Tournament Five 2019

Texas East’s fifth tournament of the year was also an experiment in doing a one day event two days in a row.  We kicked off registration at 4:30am on Saturday morning at Fin and Feather Resort on Toledo Bend and blasted off 39 teams with the weather threatening hail and tornados. Once again Toledo Bend did not disappoint with some very large stringers!

The Ed Parten Big Bass money went to the team of Jon Robinson and Bill Lambert with a 9.31 toad!  Cody Pitt and his partner, Lane Masters, had the winning sack on this day too with a bag weighing 26.96 followed by Bill Lambert and Jon Robinson with a 23.35 sack.Gary Baker and Chaz Quinn rounded off our top three with a 14.10 five fish stringer.

Immediately following weigh in, at Fin and Feather’s conference center, we hosted a Lasgna and salad meal that was provided by Skero Furniture.  Our message was brought by our host church’s Pastor, FOM Angler, Bo Owen, who brought an inspirational message that spoke directly to our men.  We can’t begin to thank Brother Bo and the wonderful folks at First Baptist Church of Hemphill for opening their church to us through the years!

Missions update!  

What an outpouring of love to the orphans in Brazil as our men stepped up for the second day in a row to donate to our “Fishing to Feed Children’s Mission" .  We had an additional $800.00 in donations to feed the kids in Brazil!!  These men continue to show unbelievable giving hearts!  Texas East is setting a great example to the rest of our brothers throughout the nation!  So exciting to see what the Lord is doing in FOM!!!!

As I say each tournament, none of this would happen if it weren’t for the incredible volunteer staff that work tirelessly for hours and hours to make this even something the Lord would be proud of.  My heart is overwhelmed with appreciation for all that they do.  Special thanks go out to Leonard and Cheryl Claridy for hauling up the food, setting up and serving us.  So many thanks to the crew that worked so hard to set up and tear down the meeting and tourament,  Coy and  Cindy Jennings, Gary Baker,  Joe and Stephanie Sekel and their daughter Riley, Kristi and Zeke Richey,  Rick Saunders,  Dan Hilton, Aubrey Lewis, Jim Spitzmiller and Will Eller.  Special thanks goes out to the youth from Six Mile Baptist Church!!

Thanks to all of our local sponsors, Beacon Wealth Management, Jason Dew, Gary Baker, Laurie Baker of Dew Drop Jewelry, Charles Stoker, Leonard and Cheryl Claridy, Kistler Rods, Big Help Desk, Fin and Feather Resort ,  First Baptist Church of Hemphill and First Baptist Church of Broaddus.

Many thanks to our sponsors; Fishers of Men would like to thank all of our fine sponsors; BassCat Boats, Mercury, Berkley, Abu Garcia, Spiderwire, Shakespeare, Strike King Lure Company,  Power-Pole, Jim Hudson Toyota, Duckett Fishing, BassBoat Technologies, Amphibia Eyewear, Buckeye Lures, T&H Marine, Gator Guards, Frogg Toggs, Kistler Rods,  Jacobs Glass, Valley Fashions

Place	Team	Members	# Fish	Big Fish	Gross	Penalty	Net Wt	Points
1	23602	Cody Pitt	5	6.51	27.21	0.25	26.96	200
2	23582	Bill Lambert Jon Robinson	5	9.31	23.35	0	23.35	199
3	23593	Gary Baker Chaz Quinn	5	0	14.1	0	14.1	198
4	23494	Jason Dew Dakota Dew	5	0	12.91	0	12.91	197
5	24033	Mathew Courville Caleb Clark	2	9.13	10.96	0	10.96	196
6	352	Stephen Kinney Jimmy Martin	5	0	10.44	0	10.44	195
7	15834	Corbett Ross Ronnie Bickham	5	0	10.23	0	10.23	194
8	23592	Tater Reynolds William Reynolds	5	0	10.01	0	10.01	193
9	23600	George Anderson Ralph Logan Sr.	4	0	8.1	0	8.1	192
10	22398	Rusty West Levi West	3	0	7.42	0	7.42	191
11	19950	John Brown Doyce Cartrett Jr	3	0	7.2	0	7.2	190
12	23586	Joshua Kieffer Jared Pollard	4	0	7.2	0	7.2	190
13	19958	Thomas Rash Thomas Rash II	3	0	6.94	0	6.94	188
14	11771	Larry Nassar Lynn Thibodeaux	2	0	6.9	0	6.9	187
15	17054	George Jeane Jr. George Jeane	3	0	6.7	0	6.7	186
16	23587	Bill Wiggins Corey Hyden	3	0	5.77	0	5.77	185
17	15802	Terry Reed Gwen Reed	3	0	5.33	0	5.33	184
18	23581	James Farrell Mike Gaines	2	0	5.07	0	5.07	183
19	23598	Tony Owen Mark Jenkins	3	0	4.82	0	4.82	132
20	15801	Dan Hilton Rick Sanders	3	0	4.57	0	4.57	181
21	23093	Robert Richey Samuel Richey	2	0	4.55	0	4.55	180
22	19960	William Lantrip Eddie Duhon	1	4.35	4.35	0	4.35	179
23	23594	Jeff Rash Randy Callahan	1	4.29	4.29	0	4.29	178
24	22396	Aubrey Lewis Jim Spitzmiller	2	0	4.01	0	4.01	177
25	23589	Stephen Ashworth Tex Rieder	2	0	3.69	0	3.69	176
26	23599	Bradley Foster Nicholas Swango	1	3.08	3.08	0	3.08	125
27	18337	Todd DeClaris Troy DeClaris	1	2.05	2.05	0	2.05	124
28	12762	Charles Stoker Robert Oney	0	0	0	0	0	123
29	23590	Jerry DuBose Gary Tolbert	0	0	0	0	0	173
30	22372	Jerry Wade Dale Reynolds	0	0	0	0	0	123
31	23596	Kenny Sikes Michael Geronime	0	0	0	0	0	123
32	23601	Matthew Moore Trey Kistler	0	0	0	0	0	123
33	23591	Derris Wiman Josh Robinson	0	0	0	0	0	123
34	15762	Pete Chumchal Jr. James Pessagno	0	0	0	0	0	123
35	23584	Shannon Frick	0	0	0	0	0	123
36	23719	Dawson Schnautz Billy Waldrep	0	0	0	0	0	123
37	23720	George Haynes Colton Haynes	0	0	0	0	0	123
38	23724	Robert Moore MAKAILA MOORE	0	0	0	0	0	123
39	23881	Timothy Browder	0	0	0	0	0	123
Pitt and Masters prove to be tops on Toledo!! Bill Lambert and Jon Robinson bring home second place with a Ed Parten Big Bass 9.31 kicker Baker and Quinn take third place money!