Ray Hubbard Bass Club
Ray Hubbard Open
Lake Ray Hubbard
January 14, 2012
Time: 7am-3pm

January presents an opportunity for everyone to come out to meet and perhaps join the Ray Hubbard Bass Club. This year in January we will be holding a non-qualifing "Open" tournament to all that wish to fish with us. While the weather may be unpredictable it is almost certain that some large sacks of wintertime bass will come across the scales.

Entry Fee: $60.00 per team

Directions:

Chandlers Landing:
Take I-30 east to Ridge Road exit, turn right on Ridge Road and follow to Henry M. Chandlers. Turn right and follow street down the hill to lake and marina.

Ray Hubbard Season Opener - Non Points event

Best Pattern: Crankbaits
Water Temp: Mid 40's to Lower 50's
Weather: 30's to low 70's, Bluebird, light winds

Lake Ray Hubbard

January Pictures:

And here are our winners. Just one of two limits on the day and we hear a last minute catch on number 5. Great way to start the year.
Shawn and Alec Castonguay with 5 for 21.66.

TD Jay Messersmith hard at work.

Two nice Hubbard bass.

We saw Jerry and John on the water and Jerry said they had two for about 6.
They weighed 5.97. Good scale in that arm Jerry.

Ronnie Pettis and Johnny Reed got the last check with their 3 fish stringer.

Vince with a nice 5 pounder.

Jimmy and Chance got 4th with 10 pounds even with just 2 fish.
One was a nice 6.18

David Simmons and Justin Garrett got 2nd Big Bass with this 6.75.

Shane Henderson and Chadd Dearen got second place with 18.19 on just 4 fish!
It was helped by Big Bass of the Tournament, an 8.60 that Chadd caught on a crankbait.

Smile Chadd, that's a toad!

January Meeting Minutes:

1. Call to order - 7:18 p.m.
   
   
2. Introduction of Officers and Lake Committee Members - by Tom Brouillette.
   President - Tom Brouillette
   Vice-President - Eric Vidal
   Secretary/Treasurer - Jeff Cartwright
   Webmaster - Robert Oleson
   Tournament Director - Jay Messersmith
   Assistant Tournament Director - Tom Blackshear
   Lake Com. Member (LCM) -
   Vince Burt
   Tommy Climer
   David Simmons
   Ken Davis
   Joey Deans
   
   
3. Announcement of 2011 Awards - by Eric Vidal V-P. Angler of the Year Award goes to Jay Messersmith and Tom Brouillette; they were awarded the AOY Plaque with all the past year AOYs and also individual AOY plaques. Jay Messersmith was also awarded Big Bass of the Year for weighing an 8.2-pound bass.
   
   
4. Ray Hubbard Open - launch ramp and times - the official launch ramp will be Chandler's Crossing and the tournament times are 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with weigh in starting at 3:30 p.m. allowing the 30 minute dead water time. All fishing is to stop at 3:00 p.m. Registration is from 5:30 a.m. to 6:45 a.m. and the teams will be given a numbered poker chip at that time with live well checks before they launch. Tom also went over the qualifying rules for the Championship Classic at this time along with lake safety on Ray Hubbard.
   
   
5. Discussion on February Tournament at Lake Winnsboro - Robert Oleson gave a report on the lake conditions at Winnsboro. It is 6 to 7 feet low with lots of hazards and one single lane ramp to launch from for the tournament. Club voted to fish Winnsboro unanimously.
   
   
6. Discussion/action of adding a second Big Bass payout for 30 or more teams and split to be 60/40 of Big Bass monies - Club approved by unanimous vote.
   
   
7. Charitable events - Discussion/ideas/action - Tom explained the reason for needing to find another charitable event, Jay Messersmith reported on the Camp John Mark Tournament on Fork. There were two other ideas presented. More information on all the ideas presented will be brought to the February Meeting for further discussion and possible action. Jeff Cartwright gave a report on the Blackland Raptor Center Kids Fish Derby and explained what takes place. The Kids Fish Derby will be held at Brockdale Park on May 5th, the first Saturday of May.
   
   
8. Other new business - Tom reported on the Top Six Tournament and what it was all about and will be gathering more information for future reports.
   
   
9. Adjourn-8:42 p.m.

Attended January Meeting - Non Points Meeting:

1. Jeff Cartwright
2. Tom Brouillette
3. Jay Messersmith
4. John Bruner
5. Mark Werner
6. Tony Miller
7. Bo Fuller
8. Vince Burt
9. Jeremy McLeroy
10. Tim Clark
11. Jack Scheel
12. Eric Vidal
13. Jerry Brown
14. David Taylor
15. Tony Schnurr
16. Tom Blackshear
17. Ronnie Pettis
18. Tommy Morris
19. Herman Larkin
20. Frank Story
21. Jerry Shipe
22. Scotty Taylor
23. Rob Dewitt
24. Chase Williams
25. Zach Turner
26. Arthur Seals
27. Anthony Henard
28. Dale Rettman
29. Len Scott
30. Kermit Dow
31. Russell Olds II
32. Johnny Reed
33. Clint Yeager
34. Nolan Yeager
35. Joey Deans
36. Brandon Putnam
37. Jason Fagan
38. Jim Phillips
39. Shawn Castonguay
40. Alec Castonguay
41. Jack Lantrip
42. Robert Oleson

And don't forget to walk your Fish!