2008 Tournament Recaps

STEPHENSVILLE - NOV 15th

"Gills at Stephensville"

Another year has come and gone and Robert Giles added his name to the record books by capturing the "Angler of the Year" award.  Unofficial Top Six standings (pending December's meeting) has Giles in 1st, Mark Angelle caught the only limit for the day at Stephensville to vault from 5th to the 2nd spot, Randy Prejean hooked 3rd, Jim Walton nailed down 4th, Lawrence Brunet snagged 5th and Daniel Bryant completed the Top Six...2008 marked the closet margin of competition for the first 7 places as less than 1 pound separated 3rd thru 6th. Check out the standings page for all the details.

On the day, Angelle and Bob Gaudet shared some fellowship time to bring in 8.33 lbs for 1st place in the team event. Brooks Webre and Joe Phillips rang up 2nd with 4.44 lbs, Daniel Bryant and Sonny Bajat took home 3rd with 4.30 lbs.  It marked the 6th time in a row that Daniel has placed 3rd in either the team or individual events. Giles and David Hebert took claim on 4th-3.77, Brunet and Stansbury reeled in 5th-2.11, Rusty Dorion and David Zabolio completed the top six-2.01.  Elmer Savoie and Randy Prejean took 7th-2.00 and Al Perry and AOC President, Jim Walton banked 8th with 1.91 lbs

Individual Honors had Angelle's 6.00 lbs taking 1st, Webre's 4.44-2nd, Giles 3.77-3rd, Gaudet's 2.33-4th, Brunet-2.11-5th, Zabolio's 2.01-6th, Prejean-2.00-7th, Walton 1.91 had 8th and Sonny Bajat's 1.48 finished off the individual stringers.

Daniel Bryant's 2.72 lb fish took BIG FISH honors for the day...

Next big event is the 3rd Annual Banquet to be held on January 16th at the Petroleum Club...also all members are reminded to make up a list of places you want to fish next year and turn it in at the December meeting.  A few names being thrown around and are new places to possibly fish are Cocodrie, Spring Bayou, Mermentau River, Calcasieu River and Red River Pool 1 near Marksville....

A total of 13 fish were caught and they weighed in at 28.87 lbs for and average of 2.22 lbs..

Oh, did I mention the fact that the wind was blowing like 50 miles per hour....okay, how about 30 MPH....sure made fishing tough for most of the members but old reliable, Mark Angelle always seems to catch um no matter what the conditions might be....

 

TOE LEE DOE BEND - OCTOBER 17th-18th

"Fins on the Bend"

Typical Toledo Bend trip !!!!  Practice day was great, tournament day 1-okay, tournament day 2-the fish were pumpkin shopping....A frontal system moved through, so, we had cloudy one day, half and half on day two and bluebird on day three. Great time had by all of the fisherman, good fellowship time for sure. When it all came to a halt, Brooks Webre and Randy Angelle tallied a 7 fish total of 17.88 lbs for a 1st place finish on the team side. Jim Walton and Robert Giles snagged 9 for 15.08 lbs to take 2nd. "The Young Guns", Daniel Bryant and Jason Prather visited Lowe's Creek to take 3rd with 7 fish totaling 13.49 lbs. 

Individual honors were lead by weigh master, Randy Prejean's 4 fish bag totaling 12.07 lbs. Webre's 10.93 total nailed down 2nd and AOC President, Jim Walton brought in 8.37 lbs for 3rd.

Angelle's 5.38 lb bucket mouth took Big Fish for the 2 day tournament. Prejean's 3.65 took 2nd and Al Perry's 2.74 lb fish took 3rd.

Teams: 4th-Perry/Brunet 12.58, 5th-Prejean/Lantier 12.07, 6th-Sonny Bajat/David Zabolio 10.21, 7th-Joe Phillips/Bob Gaudet 7.04, 8th-David Billings/Jeromy Stansbury 2.12.

Individually: 4th-Bryant 7.37, 5th-Tie-Angelle & Brunet, 7th-Giles 6.71, 8th-Prather 6.12, 9th-Perry 5.63, 10th-Bajat 5.61, 11th-Phillips 5.42, 12th-Zabolio 4.60, 13th-Stansbury 2.12, 14th Gaudet 1.62. Tie for 15th T-Frog and Billings 0.00.  This was Frog's first scratch for Toledo Bend in 126 trips.

A total of 45 fish were weighed in for a total weight of 90.47 lbs, averaging 2.01 lbs per fish.

 

INDIAN CREEK - SEPTEMBER 20

"Hurricane Havoc"

All that rain and high water didn't have much affect on the fishing at Indian Creek as Mark Angelle and Joe Phillips "smoked um" with both of them catching a limit, their total weight came in at 10.04 lbs.  Lawrence Brunet and Jim Walton hooked up on 8.27 lbs for 2nd place and Daniel Bryant and David Hebert sailed along to bring 6.02 lbs to the scales for 3rd. Randy Prejean and Devin Lantier boated 4.88 lbs for 4th, Team G & G, Bob Gaudet and Robert Giles rang up 3.55 for 5th and Brooks Webre and Al Perry were 6th with 2.55 lbs.

Brunet's 4.20 lb Big Fish for the day anchored his 7.35 lb bag for 1st Place individually.  Mark Angelle culled 3 limits to take 2nd with 5.23 lbs.  Daniel Bryant's 4.95 lbs took 3rd.  Joe Phillips also culled a couple of limits and brought in 4.81 lbs for 4th, Devin's 3.94 lbs was 5th and Robert Giles' had 3.55 lbs to round out the top six. Webre's 2.55 lb was 7th, Hebert's 1.07 was 8th.  Randy Prejean's .94 just edged out Walton's .92 fish for 9th and 10 respectively.

Big Fish - Lawrence Brunet 4.20

6 members caught their limit,  Total fish caught - 23,  Total weight - 35.43 lbs for a 1.54 lb average weight.

 

RED RIVER - AUGUST 23rd

"Are you Red-dee??"

Another one down and 3 to go !!!  Red River was tough for most of the anglers, of course, the cream always comes to the top. Robert Giles and Daniel Bryant were one short of the 6 fish limit but managed to bring in 10.29 lbs to take 1st place in the team standings.  Mark Angelle and Lawrence Brunet also sacked 5 fish totaling 8.09 lbs to take 2nd place.  Randy Prejean and Al (yes, I caught another fish) Perry had 3 keepers weighing 3.99 lbs to take 3rd place. Joe Phillips and Devin "T-Frog" Lantier brought in 2 fish for 2.35 lbs to finish 4th. "Team David", that's Hebert and Zabolio had one keeper at 1.57 lbs to take 5th. Jim Walton and Russell Dorion, well, what can you say, they "rounded out" the top six places.

Giles lead the pack individually with 7.04 lbs, Angelle was 2nd with 6.39, Bryant took 3rd with 3.25, Randy P was 4th with 2.92, Brunet was 5th with 1.70, Zabolio's 1.57 took 6th, Phillips had 1.26 for 7th, followed by partner "T-Frog" with 1.09, just edging out Perry's whopper, 1.07 lb fish.

Mark Angelle's 3.21 lb fish took top honors for BIG FISH for the day, Giles had a 2.79 lb fish for 2nd.

A total of 16 fish were weighed in with a total weight of 23.02 lbs, averaging 1.44 lbs per fish.

 

 

PATTERSON/BAYOU TECHE - JULY 26th

"Deja Vu"

Anglers of Christ returned to the March venue of Bayou Teche, the weather was hotter and the winds were alot less but the results were about the same.  Lots of fish caught, hooking a keeper was a chore.  Jim Walton and Mark Angelle brought in each a limit totaling 11.87 lbs to run away with 1st place honors on the team side.  Fluke's, finesse worms and senko's proved to be the bite for the day.  Joe (let's go slow) Phillips and Daniel Bryant encountered engine problems and had to use the trolling motor all day to accomplish a 2nd place finish with 3 fish coming in at 7.30 lbs.  It seems to have played to their advantage by doing so.  Robert Giles carried his partner, Al Perry (so what's new) to a 3rd place finish with 3 fish scaling in at an even 6.00 lbs. 

Individually, Walton's sack of 6.22 lbs just edged out Giles' 6.00 lbs for the top spot.  Bryant tallied 5.51 lbs for 3rd.  Angelle had one dead fish which knocked him down a notch but still followed close behind with 5.43 lbs.  Randy Prejean hooked 2 fish for 3.40 lbs for 5th and Brooks Webre's 2.90 fish rounded out the Top Six.

Daniel had a 2.87 lb fish for Big Fish for the day, Webre's 2.80 lb fish took 2nd and Walton's 2.40 lb fish took 3rd place.

Teams:  4th-Bubba Patin and Randy Prejean 4.87 lbs, 5th-Webre and Jason Prather 2.90 lbs, 6th-Lawrence Brunet and David Zabolio 2.06 lbs.

Individually: 7th-Brunet 2.06 lbs, 8th-Phillips 1.79 lbs, 9th-Patin 1.47 lbs.

17 fish were weighed in for a total weight of 34.78 lbs, averaging 2.05 lbs each.

 

HENDERSON LAKE - JUNE 14th

"The Henderson Hunt"

The "hunt" was on for the anglers fishing Henderson Lake.  Mixed reports had been coming in for 2 weeks but David Zabolio and Robert Giles sniffed out 10.03 lbs of largemouth bass to take 1st place on the day.  Lawrence Brunet and Adam Brewer (the bru brothers) smacked 6 fish for 9.69 lbs to take 2nd place.  Close behind was "The Finish Factory" duo of Daniel Bryant and Devin Lantier's 9.15 lbs stringer.   Individually, Zabolio lead the hunt with 6.03 lbs, anchored by his 3.40 Big Fish for the day.  2nd showed Randy Prejean's 5.39 (10 minute limit).   Brunet's  5.38 lbs took 3rd place.

Teams: 4th-Jim Walton & Bubba Patin 8.98 lbs, 5th-Randy Prejean & Sonny Bajat 6.45 lbs, 6th-Bob Gaudet & Grant (GAtor) Alexander 5.13 lbs....7th-Elmer Savoie & David Hebert 1.19 lbs, 8th-Joe and Dan Phillips..

Individuals: 4th-Devin Lantier 5.21, 5th-Bubba Patin 4.77, 6th Adam Brewer 4.31, 7th-Jim Walton 4.21, 8th-Robert Giles 4.00, 9th-Daniel Bryant 3.94, 10th-Bob Gaudet 2.63, 11th-Grant Alexander 2.50, 12th-David Hebert 1.19, 13th-Sonny Bajat 1.06, 14th-Tie-Joe Phillips, Dan Phillips and Elmer Savoie 0.00

A total of 30 fish were caught, weighing 48.03 lbs, averaging 1.60 lbs per fish

 

 

 

INDIAN CREEK - MAY 10TH

" War paint time"

Thank God those hot 90 degree temperatures never materialized on the day.  Fishing did about the same with anglers fighting the "pickeral pecking" that happened throughout the day.  Lawrence Brunet hooked up with Bob "Good Day" Gaudet to bring in 10.18 lbs of fish to nail down 1st place.  The pair each managed a limit of fish.  Lawrence also boated "Big Fish" for the day with a nice 2.84 lb fish.  Mark Angelle continued to catch um as he and Jeromy Stansbury also brought each a limit totaling 8.84 lbs to take 2nd.  Randy Angelle and David Billings brought in 4 fish weighing in at 4.57 lbs for 3rd place.  Individually, Lawrence's 5.50 led the way, following close behind was Mark Angelle's 5.17 lbs.  Bob Gaudet had 4.68 lbs for 3rd.  Jim Walton was crowned "Prince Pickeral" with a 1.85 lb Pickeral.  (He brought home an extra $21 with that wiener)...

Teams- 4th place-Brooks Webre & Bubba Patin-4.24 lbs, 5th-Randy Prejean & Adam Brewer-3.51 lbs, Tie for 6th-Chance Angelle & Russell Dorion-2.80 lbs, David Hebert & Davin Lantier, 8th-Al Perry & Daniel Bryant-2.14 lbs, 9th-Robert Giles & Sonny Bajat-1,96 lbs, 10th-Joe & Dan Phillips-1.00 lbs and Jim Walton & Elmer Savoie-.93 lbs for 11th.

Individually-4th-Brooks Webre-4.24, 5th-Jeromy Stansbury-3.67, 6th-Randy Angelle-3.54, 7th-Randy Prejean-3.51, 8th-Chance Angelle-2.80, 9th Al Perry-2.14, 10th-Robert Giles-1.96, 11th-David Hebert-1.87, 12th-David Billings-1.03, 13th-Joe Phillips-1.00, Tie for 14th-Devin Lantier and Jim Walton-.93.

A total of 31 fish were brought to the scales, total weight was 42.97 lbs for and average weight of 1.39 lbs

 

SAM RAYBURN - APRIL 11TH AND 12TH

Wham, Bam, Look Out Sam !!!!

Looks like fishing was better at Rayburn in the fall than this spring, we still had some great catches.  The lake was up a couple of feet higher than it was in October, it must have moved those fish to another hiding place.  Mark Angelle and Brooks Webre "brought home the bacon" once again on the team side with a 2 day total of 11 fish weighing 27.34 lbs.  Sonny Bajat and David Zabolio paired up for 25.61 lbs, also with 11 bass to take 2nd place.  Looks like 11 is the number as Lawrence Brunet and Daniel Bryant had 21.27 lbs for the 2 day event and taking 3rd place.  Mark also led the pack individually with 15.56 lbs, following close behind was Robert Giles with 14.49 lbs and Zabolio's 13.42 lb stringer took 3rd.  Devin Lantier took Big Fish honors for the event with a nice 5.92 lb largemouth.  Sonny Bajat's 3.31 took 2nd.

Teams: 4th-Chance & Randy Angelle 19.73, 5th-Devin Lantier & Randy Prejean 19.11, 6th-Robert Giles and Bob Gaudet 18.23, 7th-Russell Dorion & Adam Brewer 16.43, 8th-Joe Phillips & Jim Walton 15.49, 9th-Jeromy Stansbury & David Billings 15.30, 10th-Elmer Savoie & David Beasley 15.07

Individually: 4th-Randy Angelle 13.15, 5th-Sonny Bajat 12.19, 6th-Brooks Webre 11.58, 7th-Lawrence Brunet 11.28, 8th-Devin Lantier 11.13, 9th Daniel Bryant 9.99, 10th-David Billings 9.48, 11th-David Beasley 9.10, 12th-Russell Dorion 8.36 and Jim Walton 8.36, 14th-Adam Brewer 8.07, 15th-Randy Prejean 7.98, 16th-Joe Phillips 7.13, 17th Chance Angelle 6.58, 18th-Elmer Savoie 5.97, 19th-Jeromy Stansbury 5.82, 20th-Bob Gaudet 3.74

A total of 89 Bass were caught with a total weight of 184.28 lbs, average weight-2.07 lbs per fish.

 

"PATTERSON not CLECO not CANE RIVER" - MARCH 15th

Hurricane in March ???

Well, the fishing merry go round finally found a place to fish for March by stopping off at the  Bayou Teche at Patterson.  WOW, how about that wind, Hurricane Alice blew into town with 25 to 30 MPH winds and hammered the 22 anglers vying for first place honors.  Hurricane Hunters, Daniel Bryant and Jason Prather teamed up to each catch a limit, giving them top honors in the team event with a 10.92 lb total.  Lawrence Brunet and Russell Dorion had 4 fish weighing 8.13 lbs to take 2nd place.  Jim Walton and David "Birthday Boy" Zabolio took 3rd with a 4 fish, 7.41 lb bag of fish.  Individually, Walton's 5.92 lbs nailed down 1st, Bryant's 5.84 lbs took 2nd and Prather's 5.08 lbs took 3rd.   Randy Prejean managed a 2.84 lb largemouth for Big Fish bragging rights on the day.  Lawrence Brunet's 2.31 lb fish took 2nd.

Teams: 4th-Savoie/Prejean  6.80, 5th-Giles/M. Angelle 3.78  6th-Joe Phillips/Bubba Patin 2.20,

Individual: 4th-Randy Prejean 4.95, 5th Brunet 4.59, 6th-Giles 3.78

A total of 23 fish were weighed in totaling 43.71 lbs for an average weight of 1.90 lbs

April's Sam Rayburn trip is all paired up....Good turnout for that event, hopefully less wind...

 

 

CHICOT LAKE -"THE GUESTS ARE GUESSING" TOURNAMENT-FEB.16th

As were many of the members !!!!!

Applications are now being accepted for the position of "Weatherman"   Boy did they get it all wrong for tournament day.  Cloudy skies, scattered and severe thunderstorms were predicted for the day, things looked pretty bleak as of Friday nite.  Once again, God intervened, providing us with a truly beautiful day on the water.  Can you say "RECORD SETTING DAY"....Jason Prather set 2 new marks by hooking a beautiful fish weighing 7.76 lbs, erasing Larry Fadaols 7.25 lb record.  Prather also nudged Raymond Mahfouz from the record book by totaling 11.44 lbs with his 3 fish total.   The old record of 10.44 lbs also came from the "Hit or Miss" lake.  Along with that, Robert Giles paired up with Clint Hudson to bring in another record with 6 fish weighing 17.59 lbs, shattering Larry Fadaol and Buddy Warren's record of 15.32 lbs, also caught at Chicot.  Also broken for the day was the record number of teams participating for a tournament.   21 teams showed up cracking the old record of 16 teams set at Chicot Lake.  Individually, Jim Walton brought in a nice stringer of 9.88 lbs. for 2nd place,  Giles pounded 3 into submission for 3rd place with his 9.14 lb sack of bass.  Mark Angelle managed a couple of fish for 5.26 lbs for 4th while Brooks "The Bullet" Webre had 4.94 lbs to lay claim to 5th, Chance Angelle boated one nice one to take 6th with a 4.81 lb largemouth.  Those teams following Giles and Hudson were, Prather and Daniel Bryant's 4 fish total of 13.32 lbs.  3rd place belonged to Jim Walton and Randall Brown's 4 fish weight of 12.63 lbs.  Brooks and Scott Webre took 4th with 8.75 lbs, 5th place had the duo of father and son team, Mark Sr. and Mark Jr., the Angelle's with 5.26 lbs.  The 6th spot was hooked by David Hebert and B.J. Dorrell's 5.13 lb bag.

GUESTS: Hudson had Big Stringer for the day for the guests with a limit coming in at 8.45 lbs.  Dorrell’s 5.13 took 2nd place and Scott Webre’s 3.81 took 3rd place.  Chris Billings claimed top honors for Big Fish on the day with a nice 3.75 lb largemouth, Hudson had a 3.19 for 2nd place.

MEMBERS: Chance Angelle had 1 that weighed 4.81 lbs for 2nd place Big Fish.  7 fish over the 3 pounds led by Waltons' 3.94 lb fish for 3rd.  And of course 1 over 7 pounds.   A total of 30 fish weighing 86.07 lbs for a 2.87 lbs average was caught by members and their guests.  A total of 19 fish weighing 57.99 lbs was brought in by 11 members for an average weight of 3.05 lbs.  One other small note:  12 members need flea powder for scratching.  And that other record, the fifth one,  one of which we don't like to talk about....22 total scratches counting guests and members.......Break out those crying towels guys.....

 

FALSE RIVER-TOP CATS TOURNAMENT-FEB. 2ND

"Kick Off Time"

Giving thanks to God for a beautiful and bountiful day on the water, well bountiful for some, empty handed for others.  Everyone enjoying the fellowship and competition brought together by two common denominators, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior and the species that God has blessed us with, the largemouth bass.  Bragging rights were claimed by a "combo group" of fishermen.  It was a Record Setting day as 4 teams shattered last years winning weight of 6.89 lbs  George Zimmer's Big Fish record of 4.09 lbs also fell as 2 participants broke that mark. 

The Masters Casters of Gonzales fielded 2 teams consisting of David Ellis and George Zimmer along with Charles Deranger and Rip Parker as well teaming up with Anglers of Christ members David Billings and Chance Angelle to bring in a beautiful 18.93 lb stringer for the day.  Ellis and Zimmer had 3/7.48 lbs, Deranger and Parker tallied 2/3.48 lbs and Billings and Angelle's 3/7.97 lb stringer anchored the clubs winning total.  Billings also captured the BIG FISH for the day with a nice 4.37 lb largemouth.  2nd place belonged to the Christian Fellowship of Bass Anglers of Lafayette with another nice stringer totaling 17.12 lbs  It marked the 2nd year in a row that CFBA came in 2nd.  David Beasley and Brian Crochet brought in the BIG STRINGER for the day with a nice 3 fish limit tipping the scales at 8.06 lbs.  Honorary Weigh Master, Travis Stelly and Tony Kemp brought in 3 as well for a total weight of 6.28 lbs.  Donald Bryant and Brian Bridges had one keeper for 2.78 lbs.  Defending Champs, Anglers of Christ of Lafayette, finished 3rd on the day with a 10.11 lb total weight.  David Zabolio and Jim Walton's 7.45 lbs stringer led the way for AOC.  Mark and Randy Angelle brought in 2/2.66 lbs  Remaining members, Randy Prejean and Lawrence did not want any fish smell on their hands.  Fishin for Jesus of Zachary nailed down the 4th spot with a 9.42 lb catch.  Terry Munn and Richard Fitzpatrick had 2 keepers weighing 5.50 lbs and had 2nd place Big Fish for the day with a 4.20 lb fish  Dennis Kirby and Rocky Ricks also had 2 for 3.92 lbs.  Lane Thomas and Tommy Roberts also did not want to get any fish slime on their hands.   Miss-Lou Christian Bass Club had one lone member, Dave Hickman, he paired up with CFBA's David Hamner.  Sonny Bajat along with Jeromy Stansbury as well as Bob Gaudet and Al Perry comprised the 5th place team for the day.  Gaudet and Perry brought in the club's only keeper, that big boy came in at 1.53 lbs, just edging out the Anglers for Christ Bass Club from the Pine Prairie/Ville Platte area, that club managed one keeper as well, scaling in at 1.47 lbs which was caught by the duo of Mike Reed and David Newman....Brent Malagarie and Rodney Jenkins along with Robin Young and Jeff Piker also required  no soap.

The winners took home $190 which is to donated back into church ministry or a charity of their choice.  Next years event will start an hour later (8 AM instead of 7) by popular demand and will finish up at 4 PM.  Thanks to all participants as well as all those that brought their club together.  Special thanks to Travis Stelly for being Weigh Master for the day, to David Ellis for his closing prayer and to Dave Hickman with Pro Fish Services for donating the Big Fish prize.  We are already looking forward to next years tournament once again to be held on False River, unless someone comes up with another fishing spot that would be centrally located for all clubs.

Here is a list of club reps and their contact numbers or emails.  Anglers for Christ-Brent Malagarie,  phone number is 280-7264.  Anglers of Christ-Al Perry al@cc.glacoxmail.com  CFBA-Travis Stelly, travis.stelly@us.army.mil  Fishin for Jesus-Richard Fitzpatrick, fitzmail@phreego.com  Masters Casters-David Ellis, dellis@eatel.net  Miss-Lou Christian Bass Club-Dave Hickman  dave@profishservices.com