Texas East's Kick Off event is in the books!
The 2021 season kick-off event was a huge success! With the temperatures dropping we were still blessed to be having a pre-tournament registration and banquet COVID style, outside under a pavilion. All 54 teams and some of their family and friends were present and the fellowship, even with face coverings, was great! We were blessed to have Chick-Fil-A of Humble Texas provide their famous chicken sandwiches to add to our sack dinners of cookies, chips, candy bar and apples! Our folks loved it! Our speaker for the evening was supposed to be one of our Chaplains, Rusty West, but he was exposed to covid and was under quarantine, our back up speaker was Texas East’s Chaplain, Dr. Wayne Barth, but he came down with COVID the day before our banquet so consequently the folks got the ultimate blessing, I was on the stump for the night! I shared words of a fisherman from the bible in 1 Peter 2, the instruction from Peter to not get caught up in the environment and situations of the day and react to the things of this world in a negative way but rather put a smile on your face and show the world who your father is! Don’t let the world drag you down, keep smiling and go out each day seeking how you can be of service to someone else.
Blast off temperatures were a balmy 33 degrees and calm wind and our teams were excited to get to fishing. Temps during the day warmed some but it was still pretty cool as they headed in for weigh-in.
Lots of fish weighed with stories of the big-uns’ that broke off at the boat flowing steadily. When the dust and smoke cleared it was the great husband and wife team of Terry and Gwen Reed that took the honors of 1st place in 2021’s first event! The Reed’s weighed in 17.45 which included Gwen’s 1st place big bass kicker that tipped the scales at 7.46! Second place honors go to the team of Billy Waldrep and Justin Sowell with a sack weighing 16.38. Rounding out the top three finishers was the team of John and Cody Finkbeiner with a bag that hit the scales at 15.85. Second place Big Bass went to Gary and Jackson Babb that brought a 6.5 toad to the scales. Jackson was beside himself excited for his dad’s catch, made everyone in the weigh-in area happy to see his excitement!
Our next event is on Toledo Bend on February the 6th out of Fin and Feather Resort. Hope everyone stays on mission and invites another team to join with us!
Thank you all for allowing the Texas East Team serve you! Blessings!
Fishers of Men would like to thank all of our fine sponsors; BassCat Boats, Mercury, Berkley, Abu Garcia, Spiderwire, Shakespeare, Power-Pole, T&H Marine, BassBoat Technologies, Amphibia Eyewear, Gator Guards, FroggToggs and Jacobs Glass
Texas East would like to thank all of their local sponsors, Droptine Timber and Land, Terrill Petroleum, ENERCORP, Beacon Wealth Management, WORKRISE, Trey Kistler , Chick-Fil-A of Humble Texas, MenadeInc. Construction, Skero Furniture, Big Help Desk, Chick-Fil-A of Kingwood Texas, Cajun Lures, Tim Browder Family, FBC of Hemphill, FBC of Broaddus, Ross Motor Sports, Jim Spitzmiller Family, NTG Staffing, Tax Resolution Guide Services
Sam Rayburn - 01/09/21
| Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
| 1 | 15802 |
Terry Reed Gwen Reed | 5 | 7.46 | 17.45 | 0 | 17.45 | 200 | |
| 2 | 25140 |
Billy Waldrep Justin Sowell | 5 | 5.82 | 16.38 | 0 | 16.38 | 199 | |
| 3 | 26451 |
John Finkbeiner Cody Finkbeiner | 5 | 5.21 | 15.85 | 0 | 15.85 | 198 | |
| 4 | 22755 |
Jason Dew Gary Baker | 5 | 0 | 15.31 | 0 | 15.31 | 197 | |
| 5 | 25275 |
Jason Ashen Jeff Ashen | 5 | 0 | 13.21 | 0 | 13.21 | 196 | |
| 6 | 24257 |
Timothy Browder Malcolm Croft | 5 | 0 | 12.61 | 0 | 12.61 | 195 | |
| 7 | 6180 |
Robert Moore David Atwell | 5 | 0 | 12.47 | 0 | 12.47 | 194 | |
| 8 | 19936 |
William Lantrip Eddie Duhon | 5 | 4.23 | 12.11 | 0 | 12.11 | 193 | |
| 9 | 22370 |
Joshua Kieffer Christopher Kaylakie | 5 | 0 | 11.78 | 0 | 11.78 | 192 | |
| 10 | 25139 |
Drew Kirk Aaron McGuire | 5 | 0 | 11.13 | 0 | 11.13 | 191 | |
| 11 | 23582 |
Bill Lambert Jon Robinson | 5 | 0 | 11.02 | 0 | 11.02 | 190 | |
| 12 | 26487 |
Andrew Kirk Charles Odom | 5 | 0 | 10.87 | 0 | 10.87 | 189 | |
| 13 | 15801 |
Dan Hilton Rick Sanders | 5 | 0 | 10.51 | 0 | 10.51 | 188 | |
| 14 | 26473 |
Anthony Sharp Shane Hartt | 5 | 0 | 10.37 | 0 | 10.37 | 187 | |
| 15 | 26488 |
Corbett Ross Brian Branum | 5 | 0 | 9.8 | 0 | 9.8 | 186 | |
| 16 | 26470 |
Dawson Schnautz John Jay | 5 | 0 | 9.63 | 0 | 9.63 | 185 | |
| 17 | 26449 |
Bobby Bolton Joshua Ortego | 5 | 0 | 9.35 | 0 | 9.35 | 184 | |
| 18 | 22401 |
Josh Urban Todd King | 4 | 0 | 9.11 | 0 | 9.11 | 183 | |
| 19 | 25131 |
David Price Ronald Roberts | 4 | 0 | 8.98 | 0 | 8.98 | 182 | |
| 20 | 26450 |
Kyle McFarlain Mike Fontenot | 4 | 0 | 8.96 | 0 | 8.96 | 181 | |
| 21 | 23589 |
Stephen Ashworth Tex Rieder | 5 | 0 | 8.84 | 0 | 8.84 | 180 | |
| 22 | 26485 |
Chris Brignac Trey Clark | 5 | 0 | 8.78 | 0 | 8.78 | 179 | |
| 23 | 26479 |
Brian Johnson Royce Spencer | 5 | 0 | 8.58 | 0 | 8.58 | 178 | |
| 24 | 13331 |
Aubrey Lewis Jim Spitzmiller | 5 | 0 | 8.39 | 0 | 8.39 | 177 | |
| 25 | 25282 |
Gary Babb Jackson Babb | 2 | 6.5 | 8.12 | 0 | 8.12 | 176 | |
| 26 | 11771 |
Larry Nassar Lynn Thibodeaux | 4 | 0 | 7.81 | 0 | 7.81 | 175 | |
| 27 | 26476 |
Cameron Swonke Scott Swonke | 4 | 0 | 7.78 | 0 | 7.78 | 174 | |
| 28 | 19950 |
John Brown Doyce Cartrett Jr | 4 | 0 | 6.96 | 0 | 6.96 | 173 | |
| 29 | 25144 |
Thomas Aucoin Tony Owen | 3 | 0 | 6.39 | 0 | 6.39 | 172 | |
| 30 | 26475 |
Chaz Quinn Matthew McAdams | 3 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 5.7 | 171 | |
| 31 | 22747 |
Paul Hopkins Michael Key | 3 | 0 | 5.54 | 0 | 5.54 | 170 | |
| 32 | 25142 |
Eric Herzog Jason Chance | 2 | 0 | 4.42 | 0 | 4.42 | 169 | |
| 33 | 18351 |
Jerry Wade Dale Reynolds | 2 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 4.1 | 168 | |
| 34 | 352 |
Stephen Kinney Jimmy Martin | 2 | 0 | 3.53 | 0 | 3.53 | 167 | |
| 35 | 26472 |
Jim Swoda Michael Cater | 2 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 3.4 | 166 | |
| 36 | 23093 |
Robert Richey Samuel Richey | 2 | 0 | 3.13 | 0 | 3.13 | 165 | |
| 37 | 26446 |
Joseph Fontenot Dwayne McDaniel | 2 | 0 | 2.98 | 0 | 2.98 | 164 | |
| 38 | 25137 |
Mark Halpain Luke Halpain | 2 | 0 | 2.93 | 0 | 2.93 | 163 | |
| 39 | 26492 |
Jerome Silva Eric Silva | 1 | 2.37 | 2.37 | 0 | 2.37 | 162 | |
| 40 | 26444 |
Mark Sterling Timothy Cyr | 1 | 1.81 | 1.81 | 0 | 1.81 | 161 | |
| 41 | 23600 |
George Anderson Ralph Logan Sr. | 1 | 1.68 | 1.68 | 0 | 1.68 | 160 | |
| 42 | 23581 |
James Farrell Mike Gaines | 1 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 0 | 1.67 | 159 | |
| 43 | 26491 |
Joe Moyer James Smith | 1 | 1.27 | 1.27 | 0 | 1.27 | 158 | |
| 44 | 26490 |
Clint Lipham Shane Howell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
| 45 | 26480 |
Ethan LaFluer Melissa Lowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
| 46 | 26493 |
Bill Babb Mitchell Bueter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
| 47 | 26471 |
James Stephens George Stephens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
| 48 | 26477 |
Jerry DuBose James Conner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
| 49 | 26474 |
Justin Joachimi Dixie Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
| 50 | 26469 |
Mark Jenkins James Harper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
| 51 | 26448 |
Rickey Garrett Jr Alicia Garrett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
| 52 | 26483 |
Robert Seals Corbin Seals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
| 53 | 18337 |
Todd DeClaris Troy DeClaris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
| 54 | 26484 |
Tyler Gay Dustie Fennell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
 1st place, Terry and Gwen Reed  2nd place, Billy Waldrep and Justin Sowell  3rd place John and Cody Finkbeiner  1st Place Big Bass- Gwen Reed  2nd Place Big Bass- Gary and Jackson Babb |
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