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!!
