Austin Christian Bass Club

Praise God for the recent rains and the cooler weather.  Fall is almost here and several exciting events are coming up………

Tournament Results:

Our August night tournament on Lake LBJ resulted in some good stringers for a second month in a row.  Half of the eighteen members participating caught a limit of 5 fish.  Carlton Yarbrough and Stan Evans won first place with 10 fish weighing 27.28 pounds.  Second place went to Darryl Smith and Gary Burnham who caught a limit of fish weighing 25.78 pounds.  Carlton had the biggest 5 fish stringer weighing 17.39 pounds and he and Tom McVan tied for biggest bass of the tournament with a 21″ (5.0 pound) bass.

Top Ten Standings:

Mike Wiles- 109.12 pounds                               Al Lykins- 82.41 pounds
Vince Martin- 99.85 pounds                             Harold Barnett- 80.05 pounds
Carlton Yarbrough- 98.56 pounds                 Gib Hoffman- 76.05 pounds
Jim Pollard- 95.06 pounds                                Gary Burnham- 72.15 pounds
Tom Clark- 89.93 pounds                                  Art Cruser- 68.83 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.

September Meeting and Tournament:

Our September meeting will be next Thursday, September 17th, at 7:00pm.  The September tournament will be Saturday, September 19, 2009.  Roberto Ruiz and John Hasse have volunteered to bring refreshments to the next meeting.

Club News:

The upcoming meeting is your last chance to participate in the raffle that has been organized by friends of Jim Behnken to pay medical expenses owed as a result of Jim’s wife having cancer.  Raffle tickets are $10 each or 12 for $100.  Every raffle ticket is eligible for over 25 nice prizes and one fishing trip of your choice (20 trips available).  One guided fishing trip to Sugar Lake in Mexico with Speedy Collet or Jim Edwards guarantees a 10 pound bass.  The drawing will be on 10/31/09.

Don’t miss this month’s meeting if you want to fish in the October travel tournament at Choke Canyon Reservoir on 10/17/09.  We will be drawing partners for this tournament based upon members who can depart on Thursday before the tournament and members who can depart on Friday before the tournament.   If you can’t attend the meeting, please let Tom Clark, Tournament Director, or Darryl Smith know of your plans to participate and which day you can depart.

Since the club will not have a regular meeting in October, we will probably pick a date for the October garage sale at the upcoming meeting.

Fishing Reports:

I wish I had a good fishing report to share.  Hopefully, we will hear of someone’s success at the upcoming meeting on Thursday.  See you there!