The Ray Hubbard Bass Club finished a hugely successful 2016 season with our annual Club Championship last weekend on Cedar Creek Lake. A record 66 members qualified this year and 32 boats fished. Temperatures were warm for November but Saturday there was a front coming through that brought a steady north wind in. Lots of limits were weighed in but bigger fish were in short supply. Sunday dawned with blue bird skies and a slight breeze from the east. Bites were much harder to come by and limits were sparse. When the dust settled the team of Garrett Macias and Bobby Finta went wire to wire, weighing 10 fish for 24.48 pounds to take the victory. The top four teams were within .85 pounds of each other. Every ounce counted! We paid out big bass for each day. On Saturday Kasey Bunch caught his personal best of 7.93 pounds to take the cash and on Sunday James Renfro caught a 6.77 toad for the money. Here are full results and pictures!



Vince, Mark and Dennis talk about their day on Saturday.



Jack and Fly Scheel had four for 6.72



Jason Hadley and Brandon Doherty had three for 7.55 on day 1



Eric and Evan Vidal had three for 7.63



TD's Dale Rettman and Kelly Millhollon had four for 8.25 on Saturday



Daniel Rozell and Derek Sullivan had four for 8.65



David Mulkey and Robert Oleson weighed four for 9.13



Rick and Julie Morehouse weighed a limit for 9.26

Saturday results continued.

Paul Spann fishing with Robert Hitt had a limit for 9.53



Preston Smith and David Horton as usual got their five for 9.59



Two time winners this year, Cameron Laing and Patrick Sharp had five for 9.99



Chad Grace fished solo and weighed a limit for 10.56



Thomas Ross, also fishing solo had five for 10.59



Continuing the solo angler trend, James Renfro had four for 10.62



Weights were tightly bunched after Saturday. Dennis and Damon Machost weighed just three, but they went 10.63 and included a 5.04.



Continuing the trend Kenny and Kasey Bunch weighed in two fish on Saturday for 11.21 pounds but that included big bass of the tournament of 7.93



Congratulations to Kasey on his personal best!

Saturday continued

Tim Light fished solo and weighed in five for 11.40



Jason Hunnicutt and Travis Reaves were right in the hunt with five for 11.59



Matt Jackson and Russell Olds had a limit for 11.83 on Saturday breaking in that brand new Phoenix.



Chris Atkinson and myself weighed five for 12.06



The dynamic duo of Jerry Brown and David Simmons had a limit for 12.62 on Saturday



2016 AOY's Ronnie Manning and Capp Peace weighed five for 12.71



Paul Villarreal and Joe Ruiz had a good Saturday with five for 12.86



James and Shellye Crawford were off to a great start with five for 12.93



Brian Brooks and James Sharp had five for 13.06

Tony Dougherty fished solo and was in second place after day 1 with a stout 5 fish limit of 15.81



Day 1 leaders Garrett Macias and Bobby Finta with their 5 fish for 16.14



As stated earlier, Sunday got much tougher.

Dennis and Damon weighed in two on Sunday but one of them was a 4.81. Their two day total was 16.78



James Renfro brought just one to the scales on Sunday but it was a 6.77 beast that took home big bass money for the day. His two day total was 17.39.



Dale and Kelly had a strong Sunday with a five fish limit of 10.59. Their two day total of 19.04 just missed the top ten.



Brian Brooks and James Sharp weighed four on Sunday and got in that top ten with a two day total of 20.25



Vince Burt and Mark Werner got the last check. We did not get a picture from Sunday so here is their stout Saturday bag. Their two day total was 21.74.



Kenny and Kasey Bunch weighed a limit on Sunday and finished with a two day total of 22.17 for a sixth place finish

The top five starts with Preston Smith and David Horton who weighed the biggest bag on Sunday with five for 13.37. Their two day total was 22.96



Finishing fourth were Chris Atkinson and myself. A late flurry of keepers on Sunday allowed us to weigh limits both days. Our two day total was 23.63



A nice cap (so to speak) for their great year was a third place finish for Ronnie Manning and Capp Peace. Their two day total was 23.94



Not pictured are our notoriously camera shy team of David Choate and Stan Browning. They had an outstanding weekend with a two day total of 24.13. Congratulations guys!

Here are your winners. A good friend of mine says "you have to get your five". They did both days and it took them to victory. Garrett Macias and Bobby Finta had a two day total of 24.48 took home the prize. Congratulations!



A huge thank you to Shellye Crawford for taking pictures on Sunday. We had boat trouble and were late getting back to the ramp with the camera.

Thank you to everyone that came out to fish with RHBC this year and there were a lot of you!

My heartfelt thanks to my officers. Tournament Directors Dale Rettman, Kelly Millhollon, Kenny Bunch and the entire Bunch family and Jack and Fly Scheel. Our Secretary Russell Olds (the idea man) and my voices of reason, Treasurer David Simmons and Vice President Preston Smith. You all did a fantastic job this year and I appreciate all of you!

That's a wrap for 2016. We will have the schedule for 2017 posted soon. Our first meeting will be Thursday January 12th and our first tournament will be Saturday February 11th. Come out and join us!

Congratulations to the winners

Pierre, you need to fish enough to join us next year!