2019 Northern Division
Tournament Recap
LAKE FAIRFIELD
5/18/19
By Jon Griffin
WOODDELL/GILGER
LISTEN TO FAIRFIELD FOR THE VICTORIOUS SACK
Longtime member & 2
time AOY Brandon Wooddell &
hired backseat gun Mike Gilger listened to the fish making an on the water
change to chase them deep for an impressive 3 fish limit @ 17.87 to take the
win @ Fairfield last Saturday. Wooddell & Gilger
started fishing shallow with limited keeper success until Brandon threw a C-rig deep on a point nailing a 7.12 pounder. That fish told Wooddell & Gilger to focus on similar
points as the team saw success developing a milk run of points of hydrilla & adjacent deep drop offs as the key to their
success. A mere .01 pounds behind was
Team Joe Lee/Mike Thurman with 3 @
17.86, their 2nd top 5 in a row. The
sack included Mike’s tournament big bass @
8.49. The 3rd place bag of 3 @ 16.40 was
caught by Doyle Ray & hired gun Brandon Clayton catching most of their
bass deep on C-rigs. Father & son Brian & Kyle Barfield teamed up for
the 1st time in a while to catch the 4th place limit @ 13.84. And Joe
& Tina Crouch took 5th on a lake Joe
knows extremely well with 3 @ 13.73.
1st Brandon Wooddell/Mike Gilger
17.87 $376
2nd Mike Thurman/Joe
Lee 17.86 $219
3rd Doyle Ray/Brandon
Clayton 16.40 $131
4th Brian & Kyle
Barfield 13.84
$88
5th Tina & Joe
Crouch 13.73
$61
Big Bass Mike Thurman 8.49 $125
SCATTERSHOOTING
First & foremost,
let’s give big thanks to God for protecting us from the stormy weather-just a
few drops fell on us during fishing & weigh-in, we are oh so fortunate what
we endured on the drive back did not occur on the water-thank you Jesus!...25
teams & 2 new members, welcome Evan Randazzo & Paul Tinsley…and awesome to see long
time member Michael McAnulty fishing
with us…this writer experienced the absolute worst case of biting gnats known
to mankind, I had 12 huge whelps up and down my arm & neck, crazy…on a
related note Donna David came
prepared with a mosquito hat-genius…many of us had not fished this lake since
it was a power plant lake, in fact the last time CCBC fished Fairfield was in
2008 when Joe Crouch & grandson Michael won with nearly 16
pounds…per Crouch, any color is good
on Fairfield just as long as it’s Tx Red Bug and ONLY
Tx Red Bug…Fairfield has a minimum length limit of 18
inches making a limit a little more difficult, interesting that out of 25 teams
there were 5 limits, and those limits comprised the Top 5…next up on to
Winnsboro!
PICTURES
https://photos.app.goo.gl/7A1jKdkjKEF4sWVs8
FULL RESULTS
http://www.cowboychurchbassclub.org/ccpoints19NorthDiv.htm
CONDITIONS
Winds SSE 8-15 mph,
overcast with sporadic light sprinkles; air temp 74-79; water temp 73-76; water
clarity to 12”, FULL
LAKESIDE
DEVO
Weigh master John Allen
shared the devo on the subject of “TRUTH”.
Truth is defined in the dictionary as the body of real things, events
and facts, the state of events. Unfortunately
in this day and age of Fake News, the common saying is “Make your own truth”. The age we live in more than even is becoming
TRUTH VS. DECEPTION. The Bible calls
Satan “the father of lies”.
John 8:44
You belong
to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He
was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no
truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and
the father of lies.
We’re all aware of what is
going on in our society today. If you
pay attention to high school sports, a transgender can now compete &
succeed in sporting events of the opposite sex.
This is part of Satan’s lie on the world. God does not make mistakes, the Bible very
clearly says “God made man & woman”.
But the devil is out to deceive people from the truth. One might ask, why does God allow Satan to
roam about causing trouble? The answer
can be found in the book of Job when God allowed Satan to disrupt Job’s life,
but not kill him. He’s been the
disrupter ever since. John Allen shared
his appreciate for Judge Judy’s take on truth.
She said “truth does not require a good memory, but lying does.” Always tell the truth makes life easier,
being a liar makes things difficult.
John 14:6
Jesus
answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father
except through me.
Truth always prevails, and
as it says in Revelation, the truth wins.
Many ask why do things
appear to be spinning out of control, the answer can be found in
2 Timothy 3:4
But mark
this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers
of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful,
unholy, without love, unforgiving,
slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of
pleasure rather than lovers of God—
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do
with such people.
They are the
kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who
are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always
learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
Trust in Christ, for he is
The Truth.
Joe Crouch closed us in
prayer.
RICHLAND
CHAMBERS LAKE
4/27/19
By Jon Griffin
TEAM HULSEY/HOPKINS
HAMMER ‘EM FOR RC WIN
Tommy Hulsey & Brian Hopkins protected their home lake with a convincing 3 fish
limit @ 18.74 to take the win on Richland Chambers Saturday April 27th. Brian
& Tommy, who are also members of the Richland Chambers Bass Club coming
off the club’s 2018 AOY, admitted even with their local knowledge their day was
an absolute grind with the duo only boating 6 bass. But they made their bites count with a 7.96
& 7.67 in addition to a 3.11 pounder to take the win, their 2nd in 3 CCBC
tournaments this year. 2nd place was
awarded to another hot team this year of Darren
Coslin / Chris Boulet with 3 @ 13.16 thanks to Chris’s only bite and catch of the day
in a 6.44 pound LMB. The 3rd place sack
of 3 @ 12.60 was caught by the new team of Todd
& Mike Steadman. 4th place with
3 @ 12.55 including a 7.15 pound kicker was caught by team Joe Lee / Mike Thurman, and 5th place, fresh off their Classic win,
was the father and son team of James
& Eric Cook with 3 @ 12.35 including a 7.81 pounder. Big bass was an 8.08 largemouth caught by new
member Brice Bonner.
1st Tommy Hulsey/Brian Hopkins 18.74
$480
2nd Darren Coslin/Chris Boulet
13.16 $270
3rd Todd
& Mike Steadman 12.60
$168
4th Mike
Thurman/Joe Lee 12.55 $112
5th James
& Eric Cook 12.35 $75
1st Big
Bass-Brice Bonner 8.08 $120
2nd Big
Bass-Tommy Hulsey 7.96 $40
What a tournament for big
bass, out of 32 teams & 60+ anglers here were the top bass caught: 8.08, 7.96, 7.67, 7.18, 7.15, 6.71, 6.44,
6.33, 5.69, 5.63, and several more 4+ pounders…new member & Vilbig stick Mike Gilger caught his personal best 6.71 from Brandon Wooddell’s
back seat…speaking of Wooddell/Gilger, they win the dreaded 6th place just out of the
money with 11.42, Brandon is still in deep anguish over the 7+ he lost right
next to the boat…great to have new members including Gilger, Richard Robinson, Don Ellis, Jake Burchett, plus the Richland
Chambers Bass Club sticks of Todd &
Mike Steadman, Joey Hanna, Scott Hayes, Eric Chisholm, Brice Bonner, and Bobby
Johnston-we do hope you come back to fish with us more this
season!...speaking of Jake Burchett,
it was great to have father Jamey back
with us after his stroke scare last September…tough day for Charley David-no bass until after 2pm,
good thing we drop the lowest tournament of the year…next up, we’ve swapped a
flooded Whitney with Fairfield!
PICTURES
https://photos.app.goo.gl/tFZ3XDgPBzs5PotP8
CONDITIONS
Winds SSE 2 mph
picking up during the day to 18 mph; air temp 58-80; water temp 63-72; water
heavily stained to muddy, .38 high.
LAKESIDE DEVO
Kevin Davis shared the
devo from a recent study he’d participated in involving Psalm 23.
Psalm 23
The LORD is
my shepherd, I lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he
leads me beside quiet waters,
he refreshes my
soul.
He guides me
along the right paths
for his name’s
sake.
Even though I walk
through the
darkest valley,[a]
I will fear
no evil,
for you are with
me;
your
rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of
my enemies.
You anoint
my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely your goodness and love (mercy) will
follow me
all the days of my
life,
and I
will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.
As Kevin explained,
throughout the Old Testament & even early parts of the NT, sheep &
lambs were a very important part of life & society as they were the primary
forms of sacrifice. The shepherds had a
very large responsibility as their lives involved the 24-7 care, protection
& well-being of the flock of sheep.
In John 10:11 Jesus said “I am the Good Shepherd”, and Psalm 23 opens
with David’s remarks of the Messiah “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want”
meaning He will make sure ALL of our needs are met. This opening line also poses a question we must
all ask ourselves: As it pertains to our
own lives, are we the shepherd or the sheep?
“Lay down in green pastures” represents a safe watch over us. “Waters” is interesting because the fact is,
sheep are horribly terrified of moving waters knowing it brings great peril to
their survival. “Still waters”
represents our relationship with God.
“He leads me for His name’s sake” is connected to God’s unchangeable
reputation. “Shadow of death” relates to
the fact that sheep are extremely unsettled creatures, realizing that death is
always near. And lastly “goodness &
mercy will follow me all the days of my life”.
Kevin shared that Goodness & Mercy could be thought of as the names
of sheep dogs, following the flock, guiding & directing them as helpers to the
shepherd. Ironic that Christ is the Good
Shepherd. He is also the perfect lamb,
the perfect sacrifice, the finisher of our redemption. It’s up to us to accept His offer of
redemption. If you have not, accept His
gift this very moment.
Joe Lee closed us in prayer.
The
Classic on Sam Rayburn
April
13-14, 2019
By Jon Griffin
COOKS SPEAR
THEIR WAY TO CLASSIC TITLE
Father & son team James & Eric Cook managed 5 keepers
from the north wind waters of Sam Rayburn to take the Classic Championship Sunday.
While many teams chose to trailer to protected coves on the windy
Sunday, James & Eric chose to
launch at Cassels-Boykin & make
a longer main lake run resulting in multiple wave “spears” in the Cook’s Triton. It proved to be the best move as James & Eric threw flukes for their
5 fish limit @ 11.78 including the tourney’s big bass @ 4.20. They needed every last ounce as they beat
team Griffin/Reynolds by a mere .01
pounds. Ben & Steve’s 4 bass was a fish short of a limit giving them
2nd with 11.77, caught, of course, on their reliable soft plastic
Rattlesnakes. 3rd place went to Charley & Donna David with 4 @
11.02 flipping big weight tx rigs. The 4th place sack of 5 @ 10.48 was caught by
the Central Division team of Bob
Reed/Mike Sedillo fishing Caney mid-lake with mini c-rigs. 5th with 5 @ 10.35 was won by Mike Thurman/Joe Lee who launched @
Cassels-Boykin & caught their limit pulling spinnerbaits thru the buck
brush.
1st James & Eric Cook 11.78
$1,500
2nd Ben Griffin/Steve Reynolds 11.77
$650
3rd Charley & Donna David 11.02 $300
4th Bob Reed/Mike Sedillo 10.48 $200
5th Mike Thurman/Joe Lee 10.35 $150
6th Brandon Wooddell/Keith McMillian 9.96 $100
7th Kevin Davis/Byron McFarland 9.19 $100
8th Tony Hollingsworth/Bree Warron 8.92 $100
9th Doyle Ray 7.75 $100
10th Randal & Kel
Collins 6.97 $100
11th
Les Smith/Mike Grimes 6.29 McCain Fishing Rods
Big
Bass-James Cook 4.20 $250
SCATTERSHOOTING
Big thanks for Allen Loggains from the Central
Division for donating McCain Rods for the 11th place finishers, find out more
about McCain Hi-Performance Fishing Rods @ www.mccainfishing.com …bad luck
for Leisha Loggains & hubby Allen,
they hung around through our weather cancelled day on Saturday to be greeted by
a faulty trim motor on their brand new Triton, so no fishing for them…several
reports of speared waves, Big Sam does indeed get angry when the winds
blow…what was originally scheduled for a 2 day tourney got reduced to a 1 day
after forecasters predicted doom for Saturday, in hindsight we perhaps could
have pulled it off but gotten extremely wet…Team Collins ruined a lower unit during Friday practice, but got it
replaced by a Zavala mechanic in time to fish Sunday…Team Cook had an eventful run to their victory-James owns a lake
house on Toledo Bend, Saturday storms landed a tree in the road, resulting in
the Cooks not even launching til after 8am but still finding the hawgs
to win…many anglers stayed @ the Sam Rayburn Lakeview Motel, complete with a
store & grill less than a mile from the Cassels-Boykin ramp, pretty sure we
all recommend…and speaking of Cassels-Boykin, be advised that the park pavilion
IS NOT necessarily open for public use, it’s $300 to reserve it-this was
brought to our attention by a county employee, but he was very nice about
it…next up, another big body of water on Richland Chambers April 27.
PICTURES
https://photos.app.goo.gl/9hvqgmc69NiZWzdP6
CONDITIONS
Winds E to NE 14-19 mph;
air temp 47-64; water temp 61-67, heavily stained; .52’ high.
LAKESIDE
DEVO & COMMUNION
Club leader Charley David
lead to devo on this Palm Sunday morning, focusing on the Passover & how it’s historical meaning relates directly to Easter.
Exodus 12:1-14
The LORD
said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, “This month is to be for you the first month,
the first month of your year. Tell the
whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to
take a lamb for his family, one for each household. If any household is too small for a whole
lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into
account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb
needed in accordance with what each person will eat. The animals you choose must be year-old males
without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. Take care of
them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the
community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. Then they are to take some
of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses
where they eat the lambs. That same
night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs,
and bread made without yeast. Do not eat
the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs
and internal organs. Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till
morning, you must burn it. This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak
tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand.
Eat it in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.
“On that
same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both
people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am
the LORD. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and
when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch
you when I strike Egypt.
“This is a
day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it
as a festival to the LORD—a lasting ordinance.
*As Charley explained, these
were specific directions from God to Moses to the Jewish people for the
sacrifice of the lame, safety for the 1st born with blood over the home’s door
frame. Very simply, the blood from a
perfect lamb would save them from a certain death. Therefore, after this directive every year,
the Passover would celebrate with a perfect lamb sacrifice for the redemption
of the sin of Israel.
The question is now-WHY NO
MORE?
Simple. Because Jesus was the FINAL SACRIFICE. The perfect lamb, slain for the sins of the
world. On the cross, Christ declared “IT
IS FINISHED”. Charley then quoted the
words of Christ.
Matthew 26:2
“As you know, the Passover is two days
away—and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.
Christ told about his
eminent crucifixion. This had to be
done. For our own relationship with the
Father (God) in heaven, it’s only achievable via the blood shed by the perfect
lamb (Jesus). It’s a gift-the gift of
grace by faith, lest no man shall boast (Ephesians 2:8-9).
Charley then led us in the
Lord’s supper, the tortilla represents the body of Christ, broken for you. The grape juice represents Christ’ blood,
spilt for you. (1 Corinthians 11:23-29).
Amen, and AMEN!
Palestine 3/23/2019
By Jon Griffin
TEAM
COSLIN/BOULET VICTORS ON PALESTINE
Longtime members Darren Coslin
& Chris Boulet bested the 29 team field with a 3 fish limit @ 15.94
including a 7.73 kicker for the victory Saturday on Palestine. Their win in the season’s 2nd
tourney of the season series was won primarily with Finch Nasty ½ ounce
jigs. 2nd place went to the
team of Jon Griffin/Pierce Johnston
with 3 @ 14.45 caught on Texas rigs & swim jigs catching their fish. 3rd went to the father & son
team of John & Sam Allen with 3
@ 12.56. 4th place weight of
3 @ 11.96 was sacked by Team Ben
Griffin/Steve Reynolds; and the 5th place limit of 11.83 was
awarded to Team Randal & Kel Collins.
1st Darren Coslin / Chris Boulet 15.94 $440
2nd Jon Griffin / Pierce Johnston 14.45 $260
3rd John & Sam
Allen
12.56 $150
4th Ben Griffin / Steve
Reynolds
11.96 $105
5th Kel & Randall Collins 11.83 $75
Big Bass Eric Cook
8.53 $145
SCATTERSHOOTING
Always great to welcome
new members including Richard Roebuck
from Terrell; and Michael & Clint
Young from Waxahachie….Michael &
Clint have the “New/Old” Basstracker rig, it’s a
brand new boat designed exactly like the original silver & orange 1978 Basstracker….once again several members stayed at the Lake
Palestine Motor Inn off the 155 bridge, still the best bargain on the series, 2
beds, nonsmoking, flat screen tv for $50…notice Eric Cook of Team James
& Eric Cook took big bass honors with an 8 ½ pounder-the ONLY fish the
team weighed in…five teams were just a small cull away from making the money…20
of 29 teams weighed limits….Kenneth Mahome fished with grandson Casan, who just a few days later
broke his jaw bullriding, hopefully he’s improving
and will be wired up and ready come April’s tourney…Darren Coslin threw a hub after hitting a
stump making this the 2nd Palestine tourney with the same resulting damage…sure it was a
6th place sister kiss for Team Lonny Pierce/Richard Robertson, but with a 3rd at Athens they
are sitting pretty 2 tourneys into the season…remember we drop the low tourney
of the year…perfect weather greeted us with mild temps & the wind
cooperated for the most part…next up, the Classic, 2 days on big Sam Rayburn
April 13 & 14, then off to Richland Chambers on April 27, or better known
as “Hopkins Home Hole!”
CONDITIONS
Overcast 56-66 degrees;
Winds SSE 3-12 mph; water temp 61-67, clarity 8” to 1”; .78’ above full level
LAKESIDE
DEVO
If You Want to Know God’s
Will, Just Open Your Bible
Jon Griffin shared a devo
he’d read from Pastor Rick Warren about God’s will for your life and how to
discover it.
Most of God’s will is
already revealed. The principles are there! When you open your Bible, God opens
his mouth and starts talking. Are you waiting for God to write his will in the
sky? Why would he need to do that when he’s already written it in a book? Open
the Bible daily, and see what God says.
Stop listening for a
voice, and start looking for a verse.
Psalm 19:9-11
the fear of the
Lord is clean,
enduring forever;
the rules of
the Lord are true, (that is, the teachings of YOUR WORD ARE TRUE)
and righteous altogether.
YOUR WORD IS
More to be desired are they than gold,
even much fine gold;
YOUR WORD IS
sweeter also than honey
and drippings of the honeycomb.
Moreover, by YOUR
WORD & TEACHINGS your servant warned;
in keeping them, YOUR WORD & TEACHINGS,
there is great reward.
God will teach you his
principles. Then, when you’re looking for guidance, you can see if your
circumstances or your emotions line up with God’s Word. The Bible will confirm
God’s will.
And keep this in mind: God
expects you to obey what you already know before he shows you something new. So
if God has already told you want he expects you to do and you haven’t done it
yet, don’t expect him to show you the next step. He’s waiting for you to take
the first step.
So what is the 1st
step? To know Him intimately. ? Very
much like you know your boat, intimately, inside and out, bow to stern. **Sorry to offend Mariner motor people, BUT
the worst outboard I ever owned was a Mariner!
(Apparently I needed to know it more intimately! Per Mike Thurman his ran great for a long
time!) But I digress, back to the
lesson.
EXAMPLE, WHAT IS THE BEST
DIRECTION IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE?
-SADDUCEES QUESTIONING JESUS
JUST A WEEK PRIOR TO HIS CRUCIFIXTION “WHAT IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT?
Mark 12:30-31 30
Love the Lord
your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and
with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There
is no commandment greater than these.”
Here’s how to hear God
through His word: meditate on God’s
Word, an easy place to start is Psalm 23. To meditate on God’s Word means to
think deeply and focus on God’s Word for a period of time. First, read the
passage slowly, perhaps out loud a few times, placing emphasis on different
words or phrases. Second, reflect on the truth of the text. Third, respond to
God in light of what you’ve just read—this may be quietly or out loud. Fourth,
rest in the Word of God, listening for what God has to say through the
Scripture.
Psalm 23
The Lord is my
shepherd, I shall not want, I lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me
beside quiet waters,
he refreshes my soul.
He guides me
along the right paths
for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk
through the darkest valley, the valley of
the shadow of death[a]
I will fear no
evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and
your staff,
they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my
head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely your goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will
dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
You only have to open your
Bible to know what God’s will for your life is. Then, you have to spend time
reading and studying it so it can transform your heart and mind.
Joe Lee closed us in
prayer.
Athens 2/23/2019
By Al Kohutek
Congratulations to Brian Hopkins / Tommy Hulsey on
their first place win.
Brian said…..”We
got into a feeding frenzy this morning and caught bass on six consecutive casts.
In the span of 15 minutes or so, we caught 10-12 bass. It all happened
extremely fast and was a really cool experience! Our day was over by 12:30 pm
because the motor would not start. Luckily, that didn’t matter. I’m thankful for another awesome day of bass
fishing. Good Times!”
1st 9.98 pounds $451 + 2nd
big bass 8.18 pounds $38 = $489 total payout.
The big momma was caught on a white spinner bait and the unders were caught on a Texas Rig.
2nd place
and first big bass went to Tony Hollingsworth and Bree Warron. They only had 1 fish but it was worth $374
(2nd=$262 + Big bass $112). The hawg weighed 8.36
pounds and was caught on a Googan Baits Bandito Bug.
IN THE MONEY
1st Brian Hopkins / Tommy
Hulsey 9.98 $489.00
2nd Tony Hollingsworth /
Bree Warron 8.36 $374.00
3rd Lonny Pierce / Richard
Robertson 4.53 $157.00
4th Charley David / Al
Kohutek 4.46 $105.00
5th Doug Powell / Carlo
Gonzalez 4.29
$73.00
BIG BASS
1st big bass Tony/Bree….…….8.36
pounds
2nd big bass Brian
Hopkins….8.18 pounds
LAKE CONDITIONS
Tournament time
6:50 am – 3:30 pm | Air temp: 59-70
| Water temp: 51-52 | Wind speed: 3-13 gusts to 20 mph | Wind direction: WSW, SW, West | Water clarity: clear if not on a windy
bank or in a muddy creek | Lake level: 100% full |Skies: Rain and Thunderstorms from 7-8
am, sunny and windy the rest of the day | Grass:
Spotty all over the lake | Barometric
pressure: 7:00 am 29.78, then started to rise around 8 am to 29.87 by noon,
then started to fall to 29.83 at weigh-in time. | Moon: Waning Gibbous
THE RESULTS
30 teams fished
2 overs were caught (21
inches or greater)
9 teams zeroed
52 fish were weighed in
with a weight of 80.73 pounds
1.55 pounds was the
average fish weight
Full results:
http://www.cowboychurchbassclub.org/ccpoints19NorthDiv.htm (see the
Athens tab at the bottom of the spreadsheet)
Pictures:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/MmeS3iAtcChJU31P7
Also see the pictures on facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/CowboyChurchBassClub
SCATTER SHOOTING
3rd place Lonny Pierce / Richard Robertson caught
their bass on A-rigs …..……. 4th place Charley
David / Al Kohutek fished mainly points and caught their fish on small red
and purple worms drop shoting, C-rig tiny watermelon
red brush hogs, and of course giant Senkos. One of
their fish had a shaky head grub in its mouth from someone’s breakoff. If the grub would have stayed in, it would
have made a difference between getting 3rd instead of 4th ……………….. 5th Doug Powell / Carlo Gonzalez caught
their bass on shaky head, chatter baits, and brush hogs ………..Big THANKS to Joe and Tina Crouch for providing lunch – Tina got another good deer this year so we had deer chili with all
the fixings. Also thanks to Lake Athens
Marina for the use of the picnic tables during the weigh-in www.facebook.com/Lakeathensmarinatx
LAKESIDE DEVOTIONAL – Are you talking to God?
Charlie David led the
devo. Saying a vine has to be connect to water to grow, just like we need to be
connected to God to grow spiritually. We
do this by talking with God through our prayers and connecting through the Holy
Spirt.
Ephesians 6:13-18
Therefore put
on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able
to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm
then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of
righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes
from the gospel of peace. In addition to
all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the
flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the
helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
And pray in the
Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in
mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
The devil is crafty. We
all know of or have a family member who has gone down the wrong path and gotten
in the fast lane of life with drugs. We
need God’s armor to protect us from the devil. We need each other, we need the
churches strength through fellowship and prayers for each other, and we need to
guide our brothers.
Galatians 5:16-26
So I say, walk
by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh
desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the
flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever
you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
The acts of the
flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and
witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition,
dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you,
as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of
God.
But the fruit
of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and
desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let
us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
For some people, church to
them is being out on the Lake on Sundays - The church of the boat on the
water. The devil loves this and he knows
you don’t have your armor on and are easily tricked into going down the wrong
path.
Get in fellowship groups
like this. Get in church groups and fellowship with each other. Get with God.
Charley asked Kevin Davis
closed us in prayer and we were dismissed.
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