Texas East/ Ross Motor Sports Kick Off Tournament

Texas East kicked off the 2024 season on Toledo Bend.  The pre-tournament banquet was held at FBC Hemphill and was filled with not only anglers but also many from the local community that wanted to join in the festivities and hear a message of love and grace.  We were blessed to have Dave Edwards, of “Daveedwardsspeaks”, share his heart and the Holy Spirit moved in a mighty way as 26 men and women made first time decisions to enter into relationship with the Lord.  Our BBQ was once again provided by Skero Furniture and the baked beans, potato salad and cake by the many donors and sponsors of Texas East.   We were also blessed to have a new beverage sponsor for the season, Sabine State Bank.  We sent 107 teams home with their breakfast snacks and hopes and prayers for a good day of fishing on Saturday.

Saturday broke with rain coming down sideways but it didn’t deter our competitors.  By the time weigh in began the rain had pretty much moved out but the teams reported being soaked all day.  They also reported catching fish like crazy!  When it was all said and done, the team of Tator Reynolds and George Jeane took the $10,000 and first place honors home with them.  The winning sack was 26.08.  Second place honors went to the team of Eric and Brandon McGaha with a bag that weighed in at 21.01.  Rounding out the top three were the long time team of Stephen Kinney and Jimmy Martin with a stringer that topped the scales at 19.34.  Big Bass bragging rights went to Tyler Vidrine with a big ole toad that weighed 10.36 and was worth over $1000!

Congratulations to all of our winners and we look forward to serving you again on March 2^nd as we head back to Toledo Bend. 

Special thanks to the Texas East team as they had worked for weeks and months preparing for the season to get started. 

Fishers of Men would like to thank all of our fine sponsors; BassCat Boats, Mercury, Berkley, Abu Garcia, Fenwick, FireFly Outdoors & Marine, RealTree Fishing, Power-Pole, T&H Marine, X2 Batteries, FroggToggs

We would not be able to do what we do in Texas East if it weren’t for so many wonderful local sponsors,  Ross Motor Sports, Beacon Wealth Management, Skero Furniture, O’Ferrell Transportation, Brandon Belt Fishing, Sabine State Bank, Big Help Desk, Workrise, Terrill Petroleum, Oilfield Trashmasters, Menade Inc., Anderson’s A/C &Heating, Tax Resolution Guide Services, Hope Legacy Collective, Hillister Assembly of God, FBC Broaddus, FBC Hemphill, Johnny Franks Family, Trey Kistler Family, Tim Browder Family, George Anderson Family, Ralph Logan Family, Dan Hilton Family, Rusty West Family, Coy Jennings Family, Broaddus ISD, Hemphill ISD,

Place	Team	Members	# Fish	Big Fish	Gross	Penalty	Net Wt	Points
1	28209	Tater Reynolds George Jeane Jr.	5	8.16	26.08	0	26.08	300
2	31406	Eric McGaha Brandon McGaha	5	6.06	21.01	0	21.01	299
3	352	Stephen Kinney Jimmy Martin	5	0	19.34	0	19.34	298
4	28206	Theodore Thibodeaux Jessica Thibodeaux	5	6.63	19.02	0	19.02	297
5	31427	Jarrod McMillan Terry Hotard	5	0	18.45	0	18.45	296
6	31463	Don Iles Danny Iles	5	6.67	18.32	0	18.32	295
7	29817	Aaron Bourgeois Shannon Thibodeaux	5	0	18.16	0	18.16	294
8	31428	Jordan Breaux Brad Hillebrandt	5	0	18.14	0	18.14	293
9	31460	Tyler Vidrine	5	10.36	18.06	0	18.06	292
10	23735	Colby Miller Cole Moore	5	0	17.76	0	17.76	291
11	23494	Jason Dew Dakota Dew	5	0	17.46	0	17.46	290
12	29854	Bryan Carethers Nathan Prine	5	0	17.42	0	17.42	289
13	31363	Bobby Eads	5	0	16.95	0	16.95	288
14	25142	Eric Herzog Jason Chance	5	0	16.92	0	16.92	287
15	31404	William Marshall	5	6.63	16.84	0	16.84	286
16	31435	Michael Mitchell Nathan Mitchell	5	0	16.53	0	16.53	285
17	31229	Doyce Cartrett Jr Clayton Harrell	5	0	16.51	0	16.51	284
18	31433	Wade LeBlanc Mike Holland	5	0	16.31	0	16.31	283
19	30226	David Rabalais Shane Cormier	5	0	16.2	0	16.2	282
20	29813	Corbett Ross Haylie Ross	5	0	15.83	0	15.83	281
21	31466	Cole Stewart Timothy Stewart	5	0	15.45	0	15.45	280
22	29863	Patrick Ingraham Trenton Ingraham	5	0	15.43	0	15.43	279
23	31288	Dwayne Likens John Wojhan	5	0	15.43	0	15.43	279
24	31423	Steven Kruithof William Wooten	5	0	15.4	0	15.4	277
25	29888	Don Johnson Joe Soileau	5	0	15.1	0	15.1	276
26	15801	Dan Hilton Rick Sanders	5	0	14.76	0	14.76	275
27	31438	Branden Hyatt Chet Slaydon	5	0	14.73	0	14.73	274
28	29864	Buddy Day Gay Day	5	0	14.53	0	14.53	273
29	31402	Jerrel Pringle Michel Fox	5	0	14.42	0	14.42	222
30	31226	Steven Nieto Larry Pasket	5	0	14.22	0	14.22	271
31	31462	Thomas McMillan Mark Price	5	0	14.21	0	14.21	270
32	29838	Stacy Peacher Mark Mundy	5	0	14.16	0	14.16	269
33	31459	Alex Erickson Logan White	5	0	14.16	0	14.16	269
34	31440	Nathaniel Reno Brady Blackwell	5	0	14.01	0	14.01	267
35	31436	Gage Struben Oren (Ty) Haymon	5	0	14	0	14	266
36	31403	George Anderson Gary Ulman	5	0	13.98	0	13.98	265
37	29730	Cameron Swonke Nathan Harper	5	0	13.8	0	13.8	264
38	23582	Bill Lambert Jon Robinson	5	0	13.54	0	13.54	263
39	29548	Eddie Duhon Jacob Duhon	5	6.07	13.39	0	13.39	262
40	26950	Danny Cherry Mark Lanham	5	0	13.05	0	13.05	261
41	31426	Chris Wiley Steven Briggs	5	0	13.03	0	13.03	260
42	31421	Brad Beasley Landon Beasley	5	0	13.02	0	13.02	259
43	31461	Jeff Latham Dane Thibodeaux	5	0	12.53	0	12.53	258
44	31224	Luke Hess Dean Roberts	5	0	12.44	0	12.44	257
45	31321	Dean Wood Joe Daw	5	0	12.32	0	12.32	256
46	25678	Jerry Wade Johnny Franks	5	0	12.28	0	12.28	255
47	31434	Robby Clark Cory Hyden	5	0	12.15	0	12.15	254
48	31424	Jack McElroy Gary Ulman Sr	5	0	12.08	0	12.08	253
49	17027	Ralph Logan Sr.	5	0	11.91	0	11.91	252
50	29551	Charles Watts William Watts	5	0	11.88	0	11.88	251
51	31367	Mike Price Jimmy Bruffey	5	0	11.75	0	11.75	250
52	30199	Joe Nance TJ Bohannon	5	0	11.66	0	11.66	249
53	31432	Jonathan Hutto Nathaniel Lane	5	0	11.48	0	11.48	248
54	31278	Larry Martin Kelvin Jones	5	0	11.34	0	11.34	247
55	31441	Stephen English	5	0	11.26	0	11.26	246
56	31405	Paul Hopkins Danny Watts	4	0	11.1	0	11.1	245
57	28200	Tony Owen James Harper	5	0	11.05	0	11.05	244
58	31371	Eddie Payne Brian Bayless	5	0	10.9	0	10.9	243
59	31422	Timothy Browder Micah Andres	5	0	10.77	0	10.77	242
60	28627	Craig Gary Tatum Gary	5	0	10.77	0	10.77	242
61	31370	James Barnett Danny Jackson	5	0	10.41	0	10.41	240
62	29815	Kenneth McMellon Nicolas Grey	5	0	10.09	0	10.09	239
63	29894	Ben Read Jeff Lee	5	0	9.98	0	9.98	238
64	31267	Eric Girola Robert Riley	5	0	9.86	0	9.86	237
65	31230	Donnie Robinson Juanita Robinson	5	0	9.85	0	9.85	236
66	31420	Charles Sharp Dennis Fleming	4	0	9.28	0	9.28	235
67	31365	Robert Seals Sam Greenhaw	5	0	9.27	0	9.27	234
68	25134	Robert Moore David Atwell	5	0	9.2	0	9.2	233
69	23093	Robert Richey Samuel Richey	5	0	9.08	0	9.08	232
70	29855	Mark Halpain Melford Butch Wimberly	5	0	8.92	0	8.92	231
71	18337	Todd DeClaris Troy DeClaris	4	0	8.68	0	8.68	230
72	31353	Mark Leger Debra Leger	5	0	8.08	0	8.08	229
73	3551	Tommie Payne Warren Mayfield	4	0	7.79	0	7.79	228
74	31328	Jimmy Harris Sherry Harris	4	0	7.6	0	7.6	227
75	29882	DOUGLAS THOMPSON Teresa Thompson	3	0	7.08	0	7.08	226
76	31467	Robert Laird Jr Misty Purvis	3	0	6.73	0	6.73	225
77	31364	Wade Bryan Darren Lowe	2	0	6.54	0	6.54	224
78	29782	Rick Guillory Richard Garcia	2	0	5.76	0	5.76	223
79	31354	Kenneth Wick Daniel Arnold	3	0	5.49	0	5.49	222
80	31442	Jacob Odom Kaden Bailey	2	0	5.03	0	5.03	221
81	23589	Stephen Ashworth Tex Rieder	2	0	4.53	0	4.53	220
82	31429	Rocky Reich Gayland Heard	2	0	4.16	0.25	3.91	219
83	25131	David Price Ronald Roberts	2	0	3.91	0	3.91	219
84	27941	Aubrey Lewis Jim Swoda	1	3.36	3.36	0	3.36	217
85	30245	Randy Callahan Eric Duplantis	2	0	3.26	0	3.26	216
86	31362	Ryan Cameron Katie Cameron	2	0	2.4	0	2.4	215
87	31431	Paul Pitre Codie Pitre	1	1.7	1.7	0	1.7	214
88	28396	Chris Waller Dewayne Whitmire	0	0	0	0	0	213
89	31320	Mo Hannie Mark Jenkins	0	0	0	0	0	213
90	29839	Toby Johnson Sam Huckabee	0	0	0	0	0	213
91	29923	David Merkel John Fife	0	0	0	0	0	213
92	31465	Michael Chance Moton Timbo Sessum	0	0	0	0	0	213
93	6192	Rusty West Levi West	0	0	0	0	0	213
94	31227	Robert Dukes Raymond Rollins	0	0	0	0	0	213
95	31323	Tyler Casteel Austin Casteel	0	0	0	0	0	213
96	29895	Brian Traw	0	0	0	0	0	213
97	31374	Robert Neal Jr John Smith	0	0	0	0	0	213
98	31425	Thomas Rash William Oldbury	0	0	0	0	0	213
99	31468	Shannon Wingate David Jones	0	0	0	0	0	213
100	31223	Mark Koen James Terrell	0	0	0	0	0	213
101	30693	Bryan Allen Brian Allen	0	0	0	0	0	213
102	29732	Thomas Rash II Cody Wilkerson	0	0	0	0	0	213
103	29846	Kevin Madeley James Martin	0	0	0	0	0	213
104	28397	Michael Orgeron Noah Orgeron	0	0	0	0	0	213
105	30550	Andre Martin Justin Martin	0	0	0	0	0	213
106	31464	Chris Brignac Leyton Brignac	0	0	0	0	0	163
107	31473	Cordaryl Rawls Cheyanne Westbrook	0	0	0	0	0	213
!st Place stop #1 Tator Reynolds and George Jeane Big bass Stop #1 10.36 Tyler Vidrine