Crappie Anglers of Texas Lake Palestine - March 2016

Crappie Anglers of Texas Tournament Trail on Lake Palestine

CAT recently held its 3rd Crappie Anglers of Texas Qualifier Tournament of 2016 on Lake Palestine March 19,2016. Lake Palestine proved challenging to fish with the high winds. Once again the lake did not disappoint, there were ten fish weighed in at over 2 pounds! We had 29 teams,19 teams signed up for Division 1 and Division 2 had 10 teams. Here are the results:

In Division 1, The father and son team of Larry Junell (Quinlan, TX) and Dustin Junell (Richardson, TX) won first place with a stringer of seven fish weighing 12.07 pounds. Second place was won by Jeff Schweiterman (Parker, TX) and James Rains (E. Tawakoni, TX) with a seven fish stringer weighing 10.85 pounds. This team also won the Pro Angler Elite Rod Challenge Award. Paul O'Bier (Gunter, TX) and George Nelon (Boyd, TX) netted 3rd place with their stringer of seven fish weighing10.37 pounds. Other awards in Division 1 went to: A.J. Matura and Carolyn Matura (Chandler, TX) took home the Bobby Garland Big Fish Award with a slab weighing 2.92 pounds. Chris Waters (Denton, TX) and Larry Middleton (Boyd, TX) won the Slab Bandit Crazy Eight Award. Todd Box (Alba, TX) and Belinda Box (Alba, TX) netted the Constant Pursuit Outfitters Lightest Stringer Award. Hayden Standerfer won the Pro Angler Junior Angler Award and Hayden and his dad Cody Standerfer (Prosper, TX) were the winners of the Minnow Bucket Lucky Dog Award.

In Division 2, Jimmy Leonard (Plano, TX) won first place with a stringer weighing 9.77 pounds. Jimmy also won the Pro Angler Elite Rod Challenge Award and the Bobby Garland Big Fish Award with a nice crappie weighing 2.44 pounds. Second place was won by Clay Gann (Hideaway, TX) and Todd Froebe (Lindale, TX) with a stringer of 7 fish weighing 9.25 pounds. Coe Parker (Houston, TX) and Jamin Castleman (Houston, TX) rounded out the top three spots and took home 3rd place with a seven fish stringer weighing 8.60 pounds. Other awards in Division 2 went to: Stuart Angelle (Flower Mound,TX) won the Slab Bandit Crazy Eight Award. Langdon Froebe won the Pro Angler Junior Angler Award. Ron Duran (Lewisville, TX) and David Cobb (Grapevine, TX) won the Big Earl’s Bait and Tackle Lucky Dog Award.

Crappie Anglers of Texas Tournament Trail 2016

DATE LAKE TYPE
April 2 Lake Fork 3rd Annual CAT Crappiefest "Big Fish" Open Tournament
May 21 Lake Ray Roberts CAT Qualifier
June 4 Jr. Angler Tournament
Cedar Creek Lake Jr. Angler Tournament
June 18 Cooper Lake CAT Qualifier
July 16 Lake Texoma CAT Qualifier
August 20 Lake Tawakoni CAT Qualifier
October 14 & 15 Lake Lewisville Texas State Crappie Championship

About CAT
Crappie Anglers of Texas is a non-profit organization dedicated to the sport of crappie fishing. With over 280 members nationwide, CAT has been instrumental in gaining national attention for crappie fishing in Texas and continues to develop its member’s knowledge of crappie fishing through educational meetings, seminars and fishing tournaments. All CAT tournaments pay back at least 100% of the anglers’ entry fees.
For Information, go to the CAT website (www.crappieanglersoftexas.com) or contact:
Jay Don Reeve
214-448-9308
[email protected]

Author: Jana Shelton

Company: Crappie Anglers of Texas

Crappie Anglers of Texas (CAT) was established on November 5, 2007 and is a non-profit organization created for experienced and novice crappie fishermen alike. CAT is structured to help novice crappie fisherman learn more about crappie fishing, while at the same time providing an opportunity to elite crappie fishermen to fish in tournaments against some of the best crappie fishermen in the south. CAT hosts meetings, seminars, fish frys and other events where anglers of all skill levels can share tips, techniques and fishing reports. CAT’s goal is to help educate crappie fishermen of all skill levels, provide enjoyable competition in tournaments designed to match the skill level of the individual fisherman, and to generally promote the sport of crappie fishing. There is no better way to get to know your fellow crappie fishermen than by joining the Crappie Anglers of Texas!

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Hi: 78

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Fishing Report from TPWD (Jan. 29)

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 50 degrees; 0.18 feet below pool. The crappie spawn typically begins around the first week of February near a full moon, but is highly dependent on lake level and water temperature. Lake level is good with water reaching up into the shoreline reed level, but water is very cold. We had a late and warm fall, and winter seems to have just begun with at least two more weeks of cold. Crappie are still being found in the normal winter habitat in about 13-23 feet of water by the Live Scope anglers. Very few scattered reports of a few males coming up into the shallows, some reports of males working into the shallow lead in areas of piers and boathouses in 6-12 feet. White bass are also highly dependent on water temperature but not so much on water level. A few reports of males coming up into Kickapoo and Neches, but not a run yet. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing Lake Palestine.

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