It was a very cold and windy day on Lake Bastrop with gust well over 20 mph. Never the less, 11 teams braved the weather to compete in the tournament. Lake Bastrop is a small Channel Catfish Lake. It turned out to be a day of feast or famine as 7 of the 11 teams brought in no fish. However, three fish were weighed in that crushed the old channel catfish lake record if 10.54 pounds!
The results:
1st – Team Brothers, Marcus Cherry and Joel Willis, these two anglers brought in their stringer limit of 3 channel cats for a total weight of 31.26 pounds, with two fish that beat the old record, an 11.20 pounder and Marcus’ pending new water body record, at 12.08 pounds! Team Brothers were drift fishing with cut bait near the discharge area in 8-20 foot of water. The guys did miss out on the Big Fish money since they did not enter. 1st place won them $154.00
2nd – The new father and son team of Dennis and Trent Lake brought in their 3 fish stringer of Channel cats with a total weight of 26.24 pounds. With a 11.24 pound Channel Catfish, Trent held the lake record for about 10 minutes until Marcus weighed in his 12+ pounder. The father son team where fishing on anchor in the discharge area using liver in 8 foot of water. 2nd place netted them $92 plus they entered the Big Fish pot and took home an additional $90.
3rd – Team Reel’em In, Oscar Pardo brought 2 fish to the weigh-in for a total weight of 7.45 pounds, winning $62. Oscar was anchored on a windblown point in 20 foot of water using shad as bait.
4th – Team Jolly Green, Lonnie Haffelder. Lonnie brought in 1 fish for a weight of 3.48 pounds. Lonnie took home a bag of no-roll weights, courtesy of Cliff Hill, Guide for Hill Country Fishin’ Guide Services.
South Texas Catfish Association
Thanks to our sponsors, Hill Country Fishin’ Guide Service and The Boat Shop
