SoutheastRegionLakeSomervilleJune212008

Couples Association of Sport Tournaments

Johnny and Crystal Fountain post

FIRST WIN on Lake Somerville!!!

by John & Jennifer Anderson

CAST Southeast opened up a beautiful hot day on Lake Somerville at Overlook Park on June 21, 2008. CAST couples enjoyed plenty of parking with registration held at John and Jennifer Anderson’s campsite right on the lake.

Water temperatures on Lake Somerville were pushing 87 degrees and heated up to 91 degrees in the late afternoon. Normal pool lake level is 238 ft. and we were fishing 7 inches below normal pool. CAST couples had to work with summertime recreational boats, jet skis, and even a FULL MOON.

At morning launch each boat raced from Overlook Park to various areas on the lake. Productive patterns through out the day were fishing lily pads, pepper grass, rocky points, and even the famous reed cane.

Many of our CAST couples used their Just Keepers weigh in bag from www.duncanbags.com to bring some nice limits of fish to the scales.

The 1st Place team of Johnny & Crystal Fountain of Damon, Texas managed to catch over 50 fish in water depths ranging from 2ft. to 12ft. With only four fish weighing 12.55 pounds they were still able to take the WIN! They caught their first two keepers around 9:00 am in less than 2ft. of water fishing around reed cane. As the day went on and the sun reached overhead they decided to work deeper water, targeting underwater rocks. Johnny & Crystal’s final two fish were caught in 8 to 10 ft of water on a light Texas Rig, 3/16 oz. sinker using a green pumpkin worm with the tail dipped in chartreuse worm dye. Congratulations to these two anglers on their FIRST WIN!

Taking the 2nd Place position at Somerville, Edwin & Julie Loitz of Trinity, Texas who managed a five bass limit weighing 12.20 pounds. Edwin & Julie caught the majority of their fish on green pumpkin red brushhogs and chartreuse / white spinnerbaits. They mainly targeted lily pads in 2ft. of water or less. Congratulations to this couple on their second place finish.

Finishing in 3rd Place were John & Jennifer Anderson of Liberty, Texas. John & Jennifer ran their UCR Graphics wrapped Skeeter bass boat to productive reed cane areas with pepper grass on the BIG CREEK arm of Lake Somerville. Their five fish limit weighed 10.69 pounds. During practice on Friday John said they tried to put together a pad pattern but as the day went on they were forced to abandoned the pads. They located fish and started picking up bite after bite in the pepper grass and reeds. They had a 30 yard pepper grass patch and a 20 yard stretch of reed cane that were their most productive areas. Their most productive baits were fishing frogs over pepper grass and flipping a 3/16 oz. pegged weight E2 Baits “BOBTAIL LIZARD”. Congratulations for their 3rd Place finish.

BIG BASS award for the Lake Somerville event went to the team of Mark & Morna Lane of Houston, Texas. Their big bass weighed 4.62 pounds! Mark and Morna targeted deep water all day and caught their big fish on a baby brushhog. Congratulations to this team on catching the tournament BIG BASS.

FINAL Top Six standings of the year are as follows:

1.Johnny and Crystal Fountain

2.Nick and Sharon Albus

3.Johnny and Jolyne George

4.John and Jennifer Anderson

5.Johnny and Ann Meyers

6.Ronnie and Courtney Mundy

CAST Southeast would like to thank Mrs. Sherry of Overlook Park Marina on beautiful Lake Somerville. Mrs. Sherry arranged for the gates to the park to be opened early for registration as well a great campsite for us to conduct weigh-in. Also a special thanks to Mr. Bill who manned the gate EARLY on Saturday morning.

CAST Southeast would like to thank all of our sponsors who make our tournaments possible:

Dawson Marine, www.dawsonmarine.com, offers boats for all activities, a great service department, and an excellent staff to help you with all your boating needs. Dawson Marine service vouchers were won by Craig & Elizabeth Marsh / Johnny & Jolyne George. Dawson Marine has three locations in Jasper, Beaumont, and South Houston to serve you.

E2 Baits lure packages were won by Johnny & Crystal Fountain, and Donnie McComb & Connie Walker, E2 Baits website is www.e2baits.com They provide excellent quality baits made right here in the U.S.A. and offer great service and shipping. E2 Baits is located in Evadale, Texas.

Castaway Rods, www.castawayrods.com, provided great rods won by Johnny & Ann Meyers, Johnny & Jolyne George, and Les Brown & Peggy Schaffner. Castaway Rods make a rod that is more RELIABLE and STRONGER than any rod manufactured.

A Doug Hannon’s WaveSpin fishing reel and Castaway rod combination was won by Jesse & Gwen McClelland. Jesse & Gwen used this rod and reel in one of our regional tournaments and are now proud owners of this excellent combo.

Academy Sports + Outdoors, www.academy.com, provided gift cards won by Nick & Sharon Albus, and Edwin & Julie Loitz. Visit Academy Sports + Outdoors for all your fishing, hunting, and camping needs.

Strike King products were won by all CAST members fishing Lake Somerville. Strike King makes a great swimbait that will be enticing for those big bass on Lake Amistad for the Classic.

CAST Southeast would also like to recognize: Skeeter Boats, Yamaha Outboards, Kevin and Rhonda with UCR Graphics, Strike King, Doug Hannon’s WaveSpin fishing reel, The Lakecaster, fishingworld.com, Genesis Homecare and Hospice, and Save Phace. Please support all of our sponsors….

We would like to thank Gwen McClelland for helping us by taking pictures at the weigh-in.

For more information on fishing a great tournament trail for Couples please give John and Jennifer Anderson a call at 832-514-0449 or 281-731-7302. You can also reach us by email at johnandjen2@msn.com