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What an unbelievable weekend of competition in the final event of the 2010 HT Cup Tour.  After a season filled with sunken boats, broken trolling motors and other challenges the Frontline Plus Pro team of Blake Champion and Mike Lambert put it all together and won the 2010 HT Cup Championship.

Landing day 1’s big fish, a 9.99 pounder and a total weight of 18.42 this team was off and running, right? Wrong!  A dead fish penalty of .50 would set their official weight at 17.92 and behind the team of Ray Malone and Ryan Sweezy’s 18.01.

Could it be happening again, a livewell malfunction? A weak fish? What more could this team do?  Nothing much, just follow up day 1’s official weight of 17.92 pounds with a day 2 weight of 18.60!  Are you kidding?  But wait.  Another dead fish penalty for day 2 would have their official day 2 weight at, still an incredible, 18.10 pounds.

This record setting 2 day official weight on certified scales of 36.02 left this team sitting pretty and exactly 18.01 pounds ahead of Ray Malone and Ryan Sweezy, the team that weighed in exactly 18.01 pounds on day 1, could they duplicate their day 1 weight and tie?  Better yet, could they break it by just .01 and win the Cup?

Champion and Lambert sat by and watched as team after team weighed and nudged up against but never past their 2 day, record setting total.  Finally, it was Sweezy and Malone’s turn to weigh.  They needed 18.01 to tie and 18.02 to win.  The fish were measured and placed on the scale for weighing, the Pro Tournament Scales automatically and without any human contact locked in and the big screen tv’s showed their weight… 17.92 pounds, just .09 from what they needed and team Frontline was the winners.

“Man this is exciting”, stated Sweezy.  “We would of loved to win but man what a phenominal job Blake and Mike did, it couldn’t of happened to 2 nicer guys”, Malone told the anglers and crowd that had assembled.  Friermood and Scherer made the tour aware of this record breaking day surprising even the winning team with the news their 2 day total was tops in any officially recorded event.

See the attachments above for the final results proof positive that Venice, La. is the fishing captiol of the world and this weekend proved, again, it’s the best place in the world for food, fun, fellowship and giant redfish.

What a tremendous weekend and year.  We are thankful to Venice Marina’s Mike and Bill Butler, Chris Calloway and other staff members that made it an awesome 2 days of fishing.  Also, we’d like to thank the anglers and their families that come out and compete week in, week out, thank you for being a part of our tour and lives.  Jared Nixon and Neil Barbier bumped fish and took pictures and of course helped the event run smoothly by doing so, thank you guys.

Until next year when the Invitational Tour kicks off right back here in Chalmette, La. with the 2011 Louisiana Crawfish Festival, we say, tight lines to all our anglers, good health and may God’s blessings be on each and everyone of you.

Inside the Numbers: Did you know that eventual winners Champion/Lambert trailed the eventual 2nd place team of Sweezy/Malone by .09 after day 1 only to come back and win by exactly .09 after day 2.  Did you know that Sweezy/Malone weighed in 18.01 on day 1, after Champion/Lambert weighed in on day 2 (36.02 total), Sweezy/Malone needed exactly 18.01 again on day 2. ]]> http://tailinreds.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=247 http://tailinreds.com/blog/?p=243 http://tailinreds.com/blog/?p=243#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:18:28 +0000 admin0 http://tailinreds.com/blog/?p=243 Z-Man Products

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Weigh In Day 2: A nice Saturday turned into a nasty Sunday for the final day of competition for the anglers of the 2009 Hooters HT Professional Redfish Series.  Fishing in Delacroix, La. this weekend, the anglers were finding huge redfish, the question is, could they get them to bite just 1 week after the ESPN Redfish Cup was in town. 

The answer for some was no but for others, it was absolutely!  Jason Leblanc brought in 2 fish on Sunday for a 16+ pound limit to take the win with a 2 day, 4 fish total weight of 32.13 pounds.

Jason took home $3,000.00 for first place and $400.00 for big fish on Saturday and $400.00 for big fish on Sunday for a grand total on just the pro/boaters side of $3,800.00.  Jason paid just a $350.00 entry fee and only had to top 22 other pros for this top prize.

Second place was LA Landry with 30.24 pounds after 2 days and took home $1,250.00.  Third was Barnie White who tied with 4th place pro, Sean Oconnell with identical 2 day totals of 29.05.  The first tie breaker with HT is the biggest single fished weighed and Whited edged out Oconnell with a 7.68 to Sean’s 7.65.

White took home $800.00 for 3rd place while Oconnell took home $500.00 for 4th.  The 5th place prize of $350.00 went to Paul Dufrene who weighed in 28.66.  The final check (6) on the pros/boaters side went to Tony Grose for his 28.62 pounds netting him a check for $150.00.

The non boater winner was Kory Matherne who took home $1,175.00 by paying just a $150.00 entry fee and topping 22 other non boaters.  Second place and $500.00 on the non boaters division went to Chris Kennedy while 3rd was captured by Steve White who took home $400.00.  The non boaters checks finished out with Ryan Pruett in 4th winning $300.00, Lance Reynolds in 5th and taking home $150.00 and Sal Fontana netting $75.00 for his 6th place finish.

It was a great weekend, except for the weather, with 46 anglers in 23 boats competing for 14 checks.  Next up for the Series is Venice, La. September 19-20.  Headturners will be at the South Pass Empire Tarpon Rodeo this week and concluding this road trip with the RFRI folks at Myrtle Grove, Saturday Aug 22.  Points Chase after this event, click here.

Weigh In Day 1: Jason LeBlanc weighed in 2 redfish for his first day lead of 15.53 pounds.  On stage with Kory Matherne these two topped the field but by the slimmest of margins.

Second place is Britt Ordes with 15.26 pounds, just 27/100 behind LeBlanc.  Third place is LA Landry who weighed in 15.01 pounds while Paul Dufrene weighed in 14.93 pounds for fourth.

The top 5 finishes out with Delta Marina owner, Darren Angelo weighing in 14.64 pounds.  The big fish of the day was captured by LeBlanc with an 8.17 pounder.  However, Ordes 7.93 pounder was just 25.5″ long, a full 1.5″ below the allowable 27″.

If I can catch a 26.75″ pound fish it should weigh 9 pounds or better, Ordes told the crowd watching the weigh in.  Day two should prove to be a tight finish with a lot of anglers stating they are seeing plenty of fish, they just have to get them to bite.

When these Louisiana giants turn on, upper teen weights are well within reach.  17 even 18 pound 2 fish limits are not out of these pros’ reach.  Anglers will launch again at safe light and will weigh in between 2:30 and 4:00 pm.  JL flooring provided a great jambalaya for the anglers after the weigh in and Captain Chris Calloway was a real trooper bumping fish while suffering from double ear infections that had him at the doctors as late as last Wednesday.  We appreciate what each of these 2, JL flooring and Chris did for the anglers of the trail today.

Launch: Day 1 finds 46 anglers launching at Breton Sound Marina.  The anglers enjoyed a cool morning after a good rain but feel certain while the coolness will wear off, forecast have the rain sticking around.

A great facility to stay in is one of ESPN Redfish Cup angler, Charlie Thomason’s camps.  These beautiful, spacious homes away from home are a great place to kick back after a big day on the water.

The HT Series tournament truck had a first yesterday as it boarded the Belle Chase ferry to cross the mighty Mississippi.  Just moments after loading the truck on the ferry I was summoned to the wheel house.

The captain wants to see you, a deck hand told me.  I thought, what did I do, I just parked where they told me to.  As I climbed the stairs and entered the wheel house I could not figure out what I could of done.  Hey Pat was belted out by the Captain, I immediately felt better.

It was Captain Dave a friend from Lafitte, La. who recognized the truck and allowed me to enjoy the view from the driver’s seat.  A short trip across the river and the HT truck was back on the road and on it’s way to what may literally be the end of the world.

Anglers will weigh in day 1 at Breton Sound at 4:00 pm, immediately following the weigh in JL flooring will be providing the white beans, chicken jumbalaya and other fixings they are known for.

HT Pros’ Choice Redfish Series Hooters HT3 Redfish Series Results Final Results 8/08- 8/09/2009 Delacroix, La
		Division: RED CHOICE Participant Angler# #Fish Wgt Pnlty Bonus B/F Total YTDB Points 1 JASON LEBLANC 1 4/ 4 32.13 8.39 32.13 100.00 32.13 2 LA LANDRY 2 4/ 3 30.74 .50 7.66 30.24 100.00 30.24 3 BARNIE WHITE 102 4/ 3 29.55 .50 7.68 29.05 100.00 29.05 3 SEAN OCONNELL 109 4/ 4 29.05 7.65 29.05 100.00 29.05 5 PAUL DUFRENE 101 4/ 4 28.66 8.11 28.66 100.00 28.66 6 TONY GROSE 113 4/ 4 28.62 7.37 28.62 100.00 28.62 7 BRITT ORDES 12 4/ 4 28.61 7.93 28.61 100.00 28.61 8 LARRY KIRBY 103 4/ 4 27.70 7.74 27.70 100.00 27.70 9 RAYMOND REISER 110 4/ 4 27.55 6.98 27.55 100.00 27.55 10 TOMMY BURKE 108 4/ 4 27.36 27.36 100.00 27.36 11 BILL LANDRY 104 4/ 3 27.66 .50 6.95 27.16 100.00 27.16 12 ADAM ALBARADO 7 4/ 3 27.20 .50 7.74 26.70 100.00 26.70 13 JACK FAIRCLOTH 105 4/ 4 26.41 26.41 100.00 26.41 14 BLAKE CHAMPION 8 4/ 4 26.24 7.59 26.24 100.00 26.24 15 CHRIS SCHIEBLE 106 4/ 4 24.65 24.65 100.00 24.65 16 DAMIEN PEREZ 9 4/ 2 22.72 1.00 5.60 21.72 100.00 21.72 17 BUCKY BOONE 5 3/ 3 20.38 6.11 20.38 100.00 20.38 18 RONNIE DANIELS 112 3/ 3 19.28 7.30 19.28 100.00 19.28 19 DARREN ANGELO 11 2/ 2 14.64 7.41 14.64 100.00 14.64 20 ROCKY THICKSTUN 107 2/ 2 13.07 13.07 100.00 13.07 21 GRITTER GRIFFIN 4 4/ 4 12.60 6.12 12.60 100.00 12.60 22 MIKE LAMBERT 3 2/ 2 10.39 5.96 10.39 100.00 10.39 23 STARR BOYKIN 111 4/ 4 9.97 5.64 9.97 100.00 9.97 1 KORY MATHERNE 1 4/ 4 32.13 8.39 32.13 100.00 32.13 2 CHRIS KENNEDY 2 4/ 3 30.74 .50 7.66 30.24 100.00 30.24 3 RYAN PRUETT 109 4/ 4 29.05 7.65 29.05 100.00 29.05 3 STEVE WHITE 102 4/ 3 29.55 .50 7.68 29.05 100.00 29.05 5 LANCE REYNOLDS 101 4/ 4 28.66 8.11 28.66 100.00 28.66 6 SAL FONTANA 113 4/ 4 28.62 7.37 28.62 100.00 28.62 7 BLAKE CAMPO 12 4/ 4 28.61 7.93 28.61 100.00 28.61 8 DWAYNE MILLS 103 4/ 4 27.70 7.74 27.70 100.00 27.70 9 PAT RICHLEY 110 4/ 4 27.55 6.98 27.55 100.00 27.55 10 JUSTIN BURKE 108 4/ 4 27.36 27.36 100.00 27.36 11 CHUCK MORESI 104 4/ 3 27.66 .50 6.95 27.16 100.00 27.16 12 BARBARA SCOPELITIS 7 4/ 3 27.20 .50 7.74 26.70 100.00 26.70 13 STEPHEN SEWELL 105 4/ 4 26.41 26.41 100.00 26.41 14 BOB FOSTER 8 4/ 4 26.24 7.59 26.24 100.00 26.24 Total Fish Weight: 937.66 Average Fish Weight: 6.70 Total Fish Weighed: 140 Average #Fish/Participant: 3.78 Total Fish Released: 130 ( 92.86%) Average Weight / Participant: 24.68
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