The Jackson Bass Club: June 2012

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