It is almost fishing time for 2013!  We have met and set the schedule for the year.  We will begin on February 23rd at Horseshoe Lake near Hughes, AR.  We will launch at 7:00am at Clyde's ramp (used to be called Pete's).  Please feel free to contact me (Billy Keedy 870-512-9400) or Brad Kieffner (870-217-2078) if you have any questions.  Last year the club used a different website,but we will be using this website for club news, updates, and results this year. 

 

2013 Schedule

 

February 23---Horseshoe Lake

 

March 16---Conway

 

April 6---Norfork (Jordan's)

 

April 20---Greers (Hill Creek)

 

May 4---Hurricane

 

June 15---Portia/Horner/Shirey

 

July 13---White River Jacksonport

 

August 3---Arkansas River-Little Rock

 

August 24---East Lake

 

September 28---Classic

 

 



NEW WEBSITE LINK

We now have a new website that will be maintained by Kris Jackson.  He has done a wonderful job getting the website set up, and it looks great.  Please click the following address to access our new website:

www.jacksoncountybassclub.com

This blog that we have used for the last 3 or 4 years will no longer be used.  Also, this is a reminder that we will have a meeting on Tuesday, January 10th at IberiaBank (6:00).  There is a really good chance that we will have raffle tickets that people can start selling sometime next week.

Thanks
BK

MEETING!!!

We will have a meeting at Iberiabank (next door to Wal-Mart) at 6:30pm on Tuesday, December 13th.  This meeting will be held to discuss ideas for the upcoming season.  We will not set the fishing schedule.  This meeting could be very important for the future of our club.  If you have any ideas on how we should handle our tournaments or club going forward, PLEASE SHOW UP!!!  If you don't come, then you don't have the right to complain.  Anyway, RATT said to be there, so be there!

2011 CLASSIC RESULTS

Congratulations to Ricky and Bobby Gates for winning the 2011 Jackson County Bass Club Classic Tournament!!! Their victory propelled them to the Anglers of the Year Championship as well. They were able to surpass Brad Lewis and Dustin Roddy by 6.01 points. We had another wonderful year, and I look forward to having another great year next year! I talked to Ratt and the plan right now is to have a meeting in the next few weeks to decide everything for next year.

CHAMPIONS
Ricky and Bobby Gates
5 bass---11.41lbs
Big Bass---3.89 lbs
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2nd
Brad Lewis and Dustin Roddy
5 bass---10.63 lbs
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3rd
Marvin Ross and Raymond Bradley
4 bass---8.79 lbs
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4th
Bill Wooten and Ken Youngblood
5 bass---8.39 lbs
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5th
Marvin Thaxton and Bobby Teal
5 bass---8.03 lbs
2nd Big Bass---3.87 lbs
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The final AOY top 15 standings
1st---200.95---Ricky and Bobby Gates
2nd---194.94---Brad Lewis and Dustin Roddy
3rd---139.08---Brad Kieffner and Billy Keedy
4th---119.81---Bill Wooten and Ken Youngblood
5th---119.36---Doug Cockrill and Dennis Browning
6th---115.50---Marvin Ross and Raymond Bradley
7th---111.08---Kenneth Haney
8th---107.05---Jordan Walker and Jerry Walker
9th---76.61---Chris Clark and Mark Watson
10th--74.07---Michael Brand and Justin Doyle
11th---71.09---Jason Gates and Jason Walker
12th---69.58---Marvin Thaxton and Bobby Teal
13th---66.88---Calvin Ward and Jerry Burgess
14th---58.67---Kenzie Houston and Adam Haile
15th---51.41---Mike Warren and Terry Moore

I would like to thank everybody for the participation again. I really hope that next year we can keep the numbers up like they were this year. We averaged 17.83 boats per tournament. The most boats we had a tournament this year was 23 and the least was 14. We had 17 boats or more in 8 of the 12 tournaments.

The competitiveness of our club is great, too! This is the second year in a row that our AOY has been decided by less than 10 points. Out of 12 tournaments, we had 9 different boats win at least one tournament for the year.

FYI: If you are interested in fishing another local tournament this Saturday (Nov 4th), Rick Sampson called me to invite anybody from our club to fish at Tulot (7:30 am Saturday).

I hope that fishing with the Jackson County Bass Club has been as much fun the last few years for you guys (and gals) as it has for me!!!
BK

CLASSIC TIME!!!

It is time for the 2011 Jackson County Bass Club CLASSIC!!! We will launch from the Hill Creek ramp at 6:50-7:00 Saturday morning. Please make sure to be there at around 6:30, so we can make sure we get out on time. It is possible that we could leave the ramp at 6:50 or so if the weather permits so we can beat the large tournament out.

The order we will launch has been determined by the AOY standings. It will cost $10/person to fish the classic. Listed below is what will be rewarded on Saturday:

AOY will receive $200 ($100/man) and bragging rights!

Classic finish per boat
place-$$$$$---AOY points
1st---$600----40 points
2nd--$300----30 points
3rd--$200-----20 points
4th--$150-----10 points
5th--$100-----5 points
BigBass-$150--10 points
2ndBig---$50--5 points

We will pay for the top two big bass. This is biggest bass per boat. One boat can NOT win both Big Bass and 2nd Big Bass. In case of a very disappointing tournament in which only one or two boats catch keepers (unlikely), a boat can only collect on one place of prize money. For example, if one boat catches one keeper and everybody else zeroes, that boat would receive $600 for 1st and $150 for big bass. The rest would remain club money. Again, this is very unlikely, but you never know....haha!

If you happen to be one of the lucky ones that will win something Saturday, it is very likely I will mail you a check the week after the tourney. Please call with any questions! 512-9400

Thanks and Good Luck!!!
BK

East Lake #2 RESULTS (and other info)

CHAMPIONS
Bobby Gates and Ricky Gates
5 bass---12.12 lbs
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2nd Place
Brad Kieffner and Billy Keedy
5 bass---12.03 lbs
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3rd Place
Bill Wooten and Ken Youngblood
5 bass---11.53 lbs
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4th Place and Big Bass
Dustin Roddy
5 bass---11.38 lbs
Big Bass---4.89 lbs
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Congratulations to Bobby Gates and Ricky Gates! On a day when everybody caught fish, they were fortunate to catch the best sack. They beat Brad Kieffner and Billy Keedy by .09 lbs to get their first win of the year. Third place went to Bill Wooten and Ken Youngblood with 11.53 lbs. Dustin Roddy took fourth place with help from the biggest bass of the day (4.89lbs). His finish helped Brad and Dustin keep their lead in the AOY standings going into the classic.
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Tourney Stats
15 boats
27 fishermen
70 bass weighed
134.15 lbs of bass
14 of 15 boats weighed a five fish limit (Rob and Ratt threw their fish back before the weigh-in)
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I want to thank everybody again for a wonderful season of fishing. Because of the wonderful participation by so many people, we averaged over 18 boats per tournament. We have fished from February through October, and to average 18 boats per tourney is awesome!
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We voted to have the classic at Greers Ferry Lake (Hill Creek Ramp) October 29th.
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AOY Standings
Lewis-Roddy----------------154.31
RGates-BGates--------------139.54
Kieffner-Keedy--------------131.43
Cockrill-Browning------------113.16
Haney-----------------------103.48
Wooten-Youngblood---------101.42
JWalker-JWalker------------100.69
Ross-Bradley----------------86.71
Clark-Watson----------------76.61
Brand-Doyle-----------------68.23
Ward-Burgess---------------66.88
Gates-Walker----------------65.05
Houston-Haile----------------58.67
Teal-Thaxton----------------51.55
Warren-Moore---------------51.41
Simpson----------------------44.85
Rob-Ratt---------------------42.13
JGates-SGates---------------39.65
Jackson-Steele---------------37.08
Youngblood-Cordell----------36.46
Matthews-Beyer-------------28.29
Schmidt----------------------15.35
Remember, this is the order that we will use to take off to start the Classic. Also Remember that the Classic points are doubled for the AOY race. Winner gets 40, 2nd 30, 3rd 20, 4th 10.

East Lake #2

It is time to finish up the regular season. Saturday will be our final tournament before the year-end Classic. We will launch at East Lake at 7:00 Saturday morning. We had a wonderful tournament there a few weeks back, so hopefully a lot of fish will be caught again. I hope to see you there at about 6:30 Saturday. The weather is forecast to be wonderful!!!