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The 2013 season is officially over!! The 9^th and final tournament of the season took place in the Red River at the Ben Routh landing and as expected this was our lowest turnout of the year. We had 17 anlgers show up to fish. Recent rains had a little current flowing in the river, but this really didn’t help the bite. Most anglers caught fish but keeper fish were hard to get.

I must apologize because I forgot to interview the top 3 anglers to find out their “Winning Ways,” but I will go on with the article anyways. Just like most years when we fish out of Ben Routh we have anglers all up and down the river. All top 3 anglers came out of a different Pool. Jamie Dubroc was able to bring in the winning sack despite being penalized for being late after he got hung up in the lock. Jamie’s winning weight was 10.89lbs. Jamie locked south and went into the Atchafayala River. Second place went to our young star Aaron Belgard with 10.19lbs. Aaron stayed in Pool 1, but from what I understand he ran from one lock to the other throughout the day. Third place with 8.2lbs went to Mark Barbat who locked north into pool 2. There was probably a 60-70 mile distance between where Jamie and Mark fished. Burning gas is not a problem for the Southern Boyz Bass Club. There was a total of 49 fish brought to the scales for an average weight of 1.57lbs. Kinda pitiful guys!!!

With the season officially over another congratulations needs to go out to Russ White who had a remarkable season. He started out the season on fire and never stumbled not once throughout the year. All the rest of us could do was sit back and watch! Russ will be the team captain for the Best Six team next year. The rest of the Best Six members are as follows:

2) Josh Sikes

3) Rick Villermarette

4) Brandon Nugent

5) Aaron Belgard

6) Wallace Woodson

I hate to see the season end, but can’t wait till next year. Curt and I would like to thank everyone for another great year and for their help and input throughout the season. Once again we had another season with no issues or problems between any members. That just goes to show you the kinds of members we have!

A couple of members asked if we were going to have our fall open tournament. If some members are willing to help me work the tournament both that morning for registration and that evening for the weigh inn, we can have the tournament. We usually have it the 2^nd weekend of October, but with that being less than 2 weeks away, I was thinking of having it Oct. 19. If you are interested in helping me, please let me know ASAP so I can get some flyers out. Once again thanks to every member for another GREAT season and hopefully we will see you at the meeting in January.

Brandon Nugent

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