John Buck 		John's Club Report
Covering The Pensacola Hawg Hunters
2009 Season

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Founded In 1975

September Tournament
Total Number Fished Tournament 17
Total Fish Caught 90
Total Dead Fish 7
Total Limits 9
Big Fish 4.00 (Tie)
Total Fish Weight 136.71 lbs

 Total Year Standings
Total Number Fished For Year 194
Total Fish Caught 491
Total Dead Fish 13
Total Limits 35
Big Fish 6.98
 Total Fish Weight 723.81 lbs

1st Place
Buddy Yates
10 Fish 17.54 lbs		 2nd Place
Lee Brannon
6 Fish 15.49 lbs		 3rd Place
Jeff Weaver
7 Fish 12.59 lbs		 4th Place
John Buck
10 Fish 12.08 lbs

(Tie)** Tournament Big Fish **(Tie)
Lee Brannon 4.00 lbs
Place Name Fish Weight
1. Buddy Yates 10 17.54
2. Lee Brannon 6 15.49
3. Jeff Weaver 7 12.59
4. John Buck 10 12.08
5. Tony Boyett 8 10.65
6. Dave Dyess 6 10.38
7. Ken Repine 6 10.34
8. Jere Jaillite 7 8.95





Also Fished

Dan Nash - Don Jahnke
(Tie)** Tournament Big Fish **(Tie)
Dave Dyess 4.00 lbs
Place Name Fish Weight
9. Dave Bock 7 7.79
10. Pete Potter 5 6.80
11. Billy Myrick 4 6.51
12. Randy Cole 5 6.07
13. Frank Dodge 4 5.44
14. Mack Cramer 4 4.56
15. Glenn Kittrell 1 1.52

TOURNAMENT REPORT

Alabama River
 September 19-20, 2009
 		Swift Creek

The Hawg Hunters fished out of Swift Creek on the Alabama River for the September tournament. Swift Creek landing is located in Autaugaville, Alabama, just west of Prattville. Hopes were high for a good tournament with lots of fish and much prettier water than we have in our area. Mother Nature had other ideas. During Friday's practice time we encountered the likes of KVD, G-MAN, and IKE just to mention a few of the BASS Elite who were finishing the last day of their tournament. Rains earlier in the week and started to bring a slight rise and color to the water, but still a lot of good fish were located on Friday. Then Friday night the rains poured and again on Saturday we got rain and the river rose more and got muddier and more stained. Then on Saturday night it came a flood and the river rose about 2 feet and the color went to red mud and rolling current.

Dave Boch and I drew out as partners and we had a good time catching fish and telling tales all weekend. We located fish on main river points and that's where we spent our time on Saturday and we caught a lot of fish, but they were only keepers nothing of size.
We caught most of our fish on crank baits and worms (shakey heads)

Due to a technical glitch I do not have the weights for the top places for day one. But I do know the first 2 places for that day.
Jeff Weaver showed his skills and brought in a nice limit. to take the lead in day 1. Mr. Consistent (Buddy Yates) had a nice limit for 2nd place. Also I do not know who had lunker for day 1 or the weight.

After the weigh in we had a fish fry at the hotel. Dave Dyess organized it all and put it together with some help from several guys especially Lee Brannon, Jeff Weaver, and Randy Cole. Several others pitched in to lend a hand but I don't remember all the names. Anyway it was a great time and everyone had their fill and no one went away hungry. The food was excellent and we even had dessert provided by Jeff who coaxed his wife to make a bunch of brownies for us and they were great also!
Really special thanks to all who helped in any way.

Sunday we arrived to find the river had risen 2 feet and the water was rolling with red mud. Needless to say our fish had left the main points. They simply moved back in the creeks to the first set of secondary points for us. Again we concentrated on using crank baits and shakey head worms to find our fish. By the end of the day I had managed another small limit and Dave had 4.
We never had the good fish we were looking for but at least we caught fish.

At the scales Buddy Yates again brought in a limit (9.73) and took the win with a total of 17.45 lbs. The surprise of the day was Lee Brannon who brought in a beautiful limit (a bit over 14 lbs) for a 2 day total of 15.49 lbs to take second place. Third place was Jeff Weaver who had a total of 12.59 lbs. John Buck took 4th place with 12.08 lbs. There was a tie for lunker on Sunday with both Lee Brannon and Dave Dyess bringing in nice large mouths each weighing 4.00 lbs.

Most fish were caught on crank baits in shad patterns and on dark worms. However Lee Brannon got on a buzz bait bite and caught his limit on Sunday buzzing the grass. Guys it turned out to be a really good tournament in spite of the weather.
Even Pistol Pete Potter (who is a lifetime member now living in that area) fished with us.
Great to see you again Pete!

Next month is our fish off at Lay Lake. It will be a 2 tournament also. Remember that this tournament is actually 2 tournaments in one with separated awards, 1, our monthly tournament and 2, our fish off. Lay produces well this time of year so I'm really looking forward to seeing a lot of good fish at that time. Also remember we will have a steak cook out so make your plans to attend.

Keep Your Hooks Sharp!
John