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Landry, Broussard claim 13th LOBI title
Landry, of Saint Martinsville and Broussard of Lake Charles were fishing together for the first time and managed to bring 22.58 pounds to the scales on day one, followed by a 20.8 pound limit on day two for a total of 43.38-pounds. The biggest largemouth bass of the 10-fish they brought to the scales weighed 6.4 pounds. They moved from sixth place on day one to capture the victory. Calvin Harris, of Lake Fork, took the big bass honors of the tournament with a 9.74 pound Toledo Bend hog, caught on day one. The hefty sow contributed significantly to the 23.1-pounds of fish he and Seth Mitchel, of Waskom, weighed in to claim fourth on day one. The anglers, also fishing together for the first time, held on to the fourth place in the final standings with a total weight of 37.26 pounds. Anglers bringing in hefty bags of fish to the weigh in were not the only winners at the LOBI.
"The people of St. Jude are very grateful for this generous contribution and all LOBI has contributed over the years," said Claire O'Malley, event marketing representative of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Houston office. Stanley Bouley of Slidell and Lane Kidder of Lafayette were winners as well. Each drove away with a 21-foot Legend Bass boat and Mercury motor package valued at over $41,000. Bouley won the door prize on Friday night and Kidder won his boat Saturday night. The Toledo Bend Lake Association was the recipient of a check for $1,500 by the LOBI. The gift was a donation for their effort in the restocking program. Members of Northwetsren state University's Kappa Alpha fraternity, who worked as fish runners between the weigh in scales and the live release boats both days, can attest that the day one catches were heftier than day two. A total of 2,325 fish weighing 5,598 were brought in on the first day. There were nine 5-fish limits over 20 pounds on day one and three on day two. Gentle west winds blew on day one but overnight a cold front blew into the area to send temperatures to near freezing at the morning take off and winds howling from the north at 10-20 mph. The leaders of day one, Russell Giroud and Rod Bazer can attest to the tough conditions of day two. They brought the largest five-fish total of the tournament to the scales, weighing 24.31 on day one, but managed but one fish on day two to plummet to 49th place. Only three teams in the top 10 standings after day one managed to stay in the top 10 at the final tally. The winners battled a long boat ride to the far northern reaches of the lake where they caught their fish in two-foot depths fishing spinnerbaits near stumps and buck brush. "I reached in my tackle box and tied on a Terminator spinnerbait, the only one I had," said Landry, a married sales representative for Supreme Services. "It was chartreuse and had an Oklahoma blade." Broussard, of BJ Services, used a spinnerbait made by Landry's father. They reported catching fish all day. "It's our first tournament fishing together, and it won't be our last," said Landry. They earned $3,000 for the win. David DeMaia and David Mathy took second place honors with a total of 41.46 pounds. They made a jump from 22nd place on day one with 18.38 and brought in the biggest stringer of day two weighing 23.06 pounds. They concentrated their efforts in Housen Bay fishing black and blue jigs in sixeight feet of water. They said they had their limit each day before 8 a.m. The team took home $2,000 in winnings. Third place went to the team of Russell Breaux of Morgan City and Malcolm Dugas of St. Martinsville with 39.64 pounds. The anglers moved from 21st in the day one standings with the second largest limit of day two (21.25 pounds). Dugas caught the largest bass on day two to earn a $500 bonus. He had caught a 7.15 pound bass on day 1 using a red shad worm and the worm stayed in tack. He used the same worm on day two to catch the big bass, weighing 9.33 pounds. It was his first time on Toledo Bend. They earned $1,500 for their finish. Harris and Mitchel, the big bass winner of the tournament took fourth place. They concentrated their efforts midlake, on the Texas side in depths of two-10 feet at the grass edges. "Seth saved my keyster and lipped the big bass and a wad of grass this big," said Harris. The bass hit a lizard at 12:30 p.m. It was the biggest bass of his life. He took home $500 for big bass of day one and an additional $500 for big bass of the event. Their 4th place earned them $1,250. This was the first LOBI for both anglers. Fifth place went to Barry P. Roger, employed by Evans Rentals and Jerry E. Beardmore, employed by Marathon Oil Company with 36.98 pounds. They made the largest jump of the top ten teams, from their day one standing of 30th place (17.24 pounds) with the fourth largest stringer of day two (19.74 pounds). They took home a check for $1,000. Jeff Musgrove and Roy Pharis slipped one place from their day one fifth place standing to take sixth (36.68 pounds) in the final tally. They had 22.68 pounds on day one and 13.98 pounds on day two. Musgrove of DeQuincy and Pharis of Lake Charles fished both sides of midlake in 8-15 depths using Carolina rigged lizards. They reported an all day bite on day one and an early bite on day two to take home $900. "We had 695 fishing teams registered for the tournament," said Billy Ebarb, president of the LOBI Board of Directors, in his sixth year at the helm. "That is 40 more teams than last year. We were able to donate the largest amount to St Jude's ever thanks to the support of the anglers, sponsors, directors and friends of the tournament." The anglers contributed $9,300 in a jar that was setup at the registration line and $8,000 in a drawing for two high-end rod and reel combinations. For complete tournament standings and information about LOBI visit their website at: http://www.lobibass.com  |
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