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We had a great tournament as 32 teams showed up to fish the April NFGFC tournament out of Jerry's Bait and Tackle. The weather was beautiful, but the recent rains really had the water stirred up and as a result the weights and number of fish caught were down.

Congrats to Robbie Green, Hunter Green and Warren Smith for winning this month's tournament. Their five fish weighed 12.40 lbs and won them a cool $335. Team CCB also picked up the second place big trout winning them an additional $25 courtesy of Custom Detailing.

Second place was worth went to the team of Ashley "Warrior" Mock and Junior Dice. They weighed in at 10.98 lbs with an absolute monster of a 25" trout weighing 6.11 lbs. That trout won them $201 and now makes Ashley Mock the person to beat for the Matthew's Fishin' Stix rod given to the angler weighing the biggest trout for the tournament year. They also picked up $295 for first place big trout. Congrats guys.

Third place went to Casey Cook and Pat Irwin as they weighed in five trout for 10.07 lbs. They won $134 for their efforts.

The redfish pot was won by the team of Eric Keyser, Blake Hill and Bryce Hill for weighing in a very nice redfish that tipped the scales to 7.37 lbs. That fish won them $370.

The team of Keith "Seaspot" Waldrep and "Big Trout" Bobby Ryan won $50 for catching the heaviest flounder at 1.31 lbs. They are also the current leaders for the Kevin's Sporting Goods big flounder of the year award.

A pompano was not weighed at this tournament and so the Badcock and More Mystery fish pot rolled. Next month it'll be worth $400.

Our next tournament is May 9, 2009 in Port St. Joe. Details will follow and I hope to see y'all there.

Here are the results:
Team Big Trout (lbs) Total Weight (lbs) Points
Name
Robbie Green Hunter Green (youth) Warren Smith 3.92 12.4 50
Ashley Mock Junior Dice 6.11 10.98 49
Casey Cook Pat Irwin 2.7 10.07 48
Keith Waldrep Bobby Ryan 2.26 9.9 47
Huey Collins Tommy Thompson 2.01 9.65 46
John Vickers Jim Chalkley 2.48 9.63 45
Rick Bushatz Dalton Bushatz (youth) Brad Castleberry 2.26 9.53 44
Rick Johnson 2.08 8 43
Daniel Wiley Devin Galetta (NM) 1.78 7.57 42
Jay Evans Heath Sanders 1.83 7.38 41
Larry Cobb Clayton Brunson (youth) Andy Brunson Travis Fletcher (NM) 1.59 6.93 40
Tom Keels Jackson Keels (youth) Sonny Blanton 2.35 6.52 39
Steve Taylor Butch Taylor 1.91 6.11 38
Steve Hobbs Huck Finn Kathy Knauss (lady) 1.84 5.98 37
Jon McLaurin Susie Bush (lady) 1.58 5.55 36
Eric Keyser Blake Hill (NM) Bryce Hill (NM) 2.98 2.98 35
Brian Showman Katie Showman (lady) Mike Showman (NM) 2.9 2.9 34
Mark Cann Tyler Pierce Casey Howard (lady) 1.45 2.68 33
Matthew Jacobs Christy Jacobs (lady) 1.18 1.18 32
Steve Stinson Andrew Stinson (youth) Mark Haverhill 1.18 1.18 32
Eddie McCord Michelle McCord (lady) 0 0 25
Jeff Suber 0 0 25
Matt Sims Justin Wiwi (NM) Ryan Anderson (NM) 0 0 25
Jason Callaghan 0 0 25
Liam Callaghan 0 0 25
Jim Schultz 0 0 25
Luke Newman Brandon Brooks (NM) 0 0 25
Otto Hough Scott Paterna (NM) Ted Fannin (NM) 0 0 25
Larry Sanders Randall Jones (NM) 0 0 25
Austin Showalter Brian Kendall (NM) 0 0 25
Robbie Bearden AJ Cantley (NM) Chad Parks (NM) 0 0 25
Chuck Collins Jeff Trent Austin Trent 0 0 25

Great job keeping up with all that Casey

Hey, top 15 with 4 fish means it was a tough tournament. Congrats to everyone who caught fish. There were some very good fishermen who ended up with a goose egg.

Thanks CC.

Good tournament. Lots' of new members too.
These tournaments are getting bigger and better.
A lot of nice prizes given away courtesy of our sponsors, including South Georgia Outdoors, Badcock and More, High Roller Lures, SaltWater Assassin, Mirrolure, Bite a Bait, Custom Detailing, Kevins Outdoor Shop, SlayerInc. jigheads, East Texas Tackle co.
Thanks to all of you for fishing the tournament and thanks to all our great sponsors for great tournament prizes.
Congratulations to;
BirdDog,Smitty,Pup,Warrior,Junior,Casey,SnatchnReel,Seaspot,Captain Keyser,Blake and Bryce Hill.

Great showing of anglers and fish...was surprised at the number of fish caught. Great job on the tournament Casey & SnR

Great Turnout...Casey and Pat great job running the tournament....

Thanks Casey and Pat for all your hard work .

I was pleasantly surprised that a weeks worth of terrible weather and poor water conditions didn't reduce the size of the crowd. Thanks to Casey and pat for all your effort in making these tournaments a success. Thanks to all of our sponsors for their contributions. Congrats to the winners on a very tough day.

We had great time out there, thanks Casey and Pat for all your help.

Congrats to everyone.

Great report CC, Glad everyone had a good and safe time.

We appreciate the congrats fellas. What a tough day of fishing! Thanks to CC and SnS for all their hard work.

Great turnout guys.....I've been missing participating in the tournaments. I hope to join you guys soon for another tournament...

Thanks CC for all the hard work, thanks for all the sponsors and a big THANKS to Huck for the outstanding BBQ pork. I look forward to seeing everyone in PSJ.