Saltwater Division
Freshwater Division
Team SponsorsLambert and Dufrene pick up 3rd in Lake Charles
Eschete-Jordan win 2nd stop
Day 1 Standings
Final Results
Day 1 Pics
Day 2 Pics
Dwayne Eschete and Clark Jordan trailed after day 1 but that's familiar territory for them. "No panic Pat, we just had to catch our fish and the rest would take care of itself", Eschete told tour host, Pat Malone in front of a great crowd Saturday at the 2013 Contraband Days Festival. Therest did take care of itself and at the tournaments end an impressive 31.85 pounds propelled team Majek/Yamaha to the win and a $10,000.00 pay day.
According to both Clark and Dwayne, Berkley Gulp was the bait of choice this weekend. What makes this win even more impressive is the fact that these guys are mainly site fishermen, wanting to see and target the fish they cast to. However, day 1's weather made that impossible with high winds, overcast skies and brutal overall conditions. Their day 1 weight? 16+ pounds! Blind casting, something this team does only when they have to. Once again Dwayne and Clark now sit atop the Team of the Year leader board with 398 points and are looking to go back to back to back in Team of the Year top podium spots.
Lee Daughdrill and Jimmy Lloyd teamed up for this event and finished in 2nd place with 29.39pounds, 2.46 pounds behind the leaders. When asked by tour host and emcee, Pat Malone if they left 2.46 pounds on the water both anglers quick reply was "no Pat, Dwayne and Clark flat caught them this weekend".
Lee went on to say, "we would of liked to been able to get through a set of locks to access the water we practiced in and see what would of happened, but that's just part of the game, Clark and Dwayne were better this weekend." Lee and Jimmy took home $5,000.00 for their efforts as well as 199 Team of the Year points.
Third place this weekend went to the Shock H2O team of Paul Dufrene and Mike Lambert. Mike joined Paul for this event, for the first time teaming up in competition and from the looks of it, they fit together pretty well. 28.92 just 31/100 behind 2nd now has Dufrene's team sitting in 3rd place in the Team of the Year points chase. Team Shock pocketed $2,500.00 for their 3rd place finish.
The top 5 finished out with event 1 winners, Judd Johnson and Recie Tisdale in 4th, weighing in 28.57 pounds on their 4 fish while team Haynie Boats, Kevin Akin and Shane Prince finished in 5th with 28.10. Another great effort was turned in by all the teams this weekend under extreme conditions which included 40 mph NW gust on day 1 to record setting cold temperatures at launch time on day 2.
Once again all fish caught, 100% were released alive as the teams of this tour continue to take care of their catch throughout the day while the tour ensure's their release at tournament's end.
The anglers of the Shock H2O Tour now get a few months off to recoup with the next event in this series taking place August 16-17 in Port Aransas Texas.
A special thanks to Mr. Zartler and his entire staff at the Louisiana CVB as well Mr. Dean and his terrific staff at the Contraband Days Festival, this year was bigger and better than ever and plans are already in the works to include the 3 day Academy HT Series in the 2014 festival.
Thank you to our terrific staff that once again did a fabulous job under terrible conditions on day 1 to get the fish measured, weighed and released as well as throughout the entire weekend. It takes a host of people to make these tournaments Head Turning events and we could not do it without each and every one of you.
To the anglers and their families a sincere thank you for continuing to help make all the HT Redfish Series tournaments the quality events they are and to our fans, wow! Tripling from just 463 2 weeks ago to over 1260 to date. We look forward to meeting more of you at each event in person and until that next event we hope each of you remains, healthy and blessed until we see you again either on the water or on the web. ~HT
Weigh In Day 1:
Gary Rettig and Nicky Savoie, team AHR Metals take the lead on day 1 in a wind blown, cold start to the 2nd tour stop of the 2013 Shock H2O Redfish Tour. 16.37 pounds of beautiful Lake Charles redfish leads team Majek/Yamaha's Dwayne Eschete and Clark Jordan by 13/100 of a pound. Several teams had great showings considering the nearly 40 mph gust that were with them throughout the entire day.
With team AHR Metals and team Majek/Yamaha holding down the top spots it was the team of Josh Johnson and Sam Bordelon in 3rd with 15.17 pounds, still well within striking distance while tour stop 1 winners, Judd Johnson and Recie Tisdale weighed in 14.32 for 4th.
The top 5 rounded out with team Boats Etc., Mike Pickell and Bryan Gwin landed 14.27 pounds of fish for 5th place.
Tomorrow promises to be a better day weather wise but we'll have to see what that means for the fishing. Please visit our Shock H2O Redfish fan page for updates throughout the day.
(read more...)HT Redfish Partners with St. Tammany Parish
Report AbusePosted On October 15, 2012
HT3 OUTDOORS, LLC PARTNERS WITH ST. TAMMANY AND SLIDELL, LA.
The HT Redfish Series will partner to create the biggest show in Red fishing
ORLANDO –The championship round of the 2012 Academy Sports and Outdoors HT Professional Redfish took place this past weekend in Slidell, La. in St. Tammany Parish. It was obvious from the first section of red carpet that was laid out for the tour, it's anglers and families that this was not going to be an ordinary tournament weekend.??
After watching the angler's families being whisked away to special outings like wive's lunches, wine tastings, shopping, etc. it was apparent that this community appreciated not just the anglers that came to do battle on the redfish rich waters of Slidell, but their families as well.
As the weekend progressed it became obvious to everyone that there was a special connection between the St. Tammany Tourist Commission, local government and folks at the host facility, The Dock.?Discussions were made about a return of the tour for the 2013 season, those early discussions lead to longer discussions which lead to today's announcement.
The long term goal is to build the most lucrative redfish tournament championship in history and we feel Pat Malone and HT3 Outdoors is well on their way to that already. This is a win-win partnership on all counts and we are committed to helping achieve that goal while highlighting the incredible sport fishing St. Tammany has to offer," stated Donna O'Daniels, President and CEO of the St. Tammany Parish Tourist and Convention Commission.??
At the conclusion of the 2013 season, the top 50% of the field from the HT Professional Redfish Series season will again converge on Slidell in early November to battle it out for over $100,000.00 in cash and prizes and do so with no entry fee, another first for the tour and it's anglers.? The Wednesday evening captain's meeting will take place at the beautiful Northshore Harbor Center.
The first 2 days of competition will weigh in once again at The Dock and finally on day 3, another first, it's back to the Northshore Harbor Center with a lineup activities including sponsor booths, live entertainment, taste of Louisiana cooking exhibits, children's activities, giveaways and more.
The festivities, which are open to the public, will culminate with a Championship final drive through weigh in under the hot spotlights of an indoor concert hall followed by awarding of one of the largest cash purses in the sport. ??It's going to be tremendous to partner with such a fine group of fishing enthusiasts and to do so for the next 5 years shows the anglers and the industry that HT3 Outdoors, the HT Professional Redfish Series, it's anglers and fans are here and here to stay.
The civic center beautifully decorated and ready for captain's meeting/dinner.The HT Redfish Series will expand to 40 of the nation’s top teams; teams will include fishermen from Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina vying in a series of tournaments for the right to fish in the finale.???For more information on the HT Redfish tournament, visit www.HTREDFISHSERIES.com
For more on Slidell and St. Tammany Parish, visit www.LouisianaNorthshore.com
(read more...)2013 HT Redfish Series info announced
HT Redfish Series 2.013 Announced
The anglers were all smiles after hearing of format for upcoming season.
Ok the anglers were informed at Wednesday night's captain's meeting and now it's time for our fans to know. 2013 with the help of some great new as well as our returning sponsors the anglers qualified to fish the HT Professional Redfish Series will be fishing for:
1st place each event, $40,000.00 check up from 25k.
There will be an additional event, no entry fee shootout for the top 50% of the field at season's end. 1st place, $50,000.00 check.
All 5 events will count toward team of the year and the winning team again will walk away with a 22' Haynie (Headturner) bay boat with Mercury 250 Pro XS and all the tournament rigging, Minn Kota, Humminbird, Talon, etc...
Now for the teams struggling on day 1 or teams looking to pile on a bit, each event will have up to a $2500.00 big bag of the weekend cash prize added, regardless of overall finish. Bring in the heaviest 2 day total and win. This great incentive will be sponsored by great
companies like LMC Marine. Most of the guys on this tour are my customers, I feel like I needed to give something back, stated LMC owner and HT Redfish Series pro, David Christian. Other sponsors can get in good with these pros too (by coming on board for just 500.00 per event x 5) and know their money is going to reward some team for the biggest 2 fish limit of the 3 day weekend. Christian continued, it just gives guys a little something extra to keep fishing for, yes it does, David, yes it does.
We will increase the field size to 35 teams with only 20 teams auto qualifying from this year. That leaves 15 teams that have to earn their way to "the show". 5 were qualified at the first open qualifier a couple weeks ago in Galveston, leaving just 10 more spots for 2013. It's going to be fun, it's going to be big and it's going to be with each of you in one way or another.
Thank you to great sponsors who have already re committed for 2013 like Third Stone Software, frogg toggs, Minn Kota, Humminbird, Talon, Double Diamond Heavy Haul, Stiffy Push Poles, Duce Rods, American Rodsmiths and more.
In 2013 The Tour will again look to return to favorite tournament spots like Chalmette, La., Lake Charles, Port Aransas, Corpus Christi, Slidell, Galveston and just maybe a new stop or two.
Stay tuned as more information is published and be sure to sign up for one of the remaining 2 qualifiers for your chance to join the field of the absolute best anglers in the country. Click here to read more on qualifiers.
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Dwayne Eschete and Clark Jordan trailed after day 1 but that's familiar territory for them. "No panic Pat, we just had to catch our fish and the rest would take care of itself", Eschete told tour host, Pat Malone in front of a great crowd Saturday at the 2013 Contraband Days Festival. Therest did take care of itself and at the tournaments end an impressive 31.85 pounds propelled team Majek/Yamaha to the win and a $10,000.00 pay day.
According to both Clark and Dwayne, Berkley Gulp was the bait of choice this weekend. What makes this win even more impressive is the fact that these guys are mainly site fishermen, wanting to see and target the fish they cast to. However, day 1's weather made that impossible with high winds, overcast skies and brutal overall conditions. Their day 1 weight? 16+ pounds! Blind casting, something this team does only when they have to. Once again Dwayne and Clark now sit atop the Team of the Year leader board with 398 points and are looking to go back to back to back in Team of the Year top podium spots.
Lee Daughdrill and Jimmy Lloyd teamed up for this event and finished in 2nd place with 29.39pounds, 2.46 pounds behind the leaders. When asked by tour host and emcee, Pat Malone if they left 2.46 pounds on the water both anglers quick reply was "no Pat, Dwayne and Clark flat caught them this weekend".
Lee went on to say, "we would of liked to been able to get through a set of locks to access the water we practiced in and see what would of happened, but that's just part of the game, Clark and Dwayne were better this weekend." Lee and Jimmy took home $5,000.00 for their efforts as well as 199 Team of the Year points.
Third place this weekend went to the Shock H2O team of Paul Dufrene and Mike Lambert. Mike joined Paul for this event, for the first time teaming up in competition and from the looks of it, they fit together pretty well. 28.92 just 31/100 behind 2nd now has Dufrene's team sitting in 3rd place in the Team of the Year points chase. Team Shock pocketed $2,500.00 for their 3rd place finish.
The top 5 finished out with event 1 winners, Judd Johnson and Recie Tisdale in 4th, weighing in 28.57 pounds on their 4 fish while team Haynie Boats, Kevin Akin and Shane Prince finished in 5th with 28.10. Another great effort was turned in by all the teams this weekend under extreme conditions which included 40 mph NW gust on day 1 to record setting cold temperatures at launch time on day 2.
Once again all fish caught, 100% were released alive as the teams of this tour continue to take care of their catch throughout the day while the tour ensure's their release at tournament's end.
The anglers of the Shock H2O Tour now get a few months off to recoup with the next event in this series taking place August 16-17 in Port Aransas Texas.
A special thanks to Mr. Zartler and his entire staff at the Louisiana CVB as well Mr. Dean and his terrific staff at the Contraband Days Festival, this year was bigger and better than ever and plans are already in the works to include the 3 day Academy HT Series in the 2014 festival.
Thank you to our terrific staff that once again did a fabulous job under terrible conditions on day 1 to get the fish measured, weighed and released as well as throughout the entire weekend. It takes a host of people to make these tournaments Head Turning events and we could not do it without each and every one of you.
To the anglers and their families a sincere thank you for continuing to help make all the HT Redfish Series tournaments the quality events they are and to our fans, wow! Tripling from just 463 2 weeks ago to over 1260 to date. We look forward to meeting more of you at each event in person and until that next event we hope each of you remains, healthy and blessed until we see you again either on the water or on the web. ~HT
Weigh In Day 1:
Gary Rettig and Nicky Savoie, team AHR Metals take the lead on day 1 in a wind blown, cold start to the 2nd tour stop of the 2013 Shock H2O Redfish Tour. 16.37 pounds of beautiful Lake Charles redfish leads team Majek/Yamaha's Dwayne Eschete and Clark Jordan by 13/100 of a pound. Several teams had great showings considering the nearly 40 mph gust that were with them throughout the entire day.
With team AHR Metals and team Majek/Yamaha holding down the top spots it was the team of Josh Johnson and Sam Bordelon in 3rd with 15.17 pounds, still well within striking distance while tour stop 1 winners, Judd Johnson and Recie Tisdale weighed in 14.32 for 4th.
The top 5 rounded out with team Boats Etc., Mike Pickell and Bryan Gwin landed 14.27 pounds of fish for 5th place.
Tomorrow promises to be a better day weather wise but we'll have to see what that means for the fishing. Please visit our Shock H2O Redfish fan page for updates throughout the day. |
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Report AbusePosted On October 15, 2012
HT3 OUTDOORS, LLC PARTNERS WITH ST. TAMMANY AND SLIDELL, LA.
The HT Redfish Series will partner to create the biggest show in Red fishing
ORLANDO –The championship round of the 2012 Academy Sports and Outdoors HT Professional Redfish took place this past weekend in Slidell, La. in St. Tammany Parish. It was obvious from the first section of red carpet that was laid out for the tour, it's anglers and families that this was not going to be an ordinary tournament weekend.??
After watching the angler's families being whisked away to special outings like wive's lunches, wine tastings, shopping, etc. it was apparent that this community appreciated not just the anglers that came to do battle on the redfish rich waters of Slidell, but their families as well.
As the weekend progressed it became obvious to everyone that there was a special connection between the St. Tammany Tourist Commission, local government and folks at the host facility, The Dock.?Discussions were made about a return of the tour for the 2013 season, those early discussions lead to longer discussions which lead to today's announcement.
The long term goal is to build the most lucrative redfish tournament championship in history and we feel Pat Malone and HT3 Outdoors is well on their way to that already. This is a win-win partnership on all counts and we are committed to helping achieve that goal while highlighting the incredible sport fishing St. Tammany has to offer," stated Donna O'Daniels, President and CEO of the St. Tammany Parish Tourist and Convention Commission.??
At the conclusion of the 2013 season, the top 50% of the field from the HT Professional Redfish Series season will again converge on Slidell in early November to battle it out for over $100,000.00 in cash and prizes and do so with no entry fee, another first for the tour and it's anglers.? The Wednesday evening captain's meeting will take place at the beautiful Northshore Harbor Center.
The first 2 days of competition will weigh in once again at The Dock and finally on day 3, another first, it's back to the Northshore Harbor Center with a lineup activities including sponsor booths, live entertainment, taste of Louisiana cooking exhibits, children's activities, giveaways and more.
The festivities, which are open to the public, will culminate with a Championship final drive through weigh in under the hot spotlights of an indoor concert hall followed by awarding of one of the largest cash purses in the sport. ??It's going to be tremendous to partner with such a fine group of fishing enthusiasts and to do so for the next 5 years shows the anglers and the industry that HT3 Outdoors, the HT Professional Redfish Series, it's anglers and fans are here and here to stay.
The civic center beautifully decorated and ready for captain's meeting/dinner.The HT Redfish Series will expand to 40 of the nation’s top teams; teams will include fishermen from Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina vying in a series of tournaments for the right to fish in the finale.???For more information on the HT Redfish tournament, visit www.HTREDFISHSERIES.com
For more on Slidell and St. Tammany Parish, visit www.LouisianaNorthshore.com
(read more...)
At the conclusion of the 2013 season, the top 50% of the field from the HT Professional Redfish Series season will again converge on Slidell in early November to battle it out for over $100,000.00 in cash and prizes and do so with no entry fee, another first for the tour and it's anglers.? The Wednesday evening captain's meeting will take place at the beautiful Northshore Harbor Center.
The first 2 days of competition will weigh in once again at The Dock and finally on day 3, another first, it's back to the Northshore Harbor Center with a lineup activities including sponsor booths, live entertainment, taste of Louisiana cooking exhibits, children's activities, giveaways and more.
The festivities, which are open to the public, will culminate with a Championship final drive through weigh in under the hot spotlights of an indoor concert hall followed by awarding of one of the largest cash purses in the sport. ??It's going to be tremendous to partner with such a fine group of fishing enthusiasts and to do so for the next 5 years shows the anglers and the industry that HT3 Outdoors, the HT Professional Redfish Series, it's anglers and fans are here and here to stay.
The civic center beautifully decorated and ready for captain's meeting/dinner.The HT Redfish Series will expand to 40 of the nation’s top teams; teams will include fishermen from Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina vying in a series of tournaments for the right to fish in the finale.???For more information on the HT Redfish tournament, visit www.HTREDFISHSERIES.com
For more on Slidell and St. Tammany Parish, visit www.LouisianaNorthshore.com
| HT Redfish Series 2.013 Announced | |
| The anglers were all smiles after hearing of format for upcoming season.
Ok the anglers were informed at Wednesday night's captain's meeting and now it's time for our fans to know. 2013 with the help of some great new as well as our returning sponsors the anglers qualified to fish the HT Professional Redfish Series will be fishing for:
1st place each event, $40,000.00 check up from 25k.
There will be an additional event, no entry fee shootout for the top 50% of the field at season's end. 1st place, $50,000.00 check.
All 5 events will count toward team of the year and the winning team again will walk away with a 22' Haynie (Headturner) bay boat with Mercury 250 Pro XS and all the tournament rigging, Minn Kota, Humminbird, Talon, etc...
Now for the teams struggling on day 1 or teams looking to pile on a bit, each event will have up to a $2500.00 big bag of the weekend cash prize added, regardless of overall finish. Bring in the heaviest 2 day total and win. This great incentive will be sponsored by greatcompanies like LMC Marine. Most of the guys on this tour are my customers, I feel like I needed to give something back, stated LMC owner and HT Redfish Series pro, David Christian. Other sponsors can get in good with these pros too (by coming on board for just 500.00 per event x 5) and know their money is going to reward some team for the biggest 2 fish limit of the 3 day weekend. Christian continued, it just gives guys a little something extra to keep fishing for, yes it does, David, yes it does.
We will increase the field size to 35 teams with only 20 teams auto qualifying from this year. That leaves 15 teams that have to earn their way to "the show". 5 were qualified at the first open qualifier a couple weeks ago in Galveston, leaving just 10 more spots for 2013. It's going to be fun, it's going to be big and it's going to be with each of you in one way or another.
Thank you to great sponsors who have already re committed for 2013 like Third Stone Software, frogg toggs, Minn Kota, Humminbird, Talon, Double Diamond Heavy Haul, Stiffy Push Poles, Duce Rods, American Rodsmiths and more.
In 2013 The Tour will again look to return to favorite tournament spots like Chalmette, La., Lake Charles, Port Aransas, Corpus Christi, Slidell, Galveston and just maybe a new stop or two.
Stay tuned as more information is published and be sure to sign up for one of the remaining 2 qualifiers for your chance to join the field of the absolute best anglers in the country. Click here to read more on qualifiers. |
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