President Speaks -- Barnett III

Well we couldn't have asked for a more perfect day to end the 2008-2009 regular season than this this one. Not only was it a perfect day but we had 43 boats which was more than we had all year, not to mention that of the 42 teams, two of them were new teams. Now that's ending the season with a bang!

First Place was taken by none other than team Rogers-Jane and Rabbit. They brought 12.70#'s to the scales to beat out the rest of the field by one pound or more. Not only did they win the tournament but they won the 08-09 Points Race. Congratulations on the victory and points championship.

Second Place was captured by Earl Brink & Kenny Browning with a fine weight of 11.70#'s. That’s a great catch and good finish going into the post action but you came up just a little short on this one. This team will definitely be one to watch at the Championship!

First Big Fish was caught by the team of Ray Williams & Rodger Wormack with a huge 2.31# Barnett speck. What a fish! Nice catch men.

Now turning our attention towards our 2-day State Championship on Ferguson and Washington. This should be a real shoot out. We start our tournament off on Thursday night the 18th with a meal and elections at the Highland Club on the back side of Lake Washington. I will have a sign out on the road where you need to turn so all you need to do is go around to the back of the lake and look for the sign.

To the left is a copy fo this years' Championship payout schedule. I know it seems to be less than years past and this is why. We the board restructured the regular season payout to pay more per tournament. What we did was we took money from the end of the year and spread it out over 9 events to help you out. We were paying about $300 more than we were taken in per tournament. This was done to try to help each and everyone as the season went along.

With all that being said we are still looking at a great tournament and a great payout. This should be a real barn burner. Make sure that you pay attention to the event schedule on the back cover or call me @ 662-820-4582 if you have any questions.


GOOD LUCK!!