Austin Christian Bass Club

Night time tournaments are in!  Check out the results of last month’s night tournament on Lake LBJ……………………….

Tournament Results:

Only 8 teams fished Lake LBJ in July but the night time tournament produced some big stringers of fish.  Underwater lights in deeper water seemed to produce the most fish.  Mike Wiles and Stan Evans won the tournament with 10 fish weighing 38.04 pounds.  Mike also caught the biggest bass of the tournament; a 7.0 pound fish he caught at a underwater light.  Stan had the biggest 5 fish stringer weighing 20.02 pounds.  Carlton Yarbrough and Tom Clark came in second place with 30.54 pounds.  Only two places will be recognized since there were less than 10 teams participating in the tournament.

Top Ten Standings:

Vince Martin- 96.60 pounds                                    Tom Clark- 77.72 pounds
Mike Wiles- 95.04 pounds                                        Al Lykins- 73.27 pounds
Jim Pollard- 87.86 pounds                                        David McClung- 66.02 pounds
Carlton Yarbrough- 81.17 pounds                         Gib Hoffman- 65.97 pounds
Harold Barnett- 80.05 pounds                                Mitch Shelton- 63.81 pounds
Mike Wiles currently leads the race for Big Bass of the 3rd Quarter with his 7.0 pound bass caught during the July tournament at Lake LBJ.

August Meeting and Tournament:

Our August meeting will be next Thursday, August 13th, at 7:00pm.  Our August tournament will be Saturday, August 15, 2009.  Jim Pollard and George Reswik have volunteered to bring refreshments to the next meeting.

Club News:

Raffle for Jim Behnken- Jim’s friends have organized a raffle designed to pay the medical expenses Jim owes as a result of his wife’s battle with cancer.  Raffle tickets are $10 each or 12 for $100.  Prizes include a trophy deer hunting trip, guided fishing trips on Lake Fork, Falcon Reservoir, Choke Canyon, and Lake Amistad.  There are over 20 fantastic prizes that have been donated by fellow fishermen/friends of Jim Behnken.  The drawing will occur on October 31st.  The club will consolidate the raffle ticket purchases by club members desiring to support this project.  The consolidated funds will be sent to the organizers after the September club meeting.

Travel Tournament- It’s time to start planning for the travel tournament that we have each fall.  Where would you like to go fishing for a catch of a lifetime?  When is the best time?  Think about this during the next few days because we will be trying to pick a place and time for our fall travel tournament at our upcoming meeting.  If you can not attend this month’s meeting, send me an email of your preferences and I will share them with other club members at the meeting.

Fishing Report:

It’s hard to even find a fishing report at this time of the year, much less a good one!  Mike Wiles and I fished Lady Bird Lake one evening last week.  We each caught 2 slot fish that were between 1.5 and 2 pounds.  Mike had a fish break his drop shot line at the boat.  It was probably the biggest fish of the night, but we didn’t really get a good look at the fish.  We fished for about 4 hours and the shallower shoreline seemed to hold fish due to the shallow grass that was present.  Don’t forget to purchase your new fishing license because the new license year begins September 1st.  See you at the meeting this Thursday.