Congratulations Todd Faircloth on your 3rd Place Finish in the Bassmaster Classic

We here at Allman Company wanted to say Congratulations to Todd for his great showing at this years Bassmaster Classic on Lay Lake in Alabama.  Here on Sam Rayburn, Todd dominated the field when he was fishing more local and region tournaments and we are glad to see him having such great success on a National Level.    Best wishes to you and your family!

Rambo & Clark top the field to win over $15,000

Bass-N-Bucks
Bass N Bucks sees three sacks over 20 lbs on Sam Rayburn

by Patty Lenderman (Lakecaster)  The full story can be found on www.Fishingworld.com

Fishing is still tough but it’s getting better! Bass N Bucks East Texas series anglers discovered better quality bass than has been seen in quite a while on Sam Rayburn February 13. Three sacks over 20 pounds were weighed in, with Cory Rambo and Rusty Clark coming out on top by a nose.

Snow one day, sunshine the next. For the second time this year, East Texas saw snow Friday morning before the tournament. By Saturday morning, the weather had made a change, starting in the 30’s with not a breath of wind. Overcast skies gave way to blue bird conditions by 11am and a gentle breeze, rippling the water.

Among the first to weigh in was Chris Fontenot and Jaret Latta, having the first five bass limit to come in with 21.22 lbs. Several other teams came through with weights in the teens, leaving them in lead position until Cory Rambo and Rusty Clark crossed the scales. They had one shy of a limit, but their weight nudged ahead of Fontenot & Latta by ounces, having 21.49 lbs! They also took over Big Bass for a while with their 7.68 lb kicker.

Big Bass honors was taken from them when Chad Cole and John Lafitte brought in their sack that included an 8.22 lb sow.

Stephen Johnston, fishing by himself in this event challenged the leaders with his limit weighing 20.14 lbs marking the third and last sack over 20 lbs to come in.

When it was all said and done, Rusty Clark told the winning teams’ tale. “Mostly we fished main lake drains 12’-16’ deep with Carolina rigs. We had three spots picked out and just ran a milk run, hitting each of them two or three times.” It was a slow bite, the team only had three fish in the boat by 10am. “We caught our biggest bass around noon, and after that Cory broke off on our fifth fish using a football head jig. We felt like it was a pretty good one.” As it turned out, they didn’t need that fifth fish to win. Bass N Bucks presented the team with the guaranteed 1st place purse of $15,000. Ranger Boats is the premier boat sponsor in Bass N Bucks team trails, and offers a Ranger Cup bonus for the highest finishing qualified Ranger boat owner. Cory Rambo won the $2,500 bonus in addition to their 1st place winnings. They would like to thank Texas Marine, Castaway rods and Golden Triangle Equipment Rental for their support.

Chris Fontenot and Jaret Latta took front row seats in the crowd with their fingers crossed after weighing in their 21.22 lb limit. They were bumped to a 2nd place win. “All of our fish were in deep water”, they explained. Having three spots picked out, they stuck to their plan all day using a drop shot with a straight tail worm. “It was tough - and cold! Our fish were in water 25’-30’ deep, at bare main lake ledges, and bit well until the sun came out around 11:00. Then they just shut down.” They were able to cull up twice before days end. Their sponsors include Terry’s Marine, Ranger Boats and Shock Wave Rods.

Stephen Johnston took on the field by himself and won 3rd place. “I sure could have used the kid today!” He was referring to his son and partner Danny Iles. “Danny is fishing another college event today. I’m real proud of him, he’s doing well.” His plan was just to try for bites. “I started out in 15’-18’ of water with a football head jig. I got a limit, but it probably only weighed about 10 pounds.” He decided to head north to another area using a Sebile Koolie minnow. “I caught three bigger ones on it, 4, 5 and 6 pounds. When the sun came out they quit. I didn’t catch another fish after 11:00.” Johnston is sponsored by Ranger, Mercury, Sebile, Foster Fence, Humminbird, MinnKota, Power Tackle, Costa, Grade Bass, Navionics, Falcon Lures and Gamakatsu.

While everyone else seemed to be putting their efforts into deeper water, Chad Cole and John Lafitte went shallow. “We tried fishing deep, and caught a lot of short fish. Something just told me to move up,” Chad recalled. Heading to shallow water, 1 _’ deep, he caught the 8.22 lb’r on a spinnerbait. “Muddy water was the real key.” Unlike others, their better fish did not turn on until after 12:00. The team won Big Bass honors and 6th place overall.

 

 

 (1st) Rusty Clark and Cory Rambo hold up their entire four fish creel weighing 21.49 lbs, winning 1st place by ounces and over $15,000

(2nd) Holding the lead for a short while, Chris Fontenot & Jaret Latta won 2nd place with 21.22 lbs. Their five fish limit included a 7.13 lb kicker

(3rd) Stephen Johnston missed his regular partner Danny Iles, taking on the field alone to win 3rd place


(BB) - Chad Cole holds up the 8.22 lb bass winning Big Bass honors for he and partner John Lafitte as well as one other nice catch

Top Teams:

1st	$15,000	21.49 lbs	Cory Rambo & Rusty Clark
2nd	$2,000	21.22 lbs	Chris Fontenot & Jaret Latta
3rd	$1,000	20.14 lbs	Stephen Johnston (& Danny Iles)
4th	$1,000	15.63 lbs	Tyler Bearden & Tommy Dickerson
5th	$1,000	15.35 lbs	Chris Harvey & Sammy Atchison
6th	$ 800	14.52 lbs	Chad Cole & John Lafitte
7th	$ 800	14.47 lbs	Marc Woolems & Butch Hollis
8th	$ 800	14.03 lbs	Brandon Crouch & Glenn Thibodeaux
9th	$ 600	13.95 lbs	Gary Miettinen & Alan Miettinen
10th	$ 600	13.34 lbs	Mike Atchley & Paul Shirley
…and last in the money…
17th	$500	12.71 lbs	Yarri & Wendy Schreibvogel

Big Bass

$1,000

8.22 lbs

John Lafitte & Chad Cole

Bonus Cash winners:

Ranger Cup	$2,500	Cory Rambo
Cabela’s	$ 250	Mike Atchley

Lake Sam Rayburn Fishing Report

Reel um N Guide Service

Owner

Lynn Atkinson

 

Water Temp.50

Normal pool 164.40

Water Clarity 2 feet

02-07-10

Sam Rayburn has continued to come up this week to 162.77. The water has started to get really stained.  They are pulling lots of water and what the rivers are bringing in lots of muddy water.

We have had lots more rain this week and the water hasn’t warmed up at all. Even with all that we have seen a little more bait moving into the mouth of some of the pockets.  That is always a good sign. We were happy to see some bait had sneaked into a few of the pockets and drains. The trap bite has still been slow but we found a few fish that have moved into a pocket or two. These fish seem to be hanging tight to the grass and getting them to bite has been the biggest problem. It takes a lot of patience and fishing very slowly to get them to bite. 

Senko’s and wacky worm are just a few ways to work this area.  You can also try the old stick baits but you need to experiment with the retrieval and see what works the best. Some of the fish that have been caught shallow have been pretty nice. There is always the chance of catching a trophy as they move up to spawn. Don’t look for a lot of bites, just look for that one bump that could be your trophy. If things keep going this way we should look for a big surge of fish to 

move up to spawn when things warm up just a little.   There are still 

some fish that have been holding on the deeper ledges in 25 to 30 ft 

of water.   A Carolina rig worked over these ledges and drops have 

been catching a few fish. It seems that small baits worked slowly over the places has been the best way to get them to bite.

 

 

Remember the Sharelunker Program entries started on October 1 and run thru April 30th. If you haven’t heard, it encourages anglers who catch a 13 - pound- plus largemouth bass to lend or donate it to the TPWD for spawning purposes. There are some great benefits doing this and one of them is that the angler receives a fiberglass replica of the bass. There is a 24- hour pager at 1-888-784-0600 Check out the Program rules at their site along with the Benefits. 

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/visitorcenters/tffc/sharelunker/

 

Crappie; The Crappie are still slow because of all the rain and fresh water we have had in the last few weeks.  Between the fronts and generally strange weather we have had there are usually a few days that the wind will die down.  That is the perfect time to enjoy the natural beauty of our lake.

  The new pontoon has plenty of room for everyone so get your group booked for a spring crappie trip.

 

God Bless

Lynn Atkinson

srayburn@rayburncountry.com

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Rusty Clark & Cory Rambo WIN!!

1st - 19.10 lbs - Cory Rambo & Rusty Clark.      

Rayburn Big Bass - Kevin Wolford.

Feb. 08, 2010 - Brookeland, TX)… Anglers Quest 2010 Sam Rayburn Saturday Series #2 out of Mill Creek Park in Brookeland, TX began this event with 92 teamed anglers showing up to fish for the $6205.00 purse. This event was started after the playing of the National Anthem at 6:45 am. The weigh in time was conducted at 3:15 pm. This Rayburn Saturday Series after all 9 events will provide the Team Anglers of the year with free entries to all 2011 Rayburn Saturday Series events. The teams entering all 9 Rayburn Saturday series events will automatically qualify for the 2-day “Tournament of Champions” championship on November 13-14 on Lake Palestine. A special highest point Top 10 group of teams will qualify to go to the “Tournament of Champions” with a minimum of 6 events entered. Anglers Quest “Tournament of Champions” will Guarantee $35,000.00 to 1st-2nd & 3rd places.

Sam Rayburn water was in good shape and about 1 3/4 feet below normal pool level with water temps ranning 50-51 degrees. The weather at takeoff was a calm 52 degrees with a warming to 63 degrees by weigh in time. The fish catching was not good on Big Sam today as there were only 4 limits brought to the scales, for a total of 66 bass at 162.22 lbs making the average bass brought to the scales today weigh 2.45 lb.

The team of Rusty Clark from Sam Rayburn & Cory Rambo from Orange, Tx ran their Skeeter/Yamaha bass rig to a mid main lake areas to catch their bass using their Castaway Rods. They managed to catch 5 keepers to finish in 1st place with 19.10 lbs and made them $2000.00 for their day on the water. They also wanted to thank their sponsors Castaway & Golden Triangle Industries for their support.

The team of Greg Crawford from & Jesse Johnson from Huffman, Tx ran Greg’s BassCat/Mercury bass rig to the south lake areas to finish in 2nd with their best 5 bass, caught on rattletraps around the grass that tipped the scales at 12.66 lbs. They had a limit in the boat by 10 am and then culled 2 more times throughout the day. Their day on the lake payed back $1000.00 for their efforts.

Chris McCall from Jasper & Pete Shivers from Kirbyville ran their bass rig to mid main lake on a milk ran to various places throughout the day to finish in 3rd place with a total of 5 bass at 11.96 lbs fishing with rattletraps around scattered grass. They took home $800.00 for their day on the water. They would like to Thank their sponsors, American Rodsmiths & Santone Lures for their support.

The Tiremax team of Ricky Guy & Larry Cotten ran Ricky’s BassCat/Yamaha bass rig to mid lake areas to probe the grass with traps and bring in 5 bass at 10.51 lbs to garner 4th place and collect $600.00.

Bubba Frazier & George Kimball brought 3 bass to the scales that weighed 10.01 lbs to garner 5th place and take home $425.00.

The last money at $160.00 and 9th place was gathered up by Kevin Wolford & Guy Peco with 2 bass at 7.37 lbs caught throwing senkos in 15 ft water with grass. One of their bass was the Big Bass of the event at 5.91 lbs and made them an additional $200.00. The entire results from this and all A/Q events put on by Anglers Quest can be viewed at the anglers-quest website.

Bill Burns Wins! 2 in a row!

It is always nice to see a client of Allman Company on top!  Congrats Bill.

Ind Rayburn - 1st - 9.38 lbs - Bill Burns.
(Feb. 08, 2010 - Brookeland, TX)… Anglers Quest 2010 Sam Rayburn Individual Series #2 out of Mill Creek Park in Brookeland, TX began this event with 5 anglers showing up to fish for the $675.00 purse. This 2nd event of 2010 was started after the playing of the National Anthem at 6:45 am. The weigh in time was conducted at 3:15 pm. This Rayburn Individual Series after all 9 events will provide the Angler of the year with free entries to all 2011 Rayburn Individual Series events. The anglers entering all 9 Rayburn Individual series events will automatically qualify for the 2-day “Tournament of Champions” championship on November 13-14 on Lake Palestine. A special highest point Top 10 group of anglers will qualify to go to the “Tournament of Champions” with a minimum of 6 events entered. Anglers Quest “Tournament of Champions” will Guarantee $35,000.00 to 1st-2nd & 3rd places.

Sam Rayburn water was in good shape and about 1 3/4 feet below normal pool level with water temps ranning 50-51 degrees. The weather at takeoff was a calm 32 degrees with a warming to 55 degrees by weigh in time. The fish catching continues to be slow on Big Sam today as there was only 1 limit brought to the scales, for a total of 12 bass at 25.57 lbs making the average bass brought to the scales today weigh 2.13 lb.

Bill Burns from Brookeland, Tx ran his bass rig to black forest lake points around grass to catch his bass jerking 1 oz jigging spoons in 35 ft of water. He only managed to catch 5 keepers to finish in 1st place with 9.38 lbs and made him $600.00 for his day on the water.

Gary Miettinen from Channelview, Tx ran his Ranger bass rig to south lake areas to finish in 2nd with his best 3 bass, caught on drop shot worms in 30 ft water around humps & ridges that tipped the scales at 8.61 lbs. Gary had the big bass of the event, a fine 4.98 lber. He took home the Santone Lures & ZZ Lures Gift Certificates for his day on the water and $50.00 for the Big Bass.

The entire results from this and all A/Q events put on by Anglers Quest can be viewed at the anglers-quest website.

A/Q would like to give a special thanks to our sponsors who offer the Incentive Bonus dollars for our anglers in the Anglers Quest Tournament Trail, Tiremax, Bass Guard Culling Systems, Bowden Marine, Santone Lures, ZZ Custom Lures, PAA Payday and the 2X Stratos Bonus. Please read the qualifications for these great incentives on our Anglers Quest website.

Anglers Quest will be at Kickapoo Bait & Tackle on Lake Livingston on Saturday, February 13th & 14th for the 2nd of 9 Lake Livingston Saturday & 8 Individual Series events. On January 20th & 21st Anglers Quest will be at Lake Houston Marina on Lake Houston for the 2nd of 9 Houston Saturday & Individual Series events. Anglers Quest is now accepting Credit Cards. Call Mr Bill or Barbara Long at 281-852-8842 for any information or entry. 2010 schedules & results for all Anglers Quest series events are now available online at the anglers-quest website.

Anglers Quest suggest the use of these sponsors products & services: American Rodsmiths, Antex Roofing, Automated Mailing Solutions, Bass Guard Culling Systems, Big State Fabrication, Bowden Marine Sales & Service, Custom Built Awards, Check-It Stik, City of Jasper, Tx-Chamber, Don McGill Toyota of Katy, Double ZZ Custom Lures, El Dorado Jacks, Executive Security Integrators, FishingWorld, Gullo Yamaha Motorsports, Kickapoo Bait & Tackle, Lake Houston Marina, Lake Livingston Area Tourism Council, Lake Palestine Area Chamber/Tourism, Lone Star Buffet, Mill Creek Grocery, MSD Building Corporation, Rayburn Country Resort, Royal Purple Synthetic Oil, Santone Lures, Stratos 2X Bonus, StyleTile, Sign Designs Now, Superior Paint Works Inc., The Stump Restaurant & Club, TIREMAX of North America, Vincent Turf Farms

God Bless & Good Fishing to All…
Anglers Quest, Mr Bill & Barbara Long

(Full Story found on FishingWorld.com)

Bob And Yoli Narron Battle “Tough Sam” For The Win On Lake Sam Rayburn !

(Feb. 08, 2010 - Lake Sam Rayburn TX)… Cassell-Boykin Park on beautiful Lake Sam Rayburn was the host for the February 6th 2010 C.A.S.T. Southeast opening tournament of the season. C.A.S.T. Southeast was greeted with very cool temperatures, 20mph winds, partial overcast then blue bird skies. There were 42 teams that fished the event.  by John and Jennifer Anderson

Bob and Yoli Narron of Hemphill, Texas came to the scales with the WINNING three fish stringer weighing in at 11.62 pounds. Bob and Yoli targeted the south end of the lake. This team utilized Texas Rigged baby brushhogs in watermelon candy colors to coax their fish to bite. Bob and Yoli were fishing in 2 - 3ft. of water. Yoli commented that it was just too cold to fish but they kept at it for the WIN!! Congratulations to this team on their WIN!!

Second place goes to new C.A.S.T. Southeast team members Hau Nguyen and Dusty Rowland of Minden, Louisiana. Hau and Dusty had a three fish stringer that tipped the scales at 9.61 pounds. Hau and Dusty ran their Skeeter Boat powered by a Yamaha outboard south of the 147 bridge to start their day. Hau and Dusty used spinnerbaits and chatterbaits in off color water to catch their three fish. Congratulations go out to this team on their second place finish.

Third place also goes to new C.A.S.T. Southeast team members Clay Legg and Norma Cooper of Lufkin, Texas. This was the only team to bring a five fish limit to the scales weighing in at 8.48 pounds. Clay and Norma fished mid-lake creek channel bends with grass lines in 2 to 4ft. of water. They were pitching soft plastics. Clay and Norma would like to give more details but have a few more tournaments coming up. A job well done goes out to this team on their third place finish.

E2baits Big Bass Award goes to the third place team of Bob and Yoli Narron. Bob and Yoli Narron brought a healthy female that weighed in at 5.66 pounds. Congratulations on their BIG BASS catch!!!

Current TOP SIX standings are as follows:

1. Bob and Yoli Narron
2. Hau Nguyen and Dusty Rowland
3. Clay Legg and Norma Cooper
4. Mike and Kelly Gaubatz
5. Larry and Joyce Coleman
6. Johnny and Jolyne George

 

 

Bob and Yoli Narron of Hemphill, Texas capture win on Lake Sam Rayburn.

 Big Bass - Yoli Narron

C.A.S.T. Southeast would like to thank all of our past members for showing up to fish with us and extend a warm welcome to the following new members of C.A.S.T. Southeast: Hau Nguyen and Dusty Rowland, Clay Legg and Norma Cooper, Kevin Mason and Tacha Velasques, David and Molly Atwell, Ernie Provasek and Tommy Domingue, Sharon Stone, Shelby Reed, Mark and Amanda Finch, Sharon Withers, Josh and April Gunter, Daniel and Kathy Christopher, Donald and Mona Manning, Johnny Clawson and Dalene Felder, Karl Kellar and Melody Kellar, Richard and Marinna Carpenter, and Becky Ware. Thank you again for joining C.A.S.T. Southeast and we welcome you to the C.A.S.T. family.

Lamar University Wins College Fishing Texas Division On Sam Rayburn Reservoir

(Feb. 07, 2010 - Jasper, TX)… WHAT: Justin Royal of Vidor, Texas, and Troy Luce of Beaumont, Texas, from Lamar University caught two bass weighing 8 pounds, 7 ounces Saturday to win $10,000* in the National Guard FLW College Texas Division tournament on . Sam Rayburn Reservoir

WHO: The remaining top 10 teams included:

2nd:	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Jacob Heath and Kennedy Schwartzburgboth of Corpus Christi, Texas	three bass	8-6	$5,000*
3rd:	Tarleton State University	Derek Doyle of Stephenville, Texas, and Seth Peugh of Grandview, Texas	two bass	8-3	$4,000*
4th:	University of North Texas	Zach Sears of Corinth, Texas, and Brandon Dickenson of Flower Mound, Texas	three bass	7-7	$3,000*
5th:	LSU-Shreveport	Zach Caudle and Joe Landry, both of Shreveport, La.	one bass	7-1	$2,000*
6th:	Texas A&M	Paul Manley of Orange, Texas, and Andrew Shafer of Bryan, Texas	two bass	6-2
7th:	Angelo State	Josh Seale and Austin Adcock of Leander, Texas	two bass	3-13
8th:	Oklahoma State University	Nathan Gonsoulin of Blanchard, Okla., and Tripp Elliott of Stillwater, Okla.	two bass	3-13
9th:	LSU	Travis Laurent of Gonzales, La., and T.J. Goodwyn of Center, Texas	two bass	3-2
10th:	Texas A&M	Kyle Bates of Missouri City, Texas, and David Doonan of Caldwell, Texas	two bass	2-12

A complete list of results can be found at: collegefishing website/tournament.
* All prize money is evenly split between the school and Lamar University’s bass fishing club.

NOTES: Schools competing in this week’s tournament included: Angelo State, Baylor University, Lamar University, Louisiana Tech University, LSU, LSU-Shreveport, Northeastern State, Oklahoma State University, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana University, Stephen F. Austin, Tarleton State Texas, Texas A&M, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas A&M-Galveston, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Texas State University, University of Louisiana, University of North Texas, University of Oklahoma and University of Texas.

The next National Guard FLW College Texas Division tournament is scheduled for Feb. 13 at Cross Lake in Shreveport, La.

The top five teams from each tournament will qualify for a Regional Championship where the first-place team wins $25,000 cash for the school and a Ranger 177TR bass boat for the fishing club. The top five teams from each Regional will then advance to the National Championship where the first-place team wins $50,000 for their school and $25,000 cash and a Ranger 177TR bass boat for their fishing club. (Full story can be found on FLWOutdoors.com or fishingworld.com )

Woods Wins American Fishing Series Event On Sam Rayburn Reservoir

Feb. 07, 2010 - Jasper, TX)… Pro Cody Woods of Jacksonville, Texas, caught three bass weighing 5 pounds, 10 ounces Saturday to win the FLW American Fishing Series Texas Division tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir with a three-day total of 13 bass weighing 32 pounds, 10 ounces. For his victory, Woods earned $24,680.

“It was slow today,” Woods said. “The sun came out and I didn’t want that to happen because it turned my bite off that I had going during the tournament. I knew where there were a few fish staging and I just happened to get lucky and catch three of them.

“I was so nervous (Friday) night just (to make the cut) that I poured a whole gallon of oil in my gas tank of my boat thinking it was my oil dispenser,” Woods added. “I’ve never won anything like this before.”

During the first two days of the tournament Woods used a floating Smithwick Rogue in three feet of water to catch his fish. On Saturday he switched to a red Rat-L-Trap with red hooks and managed to catch the winning three fish. Woods paired his Rat-L-Trap with braided line and threw it over grass in eight feet of water.

“With the braided line I can feel whether I hit grass or I have a bite,” Woods said. “I can feel it when I rip out of it.”

Rounding out the top five pros were:

2nd:	Randy Cisler	Mesquite, Texas	8 bass	31-0	$8,391
3rd:	Charles Bebber	Willis, Texas	12 bass	30-3	$5,923
4th:	Tommy Martin	Hemphill, Texas	15 bass	30-1	$4,936
5th:	Team Chevy pro Larry Nixon	Bee Branch, Ark.	11 bass	29-11	$4,442

Cisler caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the Pro Division Friday - a 10-pound, 8-ounce bass - that earned him the day’s Big Bass award of $294.

Keith Honeycutt of Temple, Texas, won the Co-angler Division and $9,882 cash, with a three-day total of 13 bass weighing 24 pounds, 6 ounces.

Honeycutt caught three bass weighing 4-11 Thursday while fishing with pro David Mullins of Coppell, Texas, to open the tournament in 24th place. On Friday he added five more bass weighing 10-14 to make the top-10 cut in second place while fishing with pro Timothy Griffin of Zapata, Texas. Finally, on Saturday, he sealed the win with five bass weighing 8-13 while fishing with Cisler.

Rounding out the top five co-anglers were:

2nd:	Bo Standley	Silsbee, Texas	five bass	20-0	$3,953
3rd:	Sonny Kopech	Troup, Texas	10 bass	19-14	$1,976
4th:	Kenneth Pellerin	Pasadena, Texas	10 bass	19-7	$1,729
5th:	Danny Cherry	Kountze, Texas	10 bass	19-6	$1,482

Standley caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the Co-angler Division Thursday - a 10-pound, 3-ounce bass - that earned him the day’s Big Bass award of $196.

Low Weights On Day One Leaves the Door Wide Open to Make The Cut

 

Day One Leader Board.  Low weights leaves everyone in the hunt!

Pl.	First Name | Last Name	City / State	Day 1		Day 2		Day 1&2
			Fish	lbs-oz	Fish	lbs-oz	Fish	lbs-oz
1	CORY RAMBO	ORANGE, TX	5	16-02			5	16-02
2	TOMMY DURHAM	WHITNEY, TX	5	16-01			5	16-01
3	CODY WOODS	JACKSONVILLE, TX	5	15-11			5	15-11
4	MIKE MOODY	ALBA, TX	5	13-15			5	13-15
5	KEITH CAKA	HUNTSVILLE, TX	5	13-11			5	13-11
6	DILLON LEE	MOUNT PLEASANT, TX	3	13-10			3	13-10
7	COLE GARRETT	WINNFIELD, LA	5	13-06			5	13-06
8	NICK ABER	PIEDMONT, OK	5	12-12			5	12-12
9	BUZ CRAFT	VIDALIA, LA	4	12-03			4	12-03
10	RICKY D SCOTT	VAN BUREN, AR	4	12-00			4	12-00
11	DICKY NEWBERRY	HOUSTON, TX	5	11-15			5	11-15
12	CHRIS MCCALL	JASPER, TX	4	11-11			4	11-11
13	BERT THOMPSON	BENTON, LA	5	11-06			5	11-06
14	TOMMY DICKERSON	ORANGE, TX	3	11-05			3	11-05
14	TOMMY MARTIN	HEMPHILL, TX	5	11-05			5	11-05

FLW American Fishing Series Day 1 Early Bird Action

I ran up to catch the first 30 minutes of weigh-in.  The weather was cold and rainy all day and the fishermen looked like they were ready to get dry.  Fishing appeared to be tough looking at all the early sacks to weigh in.  13 LBS was leading when I left at 3:35 pm to get back to work.

Early guys on the boater side to come through who have reputations of being contentenders that weighed in while I was there were Dicky Newberry, Tommy Martin, Tommy Dickerson, Larry Nixon, Stephon Johnston, and Jeff Buchanan.  They all had between 3 to 5 fish with the biggest sack being around 11 lbs. 

Here are a few pictures, sorry for the blurriness, my Nikon did not want to focus today.

 

 

 

Dicky Newberry decided to go easy on everyone on day one.  I am sure he is waiting to catch 23 Lbs tomorrow.

Tommy showed off part of his sack.  It appears that he managed to forget his net and it cost him from having his limit.

Tommy Martin was one of the first few to weigh in but and took the lead however it probably would not hold long.

Jeff Buchannan shows off part of his catch.

Larry Nixon pitches his catch in his bag.

Both of these guys got to hit the stage, many were fishless.

Stephen Johnston said he was glad to have atleast 4 fish in his sack.

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