Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Dothan Bassmasters 2007 Awards Banquet

It was GREAT! In my opinion.

Some of us ate too much. (Like me) Some of us drank too much. (Like me) Some just sat and observed, but I think everyone had some fun. I am going to try to include a link to a place you can view the pictures that were taken. View and enjoy.

Again congrats to all especially Chris Leatherwood and Gill Bristow.
Freddie

http://tinyurl.com/2v5jlv

I can't get the link to work but if you copy or type the above line in the address of your browser you should be able to see the pictures.

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Mr Bristow Kicks Butt!



It's history, yesterday we fished the 2007 Classic at Parramore's Landing, Lake Seminole. Gill Bristow, "Mr River", gave everyone a lesson in river fishing. He brought in a limit weighing 17.5 lbs with a big fish of 7.71. Way to go Gill!

The results:
Gill Bristow, 5 fish, 17.50
Jess Cooke, 3 fish, 6.88
Chris Leatherwood, 3 fish, 5.14
Rex Mathis, 3 fish, 3.85
Jimmy Jones, 1 fish, 1.23
Leroy Turner, 1 fish, .85
Larry Breckenridge, was there
Lee Bowman, was there
Freddie Johnson, was there
Dick Whatley, was there

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Breckenridge - Taking on Mobile

I hope everyone knows that Larry is competing this week, beginning today 11/08, in the FLW Stren Series Championship in Mobile. This tournament is limited to the top 40 pros and co-anglers from each of the 5 divisions.

Larry will compete Thursday and Friday. He must finish in the top 10 to carry over to fish Saturday. The top 10 pros and co-anglers will fish Saturday and only the top 10 pros will fish Sunday.

Larry finished the 1st day in 88th place with 1 fish 1-10.

You might think Larry has a handicap today, his partner is from Arizona. His earnings with FLW this year are less than Larry's and he finished in 48th place. I thought you had to be in the top 40?

You can keep up with the tournament including seeing the weighin at stren.flwoutdoors.com

Cheer him on!

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Dothan Bassmasters 2007 - Election Results

Last night we had our November meeting. During the meeting the officers for 2008 were selected:

Eddie Donaldson - President
Rex Mathis - Vice President / Tournament Director
Bennie Jarrell - Secretary / Treasurer

Best of luck in the new year!

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Dothan Bassmasters 2007 - October Wrap-Up

We have almost made it thru this year. We have only the November meeting, Nov 6 at Things & Wings Southside, The Classic and the End of year Banquet.

Please be sure to come to the November meeting. We will have election of next year officers, and if you ain't there I will nominate you for every office. We will be giving out the plaques for gold table and sponsors if you haven't already gotten them. We will also be making the final plans for the classic.

I can't think of much else. If you think of anything post a comment or call me.

Thank you all!
Freddie

Monday, October 22, 2007

Dothan Bassmasters 2007 - Final Point List

Leatherwood, Chris, 132.34, 1
Mathis, Rex, 102.60, 2
Bristow, Gill, 97.08, 3
Turner, Leroy Jr, 74.51, 4
Whatley, Dick, 71.94, 5
Breckenridge, Larry, 70.17, 6
Jones, Jimmy, 61.68, 7
Johnson, Freddie, 56.72, 8
Bowman, Lee, 55.96, 9
Cooke, Jess, 52.27, 10
Wright, Don, 50.51, 11
Jarrell, Bennie, 50.31, 12
Pilcher, Dwan, 48.95, 13
Miller, John, 42.17, 14
Powell, Joe, 42.06, 15
Crawford, Kevin, 39.35, 16
Donaldson, Eddie, 39.16, 17
Federico, Rick, 38.87, 18
Barnes, Will, 34.63, 19
Adams, Max Jr., 30.53, 20
Cooke, Matthew F, 29.81, 21
Moody, Jerrod, 28.20, 22
Campbell, Clay, 26.57, 23
Campbell, Gary, 23.68, 24
Richardson, Paul, 19.84, 25
Rouse, Bobby , 15.56, 26
Key, Drew, 9.00, 27
Webb, Ricky, 4.00, 28
Gulledge, Chris, 3.99, 29
Howard, Robert, 3.28, 30
Gilmore, Bates, 2.50, 31
Anderson, Mike, 1.50, 32
Bowman, Daniel, 1.00, 33
Williams, David, 1.00, 33
McCullough, Phillip, 0.50, 34
Mullis, Tommy, 0.50, 34
Northey, Travis, 0.50, 34
Dobbs, Lee, 0.00, 35
Holland, Red, 0.00, 35

Dothan Bassmasters 2007 - October - Lay Lake Results

It was some tournament at Lay with the team of Mathis & Leatherwood whooping the competition. Dwan Pilcher and Gill Bristow held on to second and Max Adams managed to chase down a last minute partner to capture 3rd. I hope I can get the spacing so that you can understand the complete results. I added wrong at the landing and JJ and Leroy had 1 pound less than I calculated.

Rex Mathis, 9.88, 6.84, 16.72
Chris Leatherwood, 6.58, 9.39, 15.97, 32.69

Dwan Pilcher, 5.50, 6.03, 11.53
Gill Bristow, 8.14, 8.01, 16.15, 27.68

Max Adams, 9.77, 4.80, 14.57
Bennie Jarrell, 6.16, 2.85, 9.01, 23.58

Larry Breckenridge, 8.81, 2.24, 11.05
Freddie Johnson, 4.14, 3.56, 7.70, 18.75

Lee Bowman, 4.99, 0, 4.99
Doc Miller, 8.38, 5.33, 13.71, 18.70

Jimmy Jones, 7.08, 2.46, 9.54
Leroy Turner, 5.94, 2.27, 8.21, 17.75

Dick Whatley, 0.00, 4.37, 4.37
Don Wright, 3.96, 5.65, 9.61, 13.98

Matt Cooke, 2.77, 0.00, 2.77
Jess Cooke, 2.69, 0.00, 2.69, 5.46

Monday, October 15, 2007

Dothan Bassmasters 2007 - October - Lay Lake

We have a couple of reports on the lake and ramp conditions. The lake is about 3' below full pool. This should not cause problems running if you stay in the boat channels. Some of the landings are questionable. Leroy made a trip up there and gave an excellent report on every landing he could find. I wish I was able to give his report as good as he did but I was a little under the spirit when he was reporting to me. I am sure he will enter a comment here if I get it too wrong.

The two most usable ramps are the one close to the dam at the very south end of the lake and the landing at Beeswax creek a little above the mid-lake area. Leroy reported that the docks at all landings were 4 to 5 feet above the water. There is another landing that he did not find, I think it is called Paradise Point? We will try to check it this Friday.

The following was added from Leroy:

The public landing (just above the narrows)has a double wide (side-by-side with no divider) ramp. There is a hole in the concrete (below the water level) with a large piece of concrete beyond the whole. Putting in there would be very tricky especially in the morning before daylight--even then only one boat at a time could be launched.


Max Adams is looking for a partner. Call him!

The only confirmed teams that I have at this point are:
Larry & Freddie
Bennie & Gary
Rex & Chris
Leroy & JJ
Jess & Matt
Dick & Don
Eddie & Ricky
Dwan & Gill


Should be a great trip. We will vote Friday evening at the hotel for the landing. THINK BEESWAX.

Horsefly

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Dothan Bassmasters 2007 - October Ramblings

Howdy, just some notes for your info.

We forgot to have an officer election at our last meeting. We will let you know what we can do.

Remember the 2 day at Lay Lake, Oct 20 & 21. We have reservations, in my name, at the Guesthouse Motel in Clanton. The phone numer there is 205-280-0306. We have 12 rooms. It will be first come first served if we have more than 12 teams show up. The club will pay for the rooms for Friday night and Saturday. If you are going up before Friday you should call and tell them you need one of our rooms earlier at your expense. If you do not clear the room early Sunday morning you will be responsible for the late checkout.

If you haven't heard the Florida nonresident fishing license has gone up to $47 per year. I hope next years tournament committee will keep that in mind. I think we should show FL we don't have to fish there.

Just my 2 cents. Be sure to leave comments on any of the postings if you have something to say.

Horsefly

Monday, October 8, 2007

Dothan Bassmasters 2007 - October Point List

Angler, Points, Place
Leatherwood, Chris, 115.37 1
Mathis, Rex, 84.88 2
Bristow, Gill, 79.93 3
Whatley, Dick 66.57 4
Turner, Leroy Jr, 65.30 5
Breckenridge, Larry, 58.12 6
Jones, Jimmy, 51.14 7
Bowman, Lee, 49.97 8
Cooke, Jess, 48.58 9
Johnson, Freddie, 48.02 10
Powell, Joe 42.06 11
Jarrell, Bennie, 40.30 12
Wright, Don, 39.90 13
Crawford, Kevin, 39.35 14
Donaldson, Eddie 39.16 15
Federico, Rick 38.87 16
Pilcher, Dwan 36.42 17
Barnes, Will 34.63 18
Moody, Jerrod 28.20 19
Miller, John 27.46 20
Campbell, Clay 26.57 21
Cooke, Matthew F 26.04 22
Campbell, Gary 23.68 23
Richardson, Paul 19.84 24
Rouse, Bobby 15.56 25
Adams, Max Jr. 14.96 26
Key, Drew 9.00 27
Webb, Ricky 4.00 28
Gulledge, Chris 3.99 29
Howard, Robert 3.28 30
Gilmore, Bates 2.50 31
Anderson, Mike 1.50 32
Bowman, Daniel 1.00 33
Williams, David 1.00 34
McCullough, Phillip 0.50 35
Mullis, Tommy 0.50 36
Northey, Travis 0.50 37
Dobbs, Lee 0.00 38
Holland, Red 0.00 39 The very last one

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Dothan Bassmasters 2007 October - Lake Seminole

I wasn't there so I can't tell you too much about it, but looking at the results almost everyone caught some. Congratulations to Jess Cooke on his first win!

Results
Jess Cooke, 3 fish, 7.09
Chris Leterhead, 4 fish, 5.46
Lee Bowman, 3 fish, 5.41
Rex Mathis, 2 fish, 5.39 Big Fish 3.69
Leroy Turner, 5 fish, 4.93
Bennie Jarrell, 4 fish, 4.29
Dwan Pilcher, 2 fish, 4.14
Bobby Rouse, 3 fish, 3.40
Larry Breckenridge, 2 fish, 2.94
Jimmy Jones, 2 fish, 1.94
Rick Federico, 1 fish, .94
Dick Whatley, Good Captain

Friday, September 14, 2007

Dothan Bassmasters 2007 September Newsletter

Dothan Bassmasters
Newsletter
09/14/2007


Well we are getting close to the end of the year. We have survived another, very successful, Sportsman's Dinner. The Childrens Home was thrilled with the amount raised.

Remember the fall two day will be Oct 20 & 21 at Lay Lake. Let us know who will fish.

I am playing with a new online blog site to keep everyone informed. You can take a look at it and make comments and suggestions. The spacing is kind of limited so far, I just haven't figured it out yet, but I will improve. Take a look dothanbass.blogspot.com , see what you think.

The participation and the fishing at Lake Jordan was pitiful. We might not want it on our schedule for next year.

1st place Chis Leatherwood 7.02
2nd place Rick Federico 6.84
3rd place Jess Cooke 5.07

Big Fish Jess Cooke 2.67

The next meeting will be October 2nd at Thing's & Wing's Southside.


Horsefly

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Dothan Bassmasters 2007 Point Listing

ANGLER, TOTAL, PLACE
Chris Leatherwood, 108.41, 1st
Gill Bristow, 79.93 ,2nd
Rex Mathis , 77.99 ,3rd
Dick Whatley , 65.07 ,4th
Leroy Turner, Jr, 58.87, 5th
Larry Breckenridge, 53.68, 6th
Jimmy Jones , 48.20, 7th
Freddie Johnson , 47.52, 8th
Lee Bowman , 43.06, 9th
Joe Powell , 41.56, 10th
Jess Cooke , 39.99, 11th
Don Wright , 39.40, 12th
Kevin Crawford , 39.35, 13th
Eddie Donaldson , 39.16, 14th
Rick Federico , 36.43, 15th
Will Barnes , 34.63, 16th
Bennie Jarrell , 34.51, 17th
Dwan Pilcher , 30.78, 18th
Jerrod Moody , 28.20, 19th
John Miller , 27.46, 20th
Clay Campbell , 26.57, 21th
Matthew Cooke , 26.04, 22th
Gary Campbell , 23.68, 23th
Paul Richardson , 19.84, 24th
Max Adams , 14.46, 25th
Bobby Rouse , 10.66, 26th
Drew Key , 9.00 ,27th
Ricky Webb , 4.00, 28th
Chris Gulledge , 3.99, 29th
Robert Howard , 3.28, 30th
Bates Gilmore , 2.00, 31st
Mike Anderson , 1.50, 32nd
David Williams , 1.00, 33rd
Daniel Bowman , 1.00, 34th
Travis Northey , 0.50, 35th
Tommy Mullis , 0.50, 36th
Phillip McCullough ,0.50, 37th
RED HOLLAND, 0 , 38TH

Dothan Bassmasters 2007 September - Lake Jordan

1st Chris Leatherwood 5 fish 7.02
2nd Rick Federico 4 fish 6.34
3rd Jess Cooke 2 fish 5.07
4th Dick Whatley 4 fish 4.70
5th Rex Mathis 4 fish 4.65
6th Leroy Turner 3.53
7th Gill Bristow 1.97
8th Drew Key
9th Don Wright

Dothan Bassmasters 2007 Event Schedule

EVENT DATE LOCATION
January 13th, 2007 Lake Eufaula - White Oak
Feb 10th, 2007 Apalachicola River - Chattahoochee
Mar 17th, 2007 Lake Seminole - Cummings
Mar 31st and Apr 1st SPRING TWO DAY Mitchell
Apr 21st, 2007 Lake Eufaula - White Oak
May 5th, 2007 Flint River - Bainbridge Boat Basin
May 19th, 2007 FAMILY DAY - Lake Eufaula - White Oak Shores
June 9th, 2007 Chattahoochee River - Omussee Creek
July 7th & 8th, 2007 Lake Eufaula - Lake Point - mini two day
Aug 11th, 2007 Blountstown if the river level is over 5' and not dangerous
if the Blountstown level < 5 or dangerous then Gordon
Aug 16th, 2007 SPORTSMAN DINNER
Sep 8th, 2007 Lake Jordan - Boy Scout Landing
Oct 6th, 2007 Lake Seminole - Paramores Landing
Oct 20th & 21st FALL TWO DAY - Lay Lake
November 17th, 2007 Classic
December 12th, 2007 Year End Banquet - Elks Club

Dothan Bassmasters 2007 Meeting Schedule

MTG DATE LOCATION
Jan 9, 2007 Things & Wings Southside
Feb 6, 2007 Things & Wings Southside
Mar 6, 2007 Things & Wings Southside
Apr 3, 2007 Things & Wings Southside
May 1, 2007 Things & Wings Southside
June 5, 2007 Things & Wings Southside
July 3, 2007 Things & Wings Southside
Aug 7, 2007 Things & Wings Southside
Sep 4, 2007 Things & Wings Southside
Oct 2, 2007 Things & Wings Southside
Nov 6, 2007 Things & Wings Southside