Last Sunday, October 27th hundreds of people gathered together in a show of support to battle cancer. The Fourth Annual Fish For A Cure was held on Lake Ray Hubbard going out of Chandlers Landing. All proceeds from the tournament benefit the American Cancer Society. A new FFAC record of 99 boats came out to fish with us. The day started chilly and clear. There was not a cloud in sight all day and it warmed up in to the mid 70's by the end of the event. Unfortunately the wind that was supposed to hold off until mid day kicked up early and of course stronger than it was forecasted. Most everyone stuck it out and many were rewarded with good sacks of fish. At the end of the day, long time Ray Hubbard veterans Walter Archer and Jeff Meier ruled the day with a winning bag of 22.16 pounds and also weighed in big bass with a 7.74 beast. Here are full results and lots and lots of pictures. As many of you as I know, and as much as I pride myself in remembering people, I just don't know everyone so pardon me if your picture is on here without a name I apologize.









TD Larry Ladnier and my RHBC crew of volunteers arrived at 4:00AM on Sunday to start our day





We could not make this event go without our great sponsors!



Or without volunteers from RHBC like Gary Hughes!



RHBC families were involved. Here's Kylie Macias and her friend Harrison selling tickets and shirts at weigh in



There are sponsors and then there are title sponsors. Here is Justin Wright of Prestige Ford and Rad Rides manning the release tank. They wrote the biggest check of all and we are forever grateful

Larry has the stage set up and ready to go



The boats came off the water and the parking lot was stacked and packed by our crew



Away we go



Chris Lewis and Matt Martin had three fish. Matt and his wife Tiffany have supported FFAC from the beginning





Michael and Mike Parkes weighed in four



Randy Mercer with two



Jarrod Davis with their two



David Burton with two



Jim Harcrow and Kayley Rule with two

Craig Self and Treece Kimmell with three



Jeff and Nathan Flovin had a couple. Jeff is an FFAC sponsor!



Tough day or not Joey Bryant is always smiling. He and David Howe had two





John Blacksher and David Roulston had three



Clark Crenshaw and Eric Giles had two for 7.44



Mike McWhorter and David Brooks had one to show for their hard work. Mike and his company ClownCo did the beautiful shirts and banner for our event. Thanks Mike! Yip Yip!



David Choate fishing solo had four. David and his Company Alert Drain are also FFAC sponsors



Alvaro Rojas and Robert Russell had a limit

Victory Fishing had their brand new release tank in use with a beautiful wrap from Prestige Ford and Rad Rides



Here's Justin Wright releasing more Hubbard bass in to their temporary home





Brig Norwood and Tony Bryant with three



Brian Brooks and James Sharp had four



Martin Kutz and James Babb had four



Ernest Ybarbo and Matt Burns also had four



Long time RHBC vets and luckily for me long time friends Mark Werner and Vince Burt had four



Paul Villarreal and Joe Ruiz weighed in four

We extended the check in time to 4:30 as with the number of boats we had it took a while to get everyone off the water. A nice problem! Weigh in line stayed packed for a while



We had a heck of a crowd!



Solid sack for Cameron Laing and Patrick Sharp



A Ray Hubbard chunk



Donnie Herrod and Steve McClendon weighed in three



But one of them was second place big bass weighing 6.94!



Good limit of fish



Austin Miles and Chris Sabina with four good ones





Garrett Macias and Bobby Finta with five

Randy Conover and Russell Roland with a limit



Justin Spoerl and Danny Wims had a solid limit



Luke Huffman and Mark Everett with five for 12.47



Keith and Lance Cullum had a good limit



Even playing hurt Tommy Climer is a threat on Hubbard. He and Michael Yates had five



Dale Rettman and Kelly Millhollon had a good outing!



Northern invaders Bruce Anderson and Damian Scott had a solid 13 pound bag





Jordan and Matt Lane with a solid finish



Trey Crawford and Justin Gray just missed the top 10



They did have a 5.93 kicker!

Good top ten finish for Ryan Autrey



Ninth overall for Forney Bass Club President Blake Biggs and Jason O'Neill



Eighth place went to Danny Barrick and Jamie King



Former FFAC Champions Wes Price and David Rush got seventh with 15.85



Sixth went to Khristian Salcedo and Steve Stroman with 16.61



Fifth place and a family portrait for the Ross family. Thomas Ross and Chris Winter had a limit for 17.77



Finishing fourth were Doug Rener and Brett Killingsworth. They weighed five for 18.33



Third place went to Pete Brandt and Josh Fulton with a great sack of 18.77



Their bag was anchored by this 6.44 toad



Second place went to Jake Meeks and Chad Maddox with five for 18.88. Chad was parking the truck and boat so ACS Rep Katie Rose gave Jake a hand with the fish



Here are your 2019 FFAC Champions! Walter Archer and Jeff Meier weighed a giant bag of 22.16 to win going away. Congratulations gentlemen!



They also had big bass of the tournament with a 7.74 pound beast!

Before handing out money and plaques, we took a minute to thank our Tournament Director Larry Ladnier. He donated his time and equipment for this event. Larry, we can't thank you enough! Great job!



Third place



Second place



Our Champions



All the teams that cashed



An empty stage at the end of a great day



That's a wrap for this year! Thank everyone who came out to support this great cause, I will do a detailed Thank you and name names soon as it's very late and there are too many to name here. Put October 25th 2020 on your calendar now! FFAC number 5 and we need to break the 100 boat barrier!

Larry Ladnier sent this to me yesterday and gave me permission to post it and it's my honor to do so

Victory Fishing Events statement:

With cancer affecting so many families and our friends in so many tragic ways, when the Ray Hubbard Bass Club asked me to be a part of their Fish For A Cure Event, I was honored and jumped at the chance to help out! Cancer has taken people that were important to me and that had positive impacts in my life. I felt compelled to offer my services and equipment to complete an admirable mission. Just to be a small part of this was a blessing to me. I felt good about being able to give back in the name of those we lost in the hopes of saving someone who is afflicted with this Terrible disease. If just one life is saved it was worth it to me!

Thank you Ray Hubbard Bass Club for taking on the challenge and allowing me to help!

God Bless those affected!

Sincerely, Larry Ladnier

Good job to all anglers. There were some studs caught.

What a great tournament you guys put on! Enjoyed the write-up and all the great pictures too! Congrats on 100% live release too!

As always Tom you and the RHBC Crew do an amazing job with this event!

I always enjoy your write ups.

Awesome post. Thanks for sharing.

Finally got a picture of Doug!