John Buck 		John's Club Report
Covering The Pensacola Hawg Hunters
2009 Season

 Email: John Buck
Founded In 1975

August Tournament
Total Number Fished Tournament 17
Total Fish Caught 33
Total Dead Fish 1
Total Limits 1
Big Fish 2.94
Total Fish Weight 49.51 lbs

 Total Year Standings
Total Number Fished For Year 177
Total Fish Caught 401
Total Dead Fish 6
Total Limits 26
Big Fish 6.98
 Total Fish Weight 587.10 lbs

1st Place
Tony Boyett
5 Fish 9.48 lbs		 2nd Place
Bob Hanson
4 Fish 7.74 lbs		 3rd Place
Lee Brannon
4 Fish 7.57 lbs		 4th Place
Buddy Yates
4 Fish 5.11 lbs

Place Name Fish Weight
1. Tony Boyett 5 9.48
2. Bob Hanson 4 7.74
3. Lee Brannon 4 7.57
4. Buddy Yates 4 5.11
5. Jim Bailey Sr 2 4.40
6. Don Jahnke 2 3.34


*** Tournament Big Fish ***
Lee Brannon
2.94 lbs

Also Fished
Jeff Weaver - Randy Cole
Ron Bridges - Rick Howard

Place Name Fish Weight
7. Mack Cramer 3 3.04
8. Frank Dodge 2 2.47
9. Marc Churchwell 2 2.29
10. Jere Jaillite 2 2.10
11. Dave Dyess 1 1.86
12. Billy Myrick 1 1.18
13. John Buck 1 1.03

TOURNAMENT REPORT

Tensaw River
 August 22, 2009
 Hubbard's Landing

The Hawg Hunters fished out of Hubbard's Landing on the Tensaw River for the August tournament. This was our last short-day (2PM weigh in) for the year. Water levels were near normal, and color was stained but not bad or really muddy. Water temp was about 85 for most of the day. Early morning clouds gave way to high blues by mid-morning, and we had to deal with the dreaded neap tides.

Randy Cole and I drew out as partners. It was fun because we had not fished together in several years. We started out above Hubbard's and immediately started to get hits and caught a few fish but they would not keep. Ha, that's the story for the rest of the day basically. We fished down the river to the lower end of Briar Lake and still only caught short fish. At 12:30 I got lucky and caught a barely keeper in Coon Neck. We ran back up above Hubbard's for the last hour and Randy hooked and lost 3 nice keeper bass. Each was repeat of the other as they came to the surface and got hung on logs and came unbuttoned before we could get to them. We got hits all day and caught quite a few short fish and most of them came on Red Bug soft plastics.

We had an enjoyable day even though the fishing was tough. At the scales hardly anyone had anything to brag about. But as usual a few found some nice fish.

Tony Boyette had the only limit (5) for 9.48 lbs and took the win. He caught most of his fish on crank bait. Second Place went to "Big Fish" Bob Hanson who had 4 fish @ 7.74 lbs. He caught most of his on green pumpkin worms. Third place was taken by Lee Brannon who had 4 fish @ 7.57 lbs. Not sure what he caught his on, but we all know that he basically lives by the "chug bug". "Mr. Consistent" Buddy Yates took 4th place with 5 fish @ 5.11 lbs. Lee also had the lunker @2.94 lbs.

Fish were caught on a variety of lures from worms, creature baits, lizards, crank baits, buzz baits and top waters. Red shad was the most popular color choice in soft plastics.
Once again congratulation to the top 4 who all found some pretty nice Tensaw fish.

Please remember to read through the proposed changes so you will be informed when you get to the next meeting. Also please note that the meeting will start at 6:00 PM.
If you have proposals and have not already submitted them please send them to Jim asap!!

Our next tournament will be at Swift Creek on the Alabama River, west of Montgomery. It will be a 2 day event and we will have a cook out on Saturday night. Make plans now to attend the important meeting in September and also fish the tournament. The Alabama River presents an excellent fishery in that area and we have had very good tournaments there in the past. Until next time….


Keep Your Hooks Sharp!
John