2011 Tournament Recaps

HENDERSON - December 10, 2011

"HOT" Tournament

"Helping Our Troops"

Waiting to see what God has in store for us for this year's "HOT" Tournament.  We will be helping out the Hamilton family that lost Aaron in an auto accident on 11-11-11 (Veterans Day). Aaron left behind his wife, Lynn and 5 children, ages 3 to 17.  Aaron was a navy veteran so we thought with the situation being as it is, this would be a family that AOC would help out.  Hope to see you on the water for the tournament.

Well, another great tournament is in the books...we had 17 teams participate this year and were able once again to raise over $1000.  Many thanks to all that helped make is successful.  Whether you fished it, donated or helped put it together, congratulations !!!  Thanks to God for a blessed day, a little chilly to start but bearable all day and thanks for keeping all of us safe. Update 1 - Looks like we will be pushing $1500 or more to be given to the family, the cash keeps rolling in.        Update 2 -Well, I said the cash keeps rolling in and did it, we were able to give the family a check in the amount of $2000.00  . Thanks Again !!!!  

Talk about dodging a bullet !!!  Those duck hunters on the lake had most of the anglers on edge, those b-b's were flying and shots were ringing through the air.  Dana Fontenot of Breaux Bridge teamed up with Travis Charlie of Talisheck to claim "The Bragging Rights" for the next year with a 3 fish limit that came in at 5.56 lbs.  Hot on their heels and claiming 2nd place were Sonny Bajat and David Hebert, the pair also came in with a limit that scaled in at 5.39 lbs.  Al Perry and Lawrence Brunet hooked up and into 3 fish that weighed in at 4.86 lbs. for 3rd place.  Fontenot and Charlie also had big fish for the day with a 2.10 lb bass.

Again, thanks to all of you that helped out and hope to see you on the water in the coming year and definitely next December.

Anglers of Christ Bass Club

STEPHENSVILLE - November 19, 2011

"Seal the Deal"

Well, can you believe another year is drawing to and end ?  Daniel Bryant has a pretty good lead on the Angler of the Year title going into our finale' at Stephensville but you never know what can happen. 2nd place could be a horse race between Lawrence, Devin & Mark. Daniel Beasley, Paul Barnes, Jim Walton and Tim Choate are all in contention for that final 6th spot in the Top Six race. The race is on and we shall see who is going to "Seal the Deal" at Stephensville.

WOW !!!  Daniel Bryant "Sealed the Deal" by bringing in 8.31 lbs of fish for the day, wrapping up "Angler of the Year" for 2011. Daniel also set a new record for total weight with 89.22 lbs for the year. Also note worthy is Lawrence Brunet with 79.76 lbs for the year, this also broke the old record of 78.75 lbs set by Mark Angelle in 2010. Joe Phillips hooked into 7.09 lbs of fish to take 2nd place for the finale'. Mr. Bob Gaudet bagged 6.93 lbs to nab 3rd place individually.  Daniel and Russell Dorion walked away with 1st in the team event with a nice 14.54 lb catch. Bob and Tony Kemp captured 2nd with 12.66 lbs for the day and Joe and Jim Walton took 3rd with their 11.75 lb bag of bass.  Tim Choate boxed the Big Fish for the day with a 3.59 lb largemouth. Daniel had a 3.15 to take 2nd Big Fish.

Individually, the remaining Top Six looked like this. Mark Angelle with 6.25 lbs finished 4th. Russell Dorion with a nice 6.23 lb bag for 5th. Tim Choate landed 3 keepers for 6th place with a 6.19 lb total.

Teams, 4th place had Lawrence Brunet & Carl Darbonne with 11.37 lbs, 5th showed Tim & David Hamner with 10.93 lbs, Devin Lantier & Guest Kerry Emanis had 10.27 lbs to finish 6th.

Remaining Individual Scores: 7th-Devin Lantier 6.03 lbs. 8th-Lawrence Brunet 6.02 lbs. 9th-Paul Barnes 5.93 lbs. 10th-Tony Kemp 5.73 lbs. 11th-Carl Darbonne 5.35 lbs. 12th-David Hamner 4.74 lbs. 13th-Jim Walton 4.66 lbs  14th-Sonny Bajat 4.15 lbs, 15th-Elmer Savoie 4.14 lbs, 16th-Randy Prejean 3.56 lbs.  17th-Al Perry 2.96 lbs, 18th-Brian Dumas 2.91 lbs, 19th-David Beasley 1.92 lbs,  20th-Doc Bryant 1.38 lbs. and our hero, Gene Guidry had the itch and scratched.

RemainingTeam Scores: 7th-Paul Barnes & Elmer Savoie 10.07 lbs. 8th-Mark Angelle & Brian Dumas 9.16 lbs. 9th-Randy Prejean & Al Perry 6.50 lbs.  10th-Sonny Bajat & Doc Bryant 5.53 lbs, 11th-Gene Guidry & David Beasley 1.92 lbs.

The Top Six is all but set as we await our last meeting of the year, as you know, you receive a half of pound (.50) for attending a meeting. Daniel Bryant takes 1st, Lawrence Brunet is 2nd, Devin Lantier takes 3rd, Mark Angelle wraps up 4th, Paul Barnes is 5th and Tim Choate sits in 6th. Daniel Beasley is 7th and is .09 lbs out of the 6th spot.  Once again this year it shows you how much those meetings points come into play. Congratulations to all members for making this a very successful year in so many ways.

58 fish were caught, weighing 100.47 lbs, average weight was 1.73 lbs per fish

SAM RAYBURN - October 21-22, 2011

"Close the Deal"

Well, it got better. The weather that is. Usually the cold front pounds us on both days of our tournament but God had a better plan for us this weekend. Wednesdays pre-fish day was useless as the wind played havoc on those trying to get on the water. Thursday was much better and Friday and Saturday were near perfect for a change. Low water conditions eliminated areas we normally fish and looks like it had the Big Fish hanging out in unfamiliar waters and anglers are still looking for that big bite. Once again, Mark Angelle and Bubba Patin put on their "rally caps" and rose to the top of the leader board when day two wrapped up as the duo hooked 15.26 lbs of bass Saturday after a sixth place finish on day one with 8.94 lbs. That two day total of 24.20 lbs nailed down the team event for the weekend. Mark also took the top spot individually as well with a nice two day total of 12.88 lbs. Gene Guidry was victorious by capturing the Big Fish for the 2 day event with a nice 3.86 lb fish.

Individually, sitting in 2nd place was Daniel Beasley with 12.84 lbs, 3rd had Bubba Patin with a nice 11.32 lb bag. Devin Lantier landed 6 keepers for 4th place with his 11.12 lbs of bass. Jim Walton was consistent both days with a 10.67 catch for 5th and Jason Prather's 10.36 completed the Top Six.

Teams, 2nd place had Daniel Beasley & Paul Barnes with 21.34 lbs, 3rd showed Randy Prejean & Devin Lantier with 21.27 lbs, Jason Prather & Daniel Bryant hooked 4th with their 19.81 lb sack of bass. 5th was Jim Walton & Tim Choate's 17.49 lbs, Lawrence Brunet & Al Perry took 6th with their 16.86 lbs of fish.

Remaining Individual Scores: 7th-Randy Prejean 10.05 lbs. 8th-Daniel Brayant 9.45 lbs. 9th-Paul Barnes 9.30 lbs. 10th-Lawrence Brunet 8.84 lbs. 11th-Sonny Bajat 8.34 lbs. 12th-Al Perry 8.02 lbs. 13th-Gene Guidry 7.33 lbs  14th-Tim Chaote 6.82 lbs, 15th-Elmer Savoie 6.35 lbs, 16th-Bryan Tabor 6.34 lbs.  17th-Larry Bedell 2.65 lbs, 18th-Bob Gaudet 1.25 lbs, 19th-Shad Lantier 0.94 lbs.  Guest, Russell Girouard had 8.30 lbs.

RemainingTeam Scores: 7th-Gene Guidry & Russell Girouard 15.63 lbs. 8th-Sonny Bajat & Elmer Savoie 14.69 lbs. 9th-Shad Lantier & Bryan Tabor 7.28 lbs.  10th-Bob Gaudet & Larry Bedell 3.90 lbs

Day 1 Team Totals were: 1st Paul & Daniel - 12.30 lbs, 2nd Randy & Devin - 12.25 lbs, 3rd Jason & Daniel - 11.05 lbs, 4th Tim & Jim 10.73 lbs, 5th Tie - Al & Lawrence with Bubba & Mark, 7th Sonny & Elmer 7.41 lbs, 8th Gene & Russell Girouard - 4.26 lbs, 9th Shad & Bryan - 3.37 lbs, 10th Bob & Larry 1.25 lbs.  Also Randy had Big Fish with a 3.47 lb fish.

Day 2 Team Totals were: 1st Mark & Bubba- 15.26 lbs, 2nd Gene & Russell - 11.37 lbs, 3rd Daniel & Paul 9.04 lbs, 4th Randy & Devin 9.02 lbs, 5th - Daniel & Jason 8.77 lbs, 6th  Al & Lawrence 7.92 lbs 7th Sonny & Elmer 7.28 lbs, 8th Tim & Jim 6.76 - 4.26 lbs, 9th Shad & Bryan - 3.91 lbs, 10th Bob & Larry 2.65 lbs

92 fish were caught, weighing 162.44 lbs, average weight was 1.77 lbs per fish

MERMENTAU RIVER - September 24, 2011

"Kneeling, Reeling & Dealing"

We should have done more kneeling as the mighty Mermentau River turned into the Mini Mermentau as numerous mini bass were brought in to the weighin. Short fish were not a problem for Tim Choate as he pulled out his broom and "swept" the tournament.  His 5.82 lb stringer took 1st individually, he paired up with David Beasley to take the team event with a 9.46 lb total and to top off the day, he had Big Fish with a nice 2.73 lb largemouth.

Individually, the rest of the Top Six looked like this...2nd had Mark Angelle's 5.64 lb catch, Randy Prejean hooked 4.47 lbs for 3rd, Paul Barnes lassoed 4.10 lbs for 4th, sitting in 5th was Devin Lantier with 4.05 lbs and David Beasley's 3.64 lbs completed the Top Six.  Teams, the next 5 spots showed Mark Angelle & Bubba Patin in 2nd with 9.11 lbs, 3rd was wrapped up by Paul Barnes & Daniel Beasley's 7.57 lbs, Devin Lantier & Bryant Tabor took 4th with their 5.99 lbs, 5th was Randy Prejean & Joe Phillips with 5.55 lbs and Russell Dorion & Jim Walton had 4.07 lbs for 6th place.

Team Scores: 7th-Al Perry & Lawrence Brunet had 3.27 lbs. 8th-Daniel Bryant & Brian Dumas with 3.26 lbs. 9th-Sonny Bajat & Elmer Savoie with 1.31 lbs.  10th-Gene Guidry & Doc Bryant with 1.24 lbs.

Individual Scores: 7th-Bubba Patin 3.47lbs. 8th-Daniel Beasley 3.47 lbs. 9th-Al Perry 3.27 lbs. 10th-Daniel Bryant 3.26 lbs. 11th-Russell Dorion 2.88 lbs. 12th-Bryan Tabor 1.94 lbs. 13th-Sonny Bajat 1.31 lbs  14th-Doc Bryant 1.24 lbs, 15th-Jim Walton 1.19 lbs, 16th-Joe Phillips 1.08 lbs.  Gene Guidry, Lawrence Brunet, Elmer Savoie and Brian Dumas, all zero's, soon to be hero's.

By the way, as expected, AOC has set a new total weight record for the year and we still have 2 tournaments to go. Good job guys !!!!!

36 fish were caught, weighing 50.83 lbs, average weight was 1.41 lbs per fish.

REWIND-MYETTE POINT - August 20, 2011

"Hot Deal"

Hot deal was right, a good breeze would have been nice or even a few more clouds in front of that sun would have made it a little cooler. Devin Lantier and Joe "Prez" Phillips high tailed it south to each catch a limit and take top honors in the Team Event.  Their 11.39 lb total eked out 2 teams that tied for 2nd with a total of 11.07 lbs. Team Brunet and Doc Bryant along with team Daniel Bryant and Bryan Tabor each caught a limit of bass for that total weight. Bryan Tabor had big fish for the day with a nice 2.75 lb fish.

Individually, Lawrence Brunet bagged a limit of bass that scaled in at 6.94 lbs to lay claim to 1st place. David Hebert's guide (plus a vast knowledge on David's part) put him on a nice limit totaling 6.25 lbs to take 2nd place. 3rd place tie between the owner and the worker of The Finish Factory, Devin Lantier and Daniel Bryant with a total bag of 6.07 lbs. 5th place was taken by Daniel Beasley's 5.94 lb catch. Tim Choate nailed down 6th with 5.88 lbs of fish.

Team Scores: 4th-Sonny Bajat & Bubba Patin had 10.76 lbs 5th-Daniel Beasley & Derrick Smith had 9.32 lbs. 6th-Mark Angelle & Gene Guidry with 9.26 lbs. 7th-Randy Prejean & David Hamner had 8.31 lbs. 8th-Tim Choate & Carl Darbonne with 8.26 lbs. 9th-Tommy Kilpatrick & David Beasley with 8.12 lbs.  10th-David Hebert & guide Al Perry with 6.25 lbs. 11th-Paul Barnes & Elmer Savoie had 5.94 lbs.

Individual Scores: 7th-Bubba Patin 5.44 lbs. 8th-Tie-Joe Phillips & Sonny Bajat 5.32 lbs. 10th-Bryan Tabor 5.00 lbs. 11th-Paul Barnes 4.94 lbs. 12th-Randy Prejean 4.87 lbs. 13th-Mark Angelle 4.81 lbs. 14th-Tommy Kilpatrick 4.56 lbs  15th-Gene Guidry 4.45 lbs, 16th-Doc Bryant 4.13 lbs, 17th-David Beasley 3.56 lbs, 18th-Derrick Smith 3.38 lbs, 19th-David Hamner 3.44 lbs, 20th-Carl Darbonne with HIS limit, 2.38 lbs, 21st-Elmer Savoie 1.25 lbs and 22nd-Al Perry is searching for the flea powder once again.

55 fish were caught, weighing 100.00 lbs, average weight was 1.81 lbs per fish.

BASIN/MYETTE POINT LANDING  July 30, 2011

"Done Deal"

Done deal is done and done at Myette Point Landing.  What a great place to fish out of, accommodations are outstanding, made you think you were in Texas.  The "Bryant's" have it as Daniel and Doc Bryant teamed up to "smoke some fish". They bagged 15.63 lbs of bass (6) to capture the win in the Basin.  Doc also wrangled Big Fish for the day with a nice 3.44 lb fish. Tim Choate hooked up with Jason Prather to walk away with 2nd place bringing in 10.95 lbs of bass (6).  Hot on their heels was the team of Paul Barnes and Gene Guidry with a nice stringer (6)coming in at 10.45 lbs.

Individually, Daniel smacked a sack of goodies that totaled 8.44 lbs to take 1st place.  Devin Lantier continued his hot streak with 3 keepers weighing in at 7.88 lbs. Sitting in 3rd was Doc's 7.19 bag, following in 4th was Jim Walton's 6.13 lb catch.  Lawrence Brunet's 5.87 lbs took 5th and Tim Choate's 5.82 lbs completed the Top Six for the day.

Team Scores: 4th-Jim Walton & Elmer Savoie had 9.76 lbs 5th-Lawrence & David Hamner had 9.63 lbs. 6th-Devin Lantier & Carl Darbonne with 8.82 lbs. 7th-Mark Angelle & Derrick Smith had 8.50 lbs. 8th-Sonny Bajat & Jeremy Durham with 4.76lbs. 9th-David Hebert & Bubba Patin with 3.44 lbs.  10th-Larry Bedell alone with 3.32 lbs. 11th Randy Prejean & Brian Dumas are still looking for a bite.

Individual Scores: 7th-Gene Guidry 5.64 lbs. 8th-Mark Angelle 5.25 lbs. 9th-Jason Prather 5.13 lbs. 10th-Paul Barnes 4.81 lbs. 11th-David Hamner 3.76 lbs. 12th-Elmer Savoie 3.63 lbs. 13th-Bubba Patin 3.44 lbs. 14th-Larry Bedell 3.32 lbs  15th-Derrick Smith 3.25 lbs, 16th-Sonny Bajat 2.76 lbs, 17th-Jeremy Durham 2.00 lbs, 18th-Carl Darbonne .94 lbs, 19th-Tie-David Hebert, Randy Prejean and Brian Dumas were out to lunch all day.

50 fish were caught, weighing 84.32 lbs, average weight was 1.68 lbs per fish.

PATTERSON  June 25, 2011

"Where's the Deal"

Where's the deal ended up at Patterson fishing the Teche...High water in the basin had us looking for a place to pitch a bait to some nice largemouth bass and the Teche treated us fairly well. The Top Six voted on paper weighing all fish for the months of June, July and August, so now we wait to see if the basin is fishable the next few months.  When the dust settled on this day in the team event, 2010 Angler of the Year, Mark Angelle and partner Doc Bryant, reeled in a nice limit coming in at 12.69 lbs. just edging out the 2nd place of Tommy Kilpatrick and Brian Tabor, they bagged 12.64 lbs of bass.  Devin Lantier and Russell Dorion teamed up to claim 3rd place with 9.13 lbs of green trout. 4th place had Jim Walton and Troy Bellard with 8.06 lbs of fish. Larry Bedell and David Hamner sacked 7.93 lbs for 5th and Randy Prejean and Paul Barnes hooked 6th with 6.63 lbs.

Individually, Mark's 7.63 lb stringer took 1st place, hot on his heels was Bryan Tabor's 7.57 lb catch for the day. 3rd had Devin's 6.88 lbs of bass. Tommy Kilpatrick nailed down 4th with 5.07 lbs, 5th place was Doc's 5.06 lbs of fish and Troy Bellard completed the top six with his 4.81 lb bag of bass.

Team Scores: 7th-Bob Gaudet & Elmer Savoie had 5.96 lbs 8th-Tim Choate & Derrick had 4.87 lbs. 9th-Daniel Bryant & David Beasley with 4.82 lbs. 10th-David Hebert & Charlie Kibbe had 4.69 lbs. 11th-Daniel Beasley & Bubba Patin with 3.25 lbs. 12th-Lawrence Brunet & Brian Dumas with 2.13 lbs.

Individual Scores: 7th-David Hamner 4.18 lbs. 8th-Tim Choate 3.87 lbs. 9th-Larry Bedell 3.75 lbs. 10th-Randy Prejean 3.63 lbs. 11th-Daniel Bryant 3.51 lbs. 12th-Bob Gaudet 3.45 lbs. 13th-Kim Walton 3.25 lbs. 14th-Tie-Charlie Kibbe & Paul Barnes 16th-Elmer Savoie 2.51 lbs, 17th-Daniel Beasley 2.31 lbs, 18th-Russell Dorion 2.25 lbs, 19th-Lawrence Brunet 2.13 lbs, 20th-David Hebert 1.69 lbs, 21st-David Beasley 1.31 lbs, 22nd-Derrick Smith 1.00 lbs, 23rd-Bubba Patin .94 lbs and 24th had Brian Dumas still searching.

55 fish were caught, weighing 82.80 lbs, average weight was 1.50 lbs per fish.

Was Henderson, then Patterson, now CHICOT LAKE - May 21, 2011

Flood of 2011 takes its toll on south Louisiana fishing

"Wheel and Deal" (for a partner)

Wow, is the wind ever going to stop blowing 25 MPH !!!  Once again, Chicot Lake gives us another record setting day. Jim Walton paired up with former AOC member, Robert Giles to bag 6 fish weighing in at 19.20 lbs to capture 1st place in the Team Event . Daniel Bryant and Jason Prather had the mark set at 18.64 lbs which of course was also set at Chicot in 2009.  Daniel and James Reed finished 2nd on the day with 12.17 lbs. 3rd was Tim and Aaron Choate's total of 11.45 lbs. Devin Lantier hooked up with brother Brody to take 4th with 10.88 lbs. 5th was Bryan Tabor and Andy Arnold's 10.37 lbs of fish and Lawrence Brunet and Bill McAlister finished 6th with 10.27 lbs.

Individually for members, Devin had 10.14 lbs for 1st, Daniel Bryant had 8.63 lbs to take 2nd, Lawrence bagged 7.64 lbs to take 3rd. Walton and Tim Choate tied for 4th with 7.51 lbs and Paul Barnes snagged 6th with his 6.68 lb bag of bass.

Individually for guests, Giles had 11.69 lbs followed by Bob Dew's 6.14 lbs for 2nd. Jeff Bigelow has 5.78 lbs for 3rd, Andy Arnold took 4th with 4.82 lbs. 5th place belonged to Aaron Choate with 3.94 lbs, Shane Cormier had 3.55 lbs for 6th place. James Reed had 7th with 3.54 lbs, Bill McAlister had 8th place with 2.63 lbs, Stan Keely finished 9th with 1.94 lbs, following in 10th was Ken Lantier's .84 lb fish and Brody Lantier's .74 lb fish took 11th and small fish for the day. Alan Smith, Bao Tran and Carl Darbonne enjoyed the scenery....

Big Fish was taken by guest Robert Giles with a 4.34 lb fish, Devin Lantier had a 3.81 lb fish to take 2nd place and guest Shane Cormier had 3rd with a 3.45 lb bass.

Team Scores: 7th-Elmer Savoie and Bob Dew had 8.75 lbs 8th-Mark Angelle & Stan Keely had 7.45 lbs. 9th-Gene Guidry & David Hamner with 7.11 lbs. 10th-Paul Barnes & Brian Dumas had 6.68 lbs. 11th-Tommy Kilpatrick & Alan Smith with 6.61 lbs. 12th-Jeremy Durham & Shane Cormier had 5.93 lbs. 13th-Bob Gaudet & Jeff Bigelow 5.78 lbs. 14th-Joe Phillips & Al Perry had 5.07 lbs. 15th-Derrick Smith & Bao Tran with 5.00 lbs 16th-Bubba Patin & Carl Darbonne had 4.94 lbs. 17th-Randy Prejean & Ken Lantier with 4.60 lbs. 18th-Daniel & David Beasley with 3.16 lbs 19th-Troy Bellard & Doc Bryant 2.06 lbs. 20th-Sonny Bajat & Greig Prejean had a blast.

Individual Scores: 7th-Tommy Kilpatrick 6.61 lbs. 8th-Bryan Tabor 5.55 lbs. 9th-Mark Angelle 5.46 lbs. 10th-Derrick Smith 5.00 lbs. 11th-Bubba Patin 4.94 lbs. 12th-Gene  Guidry 4.92 lbs. 13th-Joe Phillips 3.91 lbs. 14th-Randy Prejean 3.76 lbs. 15th-David Beasley 3.16 lbs. 16th-Elmer Savoie 2.61 lbs. 17th-Jeremy Durham 2.38 lbs, 18th-David Hamner 2.19 lbs. 19th-Doc Bryant 2.06 lbs. 20th-Al Perry with a whopper, 1.16 lbs. 21st-Bob Gaudet, Brian Dumas, Daniel Beasley, Troy Bellard, Sonny Bajat and Greig Prejean missed all of their fish that bit.

55 fish were caught, weighing 137.06 lbs, average weight was 2.49 lbs per fish.

CHICOT LAKE - April 16th

"Really Big Deal"

Windy conditions hounded all of the anglers but it didn't seem to have much affect on Daniel Bryant as he breezed by Mark Angelle's 12.20 lb club record (he only caught 2 fish that day) set in 2010 at - you guessed it - Chicot Lake. Daniel's 3 fish total came in at 15.56 lbs. So, now you know why it was called "REALLY BIG DEAL" even before the day started. As tough as the lake is, it always seems to provide AOC with a record of some sort, year after year. This marked the 4th year in a row that a record was broken at Chicot.

The Team Event was taken by Daniel and partner Bob Gaudet with 15.56 lbs.  Daniel's 7.69 lb largemouth anchored the stringer. That fish is also Big Fish for the year so far. 2nd place had Sonny Bajat & Devin Lantier's  9.48 lb bag.  Daniel Beasley & Brian Dumas paired up to take 3rd place with 9.26 lbs.  Following close behind in 4th was Guest Bob David & Tim Choate with  9.13 lbs. Jim Walton & Charlie Kibbe ended up in 5th with 9.09 lbs.  6th had Jason Prather & Joe Phillips with 7.69 lbs of fish.

Individually, Daniel's 15.56 lb catch captured 1st place. Jason Prather garnered 2nd with a nice 7.69 lb bag. Daniel Beasley's 7.57 lb stringer put him in 3rd. Lawrence Brunet had 3 keepers that went 7.39 lbs to take 4th. Jim Walton continued catching keepers this year and took 5th with his 7.34 lb catch. Guest Bob David took the 6th spot with 6.67 lbs of bass.

Big Fish was taken by Daniel Bryant with that Bigun coming in at 7.69 lbs. Elmer Savoie's 3.93 was 2nd and Jason Prather had a 3.21 fish for 3rd.

Team Scores: 7th-Jason Prather & Joe Phillips had 7.69 lbs 8th-Lawrence Brunet & Bubba Patin had 7.39 lbs. 9th-Tony Kemp & Greig Prejean with 6.91 lbs. 10th-Paul Barnes & Russell Dorion had 4.57 lbs. 11th-David Hebert & Nelson Lantier with 4.13 lbs. 12th-Al Perry & Jeremy Durham 4.07 lbs. 13th-Randy Prejean & Derrick Smith 3.94 lbs. 14th-Larry Bedell & Bryan Tabor 3.50 lbs. 15th-Shad Lantier & Gene Guidry had 1.95 lbs. 16th-Troy Bellard & Doc Bryant with 1.87 lbs.

Individual Scores: 7th-Devin Lantier 6.04 lbs. 8th-Paul Barnes 4.57 lbs. 9th-Jeremy Durham 4.07 lbs. 10th-Elmer Savoie 4.03 lbs. 11th-Tony Kemp 3.82  lbs. 12th-Sonny Bajat 3.44 lbs. 13th-Mark Angelle 3.12 lbs. 14th-Greig Prejean 3.09 lbs. 15th-David Hebert 2.25 lbs. 16th-Tim Choate 2.46 lbs. 17th-Bryan Tabor 2.25 lbs, 18th-Randy Prejean 2.06 lbs. 19th-Shad Lantier 1.95 lbs. 20th-Derrick Smith 1.88 lbs. 21st-Charlie Kibbe 1.75 lbs. 22nd-Brian Dumas 1.69 lbs. 23rd-Nelson Lantier 1.38 lbs. 24th-Larry Bedell 1.25 lbs. 25th-Troy Bellard .94 lbs. 26th-Doc Bryant .93 lbs. 27th-Tie, mostly brave men and a few mice. Joe Phillips, Al Perry, Bubba Patin, Russell Dorion, Bob Gaudet, Gene Guidry & Rickey Bernard all had goose eggs.

48 fish were caught, weighing 105.69 lbs, average weight was 2.20

TOLEDO BEND - March 25th & 26th

"Two Day Deal"

Off we went to Toledo Bend only to be stung by the "Killer "B's"....Beasley's that is. Absolutely beautiful weather was in store for our 2 day event.  Windy of course, but when have we ever fished in March and not have the wind blowing 20+ MPH.  Great fellowship time for our evening meal at Marie's and topped off with a great devotional by Lawrence. The club weighed in at Pendleton on the Texas side, not as crowded as we expected so all went well for both days.

The Team Event was taken by the father and son combo of David and Daniel Beasley as the pair had Big Stringer for both days. Their 15.37 lbs led the first day and they followed it with 14.36 lbs the 2nd day for 29.73 lbs. (12 fish). Sitting in 2nd place were a pair of newcomers to AOC, Tony Kemp and Paul Barnes. They rang up 13.33 lbs on day one and 12.20 lbs on day 2 for a 25.53 lb total (12 fish).  Lawrence Brunet and Al Perry paired up once again and hooked 11.43 lbs on day one and 13.46 lbs on day 2 to take 3rd place with 24.89 lbs. (8 fish). Following close behind in 4th was club photographer Sonny Bajat and son-in-law, Greig Prejean with 13.91 lbs for day 1 and 10.47 lbs on day 2 for a total of  24.38 lbs. (12 fish). The "young guns", Daniel Bryant and Jason Prather finished up in 5th with 9.72 lbs on day 1 and 13.99 lbs on day two for a 23.71 lb total (11 fish). 6th had Bubba Patin and Mark Angelle with 10.06 lbs on day one and 12.90 lbs on day two for a 22.96 lb stringer (12 fish). 

Individually, Daniel Beasley hooked into a 6 fish limit coming in at 20.07 lbs of bass. Lawrence Brunet was close behind with a 6 fish stringer totaling 19.05 lbs. Pretty impressive stringers in anybody's book. Tony Kemp brought in 6 fish for 13.76 lbs to take 3rd place, Daniel Bryant had 6 keepers as well for 13.71 lbs to take 4th. Sonny Bajat caught 6 to take 5th place with 13.55 lbs and rounding out the Top Six was Mark Angelle's 6 fish total of 13.38 lbs.

Big Fish was taken by Daniel Beasley with a whopper coming in at 5.77 lbs. Randy Prejean's 4.45 was 2nd and Al Perry had a 4.13 for 3rd.

The rest of the Team Scores: 7th-Troy Bellard & Jeremy Stansbury had 22.81 lbs 8th-Tim Choate & Jim Walton 20.59 lbs. 9th-Randy Prejean & Devin Lantier 19.77 lbs. 10th-Tommy Kilpatrick & Derrick Smith 14.78 lbs. 11th-Doc Bryant & Charlie Kibbe with 13.66 lbs. 12th-Shad Lantier & Jeremy Durham 9.01 lbs. 13th-Mike Welborn & Brian Dumas 8.75 lbs. 14th-Bob Gaudet & Joe Phillips 7.64 lbs. 15th-Larry Bedell & Elmer Savoie 4.65 lbs.

The rest of the Individual Scores: 7th-Bubba Patin 12.90 lbs. 8th-Randy Prejean 12.44 lbs. 9th-Jeromy Stansbury 12.17 lbs. 10th-Paul Barnes 11.77 lbs. 11th-Jim Walton 11.51 lbs. 12th-Greig Prejean 11.03 lbs. 13th-Troy Bellard 10.64 lbs. 14th-Jason Prather 10.00 lbs. 15th-David Beasley 9.66 lbs. 16th-Tim Choate 9.08 lbs. 17th-Derrick Smith 8.88 lbs, 18th-Devin Lantier 7.33 lbs. 19th-Doc Bryant 6.93 lbs. 20th-Charlie Kibbe 6.72 lbs. 21st-Tommy Kilpatrick 5.90 lbs. 22nd-Al Perry 5.84 lbs. 23rd-Joe Phillips 4.74 lbs. 24th-Larry Bedell 4.65 lbs. 25th-Brian Dumas 4.44 lbs. 26th-Mike Welborn 4.31 lbs. 27th-Shad Lantier 5.16 lbs. 28th-Jeremy Durham 3.85 lbs. 29th-Bob Gaudet 2.90 lbs. 30th- Elmer Savoie once again fished hard.

133 fish were caught, weighing 272.91 lbs, average weight was 2.05 lbs per fish.

PATTERSON - BAYOU TECHE - February 26th

"The Reel Deal"

The Anglers of Christ kicked off the official 2011 year with a bang. A foggy, chilly morning awaited the the 18 team (36 anglers) on Bayou Teche in Patterson. A new record for a one day member tournament was set as 79 fish were caught, weighing 142 lbs for a 1.82 lb average. The old record was 90.47 lbs. Congratulations to all you guys that caught fish, those that didn't, let's get with the program.  10 of the top 12 teams had at least one new member fishing.

The Team Event was taken by 2010 Angler of the Year, Mark Angelle and the #3 man in the Top Six, Daniel Bryant as the pair each caught a limit of bass that totaled 12.33 lbs. 2nd place had the duo of newcomer Troy Bellard and Jeromy Stansbury bagging 12.16 lbs for the day, with each also catching a limit. Sitting in 3rd place was #2 Top Six angler, Lawrence Brunet paired up with AOC's president, Joe Phillips bringing in 4 fish totaling 11.49 lbs. 4th place had another newcomer, Tommy Kilpatrick paired up with Jeremy Durham as the pair brought in 11.28 lbs. Devin Lantier and one more newby, Derrick Smith sacked 10.74 lbs for 5th place. Completing the top six teams was Daniel Beasley and newby, Larry Bedell with 10.25 lbs.

The Individual Standings had Lawrence Brunet leading the pack with a humongous  9.88 lb sack of largemouth bass. Troy Bellard's 7.53 lb bag took 2nd place, following in 3rd with Jason Prather's 7.21 lb total. 4th place was another 7 lb stringer, Devin Lantier's 7.11 lb stringer. 5th was Premier Cleaner's team member, David Hebert with 6.76 lbs of fish. Rounding out the Top Six was Tommy Kilpatrick's 6.56 lbs of bass.

Big Fish belonged to Lawrence with a nice 3.73 lb fish, Jason Prather and Larry Bedell tied for 2nd with a nice 3.37 lb bass and Troy Bellard had a 3.17 lb fish as well.

The rest of the best-Teams: 7th-Jason Prather & David Beasley had 10.20 lbs. 8th-Tim Choate & Doc Bryant had 9.65 lbs. 9th-David Hebert & Gene Guidry had 9.09 lbs. 10th-Jim Walton & David Hamner with 8.69 lbs.11th-Bryan Tabor & Charlie Kibbe with 7.60 lbs. 12th-Paul Barnes & guest Dwight Arceneaux had 7.49 lbs. 13th-Nelson Lantier & Bubba Patin had 6.48 lbs. 14th-Sonny Bajat & Al Perry with 5.75 lbs. 15th-Bob Gaudet & Russell Dorion had 4.87 lbs. 16th-Randy Prejean & Shad Lantier had 1.97 lbs. 17th-Mike Welborn & Elmer Savoie with 1.13 lbs. 18th-Rickey Bernard & Brian Dumas had fun.

The rest of the best-Individual: 7th-Daniel Bryant had 6.28 lbs. 8th-Doc Bryant with 6.08 lbs. 9th-Mark Angelle had 6.05 lbs. 10th-David Hamner had 5.35 lbs. 11th-Daniel Beasley with 5.15 lbs. 12th-Larry Bedell had 5.02 lbs. 13th-Russell Dorion had 4.87 lbs. 14th-Jeremy Durham with 4.72 lbs. 15th-Jeromy Stansbury had 4.63 lbs. 16th-Paul Barnes had 4.60 lbs. 17th-Bubba Patin with 4.37 lbs, 18th-Tie-Al Perry & Derrick Smith had 3.63 lbs. 20th-Tim Choate had 3.57 lbs. 21st-Jim Walton with 3.34 lbs. 22nd-Charlie Kibbe had 3.28 lbs. 23rd-Bryan Tabor 3.01 with lbs. 24th-David Beasley had 2.89 lbs. 25th-Gene Guidry had 2.33 lbs. 26th-Sonny Bajat with 2.12 lbs. 27th-Nelson Lantier had 2.11 lbs. 28th-Shad Lantier had 1.97 lbs. 29th-Joe Phillips with 1.61 lbs. 30th-Mike Welborn had 1.13 lbs. 31st-Tie-Brian Dumas, Rickey Bernard, Bob Gaudet, Elmer Savoie and Randy Prejean fished hard.

FALSE RIVER-TOP CATS TOURNAMENT-FEB. 5th (Postponed until May 14th)

"Angler Fellowship"

The Anglers of Christ will be hosting (and defending) its annual TOP CATS tournament of the 5th of February at False River.

Here is a list of club reps and their contact numbers or emails. Anglers for Christ-Brent Malagarie, malagarie1135@yahoo.com , Anglers of Christ-Al Perry, al@cc.glacoxmail.com  CFBA-Vince Sauro, accuratesound@cox.net  Fishin for Jesus-Richard Fitzpatrick, fitzmail@phreego.com  Masters Casters-David Ellis, dellis@eatel.net  Lafayette Christian Bass Club-Brooks Webre, webre11@hotmail.com

PRE-SEASON PATTERSON TOURNAMENT-JAN. 22nd

"Kicking off 2011"

Well everyone was prepared for a chilly day of fishing and chilly it was.  Turned out better than most expected. 7 teams showed up for a day on the water for a pre-season tournament, which is something new for the club. "George Foreman" Brunet and Mike "Stump" Dubuc knocked them out with a 3 fish limit of largemouth coming in at 7.95 lbs, Brunet also had "Big Fish" for the day with a 4.43 lb porker. 2nd place had Elmer Savoie paired up with newcomer Larry Bedell, the duo also brought in a limit which totaled 7.45 lbs.  Larry's 3.92 lb bass took 2nd place in the Big Fish catagory. Double "DB", Doc and Daniel Bryant smacked 3 keepers for a 6.73 lb bag for 3rd place.  Sitting in 4th place was Jim Walton and David Hebert's 2 fish weighing in at 4.65 lbs.  The "Gambler Gang", Al Perry and Randy Prejean took 5th with 2 keepers for a 4.40 lb total.  6th place had Bob and Michael Gaudet (we were honored to have Michael fish with us after returning from Iraq) with 2 bass for a 3.52 lb total. Sonny Bajat and Greig Prejean enjoyed the day and took pictures for the big event....

A total of 15 bass were brought to the scales and totaled 34.70 lbs for an average of 2.31 lbs per fish.  February 26th is when we make the trip back to Patterson for the "Reel Deal" and your first chance to get on the score board with actual/paper weight.