food and fellowship and we also give out all of the end of year awards – so seriously, please mark it down, start working on baby sitters now (for those this applies to), and show up and lets end this club year on a good note.  Someone will be in contact with you soon about bringing a covered dish.  

In closing - this will be my last newsletter to the club since I am not running for/forced to be (ha!) Secretary/Treasurer for 2013.  I have enjoyed putting some of my touches on the newsletters for the last couple of years as well as talking about some of you!!  I am sure I have annoyed the mess out of some of yall as well....I guess that is just part of it.  For two years I have worked hard and tried to have all the current info out to you as soon as I could.  I hope this has benefited you in some way.  It is now time to hand off this job to someone else for next year.  I look forward to serving our club in any way I can going forward.  I will still manage our website and facebook page going forward as well.   I’m already looking forward to our 2013 fishing year.

Carl, Sec/Treas

Below are some photos from the weekend.

Socializing before eating Saturday Night

Weigh in day 1

Hotel where we stayed

Greg Horne getting a knot out of his livewell

Weigh in Day 2

Eating Friday Night at Restaurant next to Hotel

Marvin Freeman's Beast of a fish

Final weight for Marvin's Fish

August 11 Tournament on Barnett Results/August Newsletter

Our make up tournament was held Saturday August 11, 2012 on Ross Barnett.  The weather was great and so was the turnout from the club with 21 anglers fishing.  In typical Barnett summer fashion the fish were hard to come by but just about every angler brought something to the scales, including four fish over 4 lbs.  In the end it was Bob Westerfield who came in with the heaviest bag totaling 11.06 lbs and won the tournament.  Congrats Bob!  Below are your top anglers from the weekend.   

1^st Place – Bob Westerfied 11.06 Lbs 

2^nd Place – Charlie Moore   8.83 Lbs 

3^rd Place – Joel Peeler                 7.82 Lbs

4^th Place – Larry Lowery   7.78 Lbs

5^th Place – Carl Sandberg   7.52 Lbs

Lunker honors were taken by Carl Sandberg with a 5.83lb fish and now leads the lunker of the year for the club.   Congrats to all of these anglers.  

In Team news – the Dead Ringers pretty much dominated this one.  They have opened up and pretty big lead and with only 4 tournaments to go it is going to take them hitting a pretty big slump for either the Slurpies or Team Strike King to catch them.

Announcements

1. Reminder about our new meeting location in the Bass Pro restaurant.  Our last meeting was great and everyone enjoyed the private space (that was quiet!) and great service we had by the wait staff.  Please make an effort to make the next general membership meeting on Tuesday August the 21^st – and invite a guest!
2. The tournament committee will be meeting in the next few days to let us know about the location of our August 25th tournament.  As soon as I know something on this I will send out word to everyone.  
3. The response on our club Jersey’s has been great.  I am only waiting to hear from a few remaining members and thus far everyone has ordered one.  My hope is to get them ordered in the next day or so and get them in by our September 15t tournament.  

Below are some pics from the tournament:

Be sure and check us out on Facebook and at www.thejacksonbassclub.blogspot.com

Aug 11 Tournament on Barnett Boat #'s and Pairings

JBC - Hope to see you Saturday at Barnett for our next tournament.  Below are the boat pairings and #'s

1) Larry Lowery
2) Scott Goza
3) Charlie Moore
4) Steven Bailey
5) TJ Hare, Sr.
6) TJ Hare, Jr.
7) Carl Sandberg
8) Pete Larson
9) Greg Horne
10) Randy Mills
11) George Thrash
12) Mike Murphy
13) Johnnie Baker
14) Micheal Clark and Todd Crosby
15) Joel Peeler
16) Marvin Freeman and Jim Lowe
17) Bob Westerfield
18) Mike Overall
19) RB Sheppard

Good luck to everyone!  See you Saturday.

JBC Jerseys

JBC - the board approved the attached design of our Jerseys.  The will be available in long sleeve or short sleeve (most people have ordered long sleeve).  The only thing that will change on the below picture is the "Jackson Bass Club" lettering will be Maroon trimmed in Black.  It is hard to see from this picture but on the front right under our emblem the lettering there says "In memory of JJ Wilson".  I think the design turned Awesome!  We are trying to order these by the end of this week so we can get them by our Sept 15th tournament.

July Newsletter/Tournament #5 Results

We are officially half way through our tournament season with the completion of our 5th tournament of the year on Barnett Saturday. The day provided a little bit of everything from the weather. We took off to dark and cloudy skies that soon resulted in a major thunderstorm that lasted almost 2 hours. However, we ended the day in bright sunny skies that made it very hot. Typical summer day in the south right….. At the end of the day – Charlie Moore got on some good fish and pretty much kicked all our butts! Charlie’s 5 fish limit (one of only two that were brought in) weighed 13.94 (net of 2 dead fish) and beat our second place angler by nearly 5 lbs. Way to go Charlie! When I congratulated Charlie at the weigh in he said “This one’s for J!” Charlie – I know JJ would sure be proud of the way you have stepped up as Captain of his team and showed out this weekend and won! Bringing 14lbs to the scales on Barnett in July after the crazy weather we have been having for the past week is no easy task. I truly think JJ is looking down on his two main fishing buddies – Charlie and Mike – as they have now won the last two tournaments! I also believe he is watching over the club. Normally our tournaments in the summer are not well attended due to vacations and the summer heat - but not this weekend. We had 21 boats and 26 members fish this weekend which is the largest number in a long time. We are also up to 28 members in the club which is the highest in several years. Needless to say – we are headed in the right direction and I know JJ is smiling down on it because he truly loved this club.


Congrats to all the top fisherman this weekend.

1st Place – Charlie Moore 13.94 Lbs
2nd Place – TJ Hare, Sr. 9.13 Lbs
3rd Place – Micheal Clark 7.68 Lbs
4th Place – Johnnie Baker 6.95 Lbs
5th Place – Larry Lowery 6.90 Lbs

Lunker honors were taken by Johnnie Baker with a 4.79lb fish.

In Team news – I am happy to report that team Strike King showed up again on Ross Barnett and came away with the victory! The team race is tightening a little bit now with the Dead Ringers in the lead with 13, Team Strike King in second with 10, and the Slurpies in third with 7.

In the AOY race – Larry Lowery and Micheal Clark are now tied at the top of the leaderboard with 60 points after Saturday’s tournament. Rounding out your top five are Carl Sandberg with 50, TJ Hare, Jr. with 48 and Pete Larson with 42. The race is going to be close all the way to the end. It will be very interesting to see what happens when we get to the culling stage – remember we get to cull two tournaments a year! With 5 tournaments left – who wants it more????

Announcements

1) Reminder about our new meeting location in the Bass Pro restaurant. Our last meeting was great and everyone enjoyed the private space (that was quiet!) and great service we had by the wait staff. Please make an effort to make the next general membership meeting on Tuesday August the 21st – and invite a guest!

2) Austin Banks, Micheal Clark, Steven Bailey and myself got together last Thursday evening and submitted our first design of our Club Jersey’s to Gemini Sports. They will put together our requests and email us a proof. We will then get an opportunity to tweak it up to 3 times. Hopefully all of this will move quickly and we will have something to present to the board and club in August for approval. Once approved we will need to get sizes from everyone to place our order. Maybe we can get them in by our September tournament, but for sure by our October tournament. Be looking for updates on these Jersey’s….they are going to be sweet!

Below are some pictures from this weekend: 



Mike Overall at the Scales 



Charlie Moore was all smiles as he weighed his winning bag! 

Austin Banks at the scales 

Associate Member Kevin Daigle watching the scales 

TJ Hare, Sr. weighing in his 2nd Place Bag 

TJ Hare, Sr. with the line of the year to Greg Horne after Greg announced that TJ had a dead fish..."But not a damn one of them is short!!!!"

 President Larry Lowery's turn at the scales

 Dig Pro Steven Bailey at the scales

Carl Sandberg's turn at the scales

Johnnie Baker with his wad of cash after winning the lunker pot!!



Tournament #5, Ross Barnett Pairings and Boat #'s

Our 5th tournament of the year is this weekend, July 21, on Ross Barnett.  Take off will be at safe light which is early these days to be sure to be there early.  Looks to be very hot with a good chance for rain so come prepared.  We have a great turnout for this tournament with 22 boats and 27 members fishing. 

#1) Charlie Moore
#2) Scott Goza
#3) TJ Hare, Jr.
#4) TJ Hare, Sr.
#5) Larry Lowery and Thad Crosby
#6) Greg Horne and Todd Crosby
#7) Randy Mills
#8) Marvin Freeman (I do not think Marvin is fishing)
#9) Steven Bailey
#10) Austin Banks and Kevin Daigle
#11) RB Sheppard
#12) Micheal Clark
#13) Mike Overall
#14) Pete Larson
#15) George Thrash
#16) Johnnie Baker
#17) Joel Peeler
#18) Mike Murphy
#19) Carl Sandberg and Richard Walley
#20) Bob Westerfield
#21) Hunter Edwards
#22) Rob Wilson

Good luck to everyone fishing!  Looking forward to Saturday....

June Newsletter/Chicot Results

The club’s 4th tournament of the year was held Saturday June 16th on Lake Chicot in Lake Village, AR. The lake was at full pool, weather was hot and the fish had to be 15” to weigh. Everyone I spoke to caught tons of fish, but keepers were very hard to come by. I bet as a club we caught 250+ fish on Saturday, however we only weighed 21 fish. In fact, every angler except one weighed in 2 fish or less. That one Angler was your winner, Mike Overall, who weighed in 4 fish totaling 11.19lbs. And he did it from the back of the boat which is even more impressive (even though we all know he has been whipping up on Anglers from the back of the boat for years!!!). Way to go Mike! In total our 21 fish weighed 59.84lbs (average of 2.85lbs per fish) which is our best tournament of the year for far average weight due to the 15” minimum requirement. Below are your top 5 anglers from this past weekend.


1st Place – Mike Overall       11.19 Lbs
2nd Place – Larry Lowery     6.39 Lbs
3rd Place – Pete Larson        6.18 Lbs
4th Place – Micheal Clark     5.45 Lbs
5th Place – Jim Lowe            5.34 Lbs

Lunker honors were taken by Charlie Moore with a 5.21lb fish. Congratulations to Charlie Moore and all of the other top anglers from the weekend.

In Team news – the Dead Ringers showed up with revenge on their minds after dropping the Barnett tournament in May. They really put it on the Slurpies and Strike King Teams. Right now the team race shows the Dead Ringers in first with 11 points, Strike King in second with 7 points and Slurpies in third with 6 points. This race is certainly not over with only 4 tournaments completed to date – but the Strike King and Slurpie teams better get going soon before the Dead Ringers run away with it (again)!

The AOY race continues to change….this is our fourth tournament completed and now our fourth lead change in the AOY race. Larry Lowery is your new AOY leader with 47 points with Micheal Clark in a close second with 45 points. Your remaining top 5 are Pete Larson with 40 and Carl Sandberg and TJ Hare, Jr. tied with 38 points. With 6 tournaments to go this race is still anyone’s to have.

We have several big announcements to share so be sure and mark these down:

1) Our general membership meetings going forward (starting with our next meeting in July) will be held at the restaurant inside Bass Pro. Pete Larson met with the general manager of the restaurant and has our dates booked and we are guaranteed to have the meeting room that is closed off each month. We are required to have 15 people eat – so even greater emphasis will be placed on attending these meetings. This location is more centrally located for everyone and will provide a much better meeting place as well. Our July meeting will be on MONDAY July 16th because the Tuesday date was already booked. I will remind everyone of this prior to our meeting.

2) Pete Larson has retained Red Arrow Carwash on Lakeland Drive as a sponsor for the club. Each Member receives a 10% discount on washes, etc. David Franklin is our contact there in the event you have any problems getting your discount there.

3) Austin Banks and I are working closely with Gemini Sports on our Jersey’s. We hope to have a photo of what the Jersey’s will look like very soon. Stay tuned for more. Also – most of you purchased the stickers I had designed for the club. If you didn’t and want some just let me know. $1.00 a piece is a deal! Hope to see a bunch of stickers at our next tournament!

Yall be sure and thank Pete Larson for the hard work he has been putting in for the club this year, most of which is behind the scenes. He has been going around to several local businesses all on his own promoting the club, getting discounts/sponsorships for the club, and now working with the general manager of the bass pro restaurant to secure a good, quiet meeting location for the club that is more centrally located. Thank you Pete for all that you do for the club!

Below are some pics from the Chicot Tournament

Boats parked for the weigh in

 Everyone gathered around the table for the weigh in

 Marvin Freeman's turn at the scales

 Pete Larson with one of his two keepers

 Jim Lowe weighing in his 5th place bag

 Greg and Johnnie measuring fish

 Johnnie holding Greg's weigh bag

Ross Barnett Results/May News Letter

Our first tournament of the year on Barnett is in the books and from a pure numbers standpoint it was much improved from Washington (although it wouldn’t take much to be an improvement from Washington). Overall the weather was great, the lake wasn’t too crowded, and just about everybody caught fish. In fact – places 1-7 were only separated by less than 2lbs. In dramatic JBC Fashion we had two anglers tied at the top after the fished were weighed. Those two were Pete Larson and Micheal Clark – both with 12.40lbs (net of 1 dead fish each). Tie Breaker goes to the bigger fish and with a 3.62lb big fish your winner was Pete Larson! Congrats Pete! Apparently Micheal Clark had the winning fish on the line (allegedly 5+ lbs) but decided to try and dive in after it to secure it under water rather than simply using a net and as a result lost the fish! Maybe he will try a different approach next time. In total we weighed 82 fish for 153.55lbs (average of 1.87lbs per fish) which is our best tournament of the year so far. Below are your top 5 anglers from this past weekend.

1st Place – Pete Larson 12.40 Lbs (big fish 3.62 lbs)
2nd Place – Micheal Clark 12.40 Lbs (big fish 3.23 lbs)

3rd Place – TJ Hare, Sr. 12.26 Lbs

4th Place – Carl Sandberg 11.21 Lbs

5th Place – Steven Bailey 11.14 Lbs

Lunker honors were taken by TJ Hare, Sr. with a 4.04lb fish. We all need to watch out for Senior as this was his first tournament back from knee surgery and he took 3rd place overall and the Lunker. (and he is on Team Strike King) Congratulations to Senior and all of the other top anglers from the weekend.

The AOY race is really getting good. We have 6 guys all separated by less than 4 points right now at the top. They are led by yours truly, Carl Sandberg, for the time being with 32 points. Hot on the trail are TJ Hare, Jr., Micheal Clark, and Larry Lowery with 31 points, Scott Goza with 29 points, and RB Sheppard with 28 points. We still have 7 tournaments remaining in the year – so it is still anyone’s game at this point. Remember at the end of the year your two lowest tournaments can be culled – but if you still get your participation points if you fished the event. This can translate into 4 very valuable points at the end of the year.

In Team news – Team Strike King showed up in a big way this weekend (finally!!). 4 of the top 5 anglers this weekend were Team Strike King Members and that ultimately paved the way for the team’s first victory. Good job fellas! Let’s keep it up and go for two team wins in a row at Chicot next month. Right now the team race shows the Dead Ringers in first with 8 points and the Slurpies and Strike King teams tied for second with 5 points.

Upcoming events

• June Board meeting will be on Tuesday June 5th at Sal and Phils – anyone is welcome to attend.

• Point Tournament on Lake Chicot – Saturday June 16th. A lot of folks will be staying at the Lake Village Inn, which is where we will be launching as well. Hope to see you there!

• June General Membership meeting will be held Tuesday June 19th at Sal and Phils.

Below are some pics from the weekend.  Enjoy!

DIG Pro Steven Bailey weighin in

Scott Goza at the weigh in

George Thrash at the weigh in

Micheal Clark weighing his bag that tied for 1st 

Charlie Moore at the weigh in

Carl Sandberg at the weigh in

TJ Hare, Sr. all smiles as he takes our Lunker Money!!

Greg Horne showing what NOT to do with a weigh in bag full of fish!!!!

Greg Horne scrambling to pick up one of his fish that had flopped under the trailer behind him!

Fish were everywhere...here Jim Lowe tries to help out!!

Newsletter - April 16 Lake Washington

Our 2^nd tournament of the year was held on Lake Washington this weekend.  In an effort to try and keep things positive – I will simply say it was tough (brutal is more appropriate).  In total we had 20 anglers fishing.  We had 11 zeros, 5 who weighed in one fish, and 3 that weighed in 2 fish.  Only one man brought more than 2 fish to the scales and that was your winner – RB Sheppard!  RB weighed 4 fish totaling 8.23lbs.  Big time congrats go out to RB for figuring out a way to put fish in the boat when most everyone else could not.  In total we weighed 15 fish weighing a whopping 34.52 lbs.  On the brighter side - this tournament will end up making a huge difference in the Angler of the Year points race – so to the 9 guys who found a way to weigh a fish I say Congratulations – job well done!

1^st Place – RB Sheppard                     8.23 Lbs

2^nd Place – TJ Hare, Jr.                        6.49 Lbs

3^rd Place – Johnny Baker                     6.04 Lbs

4^th Place – Joel Peeler                          4.89 Lbs

5^th Place – Scott Goza                         2.66 Lbs

Lunker honors were taken by Joel Peeler with a 3.71lb fish. 

It is obviously worth noting that this was our first tournament without JJ.  There were a lot of JJ stories shared this weekend and I thought Greg did a great job of recognizing JJ’s absence before we blasted off Saturday.  And it is obvious JJ is still with us as just about every one of his team members weighed a fish and his team beat up on the Strike King and Slurpie teams this weekend!    Congrats to the Dead Ringers and way to represent your Captain this weekend.  I know he was smiling down on yall!

I will also note that after this weekend TJ Hare, Jr. is leading this Angler of Year points race with a pretty big margin. (no this is not a typo).  TJ is off to a fast start this year with a 3^rd place finish and a 2^nd place finish in our first two tournaments of the year.  For the rest of us – we better step our game up quickly unless you want to listen to his mouth the rest of the year!!!!  In all seriousness though – Congrats TJ! 

Upcoming events

• The April general membership meeting is TOMORROW night at Sal and Phils.  Hope to see you there.  We have something awesome to share that you will want to hear about so make plans to be there.  Also – Chevrons and plaques from the Bruin tournament will be handed out.    

Lake Washington Boat Numbers and Pairings

JBC - see below boat #'s and pairings for the Lake Washington tournament this Saturday. Please check your boats and make sure you have everything to be in compliance with the law. Several guys prefished last friday and there was a Wildlife and fisheries guy at the ramp and checked every boat - so come prepared. Life jackets. fire ext, throw, registration, all that.




1) Pete Larson and Charlie Moore

2) Jim Lowe

3) Larry Lowery and Mike Murphy

4) TJ Hare, Jr. and Randy Mills

5) Joel Peeler and Richard Wally

6) Hunter Edwards

7) Greg Horne and Mike Overall

8) Steven Bailey

9) Johnny Baker

10) Scott Goza

11) Carl Sandberg

12) RB Sheppard

13) TJ Hare, Sr.

14) George Thrash

15) Marvin Freeman

16) Micheal Clark
 
Travel Safe....see you Saturday

JJ Wilson Funeral - The Jackson Bass Club

We had a great turnout from the club today for JJ's funeral.  It was a honor for the Jackson Bass Club to be named honorary pallbearers.

I wanted to pass along a compliment I received last night at JJ's visitation.  One of Vickie's friends that was at the hospital last friday when a lot of club members were there pulled me aside Monday Night.  She asked if I remembered her from the hospital and I said I did.  She went on to say "I don't know who you bunch of guys are but y'all are a tremendous group and have been wonderful during this time."

To me this is what the club is about.  Sure it was created to enjoy the sport of bass fishing and competition that we all love so much - but the fellowship and close knit nature of our group is what is important.  A lot of people don't understand that, after all we only fish for points, chevrons, and trophies (and ofcourse bragging rights!) but it is in fact the case.  We all heard numerous times over the past several days from strangers saying - yall were part of JJ's family.  That is truly how JJ felt and how I personally have felt the last several days as well.  JJ loved the club more than any other circuit he fished and was a member for over 30 years.  There will be a void that will be impossible to replace in our club but JJ would want nothing more than to see this club press on and be better than ever.

Hope to see yall soon.....

Carl
Sec/Treas

JJ Wilson

It is with a very heavy heart that I type this: JJ Wilson passed away this evening about 8 pm. As soon as we know details regarding visitation and the funeral we will get the word out. Heaven gained one heck of an Angler today. You will be missed JJ

Ross Barnett tournament postponed until further notice

Jbc due to JJ Wilsons condition we are post poning the tournament tomorrow until further notice

Tournament #2 Ross Barnett Pairings and Boat #'s

Below are the pairings and boat #'s for Saturday's tournament on Ross Barnett (03/24)

1) TJ Hare, Jr. and TJ Hare, Sr.
2) Scott Goza and Jim Lowe
3) Marvin Freeman and Richard Walley
4) Randy Mills
5) Greg Horne
6) Jeff Hankins
7) RB Sheppard
8) Joel Peeler
9) Johnnie Baker
10) Mike Overall
11) JJ Wilson
12) Steven Bailey
13) Pete Larson and Mike Murphy
14) Charlie Moore
15) George Thrash
16) Larry Lowery
17) Micheal Clark
18) Carl Sandberg
19) Hunter Edwards
20) Bob Westerfield

What a great turnout!  24 of our 25 members are fishing!  Good luck to everyone - see you at Tommy's saturday morning. 

Newsletter - Tournament 1 Lake Bruin Results

Our first tournament for 2012 is in the books. After forecasts all week of rain for Saturday, March 10 the weather ended up being sunny with wind out of the east. Nothing like fluctuating weather and wind to mix up the fishing for everyone! Overall we had 21 anglers make the trip to Lake Bruin. In total we weighed 61 fish for a total of 113.66 lbs for an average fish of 1.86lbs. (Last year on Bruin we had 17 anglers weigh 51 fish for 106.90lbs for an average fish of 2.10lbs). At the end of the day, JJ Wilson had the biggest bag totaling 14.51 lbs to win the tournament. This also marks back to back wins on Bruin for JJ. Congrats!! Below are your top Anglers from Lake Bruin.


1st Place – J.J. Wilson                    14.51 Lbs
2nd Place – Carl Sandberg             11.79 Lbs
3rd Place – TJ Hare, Jr.                    7.93 Lbs
4th Place – Marvin Freeman             7.13 Lbs
5th Place – Micheal Clark                6.93 Lbs

Lunker honors were taken by Jeff Hankins with a 4.23lb fish. Something to note: Jeff Hankins has now fished two tournaments with the JBC (one last year and now one this year) and he has won the Lunker Pot both times! This might turn into a money circuit for Jeff! Congratulations to all these fishermen. And as if the broken record never ends – JJ’s team won the first tournament of the year. I will say this – the team race was very close and should be interesting to watch this year. JJ’s team won by only 5 points and his team was fishing with the most anglers (8). RB’s team (Slurpies) came in second with 7 anglers fishing and my team (Strike King) came in third (only 2 points behind the Slurpies) with only 6 anglers. Can’t wait to see these teams battle it out this year.

Upcoming events

• The March General Membership Meeting will be at Sal and Phils Tuesday March 20th.
• Point tournament on Ross Barnett Saturday March 24th.

We have SEVERAL boaters whose insurance expires prior to our next tournament.. These anglers are: RB Sheppard, Johnnie Baker, Charlie Moore, Mike Overall, Austin Banks, Jr. Also new boaters – Hunter Edwards (who had it for me at Bruin but I forgot to get it from him), Jeff Hankins, Randy Mills. If your name is not mentioned above it means I have a current policy on you for now. We have two weeks until our next tournament along with a general membership meeting – so please either fax your policy to me (601-208-6823), email it to me (csandberg@trustmark.com) or bring it to our next general membership meeting. Everyone fishing out of their boat Saturday March 24th will have to have me a current policy or you will be ineligible to fish. Please email me or call me if you have any questions on this.

I am planning to have our JBC Manuals ready by this next General Membership Meeting (Tuesday March 24th) so please make every effort to attend this meeting and pick up your manual. It is important to be familiar with this manual as it contains everything you need to know about the club from membership to tournament rules to the club by-laws. There are changes from year to year and it is really easy to miss something if you don’t keep up to date.

Below are some pics from the Bruin Tournament

Lake Bruin Tournament Pairings/Boat#'s

#1) Johnnie Baker/Mike Murphy
#2) Micheal Clark/Richard Walley
#3) Austin Banks/Kevin Daigle
#4) Hunter Edwards/Charlie Moore
#5) Jim Lowe/Pete Larson
#6) RB Sheppard/Mike Overall
#7) Scott Goza
#8) Randy Mills
#9) JJ Wilson
#10) Larry Lowery
#11) Jeff Hankins
#12) Joel Peeler
#13) TJ Hare, Jr.
#14) Carl Sandberg
#15) Greg Horne
#16) Marvin Freeman

Reminder - lunker pot of $5 paid at weigh in.  Get your Louisiana Fishing license.  Bring your rain gear - gonna be a wet one.

See yall Saturday Morning. 

Duncan Marine

JBC - just a reminder to be sure and thank the folks at Duncan Marine (Eddie Smith and Web Collum) for the gifts and discounts offered to our club.  Those in attendance at our February general membership meeting were treated to free hats from Duncan Marine.  Duncan also provided a Humminbird depth finder unit for our raffle along with the announcement that JBC members get 5% off all retail merchandise at Duncan (apparrell, oil, etc). 

So next time you are at Duncan be sure and tell these guys thanks.  Eddie and the folks at Duncan do an outstanding job and we certainly appreciate their support. 

On the the right hand side of this page is a Duncan Marine logo that you can click on and it will take you straight to Duncan Marine's website.  There you can check out new and used boat specials as well as the latest news on everything happening at Duncan, including the Duncan Marine open tournament series.  Click on the link and see what all is going on at Duncan.

2012 Tournament Schedule

1)  Lake Bruin (State Park) on March 10
2)  Ross Barnett (Tommys) on March 24
3)  Lake Washington (Cordels) on April 14
4)  Ross Barnett (Tommys) on May 19
5)  Lake Chicot (Lake Village Inn) on June 16
6)  Ross Barnett (Tommys) on July 21
7)  Lake Chotard (Laneys) on August 25
8)  Lake Ferguson (Main Street Landing) on September 15
9)  Ferguson or Barnett (TBD) on October 13
10) Lake Providence (Airport/Public Ramp) on November 3-4 (Two day)

This schedule has been permanently added to the right hand side of this website for future reference.

Reminder - First General Membership Meeting tonight!

We will get 2012 kicked off tonight at Sal and Phils in Ridgeland.  Dinner at 6 pm, Meeting at 7 pm.  Dues of $155 for the year are due.  VP - Pete Larson has several programs lined up for this year.  Tonight will be Safe Harbor Marine so you will not want to miss it.  We will also be voting on a prospective member.  Lets get 2012 started right...hope to see you there.