Austin Christian Bass Club

Tournament Results:

Our September tournament was held on Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir and the fishing was pretty tough for most teams. Nineteen members participated and only 5 members caught a limit of fish.  Mike Wiles and Carl Kowalczyk won the tournament with 9 fish weighing 19.63 pounds.  Jon Cooper and Bill Bratton came in second place with 8 fish weighing 14.13 pounds.  Gib Hoffman and Gene Franz took third place with 8 fish weighing 13.76 pounds.  Mike Wiles had the biggest 5 fish stringer weighing 13.82 pounds.

Tournament Standings:

Mike Wiles- 102.74 pounds                                          Mitch Shelton- 76.16 pounds

Don Haluzan- 92.20 pounds                                         John Bobo- 74.82 pounds

Gene Franz- 88.87 pounds                                           Jim Pollard- 74.20 pounds

Steve Moore- 82.24 pounds                                        Steve Martinez- 73.26 pounds

Gib Hoffman- 79.77 pounds                                        Gary Burnham- 64.39 pounds

Gene Franz won Biggest Bass of the 3^rd Quarter with a 22” bass (5.75#) that he caught during the July tournament on Lake Austin.

October 2016 Meeting and Tournament:

Our October meeting will be on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 7:00pm at Pok-e-Jo’s Smokehouse on Parmer Lane. Our October tournament will be on Saturday, October 15, 2016.  Come early and enjoy some great BBQ and fellowship.

Club News:

Next month, we will not have a monthly club meeting due to the November travel tournament at Choke Canyon Reservoir.  It is not too late to go if you want to fish a great lake.  We currently have 11 teams planning to fish the travel tournament.  Our last club meeting will be December 1, 2016, and we will fish our last tournament of the year on December 3, 2016.

Proposed Change in the Club Bylaws:

Section II. Annual Awards of the bylaws states in II.4, The “Johnny Mayes Sportsmanship Award” will be presented at the annual banquet to the club member receiving the most votes cast in a secret ballot at the December meeting. It has been proposed by Steve Moore and supported by a show of hands during the September club meeting that this annual award be renamed the “Al Lykins Sportsmanship Award”.  Further discussion and voting will be conducted at the upcoming meeting.  Section II.5 states, The “Back Seater of the Year” award will be presented to the club member amassing the greatest poundage of fish in club tournaments as a “non-rigger” in that calendar year.”  It has also been proposed by Steve Moore and supported by a show of hands during the September club meeting that this annual award be renamed the “T.V. Minner Back Seater of the Year” award.  Further discussion and voting will be conducted at the upcoming club meeting to determine if these proposed changes to the bylaws will be made.