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....