First off let me start out and say Thank You to the anglers who joined us this fall/winter on Lake Texoma for our first season of conducting tournaments in that area. We were blessed with some great anglers from both Texas and Oklahoma and are looking forward to our Spring Teams Season Opener March 7th, 2010. A big thank you also to Bill Glascock and the crew at Alberta Creek Resort for there hospitality to Diane and myself. Today's tournament was a rescheduled event from the artic blast on Jan. 9th and was the last of four qualifiers for the championship coming up on February 6, 2010 out of Alberta Creek Resort. While the fishing was tough overall as it has been since the artic blast the team with the hot hand this fall/winter was able to boat the only limit of the event. Congrats to Joe Copeland and Robert Mink for their incredible fall/winter season. Joe and Robert were able to fish three of the four qualifiers and managed to take the win in all three events they fished. Those wins were anchored by an incredible Oklahoma Water Body Record largemouth bass in October of 11.19lbs caught by Joe Copeland, while missing the November event Joe and Robert came back to win the December event with a 10.62 largemouth. Prior to this series Joe had never broken the 10 pound mark and in the last of 2009 managed to find 2 of those monster bass in two 8 hour events. The Points Race for AOY: Going into this last event the points were close between the teams of John Leeder/Brian Gambil and Jeff Reynolds/Joe Paul Nichols. John and Brian had a 5.18 points and pounds lead going into this last event and with tough fishing both predicted and expected we knew it could be anyone's game. A big congrats to both teams for there ability to fish consistently and maintain a tight competition. In the end it was the team of Jeff Reynolds and Joe Paul Nicols who edged there way to the top by 1.16 points to win the 2009 Fall/Winter Texoma Anglers of the Year Title winning them nice plaques to commemorate their win and free entry into 2010's fall series. CONGRATS Jeff Reynolds and Joe Paul Nichols ON A GREAT SEASON AND THE AOY TITLE   CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS: We had 14 teams that fished 3 or more events qualifying them for our Texoma Fall Trail Championship on February 6, 2010. Those anglers with a CQ at the end of their names are qualified to compete in this event. The entry for this event is $200 + $20 BB, it is a one day event with tournament hours from 7:00 AM start time and a stop time of 2:30 PM as we have done throughout the series. Dinner will be served at the picnic pavillion along with awards for our Anglers of the Year and Champions. We collected $915 in the money transferred to the championship fund. We will round that up to $1000 and that will be the bonus added to the first place finisher of the championship on February 6, 2010. The championship will pay a total of 3 places. Championship Payouts Based on all 14 teams entered after polygraph and plaques. 1. $1100+$1000 Championship Fund 2. $800 3. $420 BB Smallmouth $140 BB Largemouth $140   Come join us for the 2010 Texoma Spring Teams Opener on March 7th, 2010.
	Lake Texoma Fall Team Trail - Jan 24, 2010 Rank Angler/Team Num. Fish Total Weight Big Bass Earnings 1 Joe Copeland/Robert Mink 5 13.14 4.42LM $700 2 Jeff Reynolds/Joe Paul Nichols 3 8.97 4.50SM $350+$110BB 3 Doug Tatman/Gregory Reedy 3 8.5 3.88SM $200 4 J D Kent/Vernon Ritter 2 7.3 5.60LM $110BB 5 Bill Glascock 3 7.2 2.96LM   6 John Leeder/Brian Gambil 4 6.63 1.92SM   7 Robert Henderson/Allen McCuckin 2 6.58 3.78LM   8 Dearl Johnson/Cody Brooks 2 5.85 4.16SM   9 Kevin Thompson/Jessica Thompson 3 5.71     10 Dale Stover/Josh Williams 0 0     11 Red Rutherford/Ronnie Morrison 0 0