Only seven teams showed up for the tournament on Choke last Saturday as work schedules, family commitments and inclement weather were major detractors.  Those of us that fished found the wind and waves to be quite challenging.  Gail and I were very fortunate to find an area in 4 Fingers that was manageable even though we had to tie up to trees on several occasions.  We stayed in the same area for the majority of the tournament and  fished the edge of the grass with Sinko type baits.  The fishing was very slow but we did manage to get a  limit and take first place honors with 12.18 pounds.  Gail was pretty happy as we each caught 4 keepers with hers outweighing mine significantly especially with her 4.81 pounder that captured Women's Big Bass.  However our excitement was somewhat dampend on our way back to the boat ramp as we took a Tsunami over the front of the boat that went completely over our heads.  It took 15 minutes to bilge out all the water.  This is why we decided to pull out t of the lake at 10 to 2 even though the weigh in wasn't until 3:30.  Other boats experienced similar difficulties coming back to the boat ramp.  Pete told me they took water over the front at least three times.

Second and Third place was pretty close with Parish/Killough weighing in 5.76 while Lentz weighed in 5.18 pounds.  There was more excitement in the Men's Big Bass race as Joe weighed in first with a 2.61 then Allen weighed in a 2.74 with Brent weighing in last with a 2.75, just  0.01 pounds more than Allen.  I think this is the second time this has happened to Allen.  Allen said if it wasn't for bad luck he wouldn't have any luck at all.

The race for Anglers of the Year is pretty close with the Pederzanis only 4 points ahead of the Lentz.  Anglers of the Year will be determined at our next tournament as it is the last tournament of the year.  There is another close race going on for 4th place as Connells are ahead of Trevinos by only 1 point.  This is interesting as these two couples have been in the club for a long time and always have a little side bet between them.  Good luck to both of you.

Not a lot of photos this time but here are a couple for your enjoyment.


Congratulations to all.

lgp








Allen Logan and his Dad Louie,  who was filling in for Josie, took first place and Men's Big Bass honors at the Fall two day tournament held at Lake Falcon on November 1st and 2nd, 2008.  They weighed in a 5 bass limit both days with a total weight of 42.37 pounds with a 9.25 lunker.  It had to be a great weekend for Allen, fishing with his Dad, taking first place in the tournament, winning Sundays big bass pot, winning Men's Big Bass of the tournament, and Texas Tech beating UT.  What a great weekend for the Logans.  Congratulations.

Second place honors went to Pat and Jerry as they limited both days with a total weight of 41.91 pounds just .46 behind the first place team.  They had excellent fish both days with Jerry taking Saturday's big bass side pot with a 6.30 bass and Pat took Women's Big Bass for the tournament with a 7.70 pounder she caught on Sunday.  Congratulations to both of you.

Third place goes to the always consistent team of Alic and Luther Lents with a two day limit at 35.26 pounds.  This team is awesome as they always find a way to finish in the top three positions in most of our tournaments.  I think there is only one exception to this for the entire year.  It is no surprise that they are back in the lead for Angler of the Year.  Congratulations,  you guys are great.

The Davis' and Parish/Killough round out the top five teams weighing in over 30 pounds.  Brenda and Cliff had a total weight of 32.07 pounds with Sunday being their better day having 20.04 of the 32.07.  Brent and Leslie had similar results 17 of their 30 pounds also came on Sunday. Leslie weighed in a 5.54 on Saturday and was in the lead for Women's Big Bass.  Brent weighed in a nice 6.98 on Sunday.   Bottom line is we had five teams weighing in over 30 pounds for the two day tournament.  The weights kind of fell off after that.

TOOLS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.  Thats right tools can make a difference.  Just ask Marilyn.  On Saturday Joe and Marilyn struggled only weighing in 1 fish.  However on Sunday Marilyn took out her I Phone and downloaded an aerial image of the lake and showed Joe a channel that lead into the bushes were he caught several fish weighing in a  limit of 12.82 pounds.  Best turnaround of the tournament.

All in all I think everyone had a great time.  We stayed at the Sunbridge Inn and Suite and the accomodations and service were great.  We highly recommend this motel if you are staying in Zapata.  We also appreciated all the advice and help the Lake Falcon Tackle shop provided us.  James and Tommy Bendele are the owners and are great guys.  They were very helpful in where to fish and what to use.  Stop in to say hi if you go to Falcon.

Sunbridge Inn and Suite Manager Sarah Boodoosingh

Here are a few additional photos for you to enjoy.



Congratulations to all.

lgp











Lets see, I think the story goes like this.  Robert and Lesli were down the lake in fron of School Bus Cove  when he realized he was running out of gas on the 1st  tank.  He switched to the second tank as it was full.  OOPs, this didn't work as the engine would not run.  Although the tank was full it was not providing gas to the engine.  Float problem.  Robert called Adam, a friend from Austin that happened to be on the lake, and asked him for help.  Adam went down the lake to help Robert.  Wouldn't you know, Adam also ran out of gas when he got there.  Robert remembered Brent was still on the lake and called him for help.  Brent became the hero of the day as he towed both boats back to the boat ramp.  Brent said you don't realize how big Falcon is until you go from Schoollhouse Cove to the County boat ramp at 5 miles per hour towing two boats.  Good job Brent.


A great time was had by all.

lgp





Brenda and Cliff Davis finished in 16th place at the CAST Championship held on Lake Amistad last Saturday and Sunday, October 4th and 5th.  They weighed in over 23 pounds for their two day total finishing ahead of another 124 boats as there were 140 boats in the tournament.  They took home a check for $250 for this 16th place finish.  Brenda said the check along with the fishing rod they won at the drawing barely covered the motel bill.  

The fishing was pretty tough for  most of us as it was pretty windy on Saturday and even worse on Sunday not to mention the lake level is the highest it has ever been.  Big bass for 140 boats on
Saturday was only 6.5 pounds which is pretty small for Amistad.  I don't know what it was for Sunday but my guess is it wasn't any bigger.

The good news, bad news, for Rosemarie and Pete is Rosemarie caught an 8 pounder during prefishing on Thursday.  If caught on Saturday or Sunday it would have been big bass for the tournament.  Congratulations Rosemarie.


lgp




Here are a few pictures from the Top 8 Tournament:






Four members of the Mr and Mrs Bass Club (2 teams) participated in the CAST Top Six  Couples Tournament held on Lake LBJ this past weekend.  They were Alice and Luther Lentz  and Brenda and Cliff Davis.  They were part of the Capital Region team which consisted of 4 other couples making up the top six .  Alice and Luther may of had the best stringer as they weighed in over 15 pounds which is great especially on LBJ.  Luther had a 5 pounder and Alice had one over 6.  They are awesome!!!!  The team will not know how they finished in the tournament until it is announced at the Championship Tournament at Amistad.  They competed against 8 other regions.  The Top Six Tournament is a winner take all so lets hope the Capital Region Team takes first place honors.  Congratulations to all.






Josie and Allen Logan beat out `12 other teams to take first place honors at the September Club Tournament on Lake Belton, Saturday,  6 September 2008.  They weighed in a limit of bass weighing 12.52 pounds.  It is my understanding Josie had 4 keepers in the boat before Allen got his first.  She also had the biggest bass in their bag.  Allen then decided to fish with the same kind of bait Josie was using and commenced to bring in additional keepers.  Nice going Josie and Allen.  Congratulations to both of you.

Second place honors went to Alice and Luther Lentz with Brenda and Cliff taking third place.  You can count on these two teams finishing at the top in most of the tournaments.  They are both very consistent at bringing in limits of bass regardless of what lake we might be fishing.  Women's Big Bass went to Alice while Men's big Bass was taken by Pete Trevino.  Detailed weights and photos are on the Tournament Results page.  Congratulations to all the winners.

We had another good turnout with 13 teams participating in the tournament.  They were Baker/Call, Brown/Clark, Connell, Davis, Fowler, Gold, Lentz, Logan, Mehaffey, Pederzani, Summers, Trevino, and Whisenant.  While the last two tournaments had excellent turnouts I am anticipating 19 boats at our next tournament which will be a two day tournament on Lake Falcon.  

The weigh-in went very good thanks to Luther and Robert.  Fortunately we had very few casualties and no dead fish went back into the lake.  Luther wants to make a couple more minor adjustments to the weigh-in procedures and will discuss them with us at the next meeting.  Again, lets thank Luther and Robert for an excellent job.

Well if the fishing on Lake Belton wasn't challenging enough the parking at the Cedar Ridge boat ramp sure was.  We may all want to launch at other ramps for the TABC Tournament.

Following are a few photos taken by Pete/Rosemarie and myself for you to enjoy.


Bye.
lgp








This is our opportunity to show our appreciation for the sacrifices our Military have made for our freedom.  Many of these individuals have been to Iraq as many as 4 times.  Many boats will be needed to support this tournament.  Please go to the following website for further details











Robert Brown and I (Larry) fish the Bass ChUmps Tournament on Lake Austin Last Friday night.  A total of 10 boats participated in the tournament.  The tournament ran from 8:00 pm Friday through 8:00 am Saturday.  It was a very long night especially for old people.  We had a pretty productive night as we caught 12 to 14 keepers and most of them were quality bass.  We had a limit by midnight and were culing out 3 lb bass by early morning.  We took 2nd place with 20lbs and 8 oz, missing 1st by only 3 ozs.  

Robert had a unique experience as he had two nice bass on a top water (Pop R) at the same time. However, he only got one of them into the boat as the other came off right at the boat.  I caught all of my fish with a rattle  snake while Robert caught them on multiple baits.  We caught most of the keepers off boat docks  between the 360 bridge and Emma Long Park.  

Here is a picture of our weigh-in.
The bass Robert is holding in his right hand is the one I caught right behind another tournament bass boat while they were tied up to a dock and were sleeping.  Never woke them up. 




Larry and Gail Pederzani took first place honors at the club tournament held on Lake Austin last Saturday, July, 12/13, 2008. They weighed in 5 bass for a total weight of 19.93 pounds.  They also took  Women and Men's Big Bass Honors with bass weighing 4.88 and 6.13 pounds.  Alice and Luther Lentz were only ounces behind them with 19.19 pounds netting second place. They are, without question, the most consistent team in our club which is why they were Anglers of the Year last year and are again leading the competition for 2008.  Third  place went to Tim Baker who fished alone and weighed in four bass  for 13.99 pounds.  Congratulations to all the winners.  See details and photos on Tournament Results page.

 It was a night tournament that started at 11:00 PM  on Saturday and ran until 9:00 AM Sunday with 12 teams participating in the tournament.  They were Tyree/Hannel, Lentz, Pederzani, Davis, Baker, Fowler,/Hartgrove, Summers, Brown/Clark, Connell, Gold, Schrempp, and Trevino.  While it seemed like a long night for some it seemed even longer for others as only two limits were weighed in.  However, many of the bass weighed in were over 3 pounds.  Quality always beats quantity.  While many of the women weighed in bass I must point out that this is the second month in a row that Lesli has carried her partner in two out of the last three tournaments.  Keep up the good work Lesli.  It was  nice to see Justin and Amy at there first  weigh-in. Congratulations.

This was the last tournament to determine the team members for the TABC Tournament.  There will be three teams which will consist of 4 couples each.  Teams are:

TEAM 1	TEAM 2	TEAM 3
Alice & Luther Lentz	Lesli Clark & Robert Brown	Donna Hannel & Jim Tyree
Gail & Larry Pederzani	Marilyn & Joe Connell	Patricia & Jerry Gold
Brenda & Cliff Davis	Tim Baker & Tina Call	Vicki & Garry Schrempp
Rosemarie & Pete Trevino	Glenda & Allen Summers	Josie & Allen Logan

   
Candee and Jason Barris will be our 1st alternate and Amy and Justin Fowler will be our 2nd alternate.  If you are unable to participate in the TABC tournament please let us know as soon as possible to enable the alternates to make appropriate plans.

We can't thank our sponsors enough because without them we would not be able to send 12 couples to the TABC Championship this year. We were all happily suprised to see one of our sponsors, George Hudgins, at our brunch following the tournament.  It is great to have sponsors such as George and we're very grateful for his support. 

Following are a few pictures of the tournament for you to enjoy.


And a couple of noteworthy pictures:

Geez Leslie, I did the best I could!

Gosh, where did everyone go?

Hope to see everyone at the next meeting on August 5th.

lgp




Pat and Jerry Gold had a great day  during our club tournament on Lake Travis last Saturday, June 28th.
They weighed in five Bass for a total weight of 17.42 pounds which was over 6 pounds ahead of the second place team.  They also captured both Men and Women's Big Bass for the tournament.  Second place went to Glenda and Allen Summers with third place going to Gail and Larry Pederzani.  See details on Tournament Results page of this website.

We had 12 teams participating in this tournament.  They were Team Summers, Team  Davis, Team Gold, Team Pederzani, Team Baker/Call, Team Brown/Clark, Team Lentz, Team Connell, Team Tyree/Hannel, Team Fowler/Hartgrove, Team Trevino and Team Jenkins.  It was the first club tournament for the Fowler/Hartgrove team who experienced problems with their boat and were unable to come to the weigh-in.  They did report that they were off to a good start as they had already caught three nice bass before having to pull their boat out of the lake.  Hopefully things work out better for them at our next tournament.

Fishing was fair to good for most of the teams as eight limits were weighed in.  The weather started out pretty nice then the wind took over.  Between the wind and the boat traffic on the lake the ride back to the boat ramp was pretty challenging.  

The highlight of the day was celebrating Allen Summer's birthday at Johnny Finns and presenting him an award for his outstanding contributions to the club.  He is personally responsible for getting  sponsorships that will allow the majority of the club members to participate in the TABC Top 8 Tournament this fall.   We thank Allen very much for this outstanding accomplishment.



Other photos for you to enjoy provided by Larry and Pete.


See you all at the next tournament(with my flashlight).

lgp





Allen, Josie, and Josie's brother had a great time on Lake Falcon this past weekend, June 21/22.  They caught around 15 to 20 bass on Saturday and over 40 on Sunday  which is outstanding especially since they only fished from 7:30 to 11:30 on Sunday.  What a great day that had to be.  They caught several fish in the 5 to 6 pound range with a couple that were over 7 pounds.  Both Josie's and Allen's  largest bass were well over 9 or  maybe even over 10 pounds.  You be the judge (see photos).  They fished all the way from Beacon lodge to the Tiger on both the U.S. and Mexican sides of the  lake.  They caught most of their fish on 10"power worms and DD22 crank baits in 3 to 15' of water.  They caught the two biggest fish off of OUR spot, actually the spot that Allen took me to during the TABC Tournament.

Congratulations to Allen and Josie and thanks for sharing the information a photos with us.

lgp




Three teams from the Mr a nd Mrs Bass Club fished the CAST Capitol Region  bass tournament on Choke Canyon this past Saturday, 31 May 2008.  Luther and Alice Lentz finished in 2nd place with 13.02 pounds which was approximately .5 pounds behind the first place team.  Brenda and Cliff Davis were only 0.2 pounds behind Lentz with 13.00 pounds for their total weight and they captured 3rd place.  Glenda and Allen Summers weighed in over 12 pounds and may have gotten 4th.   Sounds like everyone had a good time.  I herd the Friday night meal was outstanding.  Congratulations to all.

Robert Brown was also fishing on Thursday and Friday practicing for Bass Champs.  He had to come home early Friday as he was having motor problems.  It appears he was also being challenged by an alligator up in four fingers.  He saw the alligator coming towards him so he went to the opposite side of the cove.  Apparently the gator wasn't happy with this an turned to head towards his boat again.   Robert decided the gator didn't want him in his cove so he got the H-LL our of their.  

Here are a few photos from the CAST Tournament:







Alice and Luther Lentz prove again why they are the 2007 Anglers of the year as they ran away with the tournament on Choke Canyon last Saturday, May 17, 2008.   They beat out a field of 8 other teams with a limit of bass weighing 24.65 pounds.   Within this limit was a bass weighing 9.84 pounds, which took Men's big Bass honors, and another bass weighing in excess of 7 pounds.   This 9.84 pound bass is Luther's personal best fishing in a tournament.  Congratulations Luther.  Second place went to Brenda and Cliff and third place was taken by Josie and Allen Logan. All nine teams weighed in a  limit of bass.  With the exception of the Lentz most of the team weights were between 12 to 14 pounds.   Lesli Clark took Women's big bass with a bass weighing 4.20 pounds.  Congratulations Lesli.  More details on Tournament Page.

9 teams weighed in a limit of bass (45 total) for a total weight of 124.86 pounds which gave us an average of 2.77 pounds per bass for the tournament.  We probably set several records but the one that stands out most is that all 9 teams weighed in a limit.

Needless to say,  Luther and Alice leaped into first place for 2008 Anglers of the year.  They are  now 12 points ahead of the second place team and will be very difficult to catch..  However, Brenda and Cliff are not to be denied as they gained 15 points which puts them only 3 points behind second place and are very much in the race.  

Overall the tournament was fun for all with a few exceptions.  Logans had troll motor battery problem and blew out a trailer tire on the way home.   Lentzs' were having problems with their cranking battery.  The Pederzanis and Davis" ran through some new road construction  on the way home and are still trying to get the tar off their boats, trailers and automobiles.  All in all I think we had an excellent tournament.

We would like to thank our guest, Janna and Donnie McDonald along with Tina and Tony Allen  for sharing their fishing experience with us as they also had limits of bass.  Hope to see them at our next meeting.

Tina and Tony Allen

Janna and Donnie McDonald

Oh, and here is an uninvited guest.
I don't know if you can see this alligator but I wasn't going to get any closer so it will have to do.  I was a little nervous but was O.K. as long as I could see him.  As a precaution I sprinkled a little Garlic Dye on Gail and made her wear a red shirt.  I didn't want to take any chances just in case he decided to attack the boat.  Fortunately (especially for Gail)  he continued across the cove and showed no interest in us.

EVERYONE HAS A LIMIT:



A few additional photos for you to enjoy.

I apologize for some of the photos as I must of had some dirt on the lens.  I'll make sure it is clean the next time.

Oh, by the way Luther, It is O.K. to be proud of your personal best big bass but this is the first time I have ever seen anyone using a model to photograph their trophy!!!!!!  Congratulations again.

See you all at the next meeting/tournament

lgp






Robert Brown fishing with Kevin Pederzani finished in 24th place at last Saturdays Bass Champs tournament held on Lake Belton.  They weighed in 5 bass for a total weight of 13.64 pounds and took home a check for $600.  Larry Pederzani and Allen Logan also weighed in a  limit of bass for 15.7 pounds and tied for seventh place netting them 1,075 dollars.  We (Larry and Allen) had a limit of fish by 7:30 a.m. with a 4 plus Large Mouth and a 3 Plus Smallie.  We had our second limit by 8:30 a.m. and were able to cull out a couple of the smaller bass.  Overall we caught over 18 keepers throughout the day.  

We really didn't expect to place in the money as there were 213 boats entered in the tournament and over 160 weighed in a limit of bass.  It just turned out to be a lucky day for both of us.  Oh yes, Allen caught a lot of bass on top water early in the morning and I threw my usual Tiki bait most of the day.  

We had a great day.






Brenda and Cliff Davis took 2nd place in the May CAST Tournament held on Lake Stillhouse last Saturday, May 3rd, 2008.  They weighed in a limit of bass that weighed over 14 pounds.  Alice and Luther Lentz took 3rd place with a limit weighing over 11 pounds.  They are all deserving a congratulations especially since the winds were in excess of 30 mph which made the fishing very difficult for most of us.  Brenda also took the Big Bass honors with a bass weighing over 4 pounds.  Congratulations to the winners.

Rosemarie and Pete Trevino also weighed in a limit of bass which was also a great accomplishment considering the adverse weather conditions.  Windy, windy, Windy,  Congratulations






Joe might be back but Gail never left!  Gail and Larry fished the Wednesday night HHJ (austinbassfishing.com) tournament on April 23.  Out of twenty teams who fished, Gail and Larry came in at 6th place with three fish weighing 11.16 pounds.  Gail had two of those fish with each weighing over 4 pounds!  Larry also advised me that they won the Monday night tournament at Bastrop last Monday largely due to Gails fish and she also helped put a limit in the boat at the Decker tournament last Thursday. All in all, Gail had a great week.  


Way to go Gail.

Marilyn


Davis' take first place on Stillhouse with 16.54 pounds.  They told  me they had started off a little slow as they only had two keepers by 10:00 am.  They left their favorite spot to see if they could find fish elsewhere.  However when they returned to this favorite spot later in the day they filled the boat with quality bass including a 5.54 pounder that gave Brenda Women's Big Bass.  Congratulations to Brenda and Cliff on their first place finish.

We had a good turn out for the tournament with 11 boats participating. They were Team Davis, Team Pederzani, Team Lentz Team Baker/Call, Team Summers, Team Trevino, Team Brown/Clark, Team
Connell, Schrempp, Team Tyree/Hannel, and our newest members to the club Jason and Candee Baris.  Everyone weighed in fish except for Jason and Candee as they had to leave early due to an emergency.  They did have four keepers as Gail and I watched them catch at least three of them with one of them looking like a 3+ pounder.  While the Davis" dominated the tournament, the Pederzanis came in second with 16.05 pounds and third place went to Alice and Luther Lentz with 14.08 pounds.  Congratulations.

I have always felt that if you stick a fish with a hook and he gets away you will not be able to catch him again that day.  I think Luther has proven this to be a myth.  He was fishing a point on the dam with a Shakyhead using 8 lb line and got a heavy bite.  He told Alice to get the net because he thought he had a 10 pounder.  He was very disappointed as the fish broke his line.  He had moved away from this particular spot only to return later in the day.  Again he got a heavy bite only this time he was able to put the fish  in the boat and it turned out to be a 4 pounder.  I know you are already ahead of me and you are right.  This fish not only had one but two Shakyhead hooks in it's mouth in addition to the one Luther caught it with.  So much for a myth.

All in all I thought it was a very nice tournament with a lot of quality fish weighed in.  Baker/Call  had 13.38 , Connells with 10.58 , Brown/Clark with 9.06 and Schrempps with 8.95 pounds.  There were also some very nice individual bass weighed in like Joe with 4.26, Allen with 3.79, Tim with 3.48. Tina with 2.89 and Vicki with 2.15 pounds.  Congratulations to all.

Following are a few pictures provided by Pete as he was working out his new camera he received for his birthday.  Thanks Pete.


Enjoy,lgp







Look out everyone.  Joe is back in the grove.  Son and I fished against Joe in the Saturday big Bass Tourny on Lake Austin today, April 5, 2008.  Not only did he win big Bass with 6+ pounds he also had a limit that would go over 15 pounds.  I don't know how he did this as the rest of us struggled to get any fish at all.  Son and I only had three that wouuld go between 1.5 and 2 pounds. Joe fished alone and kicked our you know what. Congratulaltions to Joe.  Good job.
















                                Wind SW/NNw                                Wind E

Nevertheless the women out fished the men when it came to big bass.  The following pictures speak for themselves:
Congratulations ladies

OTHER NOTABLE EVENTS OF THE WEEK

While Gail and I were fishing in Sandy Creek the first day of the tournament a boat from the CBI Tournament approached us and asked if we were with the Couples tournament.  When we said yes they asked us to pass on their thanks and appreciation to the couple that towed them in the previous day as their boat was broke down. That couple turned out to be Brenda and Cliff.  It appears they also towed in another boat earlier in the week.  Anyway, Tommy King and Kenneth Ayala send their thanks to Brenda and Cliff.

The highlight of the week had to be at the dinner Saturday night when Robert Brown officially announced his proposal to Lesli Clark.  It was an exciting evening for the entire club.  Robert claimed he caught her and Lesli claimed she caught him.  Guess it doesn't really  matter as they both claimed to have KEEPERS. We also got to celebrate Lesli's birthday as Allen and Glenda Surprised her with a birthday cake.   Congratulations to both of you.  

Robert Brown and Kevin Pederzani fished in the BassChamps Tournament held on Belton last Saturday, March 1st.  255 boats participated in this tournament  Robert and Kevin weighed in five bass weighing 12.78 pounds.  They were a  little short of the money as the cut off was in the lows 13s.  However, Robert caught one of the largest Smallmouth bass that I had ever seen.  It weighed 5.36 pounds.  It sure was pretty.  Congratulations to Robert and Kevin.

lgp

Windy - Windy - Windy is the best way to describe the fishing conditions for our February 17th Tournament on Lake Belton.  While this may have made fishing difficult for most of us it didn't appear to slow down the Lentzs or the Trevinos as they both weighed in a limit of fish.  The Lentzs finished in first place while the Trevinos came in second.  The Pederzanis snuck into third with only 4 fish.  Luther had Men's Big Bass with 3.20 pounds while Vicki Schrempp took Womens big Bass honors with 1.81 pounds.  Details and pictures are posted on the Tournament Results page.

Alice and Luther Lentz proved yet  again why they are the Mr. and Mrs Bass Club  2007 ANGLERS OF THE YEAR as they took 1st place honors in the first CAST Capitol Region Tournament  held on Lake Travis last Saturday, January 26,  2008.  The 2 hour delay due to heavy fog did not deter them as they weighed in 5 bass weighing over 10 lbs to take first place in their first ever CAST Tournament.  There was a total of 11 teams participating in the tournament.  The other Mr. and Mrs Bass Club members participating in this tournament were Larry & Gail Pederzani, Brenda & Cliff Davis, Glenda & Allen Summers, and Rosemarie & Pete Trevino.  

Our thanks to  the Tournament Directors Vickie and Floyd Lesiker as the tournament was well organized and managed.  We will see you at the next tournament.

Congratulations are extended to Alice and Luther on another outstanding performance.

Allen and Glenda Summers start the new year off with a first place finish on Lake Travis.  Allen told us they had 10 keepers in the boat by 7:30 am.  This is phenomenal as the tournament didn't start until 7:00 am.  Glenda also captured Women's Big Bass, in fact it was big bass of the tournament. Congratulations to Allen and Glenda. In the mean time the rest of us struggled to get any keepers at all by the end of the day as the wind made fishing very difficult after 10:00 am.  Some of us hid in  coves the entire day just to stay out of the wind.  

Eleven teams participated in the tournament.  They were Baker/Call, Connell, Davis, Gold, Lentz, Logan, Pederzani, Schrempp, Summers, Trevino, and Tyree/Hannel.  The only team missing was Brown/Clark as Robert had a Tuff Man Tournament on Lake Stillhouse.  He finished 19th and took home $200.  Congratulations Robert.  

The fishing was kind of tough on Lake Travis as the wind made it difficult to fish some of our favorite places.  However, six teams did weigh in  limits of bass.  Pete Trevino took Men's Big Bass honors with a bass he caught in 50 feet of water.

Our New Tournament Director, Luther Lentz, did a great job weighing in the fish at the end of the tournament.  I especially liked him having the teams verify their weight on the scales.  The weigh-in was quick and efficient.  Thanks Luther.

Lets get back to the party.  Again we can't thank Joe and Marilyn enough for the great party at the UT Club.  Joe, please pass on a big thank you to your staff for an outstanding meal with great service.  Especially to the bartender that kept coffee in front of me the entire evening.  I greatly appreciate everything.  Following are a few photos provided by Marilyn, Brenda and myself for you to enjoy.

I guess we can close this out by saying that it has been a fun but somewhat stressful year of fishing for most of us.  We all seem to have our good days and our bad days except for Luther and Alice.  However these final photos best depict the level of stress Bass Fishermen go through.

Have a good year.
lgp