Diane and I were very honored to have J C Outdoors chosen as the host tournament organization for this awesome event. If you missed this one I encourage you to mark the next one down and be ready for next year's 2nd Annual Fishing 4 Hearts Open Tournament to be held on Saturday September 3, 2011.
With a full year to prepare next year's event will blow you away.
The Zmolik Families and friends with Chynnas Helping Heart and the Schrah Families and friends with Living 4 Zachary were very honored by your support. No doubt the Lord was shining his face upon us with such a beautiful day on the water to enjoy, I know in my heart that both Chynna and Zachary were honored by the support as well.
There are so many that I need to thank for helping this event become successful on its first run. Of course the parents of both children Michael and Penney Zmolik, Dina and Kevin Moon, Troy and Karen Schrah.
Chris Taylor I apologize for not calling you and Greg LeBlanc up on stage to honor your hard work in pulling this event off, all involved owe you both a deep debt of gratitude.
My brother David and Brenda Haas with Media Bass for their help with weigh in. The young men who shared in Zachary's life who helped with livewell checks and boat checks as well as shuttling fish to the Lake Fork Sportsman's Association Live Release Boat. The ladies that crewed the boat thank you very much for your help in returning all but 12 of the 351 bass weighed in back to the waters we all love.
Thank You Minnow Bucket Marina and its crew for all of your support and providing a great venue for this event.
All the volunteers, photographers, video crew, and musicians for making this a smooth and well documaneted event.
The door prizes were off the chart for this event and I know that it is a lot of hard work for all involved with obtaining them. Thanks to all of the vendors for providing them. I will try to get a full list and post them.
Thank you to both of the charities for blessing both Diane and I with the wonderful gifts, was not expected but very appreciated.
Thanks to all of the anglers involved in this event, all were honored by your support. I pray you all left with an understanding of the cry of these parents who lost such beautiful children in such a tragic way.
Congrats to all competitors and winners of this event. Five ounces seperated the top two teams in this event. Congrats to James Niggemeyer and Keith Gunsauls for teaming up for the win, Keith picked a good time to snatch him a 7.81 over bass to bring their winning weight to 15.18 edging out Zach Hughes and Eric Wright 14.88 stringer that was anchored by the BB of the tournament at 8.01 pounds. Billy and Kay Dyson rounded out the top three position with 9.90 pounds.
There was one other over weighed in at 7.20 pounds but at the end of the day Gerald Boudreaux and Kelvin Russell could only add an additional .94 pound bass bringing their total to 8.14 pounds. The tragedy was that while pulling the over 24" bass out of the livewell they had a 2 pound plus bass launch himself from the boat and back into the waters while the livewell lid was open.
One of the hits of this event was the Jr. Angler Bonus payout of $500.00 additional dollars to the highest placing team to compete with a Jr. Angler 17 or younger. This honor would be bestowed on David and Tori Gillham weighing in 9.21 for 5th place and highest placing Jr. Angler team.
Next Sunday September 12th will be the opener of our Lake Fork Individual Trail which will run for 8 consecutive months with a May Championship on Lake Fork. Our individual events have a Jr. Angler division where youth 16 years and younger can compete against other youth in a one fish weigh in for gift cards from area marinas, tackle dealers and merchants. Junior Anglers have no entry fee or membership fees and compete from the back of the boat. More info at
www.jcoutdoors.com Our new website should launch sometime later this week, we cannot wait.
Lake Fork guides will be allowed to compete in the Individual Series tournaments this 2010-2011 season.
Thanks Again
Mark Howard
J C Outdoors
For More Info On These Two Awesome Children and The Charities That Were Founded In Their Honor
www.chynnashelpingheart.orgwww.living4zachary.org Place Angler 1 Angler 2 Big Bass # Fish Pounds Winnings
1 James Niggermeyer Keith Gunsauls 7.81 5 15.18 $5,000.00+$270.00 2nd BB
2 Zach Hughes Eric Wright 8.01 5 14.88 $1,400.00+$450.00 1st BB
3 Billy Dyson Kay Dyson 5 9.90 $850.00
4 Skeeter Fowler Lance Vick 5 9.30 $550.00
5 David Gillham Tori Gillham (JA) 5 9.21 $420.00+$500.00 Highest Placing Team with a Jr. Angler
6 James Quillman Tommy Sikes 5 9.17 $360.00
7 Greg LeBlanc Troy Schrah 5 9.10 $320.00
8 Rudy Crane Christopher Zmolik 5 8.92 $300.00
9 John Redmon Thomas Redmon 5 8.81 $280.00
10 Cody Clark Greg Clark 5 8.78 $260.00
11 Troy Clemens Mikey Justus 5 8.61 $240.00
12 David Porter Coy Frazier 5 8.60 $220.00
13 Derek Ammerman Mike Camron 5 8.46 $200.00
14 Tom Carlson Evon Carlson 5 8.16 $170.00
14 Jerry Norris Chris Dean 5 8.16 $170.00
16 Jeremy Zmolik Keith Smith 5 8.14
16 Gerald Boudreaux Kelvin Russell 7.20 2 8.14
18 Chuck Turner Mark Huffman 5 8.08
19 Richard Altman Sam Trinca 5 8.05
19 Bill Sweeten Mikah Gaby 5 8.05
21 Carl Vessel Jason Jurck 5 8.04
22 Gary Adams Tim Thomas 5 7.93
23 Richie White Tucker Stillwell (JA) 5 7.87
24 Ronnie Ray Jr Shawn Stephens 5 7.80
25 Curt Culberson Billye Culberson 5 7.65
26 Hal Gay 5 7.48
27 Sam Hooten Kaitlyn Sullivan (JA) 5 7.47
28 James Painter Brad Garrett 5 7.46
29 Tom Cornelious Steve Trimble 5 7.41
30 Troy Washburn Steve Washburn 5 7.38
31 Slade Dougherty Harold Breidimeier 5 7.37
32 Jim Leary Josh Bertas 5 7.34
33 Clint Wright Cade Naegeli (JA) 5 7.16
33 Kenny Mason Mike Moody 4 7.16
35 Verlon Croney Randy Ingram 5 7.12
36 Larry Allen Gregory Allen (JA) 5 6.99
37 Robert Littlejohn Robert Meroney 5 6.87
38 Calvin Demming Thomas Hoppe 5 6.77
39 Tim Walker James Baker 5 6.73
40 Rod Harris Robby Austin 5 6.68
41 Craig Anderson Steve Anderson 5 6.65
42 Chris Wiggins Kyle Brothers 5 6.62
43 Scott Payne Jeremy Elliot 5 6.60
44 Terry Granger Kevin Dutton 5 6.47
45 Pete King Robert Butler 5 6.43
46 Steve Taylor David Haas 5 6.40
46 John Reynolds Wesley Reynolds 5 6.40
48 Anthony Jones Marlon Lydia 5 6.14
49 Aaron Walker Steve Stroman 5 5.82
50 Mike Sanders Blake Sanders 5 5.76
51 Jeff Lobaugh Justin Lobaugh (JA) 5 5.70
52 Johnny Guice Marcel Byson 5 5.61
53 Scott Warren Cody Johnson 5 5.60
54 Randy Thorn Tony Thorn 5 5.50
55 Billy Smith Mike Aman 5 5.49
56 Michael Rogge Melvin Travnichek 5 5.46
57 Gale Demming Michael Hoppe (JA) 5 5.43
58 Steve Sennikoff Jr Ben Meyers 4 5.40
59 N. Dee Williams Josh Neill 5 5.37
60 Michael Zmolik Peyton Arnold (JA) 5 5.19
61 Dwayne Ellory Jesse Simpson 5 5.12
62 Jason Cook Luck Huffman 5 4.46
63 Travis Wilson Clyde Watkins 4 4.45
64 Gerald Holcomb Chad Cates 5 4.37
65 John Shinn Janie Shinn 5 4.35
66 Brad Thomas Kaitlyn Thomas (JA) 4 3.89
67 Jeff Bane Chris Taylor 3 3.58
68 David Cody Adam Cody (JA) 4 3.57
69 Morgan Paul Clint Granger 5 3.35
70 Kermit Heaton Mark Worline 2 2.95
71 Bo Freeman Tyler Freeman (JA) 2 2.14
72 Terry Adams Bruce Benedict 4 2.05
73 Jesse Flake Jeremy Flake(JA) 1 2.03
74 Nathan Courtney Masdia Taylor 2 1.84
75 Ray Vereen Steve Nail 0 0.00
75 Richard Duckworth Gary Shoffner 0 0.00
75 Jodie Zmolik Wes Zmolik 0 0.00
75 Steve Sennikoff Bubba Allen 0 0.00
75 William LaFlear Dustin Cody 0 0.00
75 David Fanning Chris Minchew 0 0.00
75 Stuart Turnquist Cameron Turnquist 0 0.00
75 Shane Cowart Phillip Coats 0 0.00
75 Chris Taylor Joel Marquez 0 0.00
75 Jerry Archer Jerry L Archer 0 0.00
75 Dave Hoard 0 0.00
75 Chris Zmolik Donald Zmolik 0 0.00
75 Marc Taylor Mark Child 0 0.00
75 Daniel Tidwell Andy Owens 0 0.00
75 John Goergen 0 0.00
75 Rick Loomis Bob Kornhauser 0 0.00
75 James W. Hiser 0 0.00
75 Paul Walls Robert Walls 0 0.00
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