Well event # 2 for Fishers of Men Texas Central has come to an end. What a great weekend of fellowship and competition it was. Anglers and their families met Friday night at First Baptist Church of Granite Shoals for our pre-tournament activities. Pastor Jeff Garner gave a wonderful message regarding the bible and understanding the words written. The Crane family prepared a wonderful pulled pork BBQ meal with all the fixins, everyone enjoyed both the message and the meal. We followed that up with another great Texas Central Raffle with products from Pure Fishing, Fish 4:19 Sunglasses, Custom Truck and Wheel, RPG Outdoors, Tight Lines Premium Tackle, Coda Lures, Protec-Products, FishCare FishLife Products, Saw Grass Rods, Vicious Line and Forage Lures. We placed some great products in the hands of those who participated. Melissa Eller put together some great door prize items for all the spouses in attendance as well. Spouse gifts are always a hit at our events, thanks you Melissa for placing thought and effort to show spouses that we appreciate them attending the events with their anglers.
Saturday morning welcomed the anglers with 44-degree temperatures and wind blowing at approximately 14-17mph on Lake LBJ. A big drop from the day before, seems to always work out that way on tournament day. I believe we saw a 24 degree drop in temps from Friday to Saturday, can you say BRRRRRR…
At the end of the day Brian Abshire ended up bringing in 19.90lbs to take the win over all others in the field. The team of Dillon and Cody Peters were able to secure second place with a limit weighing 18.70lbs. Following that team, Bryan Cotter and Mark Wilson took third place with 17.09lbs. Gary Johnson and Seth Fisher were able to grab fourth with the help of the 6.06lb large mouth Gary caught. The team finished the day with a 16.34lb bag. Erik Olson and Kory Grelle finished fifth for the day with a limit weighing in at 15.51lbs. Shannon Goad and Ty Eller closed out the paid positions with 15.12lbs, their limit was anchored with the big bass of the day caught by Shannon and weighing 6.63lbs.
116 fish were caught by the field with a total weight of 299.42 pounds coming to the scales.
Above all we must thank our heavenly father for allowing us to share the gospel to others through this outlet. We understand fully that we are blessed to have this opportunity to steward in a manner that brings credit to him.
We certainly could not do any of this without the wonderful support of our sponsors both at the local and national levels.
On the national level we would like to recognize and thank Berkley , BassCat Boats, Abu Garcia, Mercury, Fenwick, Realtree Fishing, FireFly Outdoor & Marine, Power-Pole, T&H Marine, Frogg Toggs, X2 Power and Jacobs Glass
Texas Central Division would also like to thank our local companies that help so much, companies that become part of the Texas Central family, we thank you and love you all. Diamond M Land Management, Custom Truck & Wheel, Bingham Marine Texas, Healthy Self DPC, Cory’s Truck Beds of Willis, Tyler Wrap Company, TightLines Premium Tackle, Forage Lures, FishCare FishLife Products, Saw Grass Rods, Pro-Tec Products, Coda Lures, RPG Outdoors & Master Blaster Coffee Co.
As the Director for Texas Central Division I must give a huge shout out to those that keep the wheels rolling one event at a time. Thank You so much to Mrs. Amanda Payne, she stepped up and took all of our photos during weigh in, we certainly appreciate you, Amanda. My wonderful wife Melissa Eller for running the computer, getting me somewhat organized, keeping me calm when things do not work as designed. Nate and Chris Eller for bumping fish, helping at Friday night event, and helping in the tear down and trailer loading. Ty Eller for helping at the meeting and during tear down, Charlie and Holly Moden for your help during set up and tear down. And a huge thank you to Jaxson Payne and Newly Bennett for helping during set up. So grateful to have you all helping.
Lake LBJ - 03/09/24
DIVISION YEAR TO DATE STANDINGS: | 2024 | 2023 |
Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
1 | 31855 |
BRIAN ABSHIRE | 5 | 0 | 19.9 | 0 | 19.9 | 200 | |
2 | 31616 |
Dillion Peters Cody Peters | 5 | 5.41 | 18.7 | 0 | 18.7 | 199 | |
3 | 31603 |
Bryan Cotter Mark Wilson | 5 | 0 | 17.09 | 0 | 17.09 | 198 | |
4 | 31604 |
Gary Johnson Seth Fisher | 5 | 6.06 | 16.34 | 0 | 16.34 | 147 | |
5 | 29558 |
Erik Olson Kory Grelle | 5 | 0 | 15.51 | 0 | 15.51 | 196 | |
6 | 31599 |
Shannon Goad Tyler Eller | 5 | 6.63 | 15.12 | 0 | 15.12 | 195 | |
7 | 31600 |
Justin Toledo Matthew Miller | 5 | 5.14 | 14.82 | 0 | 14.82 | 194 | |
8 | 29631 |
Chester Jenke Tyler Jenke | 5 | 0 | 14.58 | 0 | 14.58 | 193 | |
9 | 29572 |
Jayson Kisselburg Lake Kisselburg | 5 | 0 | 13.14 | 0 | 13.14 | 192 | |
10 | 29646 |
Gus Chavira Toby Turner | 5 | 0 | 12.6 | 0 | 12.6 | 191 | |
11 | 31609 |
Michael Kersey Patrick Zangarine II | 5 | 0 | 12.58 | 0 | 12.58 | 190 | |
12 | 31598 |
Willam Gatewood Andy Whitehead | 5 | 0 | 12.47 | 0 | 12.47 | 189 | |
13 | 29559 |
Nathan Eller Chris Eller | 5 | 0 | 12.22 | 0 | 12.22 | 188 | |
14 | 31721 |
Garrett Stone Christian Cruanyas | 5 | 0 | 11.3 | 0 | 11.3 | 137 | |
15 | 31685 |
John Bowles Matt Massey | 5 | 0 | 10.8 | 0.25 | 10.55 | 136 | |
16 | 31601 |
Justin Williams Colton Hill | 5 | 0 | 10.42 | 0 | 10.42 | 185 | |
17 | 29565 |
Mitch Randles Don Schuetze | 5 | 0 | 10.14 | 0 | 10.14 | 134 | |
18 | 31854 |
RUSTY COOK | 5 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 10.1 | 133 | |
19 | 29564 |
William Shelnutt Michael Smith | 5 | 0 | 9.44 | 0 | 9.44 | 182 | |
20 | 29586 |
Jimmy Bennett David Polk | 4 | 0 | 8.29 | 0 | 8.29 | 181 | |
21 | 31853 |
Terry Deloach Terry Deloach | 3 | 4.93 | 8.12 | 0 | 8.12 | 130 | |
22 | 31723 |
Austin Talasek Kyler Roberts | 3 | 0 | 6.93 | 0 | 6.93 | 129 | |
23 | 30228 |
Christopher Noel Shawn Fischer | 3 | 0 | 5.35 | 0 | 5.35 | 178 | |
24 | 31683 |
James Wood Darrell Denton | 3 | 0 | 5.18 | 0 | 5.18 | 177 | |
25 | 31608 |
Will van der Hoeven Arnold Valdez | 3 | 0 | 4.49 | 0 | 4.49 | 176 | |
26 | 31697 |
Charles Moden Holly Smith-Moden | 1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 0 | 2.9 | 175 | |
27 | 29595 |
Marlon Powell Carlton Bryant | 1 | 1.14 | 1.14 | 0 | 1.14 | 124 | |
28 | 29555 |
Brian Washburn Jacob Washburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | |
29 | 31606 |
Jayce Payne David Davidson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | |
30 | 31607 |
Dennis Meyer Alexander Meyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | |
31 | 31696 |
Roland Grant Jermiah Grant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | |
First Place Brian Abshire with 19.90lbs Dillon and Cody Peters with 18.70lbs Bryan Cotter and Mark Wilson with 17.09lbs Gary Johnson and Seth Fisher with fourth place 16.34lb Erik Olson and Kory Grelle with 5th place 15.51lbs Shannon Goad and Ty Eller take 6th with 15.12, Shannon had big bass of the day with a 6.63 This is what it is all about!!! |