Fishers of Men Texas Central wrapped up event one of the 2026 season today on Canyon Lake. The festivities began Friday night at Grace Bible Church in Canyon Lake Texas; the men of the church treated us to a pancake and sausage dinner that was fantastic. Pastor Bill Cooley gave a great message, and it was well received by all.

We greeted 72 individuals at the pre-tournament meeting, what a joy it was to see all our old friends and to meet all the new families and anglers that registered for this season. It was truly wonderful meeting everyone and spending time in fellowship. We were able to celebrate all those that sold over 1 thousand dollars’ worth of raffle tickets during the off season, each person received a free rod. Chris Eller took home three free reels and two free rods for selling 5k of tickets. He also took home a new AR-15 rifle for being the top ticket salesman. Chris and his dad Nathan also sold enough to have their entry fees paid for each event this season. Well done guys, your hard work paid off.

Saturday morning, we gathered at Canyon Lake ramp 18 for boat checks and launch. It was a very cold morning with temps dipping just below freezing at launch time. We sent those fiberglass war horses off one by one to battle it out against the cold and wind that would soon begin. By noon the wind was blowing way more than the weather man had predicted.

At 3pm the anglers came in all bundled up, some with smiles of success and some showing misery as they braved the cold and wind all day long. Bryan Cotter and Darrell Denton were certainly smiling as they approached the scales, the two caught a limit of fish weighing in at 17.34lbs. The two secured first place for the first event of the season. Second place was captured by Mike Nichelini and Frank Ono with a limit weighing 17.18lbs. Third place honors go to Chester Jenke and Trevor Rogge; the team secured this position with a big girl that took big bass for the day weighing 4.91lbs. Brennan Fertig and James Beauchamp grabbed ahold of fourth place with a limit tilting the scales at 15.03.

We paid out 7 total places today, and we added an additional $2400.00 to our original pay schedule thanks to our off-season gun and gift card raffle.

I want to say thank you to our wonderful anglers, their amazing families and to our team for making this event so special. Heather King, Candice Kazmir, Melissa Eller, Maycie Eller, Ty Eller, Nathan Eller, Chris Eller and last but definitely not least; our amazing chaplain Bill Shelnutt.

Texas Central Division is very grateful to our local sponsors; Diamond M Land Management, Healthy Self DPC, Custom Truck and Wheel Killeen TX, Bingham Marine Texas, Major Services, Wave 6 Operations LLC, Tyler Wrap Company, Coda Lures, Pro Tec Products, Barracuda Baits & Tightlines Premium Tackle.

Place	Team	Members	# Fish	Big Fish	Gross	Penalty	Net Wt	Points
1	38535	Bryan Cotter Darrell Denton	5	4.66	17.34	0	17.34	200
2	38553	Mike Nichelini Frank Ono	5	4.48	17.18	0	17.18	199
3	33012	Chester Jenke Trevor Rogge	5	4.91	16.83	0	16.83	198
4	33008	Brennan Fertig James Beauchamp	5	0	15.03	0	15.03	197
5	38547	Trent Blake Philip Thompson	5	0	12.33	0	12.33	196
6	38534	Willam Gatewood Jonathan Baseke	5	0	11.46	0	11.46	195
7	29572	Jayson Kisselburg Lake Kisselburg	5	0	10.3	0	10.3	194
8	38530	Collin Lansdale Ben Morton	3	0	8.17	0	8.17	193
9	33016	COURTNEY HOBGOOD GARRETT DOKTER	3	4.06	8.06	0	8.06	192
10	38520	William Shelnutt Byron Koenig	3	0	6.97	0	6.97	191
11	29558	Erik Olson Kory Grelle	3	0	6.64	0	6.64	190
12	38551	John Price Crew Price	2	0	5.04	0	5.04	139
13	33005	Austin Talasek Kyler Roberts	2	0	4.43	0	4.43	188
14	38531	Ira Lynn Paula Lynn	2	0	4.02	0	4.02	187
15	29598	Mike Sedillo Justin Rathbun	2	0	3.72	0	3.72	186
16	29596	David Titus Daniel Titus	2	0	3.67	0	3.67	185
17	29646	Gus Chavira Toby Turner	2	0	3.42	0	3.42	184
18	38519	Kody King Cole King	1	2.68	2.68	0	2.68	183
19	36208	Justin King Bobby Kazmir	1	2.13	2.13	0	2.13	182
20	36207	Dennis Meyer Alexander Meyer	1	1.79	1.79	0	1.79	181
21	38536	JP Brazeal Daron Jetton	1	1.35	1.35	0	1.35	180
22	38533	Shannon Goad Daniel Mills	1	1.15	1.15	0	1.15	179
23	29559	Nathan Eller Christopher Eller	0	0	0	0	0	178
24	30228	Christopher Noel Shawn Fischer	0	0	0	0	0	178
25	38532	Fidel aka Ben Bentura	0	0	0	0	0	128
26	38545	Steve Bible Terri Brown	0	0	0	0	0	178
27	38548	Matthew Savadin Paul Savadin	0	0	0	0	0	178
28	38550	Brandon Kitchens William Garza	0	0	0	0	0	178
29	38554	Adam Rodriguez Chris Cost	0	0	0	0	0	178
30	38560	Dustin Cantrell David Yeargin	0	0	0	0	0	178
Bryan Cotter and Darrell Denton take 1st place for event #1 with a bag weighing 17.34 Mike Nichelini and Frank Ono take second place with a sack weighing 17.18 Chester Jenke and Trevor Rogge take third place and Big Bass Honors. They had a limit weighing 16.83 and their anchor weighed 4.91lbs Brennan Fertig and James Beauchamp bring in a limit weighing 15.03lbs, good enough for 4th place 4TH Place team of Trent Blake and Phillip Thompson Hal Gatewood and Ronald Young take 6th place Jayson and Lake Kisselburg take 7th place