The Louisiana Bass Cats fished tournament 6 for 2018 out of Bayou Benoit Landing yesterday. The thunderstorms held off for the most part and most boats caught fish. Locating big bass in the Atchafalaya Basin is still proving difficult for even the best bass anglers. Whether fishing north of the landing, or south of the landing, proved more or less the same results and a very tight finish between the top teams which were less than a pound apart at 11:11, 11:5, & 11:0. The same story for the big bass of the tournament as the largest was 2:15, then 2:14, 2:12, 2:12, 2:11…… I think you get the picture! Winning first place was the young guns team of Lawrence Kuznik and Gavin Savoy with 11 pounds and 11 ounces for $160. Coming in second was a couple of old pros Phil Ransonet and Randall Savoy with 11 pounds 5 ounces for $96 and coming in third was a split team of the old man Chris Vedrines and the young gun Braxton Resweber with 11 pounds even for $64. Big bass of the tournament weighing 2 pounds 15 ounces was captured by the team of Pete Romero and Zach Suit for $80. Our next meeting is scheduled for 6:00 PM on September 4th at Aries Marine and Jean Trahan and Cody Pattillo are the scheduled cooks. Our next tournament is scheduled for Sunday September 16th location TBD. Hopefully by then the temperature will be a little cooler and the humidity a little lower.
Chris Vedrines
Full Results

The dust has settled on your 2018 Hawg Fight Series of Bass Tournaments and the cream has risen to the top.  Ben Suit and Zach Suit ran away with the series championship.  Throughout the eleven tournaments they had two first places and two second places coupled with other high finishes.  It was close for a while but they continued to hold their lead until the very end.   Ben and Zach collected $300 for the series championship.   Darrell Mitchell vaulted over a couple of teams without his treasured partner Leonard “T-Clyde” Norbert and captured second place for the tournament series.  I am sure that “T-Clyde” was watching over him yesterday evening and was his usual smiling self when it was determined that his team had captured second place overall for the tournament series.   Third place went to Brandon Sellers and Johnny Schexnayder.  Brandon and Johnny started the year very strong and actually won 3 of the 11 tournaments which is an amazing performance based on the quality of fishermen that fish these tournaments.    A hardy congratulations to these three fine teams.   An important announcement will be following on the Facebook Page with information for the qualifiers that will be fishing the Hawg Fight Classic Tournament to be held on August 26^th. 

Click for results of the 11th tournament.

Now, it’s time for all of us to begin preparations for the Classic Tournament.  Throughout this year’s 11 tournaments $10 from each boat was retained.  Couple that with the classic entry fee of $100 per boat and we should have a great tournament and the top teams and big bass winners will be very happy with their winnings and very proud to have beat most of the best bass fishermen in our area.

The classic meeting will be Wednesday, August 22^nd at 6:30 PM at Billeaud’s Too, 1512 Weeks Island Road, New Iberia, LA  70560.  Meal and soft drinks will be provided by Billeaud’s.  However, BYOB!  Call Mike Sinitiere at Phone: 337-321-1178 should there be any questions.

Your tournament committee has worked hard all year to ensure a successful tournament series.   All tournament decisions have been made by a majority vote of the tournament committee members.  However, this is where things change and the participants will be required to make the decision.  As indicated in the rules, the location of the classic will be determined by a vote of the eligible participants.  During the meeting, all present members will vote on the location of the Hawg Fight Classic Tournament scheduled for August 26^th.    The Classic landing will be one of the four that we have fished from this year.  They include Marshfield, Bayou Benoit, Myette Point, and Franklin Canal.  The one with the most votes will be chosen.  Entry fee is $100 per boat and will be collected at the meeting.  Anyone unable to attend the meeting must pay the entry fee prior to Friday, August 24^th at 5:00 PM at Cajun Guns and Tackle.

58 Persons, approximately 29 teams have qualified to fish the classic.  Total retained throughout the year, for the Classic, from the bi-weekly tournaments is $2,740 less $300 for the Series Champions, Ben & Zach Suit.  That leaves $2,440 plus the $100 per boat Classic entry fees for a tournament pot that should be in excess of $5,000.    Total places paid and big bass percentages will be finalized and announced during the meeting and on this Facebook page the following day.

Courtesy of Chris Vedrines

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