AOFC Recaps

2007 Tournament Recaps

AMELIA -November 17th

"What's Amelia gonna deal ya"

I'll tell you what its gonna deal ya !!!!!!!!! Top Six is final and Larry Fadaol made a charge the last half of the year to walk away with the "Angler of the Year" Award. On the day, Larry and newcomer Russell Dorion had 4 keepers totaling 9.81 lbs for 1st place. The duo eeked by David Billings and Lawrence Brunet's 9.21 lb bag of 4 fish....Bob Gaudet and David Zabolio brought in 3 nice ones that totaled 8.58 lbs to take 3rd....Fadaols 8.00 lb sack took 1st individually, following Larry was David Billings' 6.57 lbs for 2nd, Brooks Webre tallied 6.56 lbs for 3rd. Webre appears to be "getting in a groove" by vaulting from 15th place to 3rd place in 2 tournaments....Randy Angelle had a nice 4.18 lb bass to take 1st place in the Big Fish event.....Completing the top six in teams were: 4th-Randy Angelle & Joe Phillips with 6.23 lbs, 5th-Elmer Savoie & Jeromy Stansbury's 4.07 lbs, 6th-Randy Prejean & Raymond Mahfouz with 3.24 lbs....Individually: 4th-Bob Gaudet with 5.44 lbs., 5th-Randy Angelle's 4.18 and Jim Walton's 3.21 lbs. Also, Larry had a 3.34 pounder, David Billings-3.27 lbs & David Zabolio-3.14 lbs What a great year, we grew from 12 guys our first meeting in May of 2006 to 32 members ending in 2007....

SAM RAYBURN -October 19th and 20th

"No Hex'as in Texas"

Whoa Nellie !!!! Brooks Webre rang up (or rattled) some gigantic numbers with 20.23 lbs and 6 fish for the 2 days. He also had Big Fish for the weekend with a 4.68 lb largemouth and another big one Saturday weighing 3.52 lbs. That broke the old record held by Randy Prejean's 15.27 lbs caught at Toledo Bend. Larry Fadaol all but sewed up Angler of the Year by catching 13.73 lbs for 2nd place. Jim Walton's 13.04 lbs was 3rd, David Billings sacked 11.68 lbs for 4th, Randy Angelle had 10.49 lbs for 5th and Randy Prejean made the top six with 9,89 lbs. Brooks and Mark Angelle paired up to capture 1st with 29.31 lbs to take the team event. Jim Walton and guest Jean Trahan took 2nd with 19.98 lbs, 3rd had David Billings and teammate Jeromy Stansbury's 16.53 lbs. Larry and Bob Gaudet caught 15.89 lbs for 4th, Randy Prejean and Devin Lantier nailed down 5th with 15.16 lbs and the duo of Lawrence Brunet and Daniel Bryant were 6th with 13.56 lbs. Okay, some of us are blaming the change of weather for not catching as many fish as we expected to (that's my story and I am sticking to it) but others swear it had no affect on the fish at all. Rumor has it that we will visit the lake again in the spring of 2008. One more tournament to go and its the High-Low finale' at Amelia. Be thinking about places you would like to see the club fish in 2008, we will be taking suggestions either next month or in December.

BAYOU BENOIT/BASIN - September 15

"Sensation of the Basin"

We are done with the Basin, what an unpredictable year that area has been. From high and muddy to "we just had a hurricane". A total of 21 fish were weighed in under drastically changed water conditions for a total weight of 39.14 lbs giving way to an average weight of 1.87 lbs per fish. I guess we could call this the "Angelle Sweep" tournament as soon to be "poppa's", Randy and Chance took 1st and 2nd Individually with 6.67 and 4.08 lbs respectively and Uncle Mark followed in third with 4.05 lbs. Randy and Chance topped the Team side as well with a 5 fish total of 10.95 lbs. Joe Phillips continued his charge to the bank by pairing up with David Zabolio to take 2nd place with 5.48 lbs. 4.07 lbs were brought to the scales by David Hebert and Elmer Savoie to round out the top 3 spots. Randy also had Big Fish for the day with a 2.54 pounder.

Ind.: 4th-Raymond Mahfouz 3.87 lbs, 5th-Larry Fadaol 3.82 lbs, 6th-Dale Fontenot 3.71 lbs. Team: 4th-Mark Angelle & Lawrence "no fish" Brunet 4.05 lbs, 5th-Raymond Mahfouz & Al "no fish" Perry 3.87 lbs. 6th-Larry Fadaol & Sonny "no fish" Bajat with 3.82 lbs.

As Elvis would sing "And now the end is near and we face the final curtain". The "No Hex'as in Texas" is set for October and then the "Big Finale' at Amelia for the "What's Amelia gonna deal ya." That will wrap up the year for AOFC, next year promises to be challenging as well so be prepared.

BAYOU TECHE AT BALDWIN - August 18

"Taking on the Teche"

Well, it was better than expected....35 fish weighed in for a total of 53.28 lbs and an average weight of 1.53 lbs....don't forget, it was a 12" limit, not 14. When the smoke had cleared Mark Angelle's 4.16 lb Big Fish for the day helped him to a 6.86 lb total to take 1st place. Henry Toucheck returned to action to tally 5.09 lbs for 2nd, following close behind and capturing 3rd was Lawrence Brunet's 4.93 bag. Elmer Savoie brought in a limit totaling 4.82 lbs for 4th, AOC President, Joe Phillips got back on track for a 5th place finish with 4.78 lbs....New standings leader, Larry Fadaol brought in 4.60 lbs for 6th. The teams stacked up pretty tight especially for 1st and 2nd.... Joe and Lawrence lead the pack with a 6 fish team limit topping the scales at 9.71 lbs just edging out the 9.69 lb sack that Henry and Larry brought in. Mark Angelle paired up with Raymond Mahfouz for 3rd with their 6.86 lb catch. 4th place belonged to Elmer and "Bull" Bryant's 6.64 lbs of largemouth. The duo of David "Lucky" Hebert and Bubba Patin snagged 6.61 lbs for 5th while Randy Angelle and David Zabolio finished 6th with 4.40 lbs. Teams are now looking ahead to Bayou Benoit for the "Sensation of the Basin" for September's event and the "No Hex'as in Texas" set for October and then the Big Finale' at Amelia for the "What's Amelia gonna deal ya."

VERDUNVILLE - July 21

"Ahhh, The Thrill of Verdunville" now known as the Not so Thrill.

With the River up over 9', tough conditions at Verdunville, had most of the teams scattered from one end of the Basin to the other. Larry Fadaol continued to tighten the race for Angler of the Year by ringing up 5.76 lbs for the day to take top honors. Brooks Webre snapped out of slump with 4.95 lbs for second and Mark Angelle mantains a steady climb up the standings with a 4.70 bag of fish. Mark and Damon Keely topped the team event with 10.25 lbs, followed by Larry and Jason Prather's 7.48 lbs nailing down second place. Brooks and Elmer Savoie took 3rd with 7.31 lbs. Big news on the day was Sonny Bajat taking Big Fish honors with a nice 3.15 lb largemouth which topped his total weight for the year. Damon's 2.83 lb fish took second, Mark's 2.42 pounder took third. Raymond Mahfouz continues to lead the pack but look out because a couple of guys have gained some ground on him after his zero this tournament. Guess he just wants to make things interesting as his lead is now less than 1 pound. 22 fish were brought in to the scales totaling 42.32 lbs and averaging 1.93 lbs per fish.

TEAMS: 4th Place: Lawrence Brunet & Bryan Tabor 6.41 lbs., 5th: Robert Giles & Donald Bryant 3.85 lbs., 6th: Randy Prejean & Bubba Patin with 3.71 lbs.

INDIVIDUAL: 4th Place: Lawrence Brunet's 4.52 lbs., 5th: Robert Giles 3.85 and Randy Prejean in 6th with 3.71 lbs.

MYETTE POINT - June 23rd

"Racin to the Basin"

Well all those pre-fishing stories proved to be wrong (or was it the old fisherman's ploy to throw off everyone else).....good numbers were brought in even though the River was somewhat on the rise and over the 6' level. 12 teams brought in 37 fish weighing 72.76 lbs of fish for the day for an average weight of 1.98 lbs per fish. Randy Angelle paired up with David Hebert to bring in a nice limit weighing 14.44 lbs. for 1st place. The duo also rang up 1st and 2nd for Big Fish for the day, Hebert's 4.42 and Angelle's 3.00 anchored their limit's. Jim Walton and David Zabolio teamed up to take 2nd place with each a nice limit, totaling 12.21 lbs. 3rd place showed Dale Fontenot and Devin Lantier also with each a limit weighing 11.12 lbs. Individually, Randy Angelle's 7.69 lb stringer took 1st place. Following close behind was Uncle Mark Angelle with a 3 fish limit weighing 6.83 lbs. Jim Walton's 6.77 lb. catch took 3rd place. With the club now completing the half way point, the race has tighten up some especially from 2nd place down to 12th. Raymond Mahfouz continues to lead the pack with a better than a 6 lb lead.... 37 fish were caught for the day with a total weight of 73.37 lbs and an average weight of 1.98 lbs per fish.

TEAMS: 4th Place: David Billings & Mark Angelle, 8.60 lbs., 5th: Mike Welborn & Daniel Bryant 5.65 lbs., 6th: Raymond Mahfouz & Chance Angelle with 5.09 lb.

INDIVIDUAL: 4th Place: David Hebert 6.75 lbs., 5th: Daniel Bryant 5.65 and Devin Lantier in 6th with 5.57 lbs.

HENDERSON - May 19th

"Henderson Hustle"

Talk about hustle....or should we say, "we got hustled" by those not so largemouth bass....large numbers of fish caught by all teams, estimated between 350 and 450 fish caught on the day....not many keepers as a total of 10 fish were weighed in for the day....Larry Fadaol rang up his second victory in a row with a 3 fish limit coming in at 6.67 lbs....that total also got top honors for he and teammate Brooks Webre. Bubba Patin hooked a 2.24 lb fish to take 2nd place on the individual side,.. that fish also gave he and Al Perry 2nd in the team event. Randy Angelle cranked in a 2.06 lb fish to take 3rd place individually...You guessed it, that fish also was enough for he and Jason Prather to take 3rd team wise. All in all, everyone had a great time catching and once again enjoying God's beautiful creations and so many blessings.....Larry also had the Big Fish for the day with a 2.44 lb largemouth.....10 fish totaled a combined weight of 19.46 lbs for an average weight of 1.946 lbs per fish...

RED RIVER - April 21st

"Full Sacks at Colfax"

All you guys that had never fished the Red River before, now know how it got its name....less than perfect water conditions for sure but not as bad as we have seen before. Larry Fadaol and Mike Welborn rang up 7.83 lbs to take first place, followed by Jim Walton and Henry Toucheck's 7.72 lbs Devin Lantier and Darren Morgan picked up 7.45 lbs for third. Robert Giles had a nice 4.80 lb largemouth to garner Big Fish honors for the day. Jeromy Stansbury contined to bring in good stringers as he took first individually with 5.10 lbs of fish. Fadaol's 4.86 got him into second place while Giles' big boy took third place. A total of 28 fish were weighed in and totaled 53.56 lbs for an average weight of 1.91 lbs per fish caught.

TEAMS: 4th place-Elmer Savoie and Jeromy Stansbury-7.26, 5th-Raymond Mahfouz and David Zabolio-6.21, 6th-Robert Giles and David Hebert-4.80, 7th-Randy Angelle and Brooks Webre-3.67, 8th-Bob Gaudet and Daniel Bryant-3.34, 9th-Mark Angelle & Bryan Tabor-2.96, 10th-Dale Fontenot and Bubba Patin-2.32 lbs.

INDIVIDUALS: 4th-Jim Walton-4.50,5th-Raymond Mahfouz-3.92, 6th-Darren Morgan-3.73, 7th-Devin Lantier-3.72, 8th-Randy Angelle-3.67, 9th-Daniel Bryant-3.34, 10th-Henry Toucheck-3.22, 11th-Mike Welborn-2.97, 12th-Mark Angelle-2.96, 13th-Dale Fontenot-2.32, 14th-David Zabolio-2.29, 15th-Elmer Savoie-2.16 lbs.....

Big Fish: 2nd-Jeromy Stansbury 2.72, 3rd-Randy Angelle 2.47

TOLEDO BEND - March 23rd and 24th

"Record Setting Event"

Four records were broken for this 2 day tournament. Team, Individual, Total fish caught and total weight all toppled on the Bend. The weather co-operated for a change which made it all that much better. Every team along with every member weighed in fish for the weekend.

Randy "Paw-Paw" Prejean and Devin "Boudreaux" Lantier sacked 29.46 lbs to out distant the 2nd place team by over 5 lbs. Looks like some of the new members are going to be contending for honors by years end. Paw-Paw and Boud also went 1-2 individually as well.

Big Fish for the day was caught by new member Jeromy Stansbury with a nice 5.35 lb bucketmouth. His teammate, also a newbie, Mike Welborn, had big fish for day 2 with a nice 4.83 lb fish. "Boudreaux" also had a nice 4.42 pounder

Individually Randy had 15.21 lbs (6 fish), followed by Devin's 14.25 limit. 3rd had Raymond Mahfouz continuing to ring up some nice stringers with 13.96 lbs.

TEAMS: 2nd Place Bryan Tabor and Henry Toucheck 24.05 lbs,, 3rd place Larry Fadaol and Raymond Mahfouz with 23.84 lbs., 4th had Jeromy Stansbury and Mike Welborn's 21.62 lb bag, 5th showed (Chef's) Bubba Patin and Mark Angelle with 20.52 lbs. Lawrence Brunet and Al Perry were 6th with 18.25 lbs.

INDIVIDUALS: 4TH Place Stansbury's 13.21 lb stringer, 5th had Henry Toucheck's 12.49 lb bag and David Zabolio's 11.89 lb. catch completed the top six anglers.

A total of 110 bass were weighed in totaling 233.70 lbs, averaging 2.12 lbs.

CHICOT LAKE - 2/24/07

" Be our Guest !!!! "

Well, the typical weather pattern for this time of the year, rain, wind and a frontal passage awaited the 16 teams fishing (4 teams stayed home) for top honors as AOFC kicked off the year at Chicot Lake. The only good news about the weather was that it wasn't a serious cold front that moved through. The event was our "guest" tournament with members inviting a non-member to fish with them (if possible). When the day ended and the storms subsided, to some degree. The team of Larry Fadaol and Buddy Warren claimed the top spot with a 5 fish total weight of 15.32 lbs. Raymond Mahfouz and Robert Despino garnered 2nd place with a 3 fish catch weighing a nice 10.44 lbs. 3rd place had the team of Robert Giles and Dave Bordelon with a 3 fish bag coming in at 8.89 lbs.

Big Fish for the day was caught by Mr. Jim Walton with a beauty coming in at 6.50 lbs. The Big One was assaulted by the infamous "Jig N Pig". Raymond Mahfouz had a nice 5.56 pounder for 2nd place.

Individually on the member side, Raymond Mahfouz led the way with 3 fish weighing in at 10.44 lbs, 2nd had Robert "I missed a big one" Giles bringing 3 to the scales that totaled 8.89 lbs. Daniel Bryant took 3rd with a 3 fish limit scaling in at 7.03 lbs.

AOFC guest Buddy Warren brought in 3 fish weighing 9.88 lbs, Damon Keely reeled in 2 fish for a 5.00 lb total. Scott Webre captured 3rd with 1 nice fish weighing 3.19 lbs. Big Fish for the guest was Buddy Warren's 4.25 largemouth..

Ind. Members: 4th-Jim Walton,6.50; 5th-Larry Fadaol 5.44; 6th-Bob Gaudet 3.44; 7th-Mark Angelle 2.88; 8th-tie-Aaron Cluse and Dale Fontenot 2.50.

Ind. Guest:4th-Don Schexnayder 1.19.

Teams:4th-Elmer Savoie & Daniel Bryant-7.13, 5th-Jim Walton & Kenny Menard-6.50, 6th Randy Angelle & Damon Keely-5.50, 7th-Bob Gaudet & Don Schexnayder-4.63, 8th-Brooks Webre & Scott Webre-3.19, 9th-Tie-Aaron Cluse & Sonny Bajat - Dale Fontenot & Don Shitone 2.50.

A total of 23 bass were weighed in totaling 68.98 lbs, averaging 3.00 lbs.

TOP CATS-FALSE RIVER- 2/03/07

The 2007 season got a running start with AOCF hosting the Inaugural TOP CATS tournament out of False River on Feb. 3. A total of 6 clubs were represented those being, Miss-Lou Christian Club from Ferriday, Masters Casters of Gonzales, Anglers for Christ of Pine Prairie, Fishin for Jesus out of Zachary, Christian Fellowship of Bass Anglers of Lafayette and the host club, Anglers of Christ also from Lafayette. When the dust had settled, okay, when the ice had thawed, AOFC squeezed by CFBA to take the top spot by .17 lbs. (6.89 to 6.72). Third place had Masters Casters with 5.45 lbs and Fishin for Jesus capturing 4th with 5.30 lbs. Fifth spot was rung up by Anglers for Christ with a 2.34 lb catch. Miss-Lou rounded out the Top Six.

"Z man", George Zimmer with Masters Casters, hooked into a nice 4.09 lb largemouth to toke Big Fish honors for the day.

Plans may be in the making for a return trip later on this year back to False River for another tournament of some sort. Details will come later this year.

Thanks to all that participated and helped with getting this Christian Angler Top Six (CATS) tournament going. It's been talked about for years and it finally happened. Nothing but compliments heard at the weigh-in, as all are looking forward to meeting up again. The things common with all of us of course is Bass Fishing, Fellowship and mainly our Love For The Lord. Without Him, none of it would be possible.