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Couples Association of Sport Tournaments(C.A.S.T.)  Northeast Region |  |

(May. 29, 2008 - Lake Fork, TX)... Most of the time when you hear Lake Fork, Texas; you automatically think Big Bass! Well, big bass and Lake Fork do go hand in hand, but you do not always get to show-off your big bass when fishing Lake Fork in a tournament. Take for instance the day Jeff and Judy Baugus had on Lake Fork during the May 25th CAST Northeast tournament. Jeff and Judy found an area holding big fish! According to Jeff it was, "Crazy, Ignorant, Stupid Fun!!! We’re talking multiple 6, 7, and 8 pound bass, huge fish by any standard. Only one problem, all of these fish they caught were either too big or too small depending on your view point on the Lake Fork slot limit. Jeff and Judy had to stop catching these "Crazy, Ignorant, Stupid Fun" fish so they could go catch "little" fish to weigh-in for the tournament! That, my friends, is ironic in bass fishing terms.
Winners of this ironic tournament at Lake Fork were Bryce & Inna Reed with a total weight of 9.00 pounds even. Bryce & Inna managed to put together a good pattern for "under" the slot fish. Catching five solid "weigh-ers" put them in 1st Place for the day only .85 of a pound in front of second place.
Finishing the day in 2nd Place were Erbie & Carolyn Voyles with a four fish stringer weighing 8.15 pounds. Catching just one more little 10 inch fish would have put them right there with Bryce & Inna for the win. See, catching one little tiny fish on Lake Fork can be very important. I think Erbie & Carolyn would agree!
Rounding out the top three couples were Jeff & Judy Baugus in 3rd Place with 7.87 pounds and a five fish limit. Each of the fish they eventually brought to weigh-in could have been "bait" for the fish they were catching until they had to stop and catch some "legal" fish. Ironic isn’t it!!!
The couples currently eligible to represent the Northeast Region in the 2008 CAST TOP SIX Invitational Tournament are: Jared & Barbie Taylor, Jeremy Grandstaff & Crystal Anderson, Jeff & Judy Baugus, Davis & Diane Burden, Steve & Trudy Smith, and Terry & Bonnie Johnson. These couples are separated by a total of 20 points in the standings. Eligible alternates are: Rayford & Diane Richman, Steve & Debbie Heck, Butch & Cindy Scheppler and Allen & Robin Little. The alternate couples are less than 14 points out of the TOP SIX! It is going to be close to the very end!
Our next tournament will be at Tawakoni on June 22, 2008. Thanks to Erbie & Carolyn Voyles hosting the CAST Northeast couples, we will be having another registration/cookout at their home. Please bring a covered dish to the registration/cookout for everyone to enjoy. I expect us to call boat numbers before 6:00 am Sunday morning. Please have your boat launched and in the water before 5:30 am if possible. Weigh-in will be at the Tawakoni State Park Boat Ramp area.
Please remember to e-mail our sponsors and let them know how much you appreciate their support of CAST and CAST Northeast.
Until Later.... God Bless and Good Fishin’!
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 Jeff & Judy Baugus 3rd Place!
Photo by John and Grace Watts, SE Directors | | [Click to enlarge image]
 Lake Fork Winners!!! (L to R) JoAnn Madding & L.W. Buck; Bryce & Inna Reed; Carolyn & Erbie Voyles; and Jeff & Judy Baugus.
Photo by John and Grace Watts, SE Directors |
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