
Henderson Part 2
September 23, 2023
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Those 95 degree temps brought out the old folks, so much better than those 105's we had...Congratulations to Jim Walton & Al Perry on the win !! It's been a while since they were in the winner's circle...Must have been the 4 month layoff/rest that brought home the win...hahaha
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11 teams participated in this one and a one day record for total weight and number of fish caught, for the 2023 year that is !!!
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Top Six Teams: 1st Place-Al Perry & Jim Walton each bagged a limit for 11.99 lbs, 2nd-Tommie Reasoner & Elmer Savoie hooked 5 bass for 10.12 lbs, 3rd-Lawrene Brunet & Kenny Benoit had 6 for 9.47 lbs, 4th-Larry Davis & Wesley Zeagler with 4 bass weighing 8.41 lbs, 5th-Mark Berry & Rickey Deranger with 4 fish scaling in at 6.46 lbs and 6th-Tim Choate & Billy Babineaux caught 4 for 6.09 lbs.
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Remaining Teams:7th-Mike McCann & Sonny Bajat with 5.28 lbs, 8th-Curtis Gloud & Dustin Emerson with 5.21 lbs. 9th-Ricky Duhon & Chris Warner had 4.68 lbs,10th-Henry Faciane & Rick Duhon with 3.64 lbs and 11th-Bryan Tabor & Devin Lantier with 1.35 lbs.
Top Individual: 1st-Larry Davie with 7.31 lbs, 2nd-Tommie had 7.30 lbs, 3rd-Jim Walton 7.00 lbs, 4th-Lawrence Brunet with 5.67 lbs, 5th-Mark with 5.30 lbs and 6th-What, this must be mistake, Al Perry with 4.99 lbs...
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Remaining Individuals: 7th-Tim Choate with 4.93 lbs, 8th-Mike McCann had 4.04 lbs, 9th-Kenny Benoit caught 3.80 lbs, 10th-Henry Faciane with 3.64 lbs, 11th-Chris Warner had 3.45 lbs, 12th-Curtis Gloud with 3.14 lbs, 13th-Elmer Savoie caught 2.82 lbs, 14th-Dustin Emerson had 2.57, 15th-Devin Lantier had 1.35 lbs, 16th-Ricky Duhon with 1.23 lbs, 17th-Tie-Rickey Deranger & Billy Babineaux with 1.16 lbs, 19th-Wesley Zeagler caught a 1.10 lb fish, 20th-Sonny Bajat with 1.04 lbs and Tied for 21st-Bryan Tabor & Rick Duhon
Big Fish: Lawrence Brunet had a 3.00 lb largemouth, Jim & Mark had a 2.63 lb
Tips from the winners: Lipless crankbaits, dropshot, fluke's and worms were the key baits...
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Myette Point 2
August 26, 2023
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When will this 100+ degree days end ?? I admire those that fish under these conditions...Congrats to Mike McCann and Lawrence Brunet for claiming 1st Place for this tournament...
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8 teams showed up for this Myette Point Event...it was hot and everyone survived !!!
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Top Six Teams: 1st Place-Lawrence Brunet & Mike McCann had 5 bass for 7.06 lbs, things got tight the rest of the way down... 2nd-Corey Berry & New comer Kenny Benoit with 3 bass at 4.87 lbs, 3rd-Tommie Reasoner & Billy Babineaux with 4.86 lbs, 4th-Tim Choate & Dustin Emerson with 4.61 lbs, 5th-Larry Davis & Elmer Savoie they had 4.11 lbs and 6th-Jerry Meylian & Rickey Deranger with a pair of keepers at 3.58 lbs.
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Remaining Teams:7th-Mark Berry & Ricky Jr with 3.09 lbs & 8th-Ricky Duhon & Wesley Zeagler with 2.77 lbs.
Top Individual: 1st-Lawence had 4.80 lbs, 2nd-Tim with 4.61 lbs, 3rd-Tommie had 3.68 lbs, 4th-Corey with 3.64 lbs, 5th-Mark with 3.39 lbs and 6th-Ricky Duhon with 2.77 lbs...
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Remaining Individuals: 7th-Larry had 2.45 lbs, 8th-Mike with 2.26 lbs, 9th-Jerry with 2.19 lbs, 10th-Elmer 1.66 lbs, 11th-Billy had 1.48 lbs, 12th-Rickey Deranger with 1.29 lbs, 13th-Kennyhad 1.23 lbs, 14th-Tie, Wesley, Ricky Jr. and Dusting brought out the crying towels with their 0.00 lbs of bass.
Big Fish: Corey Berry had the big one for the day with a 2.50 lb largemouth, Tim & Jerry each had a 2.19 lb
Tips from the winners: Lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits, dropshot, fluke's and worms were the key baits...
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Club Totals: We caught 25 bass for a total weight of 33.97 lbs, average weight was 1.37 lbs.
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Myette Point 1
July 22, 2023
Hope someone brings watermelon this month...
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Our third and 2nd HOTTEST tournament of the year...112 degree heat index...Thanks to Tim for bringing the watermelon...
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For the 2nd month in a row, 9 teams showed up for the Myette Point Event...
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Top Six Teams: 1st Place-Tommie Reasoner & Ricky Duhon Jr. each had a limit of bass for 12.23 lbs, 2nd-Tim & Eben Choate bagged 6 bass for 10.62 lbs, 3rd-Lawrence Brunet & Dustin Emerson caught 6 for 10.35 lbs, 4th-Curtis Gloud & Ghost caught bass for 8.80 lbs, 5th-Mark Berry & Billy is back Babineaux had 4 for 5.26 lbs and 6th-Ricky Duhon & Elmer Savoie caught 3 fish for 3.33 lbs.
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Remaining Teams:7th-Larry David & guest Jason Jackson with 1 bass and 2.35 lbs, 8th-Chris Warner & Daniel Beasley with 1 bass weighing 1.10 lbs. 9th-Corey & Caleb Berry had no fish...0.00 lbs
Top Individual: 1st-Tommie Reasoner with a limit totaling 7.43 lbs, 2nd-Tim Choate with 3 keepers for 5.37 lbs, 3rd-Lawrence Brunet had 3 for 5.36 lbs, 4th-Eben Choate with 3 for 5.25 lbs, 5th-Dustin Emerson had 3 keepers totaling 4.99 lbs and 6th-Ricky Duhon Jr. had a 3 fish limit for 4.80 lbs...
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Remaining Individuals: 7th-Curtis had 3 for 3.81 lbs, 8th-Mark had 3.80 lbs, 9th-Ricky had 2 for 3.33 lbs, 10th-Jason Jackson had 1 for 2.35 lbs, 11th-Billy had 1 for 1.48 lbs, 12th-Daniel had 1 for 1.10 lbs, 13thTie, Chris, Elmer, Corey, Caleb, Larry all needed to be consoled for this day, some got watermelon to...
Big Fish: Tommie had the big one for the day with a 2.63 lb largie, Jason had a 2.35 lb keeper, Ricky had a 2.19 lb bass and Ricky Jr. and Tim each had a 1.94 lb bass...
Tips from the winners: Lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits, dropshot, senko's were the key baits...
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Club Totals: We caught 29 bass for a total weight of 54.10 lbs, average weight was 1.87 lbs.
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Bayou Benoit
June 17, 2023
Our second and HOTTEST tournament of the year...114 degree heat index...the best this guy can tell is that it turned out better than I expected and thank God and Larry for the watermelon...
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9 teams showed up for the Basin/Bayou Benoit battle for a beast...
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Top Six Teams: 1st Place-Tommie Reasoner & Corey Berry had 5 keepers for 8.81 lbs, 2nd-Ricky 1 & Ricky 2 bagged 4 bass for 8.76 lbs, 3rd-David Hamner & Jerry Meylian caught 3 for 6.58 lbs, 4th-Larry Davis & Dustin Emerson with 3 bass for 5.67 lbs, 5th-Mark Berry had 3 for 5.20 lbs and 6th-Lawrence Brunet & Curtis Gloud caught 3 fish for 4.74 lbs.
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Remaining Teams:7th-Tim Choate & Rickey Deranger with 2 bass and 3.04 lbs, 8th-Tie-Clay & Caleb Berry and Elmer Savoie & Chris Warner, both teams 0.00 lbs...zilch, nothing...
Top Individual: Ricky 1 bagged 3 for 6.88 lbs, 2nd-Tommie with 3 keepers for 5.86 lbs, 3rd-Larry with 5.67 lbs, 4th-Mark with 3 for 5.20 lbs, 5th-David (yes I am back) Hamner caught 2 for 4.92 lbs and 6th-Lawrence Brunet had 2 for 3.03 lbs...
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Remaining Individuals: 7th-Corey had 2.95 lbs, 8th-Tim with 1.92 lbs, 9th-Ricky 2 had 1 for 1.88 lbs, 10th-Curtis had 1 for 1.71 lbs, 11th-Jerry with 1 for 1.66 lbs, 12th-Rickey had 1 for 1.12 lbs, 13thTie, Chris, Elmer, Clay, Caleb, Dustin all needed the crying towel for this day...
Big Fish: Looks like only one was weighed and that one was an area code 3.37 lb bass, David Hamner was the man of the day...
Tips from the winners: Spinnerbaits, spinnerbaits, crankbaits and punching...
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Club Totals: We caught 23 bass for a total weight of 42.79 lbs, average weight was 1.86 lbs.
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Henderson-Basin Landing
May 20, 2023
Our first HOT tournament of the year...7 come 11 ?? Nope, 11 come 11 come 11 !!!
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11 teams showed up for the Henderson hunt, some good some so so and some 11's...11 teams showed up, 11 members caught fish and 11 members scratched !!!
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Top Six Teams: 1st Place-Lawrence Brunet & Caleb Berry had 4 fish for 9.48 lbs, 2nd-Tommie Reasoner & Daniel Beasley 4 bass for 8.34 lbs, 3rd-Larry Davis & Wesley Zeagler caught 4 for 7.99 lbs, 4th-Tim Choate & Roger Dejean with 3 fish for 6.04 lbs, 5th-Mark Berry & his nephew Roly Poly hung 3 for 4.41 lbs and 6th-Corey Berry & Dustin Emerson caught a pair of bass weighing 2.37 lbs.
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Remaining Teams:7th-Randall Robinson & Rickey Deranger bagged 1 bass for 1.40 lbs, 8th-Curtis Gloud & Elmer Savoie had 1 bass for 1.06 lbs, 9th-Tie-Jim Walton & Al Perry and Joe Phillips & Sonny Bajat, Ricky Duhon and Ricky 2 with 0.00 lbs..
Top Individual: Lawrence sacked 3 for 8.35 lbs, 2nd-Larry with 3 keepers for 6.93 lbs, 3rd-Tim with 3 totaling 6.04 lbs, 4th-Daniel with 5.83 lbs, 5th-Mark with 4.41 lbs and 6th-Tommie had 1 for 2.51 lbs...
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Remaining Individuals: 7th-Dustin had 2.37 lbs, 8th-Randall had 1.41 lbs, 9th-Caleb with 1.13 lbs, 10th-Tie, Wesley & Curtis had 1.06 lbs. 11th-TIE Al, Jim, Joe, Ricky 1 & 2, Elmer,Sonny, Rickey, Corey, Roger and Roly Poly all weighed NOTHING...Zero, Naught...
Big Fish: Larry had a nice 3.24 lb bass, Tim had a 3.05 lb keeper.
Tips from the winners: Top Water, drop shot, senko and flipping creature baits...
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Club Totals: We caught 22 bass for a total weight of 41.09 lbs, average weight was 1.87 lbs.
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Toe Lee Dough Bend
April 21-22, 2023
Our first 2 day tournament of the year, featuring Toledo Bend Reservoir
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Does God Provide ?? I would say yes to that question !! With predictions of 80 to 90% chance of rain for Thursday and Friday, the rain came during Thursday night, thank you Lord for hearing our prayers.
We had 14 teams taking part of the 2 day event, what a great turnout guys...Some good catches for sure and some not so good...hahahaha...Congratulations to Curtis Gloud & Larry Davis for their win...
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Top Six Teams: 1st Place-Larry Davis & Curtis Gloud had 12 keepers totaling 24.87 lbs, 2nd-Daniel & David Beasley hooking 10 bass for 22.91 lbs, 3rd-Tommy Kilpatrick & Elmer Savoie caught 11 bass that scaled in at 19.56 lbs, 4th-Team Choate, Tim & Eben snagged 9 bass for 18.35 lbs, 5th-Bryan Tabor & Randall Robinson caught 9 fish coming in at 17.42 lbs and 6th-Lawrence Brunet & Al Perry hooked into 7 bass totaling 15.92 lbs.
Remaining Teams:7th-Rickey Deranger & Wesley "Zig" Zeagler 7 bass for 14.67 lbs, 8th-Ricky Duhon & Russell Dorion with 6 fish for 13.22 lbs, 9th-Jim Walton & Joe Phillips had 7 fish for 12.23 lbs, 10th-Tommie Reasoner & Dustin Emerson bagged 5 fish for 12.10 lbs, 11th-Corey Berry & Jerry Meylian caught 6 for a total of 8.61 lbs, 12th-Mark & Caleb Berry had 3 keepers for 5.09 lbs, 13th-Devin Lantier & Randy Prejean with 1.58 lbs, 14th-Chris Warner & Chris Brazell with 1 bass totaling 1.19 lbs...
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Top Individual: Daniel Beasley had 16.63 lbs, 2nd-Lawrence Brunet with 14.69 lbs, 3rd-Rickey Deranger with 13.36 lbs, 4th-Larry Davis had 12.59 lbs, 5th-Tommy Kilpatrick with 12.51 lbs 6th-Curtis Gloud had 12.28 lbs,
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Remaining Individuals: 7th-Eben Choate had 10.27 lbs, 8th-Randall Robinson had 10.23 lbs, 9th-Dustin Emerson with 9.70 lbs, 10th-Jim Walton had 9.27 lbs. 11th-Ricky Duhon caught 8.89 lbs, 12th-Tim Choate 8.08 lbs, 13th-Bryan Tabor with 7.19 lbs, 14th-Elmer Savoie had 7.05 lbs, 15th-David Beasley caught 6.28 lbs, 16th-Corey Berry had 5.51 lbs, 17th-Russell Dorion with 5.23 lbs, 18th-Jerry Meylian with 3.10 lbs, 19th-Joe Phillips had 2.96 lbs, 20th-Mark Berry had 2.59 lbs, 21st-Caleb Berry with 2.50 lbs, 22nd-Tommie Reasoner had 2.40 lbs, 23rd-Devin Lantier with 1.58, 24th-"Zig" Zeagler had 1.31 lbs, 25th-Al Perry caught 1.23 lbs, 26th-Chris Warner with 1.19 lbs, 27th-Tie-Chris Brazell & Randy Prejean itched so they scratched...0.00 lbs...
Big Fish: Daniel Beasley bagged a 5.90 lb bass on day 1 for Big Fish for the weekend....Eben Choate had a nice 4.65 lb bass, Lawrence had 4.15 lb fish, Rickey Deranger caught a 3.36 lb bass, Tommy Kilpatrick had a 3.30 lb largie, Tim Chaote and Dustin each had a 3.23 lb bass...
Tips from the winners: Drop Shot, punching, senko's & baby brush hogs, topwater and flukes..
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Club Totals: We caught 95 bass for a total weight of 188 lbs, average weight was 1.98 lbs.
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Indian Creek
March 18, 2023
Have you seen Groundhog Day ??? It appears Mother Nature is on a roll !!
For the 2nd month in a row, brutal weather, cold, cloudy, ugly fishing weather...
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Chilly Day ??? Chilly, nah, cold, yes !!! Sounds familiar doesn't it !!!
11 teams showed up for the second tournament for 2023 !! Yes, high water, cold front the day before muddied up some of the water but most of the lake was in pretty good shape...Sonny Bajat started the morning off with a BIG BANG !!! POW !!! Megladon Bass scaling in at 6.18 lbs as he and Lawrence Brunet take the win for the day...
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Top Six Teams: 1st Place-Sonny Bajat & Lawrence Brunet had 3 fish for 9.52 lbs, 2nd-Bryan Tabor & Wesley Zeagler boated 4 bass for 8.08 lbs, 3rd-Cuz Chris Warner & Cuz Chris Brazell had a pair for 5.07 lbs, 4th-Ricky Duhon & Henry(did not guide again this time) Faciane with 2 for 3.52 lbs, 5th-Joe Phillips & Rickey Deranger caught 2 for 3.27 lbs and 6th-Tim Choate & Ricky 2 had 3 for 2.75 lbs.
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Remaining Teams:7th-Randall Robinson & Elmer Savoie bagged 1 bass for 2.87 lbs, 8th-Larry Davis & New member, Jerry Meylian had 1 fish that came in at 2.16 lbs, 9th-Curtis Gloud & Russell Dorion with a keeper worth 1.51 lbs...10th-Tie-Jim Walton & Al Perry and Caleb & Mark Berry with 0.00 lbs..
Top Individual: Bryan Tabor returned to action with 3 keepers weighing 6.64 lbs, Sonny took 2nd with his 1 BIG fish at 6.28 lbs, 3rd-Chris Brazell had 2 for 5.07 lbs, 4th-Rickey Deranger caught 2 that came in at 3.52 lbs, 5th-Lawrence with 3.24 lbs and 6th Tim Choate with 3 fish at 4.05 lbs...
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Remaining Individuals: 7th-Randall with 2.87 lbs, 8th-Henry with2.19 lbs, 9th-Larry with 2.16 lbs, 10th-Russell had 1.51 lbs. 11th-Wesley had 1.44 lbs, 12th-Ricky with 1.43 lbs and Al, Jim, Caleb, Mark, Curtis, Joe, Chris, Ricky 2, Elmer and Jerry all caught naught, crying towels will be awarded...
Big Fish: As mentioned, Sonny hooked a GIANT 6.18 lb bass, Randall has a 2.87 lb keeper.
Tips from the winners: Crankbait, drop shot, swim senko, fluke...
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Club Totals: We caught 19 bass for a total weight of 39.05 lbs, average weight was 2.05 lbs.
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Showtime boys !! Time to get the ball rolling, the real thing has arrived !!!
February 18, 2023
Chilly Day ??? Chilly, nah, cold, yes !!!
9 teams showed up for the first one for 2023 !! Muddy and higher than normal water conditions did not help but overall it seems it was a pretty good tournament...Tommie Reasoner(new member for 2022) and new member for 2023 paired up and brought home the win to kick off the new year...well done guys !!!
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Top Six Teams: 1st Place-Tommie Reasoner & Wesley Zeagler had 6 fish for 11.74 lbs, 2nd-Lawerence Brunet & Dustin Emerson had 4 for 10.30 lbs, 3rd-Randall Robinson & Ghost had 10.27 lbs, 4th-Joe Phillips & Henry(did not guide this time) Faciane with 4 for 6.60 lbs, 5th-Curtis Gloud & Rickey Deranger caught 3 for 4.96 lbs and 6th-Chris Warner & Elmer Savoie had 1 keeper for 1.59 lbs.
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Remaining Teams:There were 3 other teams that showed up and went home empty handed...Jim Walton & Caleb Berry, Larry Davis & Sonny Bajat and Tim Choate & Ricky Duhon 2, all had 0.00
Top Individual: Lawrence continued his performance for the year with an 8.10 lb bag, Wesley took 2nd with his 3 fish at 5.90 lbs, 3rd-has Tommie with 3 for 5.84 lbs, 4th-Randall caught 2 that came in at 5.28 lbs, 5th-Henry wrangled 3 for 5.00 lbs and 6th has Rickey Deranger with 3 fish at 4.96 lbs...
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Remaining Individuals: 7th-Dustin Emerson had 1 for 2.26 lbs, 8th-Joe with 1 at 1.60 lbs and really close behind was Chris Warner with his 1.59 lb bass... Jim Walton & Caleb Berry, Larry Davis & Sonny Bajat and Tim Choate & Ricky Duhon 2, Elmer all had 0.00
Big Fish: Lawrence bagged a nice 3.66 lb bass, Randall has a 2.62 lb keeper and Dustin's 2.26 lb bass was 3rd big bass for the day
Tips from the winners: Brush hog, spinnerbaits, drop shot, swim jigs, crankbaits and jigs...
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Club Totals: We caught 18 bass for a total weight of 40.55 lbs, average weight was 2.25 lbs.
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We punted 2022 out of site, NOW we kick off the new year with a visit to Patterson
for our Preseason tournament...
January 28, 2023
Chilly Day ??? We were treated to a good day on the water, well for the most part...winds were said to be in the 20-25 mph, trust me, it was every bit of that...Nice to be back on the water with our members and friends...Lawrence seems to still be in the groove as he led the way for the day...
7 teams showed up for the first one for 2023 !! Mother Nature, be nice pleeezzzeee... she did okay !!
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Top Six Teams: 1st Place was the team of Lawrence Brunet and J.B. Brunet(son), they brought in a 3 fish limit scaling is at 8.19 lbs...2nd-Larry Davis & Elmer Savoie paired up for this one, 3 fish limit coming in at 4.85 lbs. 3rd-Jim Walton & Al Perry hooked up to catch 3 keepers coming in at 4.44 lbs. 4th-The Choate boys bagged 3 for 4.30 lbs. 5th-The dynamic duo paired up and sacked a pair of bass, their weight was 3.48 lbs. 6th-Had the Berry's, Mark and Caleb with a keeper scaling in at 1.69 lbs...
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Remaining Teams:There not many in the "Poor Me" Club...just one...Chris Warner & Sonny Bajat...they lost a keeper at the boat, I am sure it was at least 3 lbs...hahahaaa...
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Top Individual: See Top Six Results
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Remaining Individuals: See remaining teams...
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Big Fish: Lawrence had the whopper of the day, Megladon at 5.85 lbs...Larry had a 2.60 lb bass...
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Tips from the winners: Brush hog, crankbaits, trick worms, drop shot all played a part for the day...
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Club Totals: We caught 15 fish for 26.95 lbs average weight was 1.80 lbs...
RECAPS: 2023 Tournament Results
RECAPS: 2022 Tournament Results
One for the road guys: Just for fun, no points involved with this one...
Henderson, Pick your partner or fish with a member
December 17, 2022
Chilly Day on the water BUT no rain !!!
5 teams showed up for the last one for 2022 !! Thankful for no rain otherwise it would have been zero fun for sure...
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Top Six Teams: 1st Place was the team of Mark & Caleb Berry, they had 3 fish coming in at 3.85 lbs...2nd Place had the dynamic duo of Curtis "yes, my boat can catch fish" Gloud and Sonny "Mr. Photographer" Bajat with 1 fish totaling 2.12 lbs...3rd Place belonged to Lawrence Brunet and Larry Davis with 1 keeper that came in at 0.96 lbs...TIE..4th was The Choate boys and the Duhon boys with 0.00 lbs, yes the "Poor Me" Club...
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Big Fish: Curtis had a 2.12 lb whopper, Mark had a 1.59 lb keeper and Lawrence lassoed a 0.96 keeper..
10th and last Official Stop of 2022 is:
Stephensville, its our annual High-Low Tournament Doc Bryant Memorial
December 3, 2022
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Tough One for Most of the Guys !!!
6 teams showed up for this one !! Tough ?? For a couple of teams but as usual, the cream always comes to the top...Lawrence and Russell more than double the 2nd place team...
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Top Six Teams: 1st Place was the team of Lawrence Brunet & Russell Dorion, they had 6 fish coming in at 14.75 lbs...2nd Place had Ricky Duhon and his son Lil Rick with 4 fish totaling 6.71 lbs...3rd Had the Choates, Tim and Eben with 3 scaling in at 5.64 lbs, 4th Place was Rickey Deranger & Jim Walton with 2 keepers at 2.46 lbs, sitting in a tie for 5th was Mark & Caleb Berry and Sonny Bajat & Larry Davis with 0.00 lbs, yes the "Poor Me" Club...
Top Six Individual Weights: 1st-Lawrence Brunet had 8.34 lbs, 2nd-Russell Dorion with 6.14 lbs., 3rd-has Tim Choate with 5.64 lbs, 4th was Rickey Deranger with 2.46 lbs...
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Remaining Individual Weights: None
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Big Fish: Lawrence had a 4.45 lb whopper, Ricky had a 2.90 lb bass and Tim had a 2.60 lb keeper
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Tips from the winners: Spinnerbaits and Punching with the heavy weight, crankbaits...
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Club Totals: We caught 15 bass that weighed in at 29.46 lbs for an average weight of 1.91 lbs
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9th Official Stop of 2022 is:
New Water for us...Caney Lake
October 21-22, 2022
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Started Slow Finished Strong !!!
For the most part, members were disappointed after a tough day of fishing on Louisiana's Big Fish Haven...tough pre-fish days for sure with 1 exception, Brother Curtis Gloud stuck a porker the day before the tournament...We talking a GGGGGiant !!! 8.90 lbs, what a beauty, that is well over a 10 pounder in the spring...So, Lawrence gave the devotional on Friday night, his subject was FAITH, what a wonderful word, filled with so many possibilities in our lives which includes FISHING...evidently some members were paying attention because we went from 9 zero's on day 1, day 2 showed 3...hmmm, might be something to acting and standing on your FAITH even with fishing...
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Day 1 - Teams : 1st-Daniel Beasley & Bryan Tabor had 8.88 lbs, 2nd-Lawrence & Al with 8.21 lbs, 3rd-Tommie & Dustin with 7.20 lbs, 4th-Larry Davis & Curtis Gloud with 6.21 lbs, 5th-Chris & Chris had 3.37 lbs and 6th-Tim & Eben with 2.25 lbs, 7th-Ricky & Roger with 1.13 lbs, 8th-Tie-Jim & Joe with 0.00 lbs and Mike & Ronnie with 0.00 lbs
Day 2 - Teams : 1st-Ricky & Roger with 11.69 lbs, 2nd-Chris & Chris had 10.99 lbs, 3rd-Tommie & Dustin with 10.38 lbs, 4th-Tim & Eben with 9.24 lbs, 5th-Lawrence & Al had 7.69 lbs, 6th-Jim & Joe with 5.15 lbs, 7th-Larry & Curtis with 4.53 lbs, 8th-Tie-Mike & Ronnie with 0.00 lbs and Bryan & Daniel with 0.00 lbs.
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Overall 2 Day Total-Teams : 1st-Tommie & Dustin with 17.58 lbs, 2nd-Al & Lawrence had 15.90 lbs, 3rd-Chris & Chris with 14.36 lbs, 4th-Ricky & Roger had 12.82 lbs, 5th-Tim & Eben with 11.49 lbs, 6th-Larry & Curtis with 10.74 lbs, 7th-Bryan & Daniel had 8.88 lbs, 8th-Jim & Joe had 6.20 lbs, 9th-Mike McCann & Ronnie McCormick with 0.00 lbs.
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Overall Individual : 1st-Tommie had 13.90 lbs, 2nd-Lawrece had 10.18 lbs, 3rd-Larry 9.49 lbs, 4th-Chris B had 8.31 lbs, 5th-Ricky with 7.95 lbs, 6th-Daniel with 7.74 lbs, 7th-Tim had 6.90 lbs, 8th-Chris W had 6.05 lbs, 9th-Al with 5.72 lbs, 10th-Roger with 4.87 lbs, 11th-Eben had 4.59 lbs, 12th-Joe with 4.10 lbs, 13th-Dustin 3.68 lbs, 14th-Curtis had 1.25 lbs, 15th-Bryan 1.14 lbs, 16th-Jim 1.05 lbs, 17th-Mike & Ronnie with 0.00 lbs...
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Big Fish Day 1 : 1st-Daniel had a 4.43 fish, 2nd-Tommie had a 3.70 lb, 3rd-Larry with a 3.43 lb fish.
Big Fish Day 2 : 1st-Tommie with a 3.85 lb fish, 2nd-Chris had a 3.25 lb bass. 3rd-Chris B with a 2.64 lb keeper...
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Club Facts: 97.97 lbs of bass were caught, total of 55 bass for an average weight of 1.78 lbs...
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Tips from the Top 3 Teams: Chatterbait and tail spin, drop shot, crankbaits, punching and many more methods...
SIDE NOTE: It's not official but Al may have set a record...5 fish totaling 5.72 lbs, that is with the bonus...
8th Official Stop of 2022 is:
Henderson Swamp
September 24, 2022
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Mother Nature can't make her mind. Current HEAT WAVE with a potential Hurricane in the GOM next week...Oh well, we shall see what all the prayers can do to avoid this one...
LOW WATER conditions at Henderson once again, it sure makes for an adventure for all the anglers that fished on this day...some good reports came in previous to the tournament day...should be easy pickins right guys ?? hahaha...8 limits were caught !! Congrats to Ricky Duhon & Joe Phillips on their win, those top 3 teams were in a battle for the victory !!!
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Top Six Teams: Leading the pack was the team of Ricky & Joe with their 6 fish totaling 11.78 lbs...2nd Place has the two step twosome, Lawrence & Curtis with 6 bass that totaled 11.00 lbs...3rd shows the team of "Double C", Tim & Eben they had 10.88 lbs, 4th Place was Tommie & Rickey with 8.37 lbs, sitting in 5th had the duo of Chris Warner & Sonny Bajat with 7.04 lbs...Completing the Top Six was Larry Davis & Russell Dorion with 5.78 lbs...
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Remaining Teams: 7th-Mark Berry & Roger Dejean with 4.33 lbs, 8th-Mike McCann & Dustin Emerson with 3.59 lbs, 9th-Jim Walton & Caleb Berry with 2.83 lbs...
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Top Six Individual Weights: 1st-Ricky had 7.56 lbs, 2nd-Lawrence with 6.06 lbs., 3rd-has Tim with 5.89 lbs, 4th was Larry with 5.78 lbs and 5th was Eben with 4.99 lbs. 6th had Curtis with 4.94 lbs
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Remaining Individual Weights: 7th was Rickey Deranger with 4.60 lbs, 8th has Sonny with 4.39 lbs, 9th was Mark with 4.33 lbs, 10th was Joe with 4.22 lbs, 11th-Tommie with 3.77 lbs, 12th-Dustin had 3.59 lbs, 13th-Caleb with 2.83 lbs, 14th-Chris with 2.65 lbs, 15th-Tie-The members of the "Poor Me Club" were Mike, Russell, Jim, Roger, all with 0.00 lbs...
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Big Fish: Larry had a nice 3.63 lb keeper, Sonny hooked a 3.29 lb keeper, Ricky had a 2.99 lb bass, Tim a 2.89 fish, Curtis a 2.87 bass and Mark a 2.80 bass...
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Tips from the winners: Crankbaits, punching, drop shots, rattletraps all made money today...
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Club Totals: We caught 35 bass that weighed in at 65.60 lbs for an average weight of 1.88 lbs
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7th Official Stop of 2022 is:
Bayou Benoit
August 20, 2022
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Weatherman or Mother Nature gave us a break from the heat with clouds and some dew drops from heaven...
From the looks of things I would say that overall the tournament was pretty good, one team did manage their 6 fish limit, every team caught at least 1 fish others more...tight boat launch since they redid the parking lot and eliminated the turn around area unless you are Larry or Tommie with the smaller rigs...Shocker Time !! Mike McCann worked Lawrence Brunet over like Mike Tyson...hahaha, come to the meeting to hear all the details...
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Top Six Teams: 1st Place has the team of Henry Faciane & Curtis "The Contender" Gloud with 6 fish scaled in at 10.88 lbs...2nd Place showed the duo of Larry Davis & Roger Dejean with 7.42 lbs...3rd shows the team of Lawrence Brunet and Mike (Tyson) McCann had 6.17 lbs, 4th Place was Tommie Reasoner & Joe Phillips with 6.13 lbs, sitting in 5th had team Mark Berry & Dustin Emerson with 5.64 lbs...Rounding out the Top Six was Team Duhon, Ricky & Ricky with 4.34 lbs...
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Remaining Teams: Ok, 1 team hanging in there with 1 fish scaling in at 2.06 lbs. Tim Choate & Caleb Berry...
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Top Six Individual Weights: 1st-Larry Davis had 6.39 lbs, 2nd-Tommie Reasoner with 6.13 lbs., 3rd-has Curtis Gloud with 5.93 lbs, 4th was Henry Faciane with 4.95 lbs and 5th was Mike McCann with 4.79 lbs. 6th had Ricky Duhon's 4.34 lbs
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Remaining Individual Weights: 7th was Mark Berry with 4.05 lbs, 8th has Tim Choate with 2.06 lbs, 9th was Dustin Emerson's 1.59 lbs, 10th was Lawrence Brunet with 1.38 lbs, 11th- Roger Dejean with 1.03 lbs, 12th had and the members of the "Poor Me Club" were Joe Phillips, Ricky Duhon Jr. & Caleb Berry with 0.00 lbs...
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Big Fish: Larry had a nice 2.55 lb keeper, Curtis hooked a 2.47 lb keeper...
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Tips from the winners: Spinnerbaits, Buzzbaits, Speed worms and drop shots, all made money today...
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Club Totals: We caught 25 bass that weighed in at 42.64 lbs for an average weight of 1.71 lbs
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6th Official Stop of 2022 is:
Myette Point
July 23, 2022
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Hot, yes, cloudy, yes...so it was a mixed bag weather wise for the day...
Hey, most of the guys thought the overall results were better than expected...a couple of boats reported catching 30 to 40 bass even though most were still in kindergarten...those fish keep you on your toes and your mind on the game...We tripled last months weight...hahahaha...
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Top Six Teams: 1st Place was the team of Tommie Reasoner & Chris Warner with 6 fish scaled in at 10.22 lbs...2nd Place Ricky Duhon & Roger Dejean, yes Roger...5 nice keepers that weighed in at 9.02 lbs...3rd shows the Berry Boy's with 4 keepers scaling in at 8.18 lbs, 4th Place was Lawrence Brunet & Dustin Emerson with 5 fish coming in at 7.79 lbs, sitting in 5th was Tim Choate & Curtis Gloud with 4 bass that weighed 5.30 lbs...Rounding out the Top Six was Larry Davis & Derrick Smith, yes, Derrick Smith, their weight totaled 4.59 lbs...
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Remaining Teams: no teams
Top Six Individual Weights: 1st-Mark Berry with 6.58 lbs, 2nd-Ricky Duhon with 6.07 lbs., 3rd-has Tommie Reasoner with 5.23 lbs, 4th has Lawrence Brunet with 5.03 lbs and 5th was Chris Warner with 4.99 lbs. 6th was a Larry Davis with 4.59 lbs
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Remaining Individual Weights: 7th was Tim Choate with 4.32 lbs, 8th has Roger Dejean with 2.95, 9th was Dustin Emerson with 2.76 lbs, 10th was Caleb Berry with his 1.60 lbs, 11th-Curtis Gloud with 0.98 lbs and the only member of the "Poor Me Club" was Derrick Smith with 0.00 but he did catch, all small...
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Big Fish: Mark Berry had a nice 3.15 lb keeper, Ricky had a 2,37 lb keeper, Lawrence with a 2.11 lb bass and Larry had a 2.09 lb fish...
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Tips from the winners: Spinnerbaits, texas rigged worms and drop shots, all made money today...
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Club Totals: We caught 27 bass that weighed in at 45.10 lbs for an average weight of 1.67 lbs
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5th Official Stop of 2022 is:
Berwick, Patterson or Amelia
June 25, 2022
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Weather man nailed it this tournament !! HOT, HOT and HOT indeed it was...
There was a slight breeze reported by some that participated for this months trip, but 93* water temp sure didn't help and the 105 heat index made it that much more challenging...So a few fish were caught on the day, check out the results below...
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Top Five Teams: 1st Place was the team of Mark Berry & Curtis Gloud, their 4 fish scaled in at 6.07 lbs...2nd Place has Lawrence Brunet & Elmer Savoie with 3 nice keepers that weighed in at 5.21 lbs...3rd shows Tim Choate & Dustin Emerson having 2 keepers scaling in at 2.10 lbs, 4th Place has Henry Faciane & Sonny Bajat with 1 fish coming in at 2.05 lbs, sitting in 5th was Tommie Reasoner & Caleb Berry with 0.00 lbs
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Remaining Teams: no teams
Top Six Individual Weights: 1st-Lawrence Brunet had 5.21 lbs, 2nd-Mark Berry with 4.00 lbs., 3rd-has Tim Choate with 2.10 lbs, 4th has Curtis Gloud with 2.07 lbs and 5th was Henry Faciane with 2.05 lbs. 6th was a tie with Cabel Berry, Tommie Reasoner, Elmer Savoie, Sonny Bajat, Dustin Emerson, all with 0.00 lbs
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Remaining Individual Weights: none
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Big Fish: Lawrence had a 2.37 lb kicker, Curtis had a 2.07 lb keeper and Henry had a 2.05 lb fish...
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Tips from the winners: Threw everything in the tackle box...ok, spinnerbaits, texas rigged worms and drop shot..
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Club Totals: We caught 10 bass that weighed in at 15.43 lbs for an average weight of 1.54 lbs
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4th Official Stop of 2022 is:
Indian Creek Reservoir
May 21, 2022
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It was better than last month !!!
11 teams ventured north to take on the lower than normal water conditions at Indian Creek, the good news is that we doubled last months total club weight and broke last months 12 zero's with 13 for May...nothing to be bragging about...hahahaha...BUT GOD, again blessed us with a safe trip and a nice breeze to help keep us cool...
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Top Six Teams: 1st Place was the team of Larry Davis & Dustin Emerson bagged 4 fish for 8.08 lbs...2nd Place had Lawrence Brunet & Russell Dorion hooking 3 keepers for 6.34 lbs...3rd Place team of Jim Walton & Al Perry each bringing keeper that weighed in at 4.55 lbs, 4th Place has Father/Son duo of Joe & Dan Phillips with 1 keeper but a good one at 3.69 lbs, sitting in 5th was Team Double R & D, Ricky Duhon & Rickey Deranger with a keeper that weighed in at 1.61 lbs and finalizing the sixth spot was Chris Warner & Elmer Savioe with a keeper coming in at 1.49 lbs...
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Remaining Teams:Tie for 7th...Mark Berry & Corie Berry, Mike McCann & Ronnie McCormick, Tommie Reasoner & Sonny Bajat, Tim & Eben Choate, Bryan Tabor & Devin Lantier, all with 0.00 lbs...Tough tournament again...
Top Six Individual Weights: 1st-Larry Davis had 6.52 lbs, 2nd-Lawrence with 6.34 lbs., 3rd-has Dan Phillips with 3.69 lbs, 4th was Jim with 2.66 lbs, 5th was Al with 1.89 lbs and 6th-Rickey Deranger with 1.61 lbs...
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Remaining Individual Weights: 7th was Chris Warner with a 1.49 lb keeper, 8th has Dustin with a 1.26 lb bass, Tie for 9th...Sonny Bajat, Rickey Deranger, Ricky Duhon, Mark Berry, Russell, Tommie, Joe, Mike, Ronnie, Elmer, Bryan, Devin, Tim and Eben all had 0.00 lbs, now members of the "Poor Me Club" This club seems to be growing each month, surely June will treat us better...
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Big Fish: Dan Phillips hooked that 3.69 lb whopper, Jim had a 2.66 lb bass and Larry with a 2.24 lb keeper
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Tips from the winners: Drop shot, drop shot and speed craw...
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Club Totals: We caught 12 bass that weighed in at 25.76 lbs for an average weight of 2.15 lbs
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3rd Official Stop of 2022 is:
Henderson Lake
April 23, 2022
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One Won !!!
9 teams showed up for this one !! Tough ?? It might be a new low tournament for the club, yes, it was a tough one...Water was still high and fish were hard to find BUT GOD blessed us with a pretty nice day weather wise, a bit breezy but any day on the water is a blessing, right guys...One fish takes team and Big Bass for the day...
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Top Six Teams: 1st Place was the team of Lawrence Brunet & Al Perry, they had 1 fish coming in at 3.04 lbs...2nd Place had Tim Choate & Chris Warner with 2 keepers that weighed in at 2.20 lbs...3rd showed Guide Henry Faciane & Elmer Savoie with 1 keeper scaling in at 1.96 lbs, 4th Place has Mike McCann & Curtis Gloud with 1 fish coming in at 1.76 lbs, sitting in 5th was Tommie Reasoner & Dustin Emerson with 1 bass at 1.10 lbs and completing the top six was Jim Walton & Joe Phillips with their 1 fish which came in at 0.96 lbs...I told you it was a tough day.
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Remaining Teams:Tie for 7th...Mark Berry & Rickey Duhon, Larry Davis and Caleb Berry, Ricky Duhon & Sonny Bajat with 0.00 lbs...I told you it was tough...
Top Six Individual Weights: 1st-Lawrence Brunet had 3.04 lbs, 2nd-Tim Choate with 2.20 lbs., 3rd-has Elmer Savoie with 1.96 lbs, 4th was Mike McCann with 1.76 lbs, 5th has Tommie Reasoner with 1.10 lbs and 6th-Joe Phillips with 0.96 lbs...
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Remaining Individual Weights: 7th was Curtis Gloud, Sonny Bajat, Chris Warner, Jim Walton, Rickey Deranger, Al, Perry, Henry Faciane, Ricky Duhon, Larry Davis, Caleb Berry, Dustin Emerson, Mark Berry, all had 0.00 lbs, now members of the "Poor Me Club" Have I mentioned it was a tough day ??
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Big Fish: Lawrence had a 3.04 lb whopper, Elmer with a 1.96 lb bass and Mike had a 1.76 lb keeper
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Tips from the winners: George Foreman for the 3.04 heavy weight, lipless crankbaits, brush hogs...
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Club Totals: We caught 7 bass that weighed in at 11.12 lbs for an average weight of 1.59 lbs
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2nd Official Stop of 2022 is:
Toledo Bend Reservoir
March 25-26, 2022
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Well Done for a few guys !!!
Our Creator once again blessed us beyond what we could ever imagine...I have fished there since the year after it opened and never had 4 days in a row without a cloud in the sky...that sunshine sure helped keep us warm with those 40 degree temps to start each day !!!
Congratulations to Dustin Emerson & his partner Tommie Reasoner on the win...Tommie brought in a 7.17 and a 5.51 on day 1, oh, and was short 1 fish of having a limit...Dustin pitched in on day 2 with 6.13 lbs while Tommie had 8.88 lbs of bass...Bryan Tabor and Daniel Beasley made a run at 1st Place overall but fell short by 5.50 lbs...
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Day 1 - Top Six Teams : 1st-Tommie & Dustin had 14.00 lbs, 2nd-Bryan & Daniel with 10.16 lbs, 3rd-Mark & Caleb Berry with 9.44 lbs, 4th-Larry Davis & Curtis Gloud with 9.34 lbs, 5th-Lawrence Brunet & Al Perry with 7.38 lbs and 6th-Chris Warner & Chris Brazell with 4.52 lbs.
Day 2 - Top Six Teams : 1st-Tommie & Dustin with 15.01 lbs, 2nd-Bryan & Daniel with 13.42 lbs, 3rd-Larry & Curtis with 11.28 lbs, 4th-Lawrence & Al with 10.70 lbs, 5th-Chris & Chris with 10.28 lbs, 6th-Tommy Kilpatrick & Joe Phillips with 9.64 lbs.
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Overall 2 Day Total-Teams : 1st-Tommie & Dustin with 29.01 lbs, 2nd-Bryan & Daniel had 23.58 lbs, 3rd-Larry & Curtis with 20.59 lbs, 4th-Lawrence & Al with 18.08 lbs, 5th-Chris & Chris had 14.08 lbs, 6th-Tommy & Joe with 13.80 lbs, 7th-Mark & Caleb with 12.18 lbs, 8th-Randy & Devin had 10.45 lbs, 9th-Mike McCann & Ronnie McCormick with 7.70 lbs. 10th-Tim, Russell & Eben with 6.40 lbs, 11th-Rickey & Josh Deranger with 3.13 lbs.
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Overall Individual : 1st-Tommie had 21.82 lbs, 2nd-Bryan 13.77 lbs, 3rd-Curtis with 11.70 lbs, 4th-Lawrence had 11.08 lbs, 5th-Daniel with 9.81 lbs, 6th-Mark with 9.35 lbs, 7th-Larry with 8.89 lbs, 8th-Tommy had 8.27 lbs, 9th-Chris B had 8.14 lbs, 10th-Dustin with 7.19 lbs, 11th-Al had 7.00 lbs, 12th-Chris W. had 6.66 lbs, 13th-Joe with 5.53 lbs, 14th-Randy had 5.52 lbs, 15th-Devin had 4.93 lbs, 16th-Eben with 3.74lbs, 17th-Mike had 3.64 lbs, 18th-Caleb with 2.83, 19th-Tim with 2.66 lbs, 20th-Rickey had 2.19 lbs
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Big Fish Day 1 : 1st-Tommie had a 7.17 & a 5.51 fish, 2nd- Curtis with a 3.26 lb, 3rd-Mike had a 2.45 lb fish.
Big Fish Day 2 : 1st-Bryan with a 4.35 lb fish, 2nd-Randy 3.54 lb bass. 3rd-Dustin 3.46 lb bass, 4th-Devin 3.39 and 5th Tommie with a 3.25 lb bass...
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Club Facts: 159.72 lbs of bass were caught, total of 81 bass for an average weight of 1.97 lbs....much better than we did last October !!!
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Tips from the Top 3 Teams: 1st Place caught on lipless crankbaits, magnum flukes and flipping grass 2nd Place used senko's to catch their fish, 3rd Place caught with drop shots, drop shots and drop shots...
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1st Official Stop of 2022 is:
Chicot Lake
February 26, 2022
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Weather man was wrong again BUT better than it was first predicted...28 morning warming to 52...so it turned out to be 32 and 50 but no rain...hahaha
We ended up with 6 teams, that is much lower than normal for the first tournament of the year...due to work schedule, illness and funeral visitation, sure put a dent in tournament population...AOY Lawrence Brunet continued on right where he left off as he and Dustin Emerson take home a victory with there 5 fish...Congratulations guys, awesome job...
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Top Six Teams: 1st Place was the team of Lawrence Brunet & Dustin Emerson, 5 fish scaling in at 15.37 lbs...2nd Place had Henry Faciane & Chris Warner with 3 nice keepers that weighed in at 5.25 lbs...3rd showed Larry Davis & Curtis Gloud with 3 keepers scaling in at 4.28 lbs, 4th Place has Mark Berry & Sonny Bajat with 1 fish coming in at 2.58 lbs, sitting in 5th was Tim & Eben Choate with 1 bass at 2.13 lbs and rounding out the top six was Jim Walton & Rickey Deranger with their 0 fish which equals to 0.00 lbs...sorry guys...
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Remaining Teams:Tie for 7th...no teams
Top Six Individual Weights: 1st-Lawrence Brunet had 9.23 lbs, 2nd-Dustin Emerson with 6.14 lbs., 3rd-has Henry Faciane with 5.25 lbs, 4th was Larry Davis with 3.15 lbs, 5th has Mark Berry with 2.50 lbs and 6th Tim Choate with has 2.13 lbs...
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Remaining Individual Weights: 7th was Curtis Gloud with his 1.13 lb keeper:8th all Tied were, Sonny Bajat, Eben Choate, Chris Warner, Jim Walton and Rickey Deranger, all had 0.00 lbs, now members of the "Poor Me Club"
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Big Fish: Dustin Emerson had a 3.07 lb whopper, Lawrence Brunet was breathing down his neck with a 3.06 lb bass and Mark Berry had a 2.50 lb keeper
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Tips from the winners: Weighless worms, light weighted worms and cold speed worms...sounds like worms was the thing to throw...
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Club Totals: We caught 13 bass that weighed in at 30.43 lbs for an average weight of 2.35 lbs
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1st Stop of 2022 is: Not an official tournament
Pre-Fish at Chicot
January 29, 2022
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Looks like its going to be a good year...
Our God is an awesome God as he provided us with SUNSHINE today and a few fish, very few fish...46 degree water temp sure made it tough to hook a bass...now from what we hear the pickeral bite was on for sure...look out next month!!!
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Top Six Teams: 1st Place was the team of Lawrence Brunet and his shadow. 3 fish scaling in at 5.11 lbs...2nd Place had Larry Davis and Curtis Gloud with a nice keeper that weighed in at 3.12 lbs.
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Remaining Teams:Tie for 3rd: Tim & Eben Choate, Mark & Caleb Berry, Chris Warner & Chris Brazell tied with 0.00 lbs.
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Top Six Individual Weights: 1st-Lawrence Brunet had 5.11 lbs, 2nd-Curtis Gloud with 3.12 lbs.
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Remaining Individual Weights: Tied for 3rd:Tim Choate, Eben Choate, Larry Davis, Mark Berry, Caleb Berry, Chris Warner and Chris Brazell, all had 0.00 lbs, now members of the "Poor Me Club"
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Big Fish: Big Daddy Curtis Gloud with a dandy coming in at 3.12 lbs...
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Tips from the winners: Bring hand warmers next month and pray for sunshine and warmer weather...
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